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2021 Caroline Ducharme to UConn

pvdoggy said:
I really wanted to go back and check the historical stats, unfortunately, the uconnhuskies.com site only kept stats from 2015-2016 onward.
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Not sure what you are looking at but here are the minute stats I have from the UConn site.
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Martin said:
It’s only 5 minutes of video. Line drive shooter and didn’t use her left hand at all.
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What difference does it make what line her shot is on as long as it goes in much of the time? However, she will need to learn to use her left hand.
 
DefenseBB said:
Not sure what you are looking at but here are the minute stats I have from the UConn site.
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Thanks! Where did you find those? I poked around uconnhuskies.com stat page and found nothing before 2015-2016 season. Anyway that kind of shows roughly a 7 player rotation most of the time. I don't know how that is going to work when you have a team like the 2021-2022 team, especially if Fudd comes as well.
 
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Kevinmac said:
I will take that bet. She is not elite shooter in Mass Prep League which is poorest competition . She had major knee injury and can not create her own shot other shoot three pointers. She is ranked 40th. She is not
On any USAA Teams ever for her age groups.
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They also have her as 5' 10" and she is now 6' 1' or 6' 2". They haven't updated her rankings in a couple of years because this is the first year she's played since injuring her ACL her Freshman year. The other rankings are up to date.
 
Sluconn Husky said:
ASGR has either updated their 2021 rankings or simply adjusted Ducharme's because they have her listed 13th now instead of 16th in a new tweet.
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Is this the what’s regarded as the UCoNn bump from fellow BYs
 
soxfan23 said:
I'm willing to bet she will be in the Top 10 all time in 3 pt fg% when all is said and done.
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So if she takes and makes 1 in her career she will have the highest percentage. Fools bet lol. Actually being a UConn fan, I hope you are correct.
 
pvdoggy said:
Thanks! Where did you find those? I poked around uconnhuskies.com stat page and found nothing before 2015-2016 season. Anyway that kind of shows roughly a 7 player rotation most of the time. I don't know how that is going to work when you have a team like the 2021-2022 team, especially if Fudd comes as well.
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If you look at Stewart/Jefferson/Tuck's freshman year, when the team was fairly young and supremely talented with Doty/Faris/Buck as Seniors and only Dolson/Hartley as Juniors with KML and Stokes as Soph. Geno found time for the talent to play and that team had 4 losses so they did develop nicely.

Here's the link for the archives:
uconnhuskies.com

Women's Basketball Archives - University of Connecticut Athletics

2020-21 Season Releases/Results Roster Schedule Statistics 2020-21 Season Releases/Results Roster Schedule Statistics 2019-20 Season Releases/Results Roster ...
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uconnfan68 said:
If she’s better than KML, AND she comes here, I’ll be thrilled. K has the sweetest touch I’ve ever seen. Always shocked when it didn’t go in.
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KML and EDD are probably the best collegiate shooters I've seen. Azzi has her mom's shot. Katie was a star at N.C. State and Georgetown and is in the Virginia Hall of Fame for her high school career. Azzi's shot is different from Kaleena's but perhaps more classic, simpler, and repeated. Kaleena missed being a 50/40/90 shooter by 1 free throw in each of her sophomore and senior seasons. I think Azzi can be a 50/40/90 shooter. As I posted recently, 60/50/90 may be within her reach. Who's a better shooter than Azzi? Steph Curry. Maybe.

With regard to Caroline Ducharme, she appears to be a good shooter and certainly has range. I don't think she's better than Kaleena, who, in my opinion, was the greatest 3-point shooter of all time on the women's side, when volume and accuracy are combined. But let's look at the UConn top-10 for their careers: 1. Sue Bird (.459); 2. Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis (.447); 3. Wendy Davis (.439); 4. Kia Nurse (.428); 5. Moriah Jefferson (.420); 6. Katie Lou Samuelson (.415). [Who knew that Kia finished ahead of Lou?] I think Caroline can be in that group.
 
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MilfordHusky said:
KML and EDD are probably the best collegiate shooters I've seen. Azzi has her mom's shot. Katie was a star at N.C. State and Georgetown and is in the Virginia Hall of Fame for her high school career. Azzi's shot is different from Kaleena's but perhaps more classic, simpler, and repeated. Kaleena missed being a 50/40/90 shooter by 1 free throw in each of her sophomore and senior seasons. I think Azzi can be a 50/40/90 shooter. As I posted recently, 60/50/90 may be within her reach. Who's a better shooter than Azzi? Steph Curry. Maybe.

