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2019/20 UConn Recruiting

I was in San Jose and Santa Cruz on my way to Pebble Beach. I should have stopped to watch Haley and her Mitty team.
 
Sluconn Husky said:
Bueckers was 11-19 from the field, 3-3 from three. She had at least 5 assists and 4 steals.
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One comment I read was that she had 6 steals in the 1st half along with all 3 of her 3's.
 
Alydar said:
One comment I read was that she had 6 steals in the 1st half along with all 3 of her 3's.
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Maybe we'll get full stats later. Hard to determine things like steals from an audio feed.
 
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Bueckers is 5-11 and has the athleticism and smarts to guard every position, which she did. She was just as versatile defensively as she was offensively in scoring a game-high 28 points. The sophomore missed some time with an injured ankle, but certainly looked up to speed against the Trojans.


“She’s special,” Cosgriff said. “I’m glad she’s playing for me, because she plays extremely hard, she’s got a great basketball IQ. We’re really glad to have her back. We’ve got to keep her healthy now.”


Hopkins ruins conference foe Wayzata's perfect season with blowout win
 
Sluconn Husky said:
Lots of Brunelle highlights from last night (2/16):
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Ceratainly not her fault but I'm always struck by the lack of competition that Brunelle is facing in these HS games. This will be Brunelle's last AAU season and USA basketball for this summer is TBD but she's going to be playing another year of HS ball and I'm just not sure if playing in this league is going to anything for developing her game.
 
CocoHusky said:
Ceratainly not her fault but I'm always struck by the lack of competition that Brunelle is facing in these HS games. This will be Brunelle's last AAU season and USA basketball for this summer is TBD but she's going to be playing another year of HS ball and I'm just not sure if playing in this league is going to anything for developing her game.
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Between SB's 3 pt shooting and her outstanding passes, she looks ready to step in at UCONN next year. Too bad she has one more year of HS. As I've said, she can be the new KLS and Boston can be the new AS. Just find a NC replacement (Haley Jones?) and we will have the graduating seniors (KLS, NC, AS) covered. Add those three to CD, MW, MC, BC, CW and ONO and I like that team a lot! Now we just need to GET Brunelle, Boston and Jones for that recruiting class. It might make sense, given Geno's approach with Freshman, to also fill AEH's vacant scholarship along with Brunelle/Boston/Jones for a 4 person class since we will have 4 vacant scholarships, already, for the next recruiting class (Losses of CD,MB,KI and BC). (In my dream recruiting world, at this time, I have only locked in one 2020 scholarship--Paige Bueckers)

Assuming we are done (no Ezi this year) we know our team's roster for next year. The year after that it would shake out like this:
By Class:
Seniors---CD/MB/KI/BC
Juniors---MW/MC/LG
Soph-----CW/ONO
Frosh----SB/AB/HJ/??

By Position:
4/5---ONO/BC/AB/KI
2/3---MW/CW/HJ/MB/LG/??
1------CD/MC
Swing 2/3/4---SB

Great balance by Class and Position.

What's not to love!!!
 
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CocoHusky said:
Ceratainly not her fault but I'm always struck by the lack of competition that Brunelle is facing in these HS games. This will be Brunelle's last AAU season and USA basketball for this summer is TBD but she's going to be playing another year of HS ball and I'm just not sure if playing in this league is going to anything for developing her game.
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I agree. She has a different style and size but her HS competition or lack thereof is similar to Walker's. Like Walker, there's lots of stuff she's not seeing that she'll need to learn at the college level before she would play much at UConn. The HS defenses are way too cooperative, she can get wherever she wants with no denial and doesn't have to work for position inside. For her size she's a very good ballhandler but her high, upright dribble will need adjustment. Not that she can't pick up all this stuff, she has tremendous potential, but I think her learning curve will be similar to Walker's. Certainly hope UConn can get her, she seems to have a real good competitive drive and seems to fit their kind of player.
 
