AEH Waiver Approved

[615dawg]

We won one with the NCAA.

 

[WutheringDawg]

This is very good news.

 

[MSUDC11]

I’m shocked but this is awesome. She has a chance to be the missing ingredient this team needs to win a national title.

 

[615dawg]

She's better than Vivians. Bibby needs to step up and become Blair.

 

[maroonmania]

Wow, that is huge for this year's women's team. We can now legitimately challenge again for a NC.

 

[WutheringDawg]

I feel like Vivian’s was jamont Gordon for women’s basketball. The whole offense had to flow through her for her to be effective. Hopefully Espinosa-Hunter will be more like a Timmy Bowers.

 

[MSUDC11]

She's better than Vivians. Bibby needs to step up and become Blair.

She CAN be better than Vivians, but I doubt she is right now. She doesn’t have to be yet though. If she can just give us a consistent threat from the outside like Blair and Ro were last year then this team’s potential shoots way up, and it was already really high.

 

[jack daniels dog]

Not to play devils advocate, but per Thunder and Lightning, she was cut from UCONN and that’s why she should’ve been allowed to play this year. Anyone have any further insight as to why...

 

[maroonmania]

She CAN be better than Vivians, but I doubt she is right now. She doesn’t have to be yet though. If she can just give us a consistent threat from the outside like Blair and Ro were last year then this team’s potential shoots way up, and it was already really high.

I highly doubt she is better now than Vivians was as a senior. VV was good every year but she was spectacular last year.

 

[patdog]

She's better than Vivians. Bibby needs to step up and become Blair.

Slow down. This is great news, but both she & Bibby are still young. There’s a lot of potential with both, but they’ve still got a lot to learn.

 

[DAWG61]

Not to play devils advocate, but per Thunder and Lightning, she was cut from UCONN and that’s why she should’ve been allowed to play this year. Anyone have any further insight as to why...

Dude she played like a total of 7 minutes. She was cut because Geno is a narcissistic ******* that demands every player do exactly what he wants/says and AEH was too free will for his liking. Basically she's got too much Koby Bryant in her game for his taste. He wants to control all his players like robots especially the brand new baby freshman.

 

[patdog]

Clearly, she & Auriema has problems from the beginning. But I doubt she was cut. I think that’s the story after she left. I haven’t heard of any problems with her at MSU & you can be sure Vic wouldn’t put up with any crap from any player.

 

[Len2003]

She's better than Vivians. Bibby needs to step up and become Blair.

Bibby went 3-7 from 3 point range last night, and she is much more versatile than Blair. She has a jump shot and can post up in certain situations. She's also 6'0", so she doesn't get pushed around by bigger guards. She can slash inside for layups too. She looked really good last night. She's lost weight and gotten faster. She's made a huge improvement from what I've seen so far. Taylor and Wiggins are also 3 point threats. They are young, but Taylor looked pretty good.

 

[patdog]

I think most people don't realize how big an adjustment it is coming from Australian and international basketball to the USA. The game here is much more physical and athletic. I fully expected her to make a big step up from last year to this year, and you're right that in many ways she has more upside than Blair did. The one thing she will never match is Blair's defensive intensity though.

 

[o_fredgarvin]

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Bibby went 3-7 from 3 point range last night, and she is much more versatile than Blair. She has a jump shot and can post up in certain situations. She's also 6'0", so she doesn't get pushed around by bigger guards. She can slash inside for layups too. She looked really good last night. She's lost weight and gotten faster. She's made a huge improvement from what I've seen so far. Taylor and Wiggins are also 3 point threats. They are young, but Taylor looked pretty good.

Much more of a defensive asset than Blair. Remember she shut down Asa Wilson when we beat USCe at home last year.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

She committed to UCONN when she was like 14 and when she got to campus she realized she had made a mistake.

 

[Bucky Dog]

I wondered the same thing after I read Geno’s comments about her. Basically he said they have a way to do things and she didn’t want to so he gave her three chances and finally told her I don’t want you anymore!!

I wondered if she is a problem or if it is the Stepford Wife mentality Geno creates and she resisted. All in all, I believe that Vic would NEVER take a girl with an attitude problem and would make sure her character is there. Vic has proven he will not put up with lack of effort, or attitudes.

 

[Dr. Funke.sixpack]

So you’re saying she’s just a volume shooter?**

 

[RocketDawg]

Bibby went 3-7 from 3 point range last night, and she is much more versatile than Blair. She has a jump shot and can post up in certain situations. She's also 6'0", so she doesn't get pushed around by bigger guards. She can slash inside for layups too. She looked really good last night. She's lost weight and gotten faster. She's made a huge improvement from what I've seen so far. Taylor and Wiggins are also 3 point threats. They are young, but Taylor looked pretty good.

That's exactly what she needed to do. I'm glad too -- I'd like to see her do well.

 

[JoMo MoJo]

I’m shocked but this is awesome. She has a chance to be the missing ingredient this team needs to win a national title.