With regard to Caroline Ducharme, she appears to be a good shooter and certainly has range. I don't think she's better than Kaleena, who, in my opinion, was the greatest 3-point shooter of all time on the women's side, when volume and accuracy are combined. But let's look at the UConn top-10 for their careers: 1. Sue Bird (.459); 2. Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis (.447); 3. Wendy Davis (.439); 4. Kia Nurse (.428); 5. Moriah Jefferson (.420); 6. Katie Lou Samuelson (.415). [Who knew that Kia finished ahead of Lou?] I think Caroline can be in that group.
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3-point shooting percentage is largely dependent on how 'open' you are. If you are surrounded by other scorers, you have a much better chance to get that 'open look' à la SB & KML, eh?
Caroline will be in that same situation, i.e. surrounded by other scorers which bodes well for her.
But don't pigeonhole her. She has a mechanically-sound pull-up jumper [something that MW lacked] and, at 6'2", can score around the basket. To me, she looks like a steal from under the radar!
 
KML is easily the best outside shooter I've seen. Not very fast, but her quick release & footwork made her a machine around the 3-point line. Close to a career 45% 3Point shooter is very, very impressive considering the volume of shots. Also, she was clutch. If Ducharme comes close to her from the outside, we're set. Plus, looks like she has a more complete game - not just a spot shooter.
 
BostonBay said:
KML is easily the best outside shooter I've seen. Not very fast, but her quick release & footwork made her a machine around the 3-point line. Close to a career 45% 3Point shooter is very, very impressive considering the volume of shots. Also, she was clutch. If Ducharme comes close to her from the outside, we're set. Plus, looks like she has a more complete game - not just a spot shooter.
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And from the videos I saw, she has deep range .. SC range .. I wonder if GA will allow her to shoot from that far out?
 
BostonBay said:
KML is easily the best outside shooter I've seen. Not very fast, but her quick release & footwork made her a machine around the 3-point line. Close to a career 45% 3Point shooter is very, very impressive considering the volume of shots. Also, she was clutch. If Ducharme comes close to her from the outside, we're set. Plus, looks like she has a more complete game - not just a spot shooter.
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Agree with Milford Husky's and Boston's comments about a repeatable shot. KML is one of the best examples-everything about her was relaxed and the same every time-footwork, arm position, follow through. Ducharme's shot has a bit more moving parts but seems to work well at all distances. If Azzi can keep her form under pressure, she will likely be spoken of in the same terms.
 
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I agree from the clip above, Caroline Ducharme needs a left hand, keep the left elbow down when going to the hole, and lose the scoop layup. Maya = underhand finger roll.
 
MilfordHusky said:
KML and EDD are probably the best collegiate shooters I've seen. Azzi has her mom's shot. Katie was a star at N.C. State and Georgetown and is in the Virginia Hall of Fame for her high school career. Azzi's shot is different from Kaleena's but perhaps more classic, simpler, and repeated. Kaleena missed being a 50/40/90 shooter by 1 free throw in each of her sophomore and senior seasons. I think Azzi can be a 50/40/90 shooter. As I posted recently, 60/50/90 may be within her reach. Who's a better shooter than Azzi? Steph Curry. Maybe.

With regard to Caroline Ducharme, she appears to be a good shooter and certainly has range. I don't think she's better than Kaleena, who, in my opinion, was the greatest 3-point shooter of all time on the women's side, when volume and accuracy are combined. But let's look at the UConn top-10 for their careers: 1. Sue Bird (.459); 2. Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis (.447); 3. Wendy Davis (.439); 4. Kia Nurse (.428); 5. Moriah Jefferson (.420); 6. Katie Lou Samuelson (.415). [Who knew that Kia finished ahead of Lou?] I think Caroline can be in that group.
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Caroline Ducharme! Wow have we got the CD's. If Caroline makes AA we'll have to change it to CDIV
 
Hey I dont care to compare her to anybody, she is who she is. As far as quality opponents. She played for Exodus and from Im told shes solid. Exodus is one of the top AAU programs for girls. Lastly Geno wants her and if Geno wants her shes got what he's looking for. Her high ranking has alot to do with injuries and dont forget we have players coming from Europe and Canada who arent ranked and ranked to high based on what? We dont know and perhaps those that rank them havent seen them. Geno has and thats all that matters. Shes 6'2 and can shoot from deep. Bingo
 
