10 April 2013
Quote(s) of the Day: assorted members of the press
From here:
In Auriemma's previous seven championships, his teams had gone 256-6. This team --talented as it was -- lost four games, which would be cause for celebration at 95 percent of programs. At UConn, though, four losses can twist this into the Storrs version of an underdog story.
From here:
UConn (35-4) had five players in double-figures. [In addition to Breanna Stewart, Kaleena] Mosqueda-Lewis, the All-American and UConn's greatest three-point shooter in history, added 18 points, including five threes. She had nine rebounds.
Kelly Faris, the fundamentally fabulous one, who transformed herself from a team player to a team leader, scored 16 points with four three-pointers. She had nine rebounds and six assists.
Bria Hartley, whose season was seriously uprooted in August by an ankle injury while playing for USA Basketball in Greece, added 13 points.
And Stefanie Dolson, the All-American junior center, who played in so much pain for the last month because of a stress fracture and plantar fasciitis, had 12 points and six rebounds.
From here:
These were not the undefeated Huskies of Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi and Swin Cash, who won the 2002 N.C.A.A. tournament with peerless talent. Nor were they the 2004 Huskies, who won with Taurasi and a cast of selfless role players.
Without a true superstar, this UConn team (35-4) fought through injury and self-doubt and prevailed with renewed assuredness, collective spirit and expectation, depth, conditioning and a relentlessness that made victory in the N.C.A.A. tournament seem not only possible but inexorable with a resurgence over the past month.
In Auriemma's previous seven championships, his teams had gone 256-6. This team --talented as it was -- lost four games, which would be cause for celebration at 95 percent of programs. At UConn, though, four losses can twist this into the Storrs version of an underdog story.
From here:
UConn (35-4) had five players in double-figures. [In addition to Breanna Stewart, Kaleena] Mosqueda-Lewis, the All-American and UConn's greatest three-point shooter in history, added 18 points, including five threes. She had nine rebounds.
Kelly Faris, the fundamentally fabulous one, who transformed herself from a team player to a team leader, scored 16 points with four three-pointers. She had nine rebounds and six assists.
Bria Hartley, whose season was seriously uprooted in August by an ankle injury while playing for USA Basketball in Greece, added 13 points.
And Stefanie Dolson, the All-American junior center, who played in so much pain for the last month because of a stress fracture and plantar fasciitis, had 12 points and six rebounds.
From here:
These were not the undefeated Huskies of Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi and Swin Cash, who won the 2002 N.C.A.A. tournament with peerless talent. Nor were they the 2004 Huskies, who won with Taurasi and a cast of selfless role players.
Without a true superstar, this UConn team (35-4) fought through injury and self-doubt and prevailed with renewed assuredness, collective spirit and expectation, depth, conditioning and a relentlessness that made victory in the N.C.A.A. tournament seem not only possible but inexorable with a resurgence over the past month.
Labels: UConn basketball
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