This is going to help Muffet get clearance for Shepard to play this season......
I dunno ... they still have 10 able bodies to play I know Katherine W. Is working through injury but shoot she should be back within the first month of the season per reports from McGraw. Two of the girls are transfers but they have ten players just like us! If the NCAA clears her then they just need to do away with the rule altogether! They still have 4-5 post players who can play which is the sameness position as Jessica S.
Speaking of injuries, does UCONN do something special to prevent or lessen the seriousness of injuries?
I do not remember the last time a UCONN player was out for the season with any injury.
They are either so much better than everyone else that losing a starter doesn't matter or they are deep enough that someone on the bench steps up if one of the regulars is out. Didn't KLS miss the final four games her first year? They didn't miss her at all and still rolled to the title.
I don't see a single player on their team this year that could make or break them with an injury...
Speaking of injuries, does UCONN do something special to prevent or lessen the seriousness of injuries?
I do not remember the last time a UCONN player was out for the season with any injury.
If Stevens get hurt its season over! Geno is relying on her to be able to dominate at 66 playing on the wing and doing for him what Stewie did, if she gets hurt and is out for a while/season they are done!
Williams is great but Coaches now have tape to watch and try to defend her and Kamara is good but is an undersized post
But, UConn will still beat you without a sizeable center. To suggest that they are done for the season if Stevens doesn't play is wishful thinking.
The Huskies are a solid squad with or without 6'6.
While Stevens is expected to play defense in the post, she is a wing, not a center.
My point exactly, she is their advantage this season, shes the reason people are thinking they steam roll everyone and win another title!
Last years lost shows how you beat them when they dont have that dominant player!
For the past 7 to 8 years theyve always had that one player that it seemed like was just better than everyone else
(Tina Charles, Maya Moore, Stewie) and they have it again in Stevens if she gets hurt then you have footage of how they were defeated last year
UConn returns everyone but Saniya Chong and very little used Butler and replaces them with a top 5 recruiting class including the top ranked recruit by most services and two former HS AA's in Stevens (who proved to be one of the better players in WCBB) and Camara. They could lose 3-4 players and still be a legitimate contender.
UConn was considered to be a team going into last season with a lot of question marks considering they lost their 3 best players from the previous season and still managed to win all but one of their games and their only loss was on a last second shot in overtime to a talented team that played one of the best games in the history of their program. Soooo... I don't think anyone should wish injury on any program (not calling out anyone in particular) and there are plenty of valid reasons to think UConn could steamroll their way through this season.