Input Wanted on ND/UConn Floppers, Whiners, Trash Talkers...
by dillon77 (2020-06-13 11:13:11)
Edited on 2020-06-13 13:00:02

As many of you have/could have guessed, the Dara Mabrey commitment has resurrected the usual litany of charges levied at Mabreys and ND players in general over at the Boneyard, including those listed on the headline.

Rather than refute most of them (hey, this is hoops, not choir practice), I'd like to get the input of The Bench on what members of ND and UConn (most Boneyarders think their players are perfect in every which way) do well at some things that are part of the game, but usually don't make positive headlines. Hey, it happens. There are some positive elements, too.

I'll list a topic, then suggest a player or coach from each squad.
Please add in your nomination and comments in your reply.

I'll formulate the results and post here first, then try to get input on the Boneyard; then compile both. This should be an interesting exercise.

Here goes:

BEST AT TAKING A CHARGE (Legit)
ND
- Koko Nelson
- Natalie Novosel
- Marta Sniezek

UConn
- Gaby Williams
- Moriah Jefferson


BEST AT FLOPPING
ND
- Marina (she is pretty good at it...)
- Hannah Huffman (she'd pump her fist on the way down!)

UConn
- Dolson (she will appear on many of these lists)
- Diana Taurasi


WHINING/COMPLAINING

UConn
- KLS (she'd have the pouty face on everything that didn't go her way)
- Taurasi (for someone so good, she whines a lot)
- Dolson (every ref call is debatable)
- Geno A. (always working refs...)

ND
- Becca Bruszewski (emotional, demonstrative. Could be misinterpreted)
- Dev Peters (not afraid to let her emotions be known)
- Marina (what you see is what you get...emotional)
- Arike (would get frustrated if her shot didn't fall)

I AM NOT NOT GOING TO GIVE UP EVER...DAMMIT...COME AGAIN
UConn
- Sue Bird
- Taurasi
- Stewie (in her subdued way...)
- Gabby W. (she killed us)

ND
- Skylar
- Ace (would rally the troops)
- K-Mac
- Arike/Marina (Tennessee, 4th quarter of Baylor game)


I'll LET MY PLAY MAKE THE LOUDEST STATEMENT...

UConn
- Stewie
- Sue Bird
- Napheesa Collier

ND
- Jewell Loyd
- Jess Shepard and/or Bri Turner
- Michaela Mabrey (when you hit 40-footers in front of Geno, that's a statement in its own right)


And a different one....NCAA GRANTING WAIVERS:

ND
Positive
- Jess Shepard (the best conspiracy theory ever at the Boneyard)
- Maddie Cable (was she given a medical year due to her foot issues?

Negative
- Alohi Gilman, football (immediate eligibility was rejected the same year as Jess was approved.)
- Tim Abromitis, men's hoops, medical redshirt denied
- Appeal for taking away football wins because of bogus summer tutor denied.


UConn

Negative (and I mean a questionable bogus call)
- Evina Westbrook denied immediate eligibility (given the f-ups at Tennessee, that looked like a natural. UT must've been pissed).

Positive
- ???

And lastly....player you most admire the most for play, way she comports herself and represents her school and team. In short, you wish she had gone to ND:

UCONN
- Napheesa Collier
- Sue Bird
- Stewie


ND
(this is primarily up to UConn fans, but I'm interested in what ND fans think)
- Natalie Achonwa
- K-Mac
- Jess Shepard/Brianna Turner
- Ruth Riley
- Michaela Mabrey



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