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WBBTakeover said:
If academics are a priority, she'd stay at Duke. If basketball is a priority, she'd stay at Duke. Neither Notre Dame nor Vandy offered a better combination of academics and basketball than Duke did. She won a conference championship and went to the Elite 8 for crying out loud! Meanwhile, Vandy still can't win double-digit conference games and lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament for the second straight season!!!!!
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Maybe she had issues with her coach, and now wants to be coached by someone else!
 
RSHERMVIKES said:
IMHO Geno will not go after Heckel because of his loyalty to players he recruited that have sacrificed for the program!
KK and Ashlynn were starters at 35 minutes per game because of injuries and when UConn got healthy and got Kaitlyn Chen for one year they took one for the team and came off the bench successfully to make the team National Champions!
Signing Heckel with 3 years left would be "telling" KK and Ashlynn thanks for your hard work but a NEW toy is in the toolbox and we'll go that route!
Remember when Caroline Doty was a senior, she STARTED every game, played 5 minutes at the beginning of each 1/2 as a thank you for the hard work and dedication to our program after 2 ACL injuries!
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I think your wrong . When these young woman decide on what school to go to they know they have to improve every year or someone else will step in front of them . No one is promised a starting position, If a coach gets stuck in the loyalty game they will never win a championship. This is not high school anymore.
 
bballnut90 said:
Wow, this is a massive loss for Duke. Numbers don't highlight the impact Okanawa made day in day out for the Blue Devils and she would've been a starter this year. She's an exceptionally good two way player and athlete. No idea where she's going, but if academics are a higher priority I could see Notre Dame or Vanderbilt in the mix. If she goes the Vandy route, a trio of her, Pierre, and Blakes with Washington coming back could put them in the top 10.
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I actually do not view it as that massive of a loss, but a very disappointing one. We all love Oluchi and her energy, speed and craftiness. However, we play by committee and things would have been very crowded on the wing next year. Now we move Donovan to the 3 with Nelson. This allows for Delaney, Toby and Ari to share the 4 and 5 spots with Woody filling in as needed. We have Skinner and Mair at the point and Jackson as the shooting guard (Skinner can also play the 2 if needed) Hopefully, we pick up another guard, but we have Koabel to fill in if necessary. It balances our recruiting classes and I think works in our favor for landing wings in the '26 class. Everytime we have lost someone in the portal we have been better for it. Optimistic about how this plays out for Duke in the long and short run!
 
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Very confused about what Flaujae is doing, though I guess that's part of her plan -- try to create suspense on whether she's styaing or transferring. Don't love that attention seeking.

No problem with kids who made a deal over the HS commitment -- they've earned a celebration. But this drama over next season is too much imho.
 
Has anyone seen this?!!
 

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MiLaysia Fulwiley to UConn???​

"MiLaysia, if you're not becoming a UConn Husky, don't leave the SC"


Would Geno ever accept her?
 
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ucbart said:
To me, Fulwiley should take a hard look at NC State. She is made to play for Wes Moore.
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I wish.

It’s been super quiet on the Wolfpack front. I don’t think State has a large NIL fund to compete with the upper tier of schools and Wes Moore is very much going to go at his pace and do all his homework to assure the proper fit as well. I think he’s extra cautious after getting a star player but not a culture fit a few years ago. Doesn’t want to relive that.

The only thing I’ve heard is that State is in Kara Dunns final 3. I’d definitely sign up for her.
 
tower1 said:
I think your wrong . When these young woman decide on what school to go to they know they have to improve every year or someone else will step in front of them . No one is promised a starting position, If a coach gets stuck in the loyalty game they will never win a championship. This is not high school anymore.
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tower1- - - That may be true of other coaches but Geno Auriemma goes by his own set of standards! Yes he doesn't PROMISE them a position, but he's loyal!
He goes out of his way to make sure ALL his players, especially his 4 year players are afforded those standards.
That is why his players love him and come back often to see the current program! Look how many alumni were at this years Final Four! You don't see those numbers from other programs!
 
