Is it NATTY or BUST for Paige Bueckers and UConn? | The Late Sub

[@EmDe69]

Appreciate the premise that a winning a NAT'L Championship isn't predicated only on the Name-Players, but on what the collective is willing to do OR willing to give up (minutes) to take the NATTY home. Maybe OBS, but I'll admit to losing sight of the Goal when considering these EXCITING Lineups.

[@leocgonzalez]

Most of UCLA's key players are all juniors - Kiki Rice, Lauren Betts, Gabriela Jaquez, Londynn Jones, Timea Gardner (Oregon St. transfer), and Janiah Barker (Texas A&M transfer).

[@RustyLou18]

Thank you for your support of our Gamecocks! We have the REAL #1 2024 recruit and Joyce is only going to get better!

[@eldowns379]

All I heard last year is you aren’t a goat without a college title, people better keep that same energy for UConn

[@RustyLou18]

2024-25 "You are NOT a goat if you can't win a National Championship". 😅🤣😂

[@alansmithee8831]

Hello Claire. So weird to a European that Orlando are not just Football League Champions , end of story, season over get the trophies out.

[@EmDe69]

Welcome to America, where we prize the Playoff Champion over the Season's Final Standings. I don't know, MAYBE it's the excitement of Winner Take All.

[@alansmithee8831]

@EmDe69 As a Rugby League fan this is how the champion is decided, but it is not a majority sport and football would not accept it here as their fans are die hard traditionalists.

[@EmDe69]

@@alansmithee8831 Understood. I get it. Think I've got one foot in each of the 2 camps...leaning a bit towards the Season's Final Standings, OOPS! Maybe the Orlando Pride will reunite the two, having already won the 2024 Shield. In the CHAOS League one never knows what'll happen!! GO BATS!! 🦇🦇🦇

[@alansmithee8831]

@EmDe69 My favourite US player, Midge Purce is missing this season. I wondered if she recovers soon, might she go abroad on loan to get match fit, but I recently heard some in US consider match fit differently because you have to play all games more like cup matches to gain a play off mentality.

[@RustyLou18]

UConn will not even come close to a Natty in 2024-25, nope. Even with Strong, the SEC, ACC, Big 10, and will eat them alive.

[@Qwerty098-y6d]

She's 23 against 18 yr Olds ....yeah

[@lucykim513]

She was busting up 23 year olds as a freshmen too lmao.

[@johnklein6040]

So Paige is the only twenty three year old playing in college, and all the other teems only have eighteen year olds. That's what you're saying?

[@lucykim513]

@@johnklein6040 Paige is not the only 23 yr old playing in college LMFAO. There are many other super seniors who chose to stay for a fifth year, not only her. Besdies she was playing against 5th years when she was a freshie too. Whats the point of rehashing this old played out argument. Yall just want to hate her and down play her talent so bad.

[@johnklein6040]

You are addressing the wrong person. Numb nuts I'm defending her. talk to the guy who started the conversation

[@RustyLou18]

@@lucykim513 No she was not, her freshman year, Aari McDonald of Arizona put a stop to her in the final four and Henny held her to 14 points in 2022 in the finals. GO GAMECOCKS!