Photo montage: UConn's incoming recruits

[pap49cba]

 

[HuskyNan]

Eeek, Kia Burse???

 

[msf22b]

Whatever her name is…
her strong shoulders speak of significant time in the weight room.

 

[BooRadley]

Eeek, Kia Burse???

B'mon Ban, bon't be bo bicky...


BBBB

 

[01Neaggrad02]

Does anyone have any idea what numbers they will wear next season?

 

[ThisJustIn]

burty one, birteen and borty bour?

 

[huskyblooz]

Eeek, Kia Burse???

It's Canadian, eh.

 

[Kibitzer]

Eeek, Kia Burse???

Hey, coulda been worse. Try "Be a Curse."

 

[ChicagoGG]

A very fit looking group! Amanda Kimball is ahead of the game with these ladies!

 

[FairView]

I wonder – how many decades would we need to go back to find a UConn women's recruit who couldn't kick my butt?

 

[Kevin G]

Very excited about this class!! Welcome to UCONN nation ladies!!

 

[robert]

Does anyone have any idea what numbers they will wear next season?

nobody shld wear #31 .... thats for our true post or true center recruit....someone has to wear Bria Hartley's number...go UCONN HUSKIES....

 

[robert]

Whatever her name is…
her strong shoulders speak of significant time in the weight room.

she's the counterpart of allysa thomas of maryland....with her speed it's gonna be a nightmare on the opponents.....

 

[HuskyNan]

nobody shld wear #31 .... thats for our true post or true center recruit....someone has to wear Bria Hartley's number...go UCONN HUSKIES....

Those numbers are their HoopGurlz rankings.

 

[Dove]

Please tell me Ekmark will play a lot. Please?

 

[EricLA]

It's pretty cool. Of course, IMHO UCONN has the # 2 class behind only UCLA. South Carolina is 3rd. ESPN is getting closer, but putting Nurse at 33?

 

[Zorro]

Don't bitch about Burse. It could be wurse.

 

[intlzncster]

Please tell me Ekmark will play a lot. Please?

Down Dove. Down.

 

[intlzncster]

It's pretty cool. Of course, IMHO UCONN has the # 2 class behind only UCLA. South Carolina is 3rd. ESPN is getting closer, but putting Nurse at 33?

Can someone explain to me how UCLA got this banner class? It's kind of out of nowhere.

 

[EricLA]

Can someone explain to me how UCLA got this banner class? It's kind of out of nowhere.

Cori Close joined the program 3 years ago taking over from Nikki Caldwell. Nikki had some decent seasons, but IMHO she left the cupboard pretty bare. Close had been the "Chris Dailey" of FSU for the prior 7 years but has California roots having spent the previous 9 seasons at UCSB, having graduated from there too.

She didn't land anyone of note that I'm aware of in her first 2 seasons (her highest rated recruit in 2013 was a 4-star #94 rated kid). But California had 5 of the top 40 kids hailing from there, and she landed 4 of them. The other recruit (Caldwell) is from Texas.

I don't know much about her coaching ability or how good a recruiter she was at her prior schools. I'm not sure how involved she was in recruiting Natasha Howard, or a couple other really good players FSU had, but if she was the lead recruiter for them, then she came to UCLA with a really solid recruiting skill set...

 

[Icebear]

Eeek, Kia Burse???

She must be a communion assistant and used to setting the altar.

 

[Icebear]

Don't bitch about Burse. It could be wurse.

Sad was your attempt at verse.

 

[pinotbear]

B'mon Ban, bon't be bo bicky...


BBBB

Banana-fana Fo-Fan, me-mi-mo-Man, Baa-anne!

 

[sawxfan23]

Sad was your attempt at verse.

At least he didn't curse

 

[HuskyFan1125]

Does anyone have any idea what numbers they will wear next season?

Just did some internet search of their HS and AAU team numbers and this is what I found!

Kia Nurse--5, 6, 11

Courtney Ekmark--22, 34, 35

Gabby Williams--1, 33

Sadie Edwards--14


I am pretty sure any of those numbers are available so we shall see!