[joemontes]

Geno is notorious for not playing his bench even in blowouts.  He keeps top 5 recruits sitting.  They get a lot of transfers out and that is probably some of it.  Why go there if you hardly play?

If what he said about Bueckers is true, that she pesters him on the bench for more playing time (seems like a thing that is maybe not true but he has said it before so I don't know), that doesn't speak well of her.  I mean what about your teammates who want to get into a game?  She already plays big minutes, don't be a hog.  I tend to believe Geno is just yacking and she is not sitting on the bench asking him to put her in more.  I sure hope not, anyway.  I hope her injury is minor and she is back quickly.

Irregardless of who is to blame for BUECKER's freak accidental injury, she will most likely miss 2 - 4 weeks minimum if her injury is just a hyperextended knee. 

Which means she will miss the remainder of UConn's OOC schedule which includes #30 Georgia Tech (which just handed #21 Georgia its first loss of the season) on the road, #31 UCLA at a neutral site, and at home vs. #7 Louisville.  UConn is capable of winning all of those games without her, but they can also lose all of those games.  

Beyond that, UConn is just fortunate that they belong to a weak conference, so even without BUECKERS, they can probably waltz through the Big East conference unblemished.  Because, come on, they still have 2 former #1 overall recruits in Chistyn WILLIAMS (2018) and Azzi FUDD (2021), a former #2 overall recruit in Evina WESTBROOK (2017), and two former #5 overall recruits in Olivia NELSON-ODODA (2018) and Caroline DUCHARME (2021)

[joemontes]

Geno is notorious for not playing his bench even in blowouts.  He keeps top 5 recruits sitting.  They get a lot of transfers out and that is probably some of it.  Why go there if you hardly play?

If what he said about Bueckers is true, that she pesters him on the bench for more playing time (seems like a thing that is maybe not true but he has said it before so I don't know), that doesn't speak well of her.  I mean what about your teammates who want to get into a game?  She already plays big minutes, don't be a hog.  I tend to believe Geno is just yacking and she is not sitting on the bench asking him to put her in more.  I sure hope not, anyway.  I hope her injury is minor and she is back quickly.

Irregardless of who is to blame for BUECKER's freak accidental injury, she will most likely miss 2 - 4 weeks minimum if her injury is just a hyperextended knee. 

Which means she will miss the remainder of UConn's OOC schedule which includes #30 Georgia Tech (which just handed #21 Georgia its first loss of the season) on the road, #31 UCLA at a neutral site, and at home vs. #7 Louisville.  UConn is capable of winning all of those games without her, but they can also lose all of those games.  

Beyond that, UConn is just fortunate that they belong to a weak conference, so even without BUECKERS, they can probably waltz through the Big East conference unblemished.  Because, come on, they still have 2 former #1 overall recruits in Chistyn WILLIAMS (2018) and Azzi FUDD (2021), a former #2 overall recruit in Evina WESTBROOK (2017), and two former #5 overall recruits in Olivia NELSON-ODODA (2018) and Caroline DUCHARME (2021)