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Look to see UConn drop in the polls now that Ohio State beat Michigan. (that's IF it's not "rigged" by the media) As far as Sellars for Maryland, she did a great job on Ju Ju even though Maryland lost.

You are correct, Joyce Edwards is not playing like a #3 recruit, we're just praying she improves now that Ash Watkins is out. I'm more excited to see Adhel Tac make a BIG difference. Prayers lifted. We are still #1 in the NET. Great battle this Sunday vs Texas who is #2 in the NET.

What site do you use for analytics

yes we can hear you

Villanova player dove & then rolled over Paige’s leg. So that makes no sense

BE HONEST- THE TALK ABOUT LEAVING IN YOUR STARS WHEN UP BY 30 IS RIDICULOUS, SINCE ONLY 3 TIMES DID UCONN WIN BY A CLOSE AMOUNT. ALL OTHERS BY 22-30 POINTS. PAIGE WOULD NEVER PLAY. UCONN IS NOT THAT GOOD -EVERYONE ELSE IS THAT BAD. DELUSION MUCH????

Excellent video. You really lay out the issues well, and your solution is compelling.

Geno is not responsible for Paige's knee sprain, however HE WAS RESPONSIBLE for her injury in the Notre Dame game, Dec. 5, 2021!!! Paige sustained a tibial plateau fracture and lateral meniscus tear IN THE FINAL MINUTE OF THE GAME!!!!! that's right,, folks: it was the FINAL MINUTE OF THE GAME!!!!!! A game that they were winning!!!! THERE WAS NO WAY PAIGE SHOULD HAVE STILL BEEN IN THE GAME WITH A MINUTE LEFT, A GAME THAT THEY COULDN'T LOSE!!!

On a C curve Dearica is on top of the left side of the graph. I ❤️ don't think she had any complications carrying Amaya to term and the same with Legend. With Amaya Dearica Hamby recovery is unreal to be ready for a very demanding job and hard to believe a great coach didn't consider her recovery from Amaya. Especially from an older woman. So Ms Hammon couldn't see the recovery from Legend was Dearica said record short. She caused all that grief for nothing. Short before season starts 😮

There is nothing to talk about re Big East conference play. The league is so bad that UConn blowouts are unwatchable. Competitive league games are for the top conferences only, especially. ACC, Sec and Big 1.

Looks like its a non issue. Week to heal up and then back at it!

For YEARS coaches have been coaching players to aggressively go for loose balls on the floor. In fact, you are considered soft, or not a hustler if you don’t.

Disappointing clickbait title and video.

The Paige injury was a tackle by the Villanova player had no chance for the ball coming from behind. Just watch it.

Yes, agreed. 100%. It's basketball, not stock car racing or roller derby.

The only blame here is on the refs. They allow players to be aggressive with Paige. See the stats and ranking of uconn FTA among all teams They are in one of the last 5 spots I believe. This possession was reckless dive from Villanova player. She leaned with her body on Paige’s feet. It was unnecessary and Paige almost had the ball like she touched it.

Du ga lic.

She had a sub at the table to check in so not Geno's fault

This was an incidental foul! Could happen any time to anyone. Coach’s play players ,in this case, to see what combination works best? Geno is not in any way responsible ,it just happens!

First, the worst referees are NCAA, then the WNBA. Now, Paige if you are up 26 points in the 3rd quarter with 1:17 seconds to go, why even try to get the ball if you lost it. It's not March. Think long term if you want to get to the championship. Even Geno puts you in, your role changes up 26 points. You and Azzi and Sarah are too valuable for some no playing girl to try and impress her coach by injuring you.

Paige Bueckers does not shoot the ball much, she is also rather slender (underweight) or physically unable take hard hits. She was outperformed by JuJu Watkins several games ago this past year in December 2024. For someone who has spent time. possibly workouts/training with or having conversations with Caitlin Clark that Paige skills and abilities are well overhyped or exaggerated. From a projected #1 WNBA Draft Pick Paige will likely be in the first Top 10 WNBA Draft Picks especially now showing she is prone or acceptable to injury. I don't think mentally Paige Bueckers has recovered from her ACL injury of 2 seasons ago. She is not playing the same way as she once did. Is it being over protective or lack of confidence? I foresee UConn in making it only to the Sweet 16 in the March Madness (Final Four) Playoffs in 2025. There will be no 2025 NCAA Championship for UConn this year. The WNBA "W" is a farce anyways since the whole league is made up of non-professional players and are dependent upon financial support of the NBA and other sponsors. It was proven the WNBA is a huge failure in women sports with much bad demeanor, attitudes, un-sportsman like conduct, jealousy, being non-professional and inflicting harm to others make it a terrible league. After all, look at the way Caitlin Clark was treated throughout her whole Rookie year in 2024. Time for the United States to create a real women's basketball league and dump the WNBA.

I'm not even going to watch this. Stop w/the blame Geno. Just stop. Really. This was an accident that could've happened at any point in the game to any player in the game and any team playing basketball, college or pros. Come ON man.

Paige should have dove for the ball....LeBron is soft. Jordan is the goat

I agree with me that UConn is injury university or university of injury. Why is there so many players getting hurt at that school?

Love this review so in depth and comprehensive. B2S I totally agree with about the rule change involving players diving on the floor. It definitely should be changed. Again I agree with you no one is to blame in the Bueckers injury. I love your comparison to Niners cut-blocking back in the day. Keep up the great work bro.

