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Post by bulkey on Apr 14, 2024 11:11:46 GMT -5
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Post by jonathan on Apr 14, 2024 12:02:27 GMT -5
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Post by mdoggie on Apr 14, 2024 12:11:26 GMT -5
One of the funniest monikers ever!! Lol
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Post by semper on Apr 15, 2024 2:33:55 GMT -5
I'll say one thing for the portal, it has made the start of the off season much more interesting.
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Post by magic on Apr 15, 2024 6:52:10 GMT -5
Irish are going to be a force to reckin with.
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Post by rvwsleep on Apr 15, 2024 11:26:34 GMT -5
Here's an unexpected one for me.
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Post by bulkey on Apr 15, 2024 11:48:00 GMT -5
Here's an unexpected one for me. That is so very weird: there's no symmetry between her final 2 choices and her final decision does seem really odd. Promises of greater NIL?
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Post by doggydaddy on Apr 15, 2024 12:03:50 GMT -5
Here's an unexpected one for me. That is so very weird: there's no symmetry between her final 2 choices and her final decision does seem really odd. Promises of greater NIL? It's been two years. Things change besides NIL offers.
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Post by bulkey on Apr 15, 2024 14:54:16 GMT -5
May mean absolutely nothing, but... Reagen Beers is linked in the twittersphere to a number of schools--especially UConn--but also to her home state university of Colorado.
Now Colorado's fine (not super great, but fine) center just went into the portal
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Post by swash on Apr 15, 2024 18:26:25 GMT -5
That is so very weird: there's no symmetry between her final 2 choices and her final decision does seem really odd. Promises of greater NIL? It's been two years. Things change besides NIL offers. Grace thought she was walking into a top program at Oregon. They were a disaster this season. She is good, but not a candidate for the top handful of programs. I suspect she wanted to have the decision locked down early. Don't want to fret about when the music may stop. Baylor has a very good coach (we'll see if she can recruit over time, but she has the rest). They're also a media darling program. I can see that thought. Michigan State had a plus year (finished ahead of projections), and plays a goldilocks schedule (Good enough and soft enough). She will be a heroine there.
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Post by linkster on Apr 15, 2024 19:36:45 GMT -5
My preferences for transfers are Chen and Beers. Beers would be the final brick in the front line and Chen looks like the 2nd coming of LLS. Fudd insurance.
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Post by bulkey on Apr 16, 2024 0:02:50 GMT -5
My preferences for transfers are Chen and Beers. Beers would be the final brick in the front line and Chen looks like the 2nd coming of LLS. Fudd insurance. I'm just gonna be the Debbie Downer again, but I just don't see Chen wanting to be "Fudd insurance." (great, BTW). She's been a star at Princeton and can get major minutes at home at UCLA or Southern Cal, or get really major minutes and a grad degree to match her undergrad degree up the road at Stanford. My money is strongly on one of those 3 schools. Plus, I don't want a one-year rental pushing Ashlynn down to 3rd at her position (and Allie down to 4th!). After her heroic freshman year, Ashlynn deserves better than that.
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Post by mdoggie on Apr 16, 2024 0:16:48 GMT -5
My preferences for transfers are Chen and Beers. Beers would be the final brick in the front line and Chen looks like the 2nd coming of LLS. Fudd insurance. Stop inventing and making stuff up. Chen DOESNT have LLS skill set !!!
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Post by grrrrr on Apr 16, 2024 7:28:19 GMT -5
My preferences for transfers are Chen and Beers. Beers would be the final brick in the front line and Chen looks like the 2nd coming of LLS. Fudd insurance. I'm just gonna be the Debbie Downer again, but I just don't see Chen wanting to be "Fudd insurance." (great, BTW). She's been a star at Princeton and can get major minutes at home at UCLA or Southern Cal, or get really major minutes and a grad degree to match her undergrad degree up the road at Stanford. My money is strongly on one of those 3 schools. Plus, I don't want a one-year rental pushing Ashlynn down to 3rd at her position (and Allie down to 4th!). After her heroic freshman year, Ashlynn deserves better than that. I thought the guard from Columbia (name escapes me) was better than Chen when they went head to head anyway. Got enough guards and wings, don't underestimate how good Morgan and Allie are.
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Post by swash on Apr 16, 2024 8:42:15 GMT -5
Needs: a third PG after Paige and KK, preferably a great defender, and a starting center.
KI or RB are the only portal candidates inside to date, IMO. Barker deserves mention, but is really a four and would be a project here.
I don't think K Chen would be ahead of either point in house (PB, KKA), and she would be a ways down the list of SG options, too. So, that may be hard for her to swallow. She would bring experience.
