2019/20 UConn Recruiting

[Nuyoika]

Some Paige Bueckers highlights from today:

Ohh and ahh inducing reverse layup at :35

Pull-up jumper from just inside the arc at :57

Running floater at 1:05

Three pointer at 1:36

#1 Hopkins Beats #3 Centennial at Breakdown Tip-Off Classic

In the bit of footage I have seen and I could be way off here but her game reminds me of Maggie Lucas.

 

[MilfordHusky]

12/2

Azzi Fudd with 24 points on Saturday, 47 through her first two games.

23 and 24. There's a pattern there. Azzi will be getting 100 ppg by her senior year.

 

[CocoHusky]

In the bit of footage I have seen and I could be way off here but her game reminds me of Maggie Lucas.

Not really this kid is on a different level. Maggie crafted her stroke in the gym at St. Joes but could hardly create her own shot and not many stats in the assist area. Paige is a natural at everything and blessed athletically. The best part of Paige game is the strength of her passes.

 

[UConnCat]

This trip makes sense. The team plays in Chicago Friday night and then is off for exams. Geno will stay behind and head up to Minnesota. We'll have to keep an eye and ear out for other places the coaches go during this week.

 

[Sluconn Husky]

33 points for Hailey Van Lith yesterday (12/2).

 

[southie]

Some buzz that 2019 Celeste Taylor could be committing (to Texas) tonight:

 

[Mdoggie]

Nooooooo!

 

[Go/huskies]

Some buzz that 2019 Celeste Taylor could be committing (to Texas) tonight:

Hopefully 2020 post Natalija Marshall doesn’t join her.

 

[HuskyFan1125]

AND commit she did. Congrats to Longhorn fans.

 

[meyers7]

Some buzz that 2019 Celeste Taylor could be committing (to Texas) tonight:

AND commit she did. Congrats to Longhorn fans.

Shoot, like Ionescu, she's one I would really have liked to see as a Husky.

 

[SCGamecock]

Hopefully 2020 post Natalija Marshall doesn’t join her.

Notre Dame methinks.

 

[Charliebball]

Shoot, like Ionescu, she's one I would really have liked to see as a Husky.

Believe me, I like her game a whole lot but I don't think she's quite on that level...........although she was well scouted by UConn, with Christyn Williams coming in and a plethora of other young guards, Celeste just wasn't a good fit ............I still look forward to seeing her play in January at the Coach's Choice Classic in NJ................

 

[Sluconn Husky]

Geno Auriemma has become a familiar face at Hopkins High School’s Lindbergh Center, having stopped by three times in recent months, most recently on the first official day of girls’ basketball practices.


The reason the legendary UConn coach has beaten a path to Hopkins door is a 6-foot tall point guard who’s a bit on the slender side, walks with a bounce in her step, handles a basketball like a yo-yo, slides effortlessly through traffic and is magic from outside the three-point line.

It's all about sophomore guard Paige Bueckers, who is likely, when her high school career wraps up in 2020, to be one of the best girls' basketball players Minnesota has produced.

"The best player I've ever seen was Tayler Hill," said Hopkins coach Brian Cosgriff, referring to the former Minneapolis South star. "I never saw Geno here for Tayler. That's when I started thinking I had something special here."


...

It’s a testament to Bueckers’ basketball IQ that her biggest weakness is her willingness to leave what little ego she has on the bench.


“Some days, I have to get on her because she’s not shooting enough,” Cosgriff said. “She’s one of the most unselfish players we’ve ever had come through here. When she’s out there, everyone’s running better and things are working faster and smoother on the court.”

Auriemma has told Cosgriff “she’s ahead of Diana Taurasi at the same point in time in her career.”


Sophomore guard Paige Bueckers drives high expectations for Hopkins

 

[JordyG]

Shoot, like Ionescu, she's one I would really have liked to see as a Husky.

What? Brunelle, Amihere, and Boston ain't enough?

 

[hoophuskee]

Geno Auriemma has become a familiar face at Hopkins High School’s Lindbergh Center, having stopped by three times in recent months, most recently on the first official day of girls’ basketball practices.

The reason the legendary UConn coach has beaten a path to Hopkins door is a 6-foot tall point guard who’s a bit on the slender side, walks with a bounce in her step, handles a basketball like a yo-yo, slides effortlessly through traffic and is magic from outside the three-point line.

It’s a testament to Bueckers’ basketball IQ that her biggest weakness is her willingness to leave what little ego she has on the bench.

Auriemma has told Cosgriff “she’s ahead of Diana Taurasi at the same point in time in her career.”

Wow

 

[LasVegasYank]

Auriemma has told Cosgriff “she’s ahead of Diana Taurasi at the same point in time in her career.”

This took my breath away.

 

[meyers7]

What? Brunelle, Amihere, and Boston ain't enough?

 

[JordyG]

Yeah I guess in this I'm being a little hypocritical. I'm the one that says I want them all. Every. Single. One.

So let's have 'em all.

 

[Go/huskies]

33 points for Hailey Van Lith yesterday (12/2).

with a #crystalball prediction that 2020 Clark will land at ND, I would like to see Hailey and Paige at Uconn.

 

[Sluconn Husky]

with a #crystalball prediction that 2020 Clark will land at ND, I would like to see Hailey and Paige at Uconn.

Thing is, Christyn Williams will still have two years remaining when those two would arrive. Bueckers is going to be ready to start from day one, maybe Van Lith too. Then there is Ms Fudd the next year though perhaps she'll end up a wing.

 

[Sluconn Husky]

12/5

Paige Bueckers scored 29 points on Tuesday.

 

[Sluconn Husky]

A few more highlights from Bueckers' game on Saturday.

Runner with a defender in her face at :24

Stop-and-start drive for a layup at 1:36

Pull-up jumper at 2:16

Fastbreak layup at 2:21

 

[Sluconn Husky]

Highlights from Paige Bueckers' 29 point, 11 assist game Tuesday:

Notice that pass at :18

https://ve.hudl.com/p-highlights/Te...2bca92afc/29193a9b_720.mp4?v=71206467F63CD508

Individual highlights:

https://ve.hudl.com/p-highlights/Us...884612a3e/1490c738_720.mp4?v=DB17B624F63CD508

 

[JustinesGuy]

Shoot, like Ionescu, she's one I would really have liked to see as a Husky.

The one you really want to see in a husky uniform is Samantha baby Bruney Brunelle!!!!!

 

[rvwsleep]

The one you really want to see in a husky uniform is Samantha baby Bruney Brunelle!!!!!

We will.