2019/20 UConn Recruiting

[mhshuskies]

Recruits should know (from Mike Anthony: Megan Walker shines in UConn women's opener, puts freshman year struggles in rearview) "That is how this works. The best of the best come to UConn to play for the best of the best. It is not easy." So with early recruiting announcements soon, we will learn who wants to be the Best of the Best and play for the Best of the Best or not choose UCONN.

 

[DaBball]

UConn showing interest in Sasha Goforth? She will visit Oregon State this weekend.

 

[oldude]

UConn showing interest in Sasha Goforth? She will visit Oregon State this weekend.

Looks like Christyn may have started a pipeline to Arkansas recruits.

 

[Charliebball]

I'm not sure if anyone has posted this but Aubrey Griffin certainly deserves to be welcomed:

=

 

[MilfordHusky]

I'm not sure if anyone has posted this but Aubrey Griffin certainly deserves to be welcomed:

=

Welcome, Aubrey!

I had not seen the info on her LOI. Yay!

I'm hoping for a group welcome next week.

 

[uconn34]

Aubrey will play!

 

[NewCorn]

Welcome to UConn, Aubrey.

 

[Go/huskies]

Aubrey will play!

Her high school ranking suggests otherwise but maybe she will be like Faris, Dolson, Stokes, and Nurse, players ranked outside the top 30 but still went on to have a impact at Uconn.

 

[oldude]

Her high school ranking suggests otherwise but maybe she will be like Faris, Dolson, Stokes, and Nurse, players ranked outside the top 30 but still went on to have a impact at Uconn.

Griffin’s HS ranking (33) is just about the same as Kia Nurse. Don’t be surprised if Griffin’s final ranking after her senior year drops into the 20’s.

 

[Go/huskies]

Griffin’s HS ranking (33) is just about the same as Kia Nurse. Don’t be surprised if Griffin’s final ranking after her senior year drops into the 20’s.

.

Even then that would put her about even with some of the current huskies who aren’t making much of a impact.

 

[oldude]

.

Even then that would put her about even with some of the current huskies who aren’t making much of a impact.

Griffin is tall, athletic and has a tremendous upside. How about giving her an opportunity to at least get on campus next year before we decide she’s not going to have an impact.

 

[MilfordHusky]

I'm optimistic about Aubrey. She's clearly more athletic than Kyla or Lexi. She has good size and a nice pedigree. She'll have the usual freshman hurdles, but I see her as an impact player at UConn.

 

[UConnCat]

Muffet says “we’re done” after getting LOIs from Peoples and Brunelle.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Muffet says “we’re done” after getting LOIs from Peoples and Brunelle.

The obvious implication is that Aliyah Boston is NOT going to N.D., though we have several folks here who were convinced of it.

 

[OoImFancy]

Well South Carolina will definitely be a force next season with the #1 recruiting class. Amihere signed with Dawn over the other programs. Shocked to say that they will once again be a contender for another championship.

 

[OoImFancy]

Muffet says “we’re done” after getting LOIs from Peoples and Brunelle.

So they aren’t accepting anymore letters of intent? Meaning Boston nor Jones will be attending??

 

[oldude]

The obvious implication is that Aliyah Boston is NOT going to N.D., though we have several folks here who were convinced of it.

Also implies that Haley Jones is not going to ND, one of her finalists, although with Jones I guess everyone feels it will come down to UConn or Stanford.

 

[TitleTown]

Muffet says “we’re done” after getting LOIs from Peoples and Brunelle.

Where was this posted?

 

[CocoHusky]

Where was this posted?

"ESPN’s No. 1 and No. 3-rated girls high school basketball prospects in the class of 2019 — each continue to count Notre Dame as a finalist in their recruitment. But if they do wind up with the Irish, it’ll apparently come as a surprise even to coach Muffet McGraw.
“No, we’re done. I think we’re done,” McGraw said Thursday afternoon of whether Notre Dame will be adding any more high school players to a signee list that stands at merely two during a season in which the Irish are scheduled to exhaust the eligibility of four stars."