This question of loyalty at UConn is interesting. I have never heard any former Husky attribute it to getting playing time. What you mainly hear is that they love Geno because he yelled at them a lot.

And the sarcasm, apparently his relentless sarcasm appealed to many of them.

And CD policing their body language at all times seems to have endeared her to many of them.

Obviously I jest. But whatever it is that makes most players want to stay at UConn isn’t a simple calculation of minutes. I imagine we all know this. It’s probably much more about belonging to something bigger than oneself than about a quid pro quo.

And some players leave despite all the yelling and sarcasm. Whatever Geno offers in the way of building character and self-discipline and the satisfaction of belonging to a winning team culture doesn’t appeal to every teenager or her parents. Much of this is sorted out in the recruiting process, but it isn’t perfect. Geno makes mistakes, too.
 
Bone Dog said:
This question of loyalty at UConn is interesting. I have never heard any former Husky attribute it to getting playing time. What you mainly hear is that they love Geno because he yelled at them a lot.

And the sarcasm, apparently his relentless sarcasm appealed to many of them.

And CD policing their body language at all times seems to have endeared her to many of them.

Obviously I jest. But whatever it is that makes most players want to stay at UConn isn’t a simple calculation of minutes. I imagine we all know this. It’s probably much more about belonging to something bigger than oneself than about a quid pro quo.

And some players leave despite all the yelling and sarcasm. Whatever Geno offers in the way of building character and self-discipline and the satisfaction of belonging to a winning team culture doesn’t appeal to every teenager or her parents. Much of this is sorted out in the recruiting process, but it isn’t perfect. Geno makes mistakes, too.
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Because Geno actually likes all of his players and when he does recruit his first priority is team chemistry. He watches kids on the bench when he recruits. He watches if they’re team vs. me. He’s not looking for kids who want to make the highlight reel on ESPN every night. All of his former players say that when he yells at you he sees your potential. It’s worse when he doesn’t. I don’t think any of the kids that have left through the portal, or otherwise, were really a true fit Once they arrived on campus and really saw what practice was like. EDD left to be with her family, Azura left because she was old enough to go to the W, just like Lloyd for ND.
 
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Charliebball said:
there's got to be a better way for "student" athletes to get their money without this bizarre and disruptive player movement.....
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If they can pull it off…pay (stipend…whatever yo want to call it) every player on very team and in every revenue producing sport…the same amount. Make all...and I mean ALL incentives, gifts and payments publicly transparent to student athletes. Then there’s the outside endorsements. I say add it all that up per team and when it reaches an established threshold…temporarily block roster size for that season. I want players, all players, to benefit from the revenue, but also make players and schools have some consequences for just chasing money. Maybe there should be a portal fee for the athlete? If they can’t afford it, then maybe they could opt to trade a year of eligibility…if they have it. Just thinking out loud here.
 
Bone Dog said:
This question of loyalty at UConn is interesting. I have never heard any former Husky attribute it to getting playing time. What you mainly hear is that they love Geno because he yelled at them a lot.

And the sarcasm, apparently his relentless sarcasm appealed to many of them.

And CD policing their body language at all times seems to have endeared her to many of them.

Obviously I jest. But whatever it is that makes most players want to stay at UConn isn’t a simple calculation of minutes. I imagine we all know this. It’s probably much more about belonging to something bigger than oneself than about a quid pro quo.

And some players leave despite all the yelling and sarcasm. Whatever Geno offers in the way of building character and self-discipline and the satisfaction of belonging to a winning team culture doesn’t appeal to every teenager or her parents. Much of this is sorted out in the recruiting process, but it isn’t perfect. Geno makes mistakes, too.
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Something of a selection bias there. You aren't hearing from the people that transferred, for the most part, I assume.

Dawn's players speak glowingly as well, but nobody is really polling Jatarie White or Te'a Cooper.

The people that stay are almost by definition the happy ones.
 
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