I am an avid UCONN fan and my heart goes out to Paige without any blame put on Geno. My heart also goes out to Ash at South Carolina. At 78, I can finally be an avid fan without wishing or cheering an injury on athletes from opposing teams. I have total respect for both Dawn and Geno. Neither coach will push Paige and Ash back into action before they are ready. Now about your idea on a rule change: It is an interesting proposal. Too many injuries occur with athletes diving for loose balls, especially head injuries. I needed stitches above both eyes from two different cases of diving for a loose ball. That was 55 years ago.

Looks like that Villanova player was being lazy in her pursuit of the ball. Instead of moving her body to grab it, it she decided to lean backward and laid into Paige's leg.

Hey announcer guy, you said “ground” 20-25 times. It’s a floor. Maybe make a note for next time.

Nah she’s gonna be ok

Good one, the most constructive discussion of the Bueckers incident I have heard.

The McQueen injury looked awful! I hope it's not as bad as it looked. She's such a crucial player for Utah.

Nah, she rolled into Paige on purpose. At best, she made absolutely no effort to not roll over her legs.

Any time a player gets injured in a game, we're supposed to blame the coach? Auriemma is in the process of experimenting with a number of different lineup combinations, as this year's team still needs to find its identity. Since so many of the combinations involve Bueckers, she's not going to come out in Q3 just because her team has a big lead. I wish we had more truth in the promotion of some of these videos. It appears that Paige has not incurred an injury the nature of which has "doomed" UConn's season.

This is the best discussion of the Paige injury. The move by the Villanova player was the equivalent of a cut block in football. It should be outlawed and carry a serious penalty. Diving at a players feet is actually a tackle and not a basketball play as generally understood. I love seeing players hustle to make a play but a cut rolling block is not hustle.

Paige should have dove for the ball also on that play. I think Raven Johnson was rolled up on in the Missouri game, if not it was a recent game. With the money NBA players are making, how guys are being rested and college athletes making NIL(and maybe salaries eventually) , perhaps they will legislate hustle plays like this out of the game. Maybe that's the way we're headed as some think the NFL is moving towards two hand touch or flag football.

I am one of the biggest Fans of Paige. But sometimes a player does NOT have to hustle after every shot when you are almost up by 30 points. Nor was Paige just standing still when the play happen. Also, the other player Should NOT be diving when you are Down by almost 30 points. But I bet almost anything these coaches are always screaming their players to hustle. So there is that also. UCONN season was Doomed if Fudd can't come back healthy. If the same for Paige, well we all know that's it for UCONN. For UCONN to win a Title, both Paige and Fudd have to be fully healthy.

Sports is ALL about contact. If you can't play tough, then don't play at all. The fault is the coach's (Geno) for not takinng Paige out earlier in a blowout game.

I cringe every time I see a tangle of limbs in WBB. They're very susceptible to knee and leg injuries. That's no secret. I disagree that it was a malicious act. But if coaches are going to emphasize diving for loose balls, and they do at every level, especially role players, that's what's going to occur. Certainly, I didn't think that Geno deserves blame.

This video has had the best take on this topic. Thank you for that

Well, I don't know that your rule change proposal would eliminate plays like that since there would still be a benefit to diving-and-swatting the ball as far down court as possible without ever gaining possession of the ball. It would still knock potentially important seconds off the shot clock. (It would decrease the motivation for diving plays a bit though.)

Paige's injury wasn't an accident. It was payback for making the Villanova player look bad and she got away with it.

I don't have any beef with Geno. He says he was replacing her? Fine. His choice. But come on; 3rd quarter and 25 points? This is not 5 minutes left and 50. I can agree with your position on the floor scramble. Bring it on.

It seems to me that back in the 60's and 70's that it was always a traveling call when you got possession of the ball on the floor.

Prayers for Ashlyn, there's not a single player that can take her place on the GAMECOCK roster. As far as PB, it's a wonder that she hasn't gotten hurt before this game. The way she tries to take offensive fouls is ridiculous. She could have seriously injured Lay Fulwiley last February.

I have reviewed the injury play several times. The roll up on Beuckers leg at the end of the play was not "going for the ball" or in any way a "basketball play". It was rugby. It should have been a flagrant 2 with an ejection. As far as Beuckers still being in the game, come on, it was only the 3rd quarter. I don't have any issue with Geno having her in the game.

Never thought about that…but yes…it does appear to be a good rule change…we’ve definitely come a long way from when basketball was once considered a non contact sport…😏

If you dive into a standing player legs what else is going to happen? It should be an automatic Flagrant 1 at minimum and as you propose a travel or loss. "Hustle" plays like that are carelessly dangerous.

Two points on Paige's injury. First, injuries can happen at any time during a game. The only way to truly prevent an injury from happening is to not play in the game at all. A lot of people attend the games to watch their favorite players actually PLAY in the game, not sit on the bench. Second, in this case, it was still in the third quarter. Most coaches don't replace their starters in the third quarter unless they have an insurmountable lead, so I don't buy that this was stat padding. Don't blame Geno for this.

Paige's sub was at the scoring table when this occurred... nothing points to Geno as fault. The shoulda, woulda, coulda, is sooo effin stupid as a reason when it comes to these injuries. Coach shoullda done this..if coach woulda have done that... etc. Eating the right foods for conditioning, giving your body a rest after the season and the physical make up of the woman's body itself is a few major factors of why these ladies have injuries. No one knows or can predict when an injury will occur.. before, middle or end of game... in the locker room...in practice (m,ost occur) an/or outside of the sport. Lets stop finger pointing and adress the real reasons...

No You can't prevent injuries by limiting minutes. Only by better referees and yes change the rule.