Aaliyah Edwards to UConn!!!

[Carnac]

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Me likey!!!!!

 

[Sluconn Husky]

Just curious...the article mentions Aaliyah is a track star. Anyone know what events she performed in? Sprint distances, high jump? Was she actively recruited for track? That training brings other special.kinds of skills!

Aaliyah Edwards - ON Track and Field Bio

Aaliyah Edwards - ON Track and Field results and photos on Athletic.net

www.athletic.net

 

[Plebe]

 

[UConnCat]

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Already I love her.

 

[Sluconn Husky]

Maybe this will help UConn land Latasha Lattimore 2021.

UConn appears to be out on Lattimore.

 

[bramos]

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KLS said, "Stay down Arike. That girl's going to UConn.."

 

[Mdoggie]

UConn appears to be out on Lattimore.

Tell me more.

 

[Mdoggie]

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Rumor has it Lou tripped Arike

 

[Sluconn Husky]

Tell me more.

All I know is Lattimore recently posted a photo with a list of 30+ schools and UConn wasn't among them.

 

[Sluconn Husky]

 

[BroadwayVa]

UConn appears to be out on Lattimore.

Was this an either OR?/

 

[BroadwayVa]

I was afraid of that. Atypically that is a no no for Geno. However, there are families and there are families.

 

[BroadwayVa]

Rumor has it Lou tripped Arike

I could only hope!!

 

[Vowelguy]

Rock star? Geno seems more like a Pop Idol like Frankie Valli (calling @Biff ).

 

[Centerstream]

I will admit that I wasn't very optimistic about her decision (before she announced it) because of the way she was announcing it. I just figured if she was going to come to UConn that it would be a quiet announcement, ala Stewie. But...I did watch it, enjoyed her raw emotion and am glad she chose UConn and will not complain about any future fanfare announcements.

 

[Sluconn Husky]

Was this an either OR?/

You mean with Edwards? No, I don't think that was the case.

 

[JordyG]

Me likey!!!!!

Me likey very much.

 

[DEpup]

I feel a lot of relief with this commitment.

 

[oldude]

I had not seen the US/CAN championship game so I just watched the game and focused on Aaliyah. Against great competition, she looked very comfortable, particularly on defense, where she was frequently matched up with Pheesa or Lou. Aaliyah has really good footwork and long arms. She will be a very tough defender. On offense, she certainly has some skills. The only thing I'd like to see her do more is to cut hard to the basket, something she will undoubtedly learn when she gets to UConn.

One other thing that really impressed me. Early on in the game, she was introduced to one of Steph's patented, blindside screens that absolutely flattened her. Aaliyah bounced right back up and got back into the game. Not sure if she still had all of her teeth, but it didn't appear to faze her.

 

[Geew1992]

Paiges mom did spill the beans .

 

[oldude]

Paiges mom did spill the beans .

I can live with that.

 

[Sluconn Husky]

Someone's excited...

 

[oldude]

Someone's excited...

Pretty cool that Nika is back in Croatia tweeting about her newest teammate at 10:34 pm. (6 hr time difference).

 

[nwhoopfan]

All I know is Lattimore recently posted a photo with a list of 30+ schools and UConn wasn't among them.

30+?! A top ten list seems fairly ungainly. 30 is just silly. Why bother with a list at that point?

 

[soxfan23]

True @olddude, I love our class. I'm think Reese and Hailey Van Lith ( and maybe clark) can be game changers. If one of the usual subjects lands both of them along with what they already have ... But in reality no matter where they go there is only one lead dog and they'll end up chasing UConn for most of their careers.

Some recruiting experts feel Reese and Hailey Van Lith are extremely overrated.