Rumor Has UConn Women Missing Out On Key Recruit

Sources tell me that the girl ranked #1 in the high school class of 2014, A’ja Wilson, will be staying in the South to attend college. Rumor has it that Wilson will be going to North Carolina, joining a roster that’s chock-filled with blue chip players. There was no explanation given, but North Carolina, with nine guards and three forwards on the roster, need an anchor in the paint and Wilson would fill that spot. She would also most likely start in her freshman year, a draw for many young women.

If true, this leaves UConn without an incoming post player for the second year in a row. The current recruiting class consists of three guards and a wing. The returning post players for the Huskies next season are Kiah Stokes, who will be a senior, Morgan Tuck, a rising junior, and some kid named Stewart. While an incoming post player would have been nice to have on the roster next Fall, it wasn’t a must-have. But unless Geno Auriemma has a surprise recruit that he hasn’t revealed, recruiting a post player is now urgent. IF the rumors are true.

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