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Jonathan14 said:
I think LSU is an interesting call, as is Louisville. McMahon has a lot of upside, and both Kim and Jeff have a lot of experience getting the best out of players with big personalities. I'll be interested to see where she lands.
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Think McGuff and Walz are good friends, so possibly another "if you didnt like playing for him, you're probably not a fit here."
 
Bone Dog said:
Breya is not a top tier post player in my view.
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She has the potential to be. Arizona spent 2 years teaching her a wicked hook? jump hook? I don't know what to call it. Her ability to hit the basket from virtually anywhere deep in the paint I haven't seen from anyone except the unquestioned top tiers - Prince, Crooks, etc. But is completely different from them in style.

The problem is the fouls. Contrary to another posters snark, effort was certainly made to get her to stop fouling. As I said once before, she tended to reach in when not under the basket, and to try to block the "unblockable" under the basket. Isis Beh was a guest at Adia's radio show and talked about trying to mentor Breya and explain that sometimes you just have to let a score happen against you, but admitted Breya was just instinctive to try to block shocks.

Another coach "might" have more success in the foul issue. If they do, then I am positive that Breya will be another poster child of good players that played at Arizona and went on to star elsewhere. Grrrrrrrr.
 
Vowelguy said:
Think McGuff and Walz are good friends, so possibly another "if you didnt like playing for him, you're probably not a fit here."
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Misread this as McGraw and Walz and got very confused as I remembered their spat about Asia Durr/Arike for ACC POY and a lot of shade thrown circa 2018/2019
 
nwhoopfan said:
That's what I asked about either in this or another thread. She didn't participate in the 2019-20 season so she shouldn't be eligible for the extra covid year. I know Kennedy Brown from Oregon St./Duke was denied another year of eligibility for that reason. Prince has played 4 seasons and sat out 3 other seasons. It's unfathomable that she thinks she should get another year, or that there's any way the NCAA would capitulate.
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If Prince gets another year, I'd imagine some grandmas will be lacing em back up and tube socks will reappear on shelves near you.:D
 
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Not sure what the dig on McMahon is about. She gives 200%. I can't think of too many teams who could not use a player of this caliber. What happened to...she plays with joy? lol Some of these players I never or barely ever heard of. I hope they have a plan B. Who tracks players who entered the portal and subsequently face-planted into oblivion?
 
LwrcasefaN said:
Not sure what the dig on McMahon is about. She gives 200%. I can't think of too many teams who could not use a player of this caliber. What happened to...she plays with joy? lol Some of these players I never or barely ever heard of. I hope they have a plan B. Who tracks players who entered the portal and subsequently face-planted into oblivion?
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Never heard that phrase used with McMahon. Have heard it when Lobo described Hildago's passion in response to how people thought Hildalgo should tone it down. Does McMahon play with joy? Yes, but it's a different kind of energy from what I've watched over the years. At the same time, she didn't endear herself with her recent hand gesture situation.

I think the negative tone towards McMahon is that she's not everyone's cup of tea because of how she carries herself. Is it fair? No, but we see this all the time in posts about certain players, coaches and teams on this board. I chalk it up to internal bias and human nature because we're all vulnerable in this area.
 
cancontent said:
Never heard that phrase used with McMahon. Have heard it when Lobo described Hildago's passion in response to how people thought Hildalgo should tone it down. Does McMahon play with joy? Yes, but it's a different kind of energy from what I've watched over the years. At the same time, she didn't endear herself with her recent hand gesture situation.

I think the negative tone towards McMahon is that she's not everyone's cup of tea because of how she carries herself. Is it fair? No, but we see this all the time in posts about certain players, coaches and teams on this board. I chalk it up to internal bias and human nature because we're all vulnerable in this area.
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I was being sarcastic with my joy comment. And you're right, it certainly is bias when the same or similar behaviors inherit polar opposite characterizations. Personally, I could do without 99.9% of the gestures, but chalk it up to competitive expression. Besides, I'm certain the verbal exchanges are much worse out there on the court. My redline is when it becomes offensive, personal or generally unsportsmanlike...and more importantly, habitual. In her case, and in my opinion her talent far exceeds any risk a coach would inherit by adding her to a roster. It's not like she's Angel Reese (ducking). lol
 
LwrcasefaN said:
I was being sarcastic with my joy comment. And you're right, it certainly is bias when the same or similar behaviors inherit polar opposite characterizations. Personally, I could do without 99.9% of the gestures, but chalk it up to competitive expression. Besides, I'm certain the verbal exchanges are much worse out there on the court. My redline is when it becomes offensive, personal or generally unsportsmanlike...and more importantly, habitual. In her case, and in my opinion her talent far exceeds any risk a coach would inherit by adding her to a roster. It's not like she's Angel Reese (ducking). lol
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Awkward Season 4 GIF by The Office


This you after making that post? ;).
 