The missing ingredient we need is an all male officiating staff (or at least a male head official) or for the opponent’s coach to also be male.

Bring on the down votes. I will stick to my theory.

 

[WrapItDog]

A now-deleted video surfaced on Twitter where Auriemma states he “didn’t want” Espinoza-Hunter at UConn anymore. The full quote has been transcribed below:

 

[RocketDawg]

The missing ingredient we need is an all male officiating staff (or at least a male head official) or for the opponent’s coach to also be male.

Bring on the down votes. I will stick to my theory.

I don't necessarily disagree, but why would that matter? Maybe it would get rid of the official SC official?

 

[00Dawg]

Next stop: back-to-back-to-back Final Fours

The floor just went up 2 notches, and the ceiling is our first title.

 

[patdog]

We don’t need an all male officiating crew. We just need anyone other than that one official calling our big games.

 

[DAWG61]

The missing ingredient we need is an all male officiating staff (or at least a male head official) or for the opponent’s coach to also be male.

Bring on the down votes. I will stick to my theory.

What? All male officiating staffs have been 17ing over every MSU sport since forever. It ain't gonna help the women. Your theory is ****.

 

[Wizard.sixpack]

I wouldn't exactly say she shut her down.

 

[She Mate Me]

What a ridiculous statement. I hope she is a wonderful player, but VV's legacy is set in stone.

 

[PineGroveBully]

It'd hafta take a while to get used to the net swishing in the other direction **

 

[She Mate Me]

Another ridiculous statement. VV improved every season at MSU and continued that in the WNBA in her first year. Barring injury she will finish her career as the GOAT of MSU WBB. Ask Vic how good she is.

 

[paindonthurt_]

So he’s a good coach?

 

[JoMo MoJo]

You don’t watch much female college basketball, donyou?

 

[KingBarkus]

So you’re saying she’s just a volume shooter?**

As an aside, this killed my intramural career in the Tin gym. Too many volume shooter teammates...

 

[615dawg]

The missing ingredient we need is an all male officiating staff (or at least a male head official) or for the opponent’s coach to also be male.

Bring on the down votes. I will stick to my theory.

You are spot on.

Two years ago when we lost to South Carolina three times. All three times a certain official was working our game. One that doesn't like straight white men.

 

[615dawg]

Its not really ridiculous. VV was a great player. No doubt. AEH is way ahead of where she was at this time. You seem to forget that most of VV's career she was a liability. If her shots were falling, we rolled and it was great - but we lost many of games because her shots weren't falling and she would get frustrated and shoot more. She fixed that in her senior year because we blew everyone off the court and hardly trailed.

AEH will be the best player in MSU history. If Bibby has improved as much as folks are saying (hard to tell against overmatched opponents), then this will be our best shot at the title. We have the two best front court players in the nation. We are going to dominate the paint and wear teams out. With AEH and Bibby (and Taylor as she matures), there may be only one team in the country that can beat us.

 

[Wizard.sixpack]

Let's just say she could be better than Vivians was at the same point in her career.

 

[EurekaDog]

I have a similar tale to tell.

In a pick-up game in the Tin Gym, Michael Haddix set a pick on me.
I was never the same.

 

[johnson86-1]

I wondered the same thing after I read Geno’s comments about her. Basically he said they have a way to do things and she didn’t want to so he gave her three chances and finally told her I don’t want you anymore!!

I wondered if she is a problem or if it is the Stepford Wife mentality Geno creates and she resisted. All in all, I believe that Vic would NEVER take a girl with an attitude problem and would make sure her character is there. Vic has proven he will not put up with lack of effort, or attitudes.

Pretty sure Vic will take a girl with an attitude problem; he just won't let them stay. Isn't that what we did with a girl just this year? Maybe out of Ocean Springs? Basically listened to vic for a couple of weeks before she or he decided she'd be better off at JUCO?

 

[Xenomorph]

In her career, VV teams were 126-22 and won more games each year than the previous one. I'm legitimately glad you think so highly of Espinoza-Hunter.. but saying she's already better than VV when she hasn't played a single minute is pretty bold.

 

[DAWG61]

You don’t watch much female college basketball, donyou?

Outside of MSU I don't watch any female college basketball and before Vic arrived I didn't watch any female basketball period. Same for 95% of the other MSU fans. What's your point? How does changing the sex of a referee correlate to anything other than you have a messed up sexist conspiracy theory going here?

 

[JoMo MoJo]

I don't necessarily disagree, but why would that matter? Maybe it would get rid of the official SC official?

Well last year they let us play physical basketball until the female head coach of ND told the female official to start calling us for **** or they were about to be run out of the arena. We ended up with all our best players in foul trouble. I know the PC argument is to say that the sex of an official doesn’t matter but trust me. A female official will not be unbiased if she is calling a game where the opposing coaches are opposite sexes. Especially when the female coach pleads to her.