UConn is in trouble. Even if they had not lost two key players for the season, with two more in recovery (or not), rarely has a Geno Auriemma-coached team looked so ineffective on both sides of the ball as they have so far.
Trouble in Storrs (on the road)
This was to be the year of fantastic outside shooting and efficient, effective post play. The Huskies were going to press on defense with their surfeit of guards, Aaliyah Edwards was going to become an All-American, and 6-5 freshman Jana El-Alfy was going to become the program’s next great center.
Just weeks in, every part of that plan needs to be scrapped, and the offense and the defense changed from both the expectations of this year, and the past practices of years of UConn dominance.
The epidemic of injuries the team suffered all last season has returned with devastating effect already, as talented guard Azzi Fudd, who had just returned from sitting out last year with injury, is out for the season again with another one. Guard Caroline Ducharme, another elite scorer, has been a day-to-day scratch since a series of concussions suffered midway through the 2022-23 campaign.
El-Alfy – expected to be the dominant big this year –…
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