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She says to the post player: OK you stand under the basket and catch it and put it in if you can, meanwhile we guards all run and gun. And whoever has the best chance, gets the basket. Got it? OK. Let's PLAY!!!
 
In another week all the speculation will be over and we all can move on......Whatever choice the young lady makes we will wish her the best I am sure.
 
UConnCat said:
Somehow, I think Tony's thinking is probably along these lines:

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Extreme success sometimes requires not letting reality get in the way of achievement. If we were all "realistic", then nothing outside the box would ever happen.
 
I'm waiting until the 16th. If the rumor is true, UNC would have a very talented and athletic team. Would Diamond share the ball and the spotlight, though?
 
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No green or orange in her uniform would suit me fine. I'm hoping for a fine show on the 16th. Surprise us all...I am taking my talents to College Park for all I care. Maybe announce she is going pro in Europe until she is eligible for the WNBA. Whatever her choice, let her be sure of it. No one wants her to commit to a place and then realize she wanted to be near home all along. Something like that could cost you two championships.

Still on an emotional roller coaster from the last 24hrs. BleedBlue!
 
If it is NoCar she will join the most athletic class never going to the Final Four in WCBB history! Sylvia Hatchell and her staff of no nothings will make sure they run fast and have 100 turnovers per game! What a waste! To wait all this time and she throws 4 years away! I could have understood SoCar. now that they won the SEC regular season and were a #1 seed, but to take this long and then chose NoCar.? I'll wait for the official party!
 
MilfordHusky said:
I'm waiting until the 16th. If the rumor is true, UNC would have a very talented and athletic team. Would Diamond share the ball and the spotlight, though?
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Diamond has a tendency at times to not want her teamates to outdo her. Lebron is her favorite player but she more like Kobe, more Angel than she is Maya. UNC had games in which the post players took only 4-6 shots per game and they wtre frustrated. Xylina had to go to the perimeter to take some shots. Throw A'ja in the mix with those volume shooters/scorers whose knows what's going to happen.
 
Oh well. You would have to think that the door is now wide open for next years class for someone like Kalani Brown.
 
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Please, folks, do NOT speculate on motivation or draw conclusions about A'ja's personality, ego, etc. The rules specifically prohibit harmful speculation and, besides, it's juvenile to trash a 17 year old kid because you're disappointed she's not going to be a Husky.
 
IMHO, NC bball is painful to watch. NC teams seem to lack the fundamentals. If that is where she would like to go to school, I wish her the best (except when they are playing UCONN).
 
I wondered while watching the National CHampionship game if Wilson was listening to Doris Burke talk about how Stewie just signed her LOI on the hood of a car? It was definitely a jab////
 
If A'ja's choice was going to be someone other then South Carolina it makes perfect sense why she is waiting so long to commit.
 
connboy77 said:
If A'ja's choice was going to be someone other then South Carolina it makes perfect sense why she is waiting so long to commit.
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Especially, if it is across the state line.
 
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sivad40 said:
Diamond has a tendency at times to not want her teamates to outdo her. Lebron is her favorite player but she more like Kobe, more Angel than she is Maya. UNC had games in which the post players took only 4-6 shots per game and they wtre frustrated. Xylina had to go to the perimeter to take some shots. Throw A'ja in the mix with those volume shooters/scorers whose knows what's going to happen.
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Well we had heard at some points Ms Wilson wanted to be a perimeter player anyway......

Wherever she chooses just hope she has a great college experience. I feel she's been going somewhere else for awhile. Late commits don't usually choose UCONN. If they are in for UCONN, they are IN for UCONN.

Although if she chooses other than UCONN, I hope she doesn't win a NC. ;)
 
Some of you people sound like the ESPN experts who were picking everybody UCONN played....let it go
NOBODY , NOBODY, KNOWS, Just wait till 16th Also there looks like a lot of moles that want this board to
look BAD, like it's UCONN Talking.....
 
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HuskyNan said:
Please, folks, do NOT speculate on motivation or draw conclusions about A'ja's personality, ego, etc. The rules specifically prohibit harmful speculation and, besides, it's juvenile to trash a 17 year old kid because you're disappointed she's not going to be a Husky.
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Right on, Nan.
1. Folks, it's a r-u-m-o-r. Why all the excited comments or, worse still, judgments?
2. Wild-eyed speculation is just another form of self-indulgence. At best, it's not useful; at worst, it can make us look mean spirited.
If this is how we react to rumors, how we this board react on April 16 if this talented young woman chooses other than UConn.
 
oneresult said:
Some of you people sound like the ESPN experts who were picking everybody UCONN played....let it go
NOBODY , NOBODY, KNOWS, Just wait till 16th Also there looks like a lot of moles that want this board to
look BAD, like it's UCONN Talking.....
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You talkin to me Bubba?

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Yes, it's just a rumor. But when the mod posts it on the Blog it carries more weight.
 
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I am afraid that if Nan is impressed enough by the likelihood of a rumor's being true to post it on the blog, you can pretty much take that rumor to the bank. Actually, assuming that the rumor is true (which I do), the next three or four years should be very interesting years for wcbb, with the wild talent at UNC competing against the perhaps lesser-talented but much better-coached teams at UConn, Stanford, SCar, ND, L'ville, etc. (Note that I say "perhaps"-these schools will also have a wealth of talent.) It will be the essentially "men's style" ball of spectacular individual moves (maybe even -gasp- slam dunks and even alley oops) vs the much more disciplined styles of the other top teams. It will probably add a considerable amount of drama to wcbb and I, for one, will look forward to watching it develop. I severely doubt that there is a NC in UNC's future.
 
Icebear said:
I wish she had not posted it, especially, after locking the last thread because it just started it up all over again. Oy!
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Agree here. As soon as I saw the rumor post I knew it would start up again. Why bother posting a rumor in the first place? Not a fact and simply opens the door wide for further speculation, rumors and innuendo.
 
It would not be a surprise, probably a good fit for her. She has perimeter instincts without perimeter skills and most likely realized she would not play out there with Conn. And one thing she will not be is an "anchor" in the paint wherever she goes. With the incoming size and talent he has, Geno could use a couple of horses up front.
 
bschwartz- - - Of all the schools out there A'ja will not reach her full potential at NoCar under Sylvia Hatchell! I realize her final 4 choices are TN, SoCar, NoCar & UCONN, but either SoCar or UCONN will seem to have the coaching staffs and philosophies to take their players to a higher level! UCONN more than anyone but SoCar made huge strides this past season but NoCar and TN are going no-where with the coaches now on the bench!
 
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