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Message: [QUOTE="willtalk, post: 1850672, member: 1220"] Mo'ne has had bad advice from the people around her in respect what she needs to do to accomplish her dream about playing for UConn. I don't think either her parents or her rec coach had a clue as to the level of talent that exists in girls basketball today. She should have been immersed onto AAU long before this. I watched some film of her playing for he high school and the were really low level in a really weak league. I think this gave her an unrealistic perspective of her actual level in respect to the top; level players of her class. I think she is beginning to get some sense of her level in that she states that the girls on her AAU team are really good. She had previously stated that she didn't need to play AAU because she was a starter on her high school team. Now she says that playing for " Triple Threat" she is playing with the best. There are multi levels of competition in AAU as well. I don't know what level her team actually is but it is not in the EYBL league and that that she is not at the level of playing with the best. She is really far behind and is trying play catch up. She just has missed to much developmental time. Most girls that UConn or any major D1 program would be looking at would already be playing for an the EYBL team. I don't think she was doing herself any good playing for her previous high school team, but as you say she should transfer to a better program. Now this is important because AAU and high school basketball emphasize different things. AAU is mostly about higher level competition and winning, while high school emphasizes more team work and development. Again bad advice. I somewhat suspect that her not wanting to transfer to a stronger high school program is also influenced by her parents and mentors unrealistic evaluation of her level. All the attention she was getting because of baseball sure didn't help either. I really doubt her basket ball skill level is very high because she did not dominate, or even stand out in game as a good player would have against that kind of weak of competition. Her team didn't even have a national ranking where tens of thousand of schools are ranked by computer. In no sport like in girls basket ball is their such different levels of teams and competition. The level of competition and effort required to get a scholly is over the top in girls basketball. You have to put a lot of effort and focus. Much more than I think Mo'ne or more importantly her advisors expected . Base ball and soccer are nothing compared to the effort, time and work required for basketball. I suspect she is going to work really hard to even get to the level of a mid major program. Forget UConn or any major D1 program. That is unless she grows another 8 inches. [/QUOTE]

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