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Post by rockymtblue2 on Jan 25, 2023 9:26:15 GMT -5
Because of the Covid year exemption (Paige’s freshman year) and injury years, and if as expected Jana Paige and Ice don’t play this year, next year none of our 14 will be in their last year of eligibility. Not saying they all will or should stay, but including next year Aubrey Aaliyah Nika Azzi Caroline Amari will have two years, Paige Ines Ayanna will have 3 years, and Ice Jana Ashlynn KK and Qadence will have 4 years. With a 15 scholarship limit, Paige and Azzi could go off scholarship with their nil earnings after next season while Paige pleases her mother by earning her PhD! Paige will probably be Director of Basketball Operations by then in addition to her Player of the Year duties, and getting her PhD. What's funny about that?
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Post by meyers7 on Jan 25, 2023 10:23:02 GMT -5
Muhl is 21 now, she'll be 22 on my birthday 4/9.
IF (IF) UCONN is healthy next year, with Bueckers, Fudd, Edwards I don't see anyway they don't run the competition next year. With 3 AA (NPOTY??) candidates, that's a recipe for success. Should be undefeated with a NC.
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Post by bulkey on Jan 25, 2023 10:36:25 GMT -5
Muhl is 21 now, she'll be 22 on my birthday 4/9. IF (IF) UCONN is healthy next year, with Bueckers, Fudd, Edwards I don't see anyway they don't run the competition next year. With 3 AA (NPOTY??) candidates, that's a recipe for success. Should be undefeated with a NC. Certainly seems that way. The one rather big question mark is the question of the big. How to replace Dorka? Lots of talent with great potential, but bigs always take the most time to develop. Stanford loses Jones (though bringing in good guard talent), but has Brink and Betts as a sophomore. If Ice had been able to play this year, despite the vast difference in size between her and Betts, I think we'd hold our own on that match-up. But still, I agree.
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Post by swash on Jan 25, 2023 11:28:56 GMT -5
I'll defer to Swash, but I have a nagging feeling that the rules are different for US vs International. Isn't there something about you are eligible if your class has graduated? International players must be 20 years old to enter the draft: INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS Section 1(d): An international player is “any person who • Is born and resides outside the United States • Participates in basketball as an amateur or a professional INTERNATIONAL PLAYER ELIGIBILITY An international player is eligible for the WNBA Draft if she will be at least 20-years old during the calendar year in which such Draft is held. NOTE: If an otherwise international player has exercised US intercollegiate basketball eligibility, then she shall be subject to the general eligibility rules set forth above [in Article XIII, Section 1(b)(iii) wnbpa.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Player-Eligibility-WNBA-Draft-Module.pdfBut if the player plays US WCBB, then they follow the US rules. Right?
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Post by swash on Jan 25, 2023 11:34:19 GMT -5
Muhl is 21 now, she'll be 22 on my birthday 4/9. IF (IF) UCONN is healthy next year, with Bueckers, Fudd, Edwards I don't see anyway they don't run the competition next year. With 3 AA (NPOTY??) candidates, that's a recipe for success. Should be undefeated with a NC. As long as we're keeping our expectations within reason.... Let's win every game by at least 40 points. LOL.
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Post by swash on Jan 25, 2023 11:46:10 GMT -5
Muhl is 21 now, she'll be 22 on my birthday 4/9. IF (IF) UCONN is healthy next year, with Bueckers, Fudd, Edwards I don't see anyway they don't run the competition next year. With 3 AA (NPOTY??) candidates, that's a recipe for success. Should be undefeated with a NC. Certainly seems that way. The one rather big question mark is the question of the big. How to replace Dorka? Lots of talent with great potential, but bigs always take the most time to develop. Stanford loses Jones (though bringing in good guard talent), but has Brink and Betts as a sophomore. If Ice had been able to play this year, despite the vast difference in size between her and Betts, I think we'd hold our own on that match-up. But still, I agree. SCar will still have Cardoso as well. The five may be the weakest spot, but we have a solid group who may all contribute. Ice is a plus in shooting touch and passing. Amari a bit better shooter and a smidge lower in passing. Ayanna will bang. Tougher to tell about Jana, but she clearly has skills and a motor. If Aaliyah and Aubrey are the starters, the bench group offers a lot of options ... size, speed, strength, quickness, hi-low passing, post up, face up, midrange, from the arc ... and they have the option of rotating to always be fresh and should never worry about foul trouble.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2023 11:54:09 GMT -5
