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Post by phil on Mar 21, 2021 8:09:46 GMT -5
I confess to a brief moment of panic yesterday. The announcement time of 5:30 came and went, and I didn't see the announcement, so I tried searching for Patterson's name to see if something would pop up. I found this article. I didn't read it word for word I scanned down to look for mention her name and stumbled across this sentence fragment: including landing 6-2 top-5-prospect Ayanna Patterson from Fort Wayne, Ind. this week
When I first read it, I thought it was the dreaded announcement, but then I read a little closer and realized they were talking about what needed to happen to return to being a contender. |
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Post by phil on Mar 21, 2021 8:27:38 GMT -5
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Post by rockymtblue2 on Mar 21, 2021 8:43:00 GMT -5
"The rich get richer."
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Post by rockymtblue2 on Mar 21, 2021 9:24:43 GMT -5
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Post by bulkey on Mar 21, 2021 10:02:30 GMT -5
We weren't recruiting like this for a few years. Remember? Geno himself was complaining about this. I think a strategy must have been tweaked...The ND expectations were based on her living right down the road a piece. Same diocese even. I've wondered, too. Or maybe the Stewie years were just so dominant that it became unfashionable to consider UConn: in the eyes of recruits, better and easier to build something elsewhere. Certainly, South Carolina and Stanford began packing them in. Maybe simply a cycle to recruiting, but for no structural reason (Geno as good as ever), and suddenly again, it's time to be the next hero in UConn's next dynasty run. Whatever. Has UConn ever had a better recruiting run? (Maybe only the "big three" and then Pheesa and Lou in the Stewie dynasty). |
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Post by phil on Mar 21, 2021 10:15:20 GMT -5
Well, the Tassk force is hard to beat.
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Post by rockymtblue2 on Mar 21, 2021 12:22:08 GMT -5
A Courant article with more on our newest Husky. www.courant.com/sports/uconn-womens-basketball/hc-sp-uconn-women-ayanna-patterson-20210322-20210321-yxdckgpzh5agdni3ot6vhs5kce-story.html"But last month, Patterson got the closest she has in person to the Huskies’ operation, watching from the stands as UConn took on Butler at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Getting to watch Geno Auriemma, Chris Dailey and the rest of the UConn coaching staff interact with their players mid-game was enough to seal the deal for her. “It solidified everything that I wanted to do,” Patterson told The Courant following her announcement. “When you watch them play, it’s like, ‘OK, now I see everything they’re doing on TV.’ I could see how [Auriemma’s] coaching, how CD’s coaching, how they work together on different things on the floor. That made the decision perfect when I got to see them. “How Coach communicates with his kids and how he pushes them to be great and pushes them to limits that they didn’t think they had and just player development — their program speaks for itself. I just wanted to go and be a part of that. It was a dream of mine. You can go live out your dreams.” |
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Post by TheBlackKnight on Mar 21, 2021 12:50:57 GMT -5
I say, this is cheery news. Going to bloody exciting for the next few years.
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Post by phil on Mar 21, 2021 13:57:49 GMT -5
So let the height debate begin! Alexa says 6-3, ESPN says 6-2.
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Post by chicagogg on Mar 21, 2021 14:52:02 GMT -5
If she has Gabby's speed (track star), Lou's height and she's built like Aaliyah, what's not to look forward to???
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Post by linkster on Mar 21, 2021 15:10:23 GMT -5
"Richy Rich" Rich. "McScrooge Duck" rich.  |
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Post by bulkey on Mar 21, 2021 15:29:57 GMT -5
"Richy Rich" Rich. "McScrooge Duck" rich. Why is that almost everyone, including myself, takes a dribble before going up? All it does is allow the defense get set and possibly knock the ball away. Go right up with it! (I say to others). |
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Post by rockymtblue2 on Mar 21, 2021 15:34:50 GMT -5
I say, this is cheery news. Going to bloody exciting for the next few years. You might say UConn is on a crusade! |
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