LwrcasefaN said:
I was being sarcastic with my joy comment. And you're right, it certainly is bias when the same or similar behaviors inherit polar opposite characterizations. Personally, I could do without 99.9% of the gestures, but chalk it up to competitive expression. Besides, I'm certain the verbal exchanges are much worse out there on the court. My redline is when it becomes offensive, personal or generally unsportsmanlike...and more importantly, habitual. In her case, and in my opinion her talent far exceeds any risk a coach would inherit by adding her to a roster. It's not like she's Angel Reese (ducking). lol
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She gave the Maryland the 1 finger salute, which the tv people caught. Def offensive
 
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Geew1992 said:
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"One of the better freshman" in the country. And McMiller was highly touted coming out of the Life Center Academy in Burlington (south) Jersey. In fact, she was a Jordan All-American and the first high school athlete to ever sign a Name, Image and Likeness contract with the Jordan Brand,

And, judging by her year, McMiller had a very turbulent year. When she was on the court, she led the team in scoring (18.7 ppg) and assists, but the rub was that she missed 10 games -- a few of which were due to suspension and a lot due to ???. It was clear this relationship was not going well and she was going to follow Kaylen Smikle -- another talented hooper who didn't seem to get along with/like Rutgers and/or Coach Coquese Washington; and/or is looking for something else.

She's from Silver Spring, Maryland, so could she follow Smikle and head to Maryland? Shyanne Sellers is off to the WNBA and PG Sarah Te-Biasul is a grad student, so there are places in the backcourt.

Stay tuned....
 
cancontent said:
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Huh?
She was named to the all-freshman team and selected as the ACC Sixth Player of the Year
Pretty successful first year for the 5'9" scorer from Mt. Vernon, NY. And they made the NCAAs....

Apparently, not good enough. Could it be she wants to come closer to NYC? More NIL opportunities?
Or the fact that Kara Dunn, Tonie Morgan and fellow frosh Chit-Chat Morgan are still on the team (at least for now)? Does she want the rock more?

Sometimes, I get perplexier and perplexier.....:rolleyes:
 
Dillon77 said:
Huh?
She was named to the all-freshman team and selected as the ACC Sixth Player of the Year
Pretty successful first year for the 5'9" scorer from Mt. Vernon, NY. And they made the NCAAs....

Apparently, not good enough. Could it be she wants to come closer to NYC? More NIL opportunities?
Or the fact that Kara Dunn, Tonie Morgan and fellow frosh Chit-Chat Morgan are still on the team (at least for now)? Does she want the rock more?

Sometimes, I get perplexier and perplexier.....:rolleyes:
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Yeah, this is a head scratcher to me as well. Thought last year's portal was a hot mess of "huh?" with who entered. The 2024 - 2025 season decided to go into "hold my beer" mode.

Scary part is that that this only the beginning and there are almost 900 players in the portal. Things will likely get crazier as more teams are eliminated this weekend.
 
cancontent said:
Yeah, this is a head scratcher to me as well. Thought last year's portal was a hot mess of "huh?" with who entered. The 2024 - 2025 season decided to go into "hold my beer" mode.

Scary part is that that this only the beginning and there are almost 900 players in the portal. Things will likely get crazier as more teams are eliminated this weekend.
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Maybe we should have an "All-Huh" team for entries that make one shake your head, hold your beer, wonder if you're living on the same planet and are, well, huh? ;)
 
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Geew1992 said:
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This was pretty expected. Not sure how to take her season. Seems like she had the same amount of disciplines as she did highlights. Jk. But she's super talented. Obviously could go a number of places and make a big impact. I can't really think of a recent transfer to compare her to, in terms of risk and reward due to presumed personality issues.
 
This thread is getting really long so take it easy on me if this player has already been commented on.
I was looking at the list of portal entrants in the OP of this thread. One name jumped out to me: Kennedy Fauntleroy. It looks like she has transferred after every season. She is only familiar to me because she played her freshman season at Georgetown and I believe she was pretty good. Pure conjecture here, but maybe she goes to MD for her final(?) season to be back close to home????
 
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