Bills Fan said:
Between SB's 3 pt shooting and her outstanding passes, she looks ready to step in at UCONN next year. Too bad she has one more year of HS. As I've said, she can be the new KLS and Boston can be the new AS. Just find a NC replacement (Haley Jones?) and we will have the graduating seniors (KLS, NC, AS) covered. Add those three to CD, MW, MC, BC, CW and ONO and I like that team a lot! Now we just need to GET Brunelle, Boston and Jones for that recruiting class. It might make sense, given Geno's approach with Freshman, to also fill AEH's vacant scholarship along with Brunelle/Boston/Jones for a 4 person class since we will have 4 vacant scholarships, already, for the next recruiting class (Losses of CD,MB,KI and BC). (In my dream recruiting world, at this time, I have only locked in one 2020 scholarship--Paige Bueckers)

Assuming we are done (no Ezi this year) we know our team's roster for next year. The year after that it would shake out like this:
By Class:
Seniors---CD/MB/KI/BC
Juniors---MW/MC/LG
Soph-----CW/ONO
Frosh----SB/AB/HJ/??

By Position:
4/5---ONO/BC/AB/KI
2/3---MW/CW/HJ/MB/LG/??
1------CD/MC
Swing 2/3/4---SB

Great balance by Class and Position.

What's not to love!!!
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Bills Fan said:
Between SB's 3 pt shooting and her outstanding passes, she looks ready to step in at UCONN next year. Too bad she has one more year of HS. As I've said, she can be the new KLS and Boston can be the new AS. Just find a NC replacement (Haley Jones?) and we will have the graduating seniors (KLS, NC, AS) covered. Add those three to CD, MW, MC, BC, CW and ONO and I like that team a lot! Now we just need to GET Brunelle, Boston and Jones for that recruiting class. It might make sense, given Geno's approach with Freshman, to also fill AEH's vacant scholarship along with Brunelle/Boston/Jones for a 4 person class since we will have 4 vacant scholarships, already, for the next recruiting class (Losses of CD,MB,KI and BC). (In my dream recruiting world, at this time, I have only locked in one 2020 scholarship--Paige Bueckers)

Assuming we are done (no Ezi this year) we know our team's roster for next year. The year after that it would shake out like this:
By Class:
Seniors---CD/MB/KI/BC
Juniors---MW/MC/LG
Soph-----CW/ONO
Frosh----SB/AB/HJ/??

By Position:
4/5---ONO/BC/AB/KI
2/3---MW/CW/HJ/MB/LG/??
1------CD/MC
Swing 2/3/4---SB

Great balance by Class and Position.

What's not to love!!!
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A guy who loves initials as much as you has to wear monogrammed shirts, right? ;)
 
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MilfordHusky said:
She said she’s expanding her range. She’s about 5 years ahead of Tina in that regard.
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The game has changed. Outside shots are an important part of a players arsenal. Even a dominant post is strongly encouraged to develop a jump shot.
 
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Bascomfan said:
One question. Is Kylee Watson being pursued? Yes or no ??????
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I believe she taken unofficial visits to UConn and to ND................she certainly should be pursued as she is one of the most talented players in the country and lives fairly close by in New Jersey................

 
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Do any of you know what kind of HS competition Boston is facing up there? Does she face any size to push her development? She's in a prep school league right?
 
CocoHusky said:
Horston is the longest shot of all because she has already sat through too many recruiting pitches where schools are telling her she is "THE WOMAN". Horston coming to UCONN to play a lesser role than "THE WOMAN" would be a very hard sales job for the UCONN staff.
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Just curious, but are you stating this as a fact based on an inside source or something you read?

Honestly, every Top 20 national recruit is hearing the most complimentary things from all college coaches.
 
southie said:
Just curious, but are you stating this as a fact based on an inside source or something you read?
Honestly, every Top 20 national recruit is hearing the most complimentary things from all college coaches.
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Definitely not an inside source. There was a extensive discussion on the UNC board. UNC assistant coach Sylvia Crawley is related to Horston and despite that UNC has gone from favorite to not in consideration in the opinion of some posters there. Among Horston current favorites she would be the highest rated recruit since A'Ja wilson for SC and Kelsey Mitchell for the tOSU. So while I would agree that every top 20 recruit hears complimentary things hopefully you'll agree that not all top 20 recruits are gettting the "you could be a program builder" type pitches.
 
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