Tonyc said:
Hey I dont care to compare her to anybody, she is who she is. As far as quality opponents. She played for Exodus and from Im told shes solid. Exodus is one of the top AAU programs for girls. Lastly Geno wants her and if Geno wants her shes got what he's looking for. Her high ranking has alot to do with injuries and dont forget we have players coming from Europe and Canada who arent ranked and ranked to high based on what? We dont know and perhaps those that rank them havent seen them. Geno has and thats all that matters. Shes 6'2 and can shoot from deep. Bingo
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and lots of intangibles as well.
 
pvdoggy said:
Serious question because I have never played an organized team sport. If a Uconn team has 10+ decent players, would we see a more balanced distribution of playing time with no more than 25min going to any top tier player? Probably not the quite same but I am thinking for example in the case of an advisor with 6 PhD students, they would likely get roughly equal time from the advisor? If that's not the case, I can see why people want transfer to get more playing time.
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If there is a big discrepancy in talent between the starters and the bench, the only way play the bench near as much would be for 3 reasons:

1-- Some of your stars have injury issues such as 2 of my favorites Shea Ralph and Tamika Wiiliams. You don't want to stretch that type of player.

2a-- Many blowouts and games are decided around halftime.

2b- Relating to 2a-- You know your bench is tremendous even by taking out your super starters your bench is just as good as the top teams in the country.

The reason why bench gets minutes is as you've pointed out sometimes it is just necessity too.

But think of this-- you are recruiting Paige and Azzi-- suppose they live up to the hype? Wouldn't it help teh other players to learn how to play with them? And by keeping them on the court, wouldn't it help teh coaches to see who plays best with the 2 stars under different circumstances form game to game?

Because if you get that inevitable close game-- rather than assume you could "wear down 19-23 year old kids with a bench", in a different way you working towards a unit that will work best with the 2 superstars (and who knows maybe there is another etc -- or 2 others).

A final point to consider-- if you are a superstar guard / fluid-forward and you are healthy and if you averaging under 25 minutes a game - you might not be too happy. As a result, future similar style recruits might stop coming to your school because "they want to play." OFC bigs though it's different.
 
Tonyc said:
Hey I dont care to compare her to anybody, she is who she is. As far as quality opponents. She played for Exodus and from Im told shes solid. Exodus is one of the top AAU programs for girls. Lastly Geno wants her and if Geno wants her shes got what he's looking for. Her high ranking has alot to do with injuries and dont forget we have players coming from Europe and Canada who arent ranked and ranked to high based on what? We dont know and perhaps those that rank them havent seen them. Geno has and thats all that matters. Shes 6'2 and can shoot from deep. Bingo
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tony. yoy know some folks always see a newer thing as better and more glittery and decide "let's have that one instead." greedy. never satisfied. impatient.
they'll never change. i'm with you in trusting the uconn braintrust
 
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Tonyc said:
Hey I dont care to compare her to anybody, she is who she is. As far as quality opponents. She played for Exodus and from Im told shes solid. Exodus is one of the top AAU programs for girls. Lastly Geno wants her and if Geno wants her shes got what he's looking for. Her high ranking has alot to do with injuries and dont forget we have players coming from Europe and Canada who arent ranked and ranked to high based on what? We dont know and perhaps those that rank them havent seen them. Geno has and thats all that matters. Shes 6'2 and can shoot from deep. Bingo
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Comparisons are useful, just as metaphors are .. to say that Caroline is more like KLS rather than Kiah Stokes or MoJeff is useful information, eh?
 
pvdoggy said:
Serious question because I have never played an organized team sport. If a Uconn team has 10+ decent players, would we see a more balanced distribution of playing time with no more than 25min going to any top tier player? Probably not the quite same but I am thinking for example in the case of an advisor with 6 PhD students, they would likely get roughly equal time from the advisor? If that's not the case, I can see why people want transfer to get more playing time.
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i would say that geno has some experience with 10 decent players
Stacy Hansmeyer
Paige Sauer
Svetlana Abrosimova
Marci Czel
Shea Ralph
Christine Rigby
Kelly Schumacher
Sue Bird
Swin Cash
Asjha Jones
Keirsten Walters
Tamika Williams
Kennitra Johnson
that's the 2000 roster
 
pvdoggy said:
again, serious question, so who are the 8th-10th that would consider transferring for more playing time in today's environment.
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Well Kennitra did transfer to Purdue and then S. Illinois after 2 years and Kiersten has a serious injury that prevented her from playing again How about Marci? she was a walk on or Christine.

Of course I cheated. They weren't 8,- 10 more like 11-13. 8 - 10 no one transfers.
 
Help!!! Does anyone know how Caroline pronounces her last name? If you know, spell it phonetically please.
Thanks.
 
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