International players must be 20 years old to enter the draft: INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS Section 1(d): An international player is “any person who • Is born and resides outside the United States • Participates in basketball as an amateur or a professional INTERNATIONAL PLAYER ELIGIBILITY An international player is eligible for the WNBA Draft if she will be at least 20-years old during the calendar year in which such Draft is held. NOTE: If an otherwise international player has exercised US intercollegiate basketball eligibility, then she shall be subject to the general eligibility rules set forth above [in Article XIII, Section 1(b)(iii) wnbpa.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Player-Eligibility-WNBA-Draft-Module.pdfBut if the player plays US WCBB, then they follow the US rules. Right? Yes, and the CBA explains the rules better than the chart on pages 110-111. International players who are competing in the US and subject to NCAA protocols, must follow the rules set forth for American players. (e) For purposes of this Section 1, an “international player” means any person born and residing outside the United States who participates in the game of basketball as an amateur or a professional. An international player who exercises intercollegiate basketball eligibility in the United States shall be subject to the eligibility rules set forth in Section 1(b)(iii) above. wnbpa.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/WNBA-WNBPA-CBA-2020-2027.pdf
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Post by bulkey on Jan 25, 2023 12:23:42 GMT -5
Certainly seems that way. The one rather big question mark is the question of the big. How to replace Dorka? Lots of talent with great potential, but bigs always take the most time to develop. Stanford loses Jones (though bringing in good guard talent), but has Brink and Betts as a sophomore. If Ice had been able to play this year, despite the vast difference in size between her and Betts, I think we'd hold our own on that match-up. But still, I agree. SCar will still have Cardoso as well. The five may be the weakest spot, but we have a solid group who may all contribute. Ice is a plus in shooting touch and passing. Amari a bit better shooter and a smidge lower in passing. Ayanna will bang. Tougher to tell about Jana, but she clearly has skills and a motor. If Aaliyah and Aubrey are the starters, the bench group offers a lot of options ... size, speed, strength, quickness, hi-low passing, post up, face up, midrange, from the arc ... and they have the option of rotating to always be fresh and should never worry about foul trouble. I'm not real worried about Cardoso without Boston. She's got great defensive skills and pretty good offensive skills. She'll do her damage and get her points. But she won't fully dominate as 2 bigs playing together might, especially with Brink's speed and flexibility.
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Post by meyers7 on Jan 25, 2023 13:31:16 GMT -5
Muhl is 21 now, she'll be 22 on my birthday 4/9. IF (IF) UCONN is healthy next year, with Bueckers, Fudd, Edwards I don't see anyway they don't run the competition next year. With 3 AA (NPOTY??) candidates, that's a recipe for success. Should be undefeated with a NC. As long as we're keeping our expectations within reason.... Let's win every game by at least 40 points. LOL. I wouldn't go TonyC far. But double digits, easy. Now, will we be healthy? Not likely. BUT, if we are.....yea, undefeated, double digits. I'm calling it.
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Post by pinotbear on Jan 25, 2023 13:34:53 GMT -5
jes' sayin'....
MOJO!
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Post by meyers7 on Jan 25, 2023 13:40:27 GMT -5
The only thing mojo can afflict UCONN with is health (which it's done these last two years). Sooooo, IF (big IF) healthy. It'll be like 08-09, 09-10, 13-14, (probably not quite like 01-02, or 15-16 though) .
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Post by UConnChapette on Jan 25, 2023 13:46:45 GMT -5
Mojo is one of the reasons I prefer to not look too far ahead. Next game is Tennessee...Not yet feeling anxious about it. Tomorrow may be another story.
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Post by meyers7 on Jan 25, 2023 13:57:55 GMT -5
Mojo is one of the reasons I prefer to not look too far ahead. Next game is Tennessee...Not yet feeling anxious about it. Tomorrow may be another story. Well, title of the thread is "Next Year", sooooo.
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Post by bulkey on Jan 25, 2023 14:00:28 GMT -5
Mojo isn't necessarily bad on its own, it's neutral. You can have good mojo or bad mojo. Mojo” first appeared in the 1920s in the southern United States from the Gullah word “moco” (magic), Gullah being Creole spoken by some groups of African-Americans. The ultimate root of “mojo” was the word “moco'o,” which means “shaman or medicine man” in the African language Fulani.mojoland.net/origin/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CMojo%E2%80%9D%20first%20appeared%20in%20the,in%20the%20African%20language%20Fulani.
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Post by meyers7 on Jan 27, 2023 11:18:47 GMT -5
I've tried helping with the mojo for the past few years.....hasn't helped any (I hope). So I'll just go with what I think now.
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