Notre Dame women's hoops signs elite prospects Brunelle and Peoples

 

[TitleTown]

Coach McGraw Signs Two in 2019 Class - UND Athletics

Thanks

 

[Charliebball]

very possible but I could envision her getting one of the two and just saying that it was a big "unexpected surprise" to her............

 

[CocoHusky]

very possible but I could envision her getting one of the two and just saying that it was a big "surprise" to her..

 

[meyers7]

View attachment 36413

Charlie always looks on the dark side of things. The anti-Tony.

 

[CocoHusky]

BTW Dan Olson is also quoted in the article on the record explaining what was very obvious to many of us as to why Brunelle fell from #1 in the class.

“She didn’t play a lot,” Olson said of Brunelle’s role on the United States’ gold medal-winning U17 team, “and some of those other girls played more, played great.”

 

[oldude]

very possible but I could envision her getting one of the two and just saying that it was a big "unexpected surprise" to her..

CB, clearly you are an adherent to that old expression, “Don’t count your chickens, even after they hatch.”

 

[Charliebball]

CB, clearly you are an adherent to that old expression, “Don’t count your chickens, even after they hatch.”

Why have they hatched yet? I just hear a lot of clucking!!!!!!!!!!..........

 

[jonson]

Also implies that Haley Jones is not going to ND, one of her finalists, although with Jones I guess everyone feels it will come down to UConn or Stanford.

Not quite everyone.

 

[Dillon77]

BTW Dan Olson is also quoted in the article on the record explaining what was very obvious to many of us as to why Brunelle fell from #1 in the class.

“She didn’t play a lot,” Olson said of Brunelle’s role on the United States’ gold medal-winning U17 team, “and some of those other girls played more, played great.”

Coco. I know you like Brunelle and her game, so allow me to go into a bit more detail. I like the way Anthony Anderson (one of the main beat writers for the Irish WBB team) and Olson address this, so I'll put that quote back into the article's progression for overall context.

"Olson said Thursday by phone that the change was more a reflection of what other players achieved over the summer than a change in his own opinion about Brunelle."
“She didn’t play a lot,” Olson said of Brunelle’s role on the United States’ gold medal-winning U17 team, “and some of those other girls played more, played great.”
Boston, a post player, Jones, a wing, and Team USA MVP Jordan Horston — a Tennessee recruit ranked No. 2 by Olson, and No. 1 among guards — were the U17 club’s top three scorers.
“(Brunelle) may have slipped a little over the summer,”(#1 to #4) Olson said. “Nonetheless, this kid not only brings an offensive skill set out to the 3-point line, but the intangible of being a quality teammate, which is a priceless commodity.”

Fair take by all concerned...you, Olson, Anderson. Thanks.

 

[Dillon77]

very possible but I could envision her getting one of the two and just saying that it was a big "unexpected surprise" to her..

Well, writer Anthony Anderson feels the same way about it:
"Of course, in all likelihood, Jones or Boston would still be heartily welcomed if either did choose the Irish."

But MM indicated that she's not expecting Boston to travel much further west on I-84 than Storrs when she said this:

“It would be great if we could get a grad transfer to come in with Jackie and that would balance things out a little better (than another freshman),” McGraw said of the 2019-20 roster makeup.

So, depending on what transpires after Boston makes her announcement, I'll be:
- listening and watching with rapt attention when an announcer calls an adept post "a redshirt junior" or "a senior who still has another year of eligibility left."
- seeing how often MM and/or post coach Carol Owens visit Queens and Christ the King HS to see Natalija Marshall and/or Mainland H.S. in southern NJ to visit Kylee Watson. (Remember, ND is not on the finalists list of either Hannah Gusters and/or Angel Reese).

 

[HopJim]

Well South Carolina will definitely be a force next season with the #1 recruiting class. Amihere signed with Dawn over the other programs. Shocked to say that they will once again be a contender for another championship.

While I haven't always been a big Dawn fan, surprised she doesn't get more respect from this Board. Has done a great job of recruiting and keeping her team at the Top 5 level of several years now. Looks like this will continue for several more.