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Post by jonathan on Apr 16, 2024 9:01:13 GMT -5
I'm just gonna be the Debbie Downer again, but I just don't see Chen wanting to be "Fudd insurance." (great, BTW). She's been a star at Princeton and can get major minutes at home at UCLA or Southern Cal, or get really major minutes and a grad degree to match her undergrad degree up the road at Stanford. My money is strongly on one of those 3 schools. Plus, I don't want a one-year rental pushing Ashlynn down to 3rd at her position (and Allie down to 4th!). After her heroic freshman year, Ashlynn deserves better than that. I thought the guard from Columbia (name escapes me) was better than Chen when they went head to head anyway. Got enough guards and wings, don't underestimate how good Morgan and Allie are. Yeah but some of those guards have a pretty significant injury history. And don't overestimate how good Morgan and Allie are. They have not played a single minute of D1 basketball. Honestly, the same could be said of Jana. And Ice, Jana and Ayanna all have injury histories. There are 6 players on this roster with significant injury history. We need bodies as, someone said, insurance. I would like to see those slots filled with instant impact players. Clearly, the biggest risk and most unknowns are in the low post. We need either Beers or Iriafen, in my opinion. The second slot should be filled by either a PF or a PG. I don't worry about first or second year players being pushed down the rotation. In many ways, that is a good thing. For one, if gives them another year without pressure where they can get a mix of PT and observing the game from the bench. If KK and Ashlyn get pushed down to 6 and 7 in the rotation, they will be fine. The only returning players that have to start, if healthy, are Paige and Azzi. If Strong is as good as advertised, it will be tough to keep her out of the starting lineup. If we get either Beers and/or Iriafen, they will start. THAT could be one hell of a starting 5. Then the second wave would be KK, Shade, Griffin, Ice and Jana. Whatever we get from Q, Ziebell, Cheli and Patterson would just be icing.
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Post by magic on Apr 16, 2024 9:46:54 GMT -5
College basketball is no longer the same as we have been used to. It is more semi-pro. Everyone does what'e right for them, whether we like it or not. I say you stock up on good players and let the talent fall where it may. The best players play. There is no guarantee anyone stays or goes. Heck we don't even know what teams will be in what conference from year to year.
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Post by swash on Apr 16, 2024 10:37:45 GMT -5
I thought the guard from Columbia (name escapes me) was better than Chen when they went head to head anyway. Got enough guards and wings, don't underestimate how good Morgan and Allie are. Yeah but some of those guards have a pretty significant injury history. And don't overestimate how good Morgan and Allie are. They have not played a single minute of D1 basketball. Honestly, the same could be said of Jana. And Ice, Jana and Ayanna all have injury histories. There are 6 players on this roster with significant injury history. We need bodies as, someone said, insurance. I would like to see those slots filled with instant impact players. Clearly, the biggest risk and most unknowns are in the low post. We need either Beers or Iriafen, in my opinion. The second slot should be filled by either a PF or a PG. I don't worry about first or second year players being pushed down the rotation. In many ways, that is a good thing. For one, if gives them another year without pressure where they can get a mix of PT and observing the game from the bench. If KK and Ashlyn get pushed down to 6 and 7 in the rotation, they will be fine. The only returning players that have to start, if healthy, are Paige and Azzi. If Strong is as good as advertised, it will be tough to keep her out of the starting lineup. If we get either Beers and/or Iriafen, they will start. THAT could be one hell of a starting 5. Then the second wave would be KK, Shade, Griffin, Ice and Jana. Whatever we get from Q, Ziebell, Cheli and Patterson would just be icing. Injury history shouldn't be a criterion. Those still not "cleared to play" are concerns until they get back and ramped up. I was not making a statement about readiness or rotation, just noting who plays where. As to the under class women, they're not first on the strategy board, but they are very talented and should get opportunities to prove their metal. As shown, KK and Ash were able to bring meaningful contributions. Q was more freshman-like, but still had moments of brilliance. Sarah is a step up in readiness. Jana, too. And the other two newbies seem to be similar in capabilities to last year's. Cheli may be good enough to share "break glass" PG coverage with Azzi.
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Post by bulkey on Apr 16, 2024 13:01:58 GMT -5
Feeling badly for Nova and Denise....
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Post by magic on Apr 16, 2024 13:11:03 GMT -5
I like Dalce. The BE is is coming aprt at the seams on the women's side.
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Post by bulkey on Apr 16, 2024 14:57:54 GMT -5
I like Dalce. The BE is is coming aprt at the seams on the women's side. She's a strong player. Defensive player of the year in the Big East, along with Kelsey Ransom.
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Post by grrrrr on Apr 16, 2024 19:05:08 GMT -5
I like Dalce. The BE is is coming aprt at the seams on the women's side. Not good, not down to the AAC level. Yet.
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Post by linkster on Apr 16, 2024 19:42:26 GMT -5
The solution to the problem is a lot more talented players. The men's game has dealt with one and dones and two and dones for decades but the talent pool is so large that they aren't missed. While NIL is tough on less-well financed programs it may also lead to more girls taking basketball seriously at a younger age so all schools benefit.
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Post by semper on Apr 17, 2024 3:36:47 GMT -5
It is really a whole new world, and the importance of building the "family" as Geno and CD have done is much more important than we ever dreamed it would be. Coaches have got to have that skill now too, or have a sidekick who does. I don't think we've had major talent jump ship yet. I do hope something can be done about our conference, but I guess it doesn't matter as long as the OCC is very very strong. But that is going to be more important than ever. Last year was a disaster, but when Geno set that up he had no idea he was going to lose half his major players. Geeze, it was awful. This year it will be different, or so we hope.
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Post by bulkey on Apr 17, 2024 8:09:03 GMT -5
+1 semper. Geno is not going to change. He’s going to continue to build cohesion through caring and honest communication. It’s not the new normal and it may cost UConn some short term advantages, but he’s going to stand by his players and his beliefs.
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