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semper said:
Wow, this is SPECTACULAR...Have we ever done so well in recent years, since the 2002 kinda times?
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Well we did get 6 on the recent Olympic team
 
Boy ... I think Coale got screwed - to only have 4 forwards on a 12 player team is really tight. Unless the plan is to run for out one in all the time, this team seems very unbalanced. Usually the weighting is the other way for international teams - 5G and 7 forward/centers.
 
UcMiami said:
Boy ... I think Coale got screwed - to only have 4 forwards on a 12 player team is really tight. Unless the plan is to run for out one in all the time, this team seems very unbalanced. Usually the weighting is the other way for international teams - 5G and 7 forward/centers.
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They list KML as a G, but considering her as a 3 still leaves the team unbalanced as you say. Liston is 6-1 and Bradford 6-0. Each might also be considered a 3, I suppose. I'm not familiar with their skill sets. When UCONN played Duke, the Duke players under performed a bit, so to speak
 
UcMiami said:
Boy ... I think Coale got screwed - to only have 4 forwards on a 12 player team is really tight. Unless the plan is to run for out one in all the time, this team seems very unbalanced. Usually the weighting is the other way for international teams - 5G and 7 forward/centers.
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I agree! I think maybe having a true center would help.
 
jplotinus said:
They list KML as a G, but considering her as a 3 still leaves the team unbalanced as you say. Liston is 6-1 and Bradford 6-0. Each might also be considered a 3, I suppose. I'm not familiar with their skill sets. When UCONN played Duke, the Duke players under performed a bit, so to speak
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Agree that there are a few 'wings' but to only have 4 players over 6'1" is very light on hight! And no true center.
University Teams for some reason seem a odd bunch - there was one a few years ago that seemed to be pulled from Div II
 
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Isn't the problem that Stef is hurt and can't play? Or is she too old?
 
UcMiami said:
Agree that there are a few 'wings' but to only have 4 players over 6'1" is very light on hight! And no true center.
University Teams for some reason seem a odd bunch - there was one a few years ago that seemed to be pulled from Div II
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According to USA Basketball

  • In 2003, USA was represented by a Big 12 All Star team
  • In 2007, USA was represented by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte

I don't know of one that was represented by a DII team, are you thinking of one of these two examples?
 
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The international competition at the WUGs is not very strong. Most of the age-eligible international talent is playing professionally. At the 2011 games, Team USA played 6 games and won 5 of those games by at least 40 points. The one tough game Team USA played was against Australia (of course) which it won by 12 points.

Now, this year's team does not appear to be as strong as the 2011 team which included Diggins, the O sisters and EDD to name a few. (BTW, the 2011 team had one true center: Lynetta Kizer.) Still, I think the talent assembled should be good enough to bring home the gold. Dolson would have made the team had she been healthy, but we're seeing the lack of talent at the center position in WCBB. Are you paying attention Kiah Stokes?
 
Speaking of Kiah, does anyone know if she removed her name from consideration due to her injuries or was she simply not invited?
 
Wbbfan1 said:
Kaleena & Bria make the World University Game Team
Breanna, Moriah and Morgan make the U19 team

Above provided by a Rich Elliott tweet.

Brianna Turner and Gabby Green 2014 recruits also made the U19 team

Haven't seen the full list of players yet.
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Not familiar with any common interest in Gabby Green. What I mean is she isn't mentioned on Husky Nan's recruiting site. Is this an omission or a recent development????
 
Buzzyboy said:
Not familiar with any common interest in Gabby Green. What I mean is she isn't mentioned on Husky Nan's recruiting site. Is this an omission or a recent development????
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I think a recent development (Gabby Green). If i had to guess, I'd say her game is similar to Sierra Calhoun's even tho Green is listed as a Guard and Cahoun listed as a Wing. If this is true, I have to wonder if the staff feels Calhoun is wavering, or if her overly involved "adviser" is putting up too much of a road block...

Among other things Geno has always maintained he won't recruit kids JUST because they are talented. They need to really want to come to UCONN, not be afraid of hard work, know they will have to EARN any minutes they get, and have to be great kids to boot. I have no doubt Calhoun is a great kid, but I get the impression she has people in her camp wanting promises of PT, which is something Geno will never do.

In fact, I recently re-read some comments by Shea Ralph, one of the all time greats and now a current asst coach, and she was told by Geno when asking about PT "If you are really good, you will earn playing time. If you suck, you won't". She was instantly won over.
 
Phil said:
According to USA Basketball


  • [ ]In 2003, USA was represented by a Big 12 All Star team
    [ ]In 2007, USA was represented by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
I don't know of one that was represented by a DII team, are you thinking of one of these two examples?
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Phil - thanks for the research - it was a little bit of hyperbole in my posting. Sometime in the last decade I looked at a WUG roster and didn't recognize any of the names - they were mostly from non-top ten college programs and it just seemed a strange collection. It might have been for an 'Americas' competition and not for the actual world games. And I don't think they won the gold so that probably dates it back more than a few years..
 
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UConnCat said:
"[O]verly involved father?" Where's this coming from?
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With so many fathers uninvolved in their children's lives, I personally never use "overly" as a paternal description, on personal principles alone. Maybe he just wants the best for his daughter, and is trying to see that happens.
 
ericsandiego said:
I think a recent development (Gabby Green). If i had to guess, I'd say her game is similar to Sierra Calhoun's even tho Green is listed as a Guard and Cahoun listed as a Wing. If this is true, I have to wonder if the staff feels Calhoun is wavering, or if her overly involved "adviser" is putting up too much of a road block...

Among other things Geno has always maintained he won't recruit kids JUST because they are talented. They need to really want to come to UCONN, not be afraid of hard work, know they will have to EARN any minutes they get, and have to be great kids to boot. I have no doubt Calhoun is a great kid, but I get the impression she has people in her camp wanting promises of PT, which is something Geno will never do.

In fact, I recently re-read some comments by Shea Ralph, one of the all time greats and now a current asst coach, and she was told by Geno when asking about PT "If you are really good, you will earn playing time. If you suck, you won't". She was instantly won over.
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Have never heard/read anything about the Calhoun's demanding anything from coaches and making assumptions like that is wildly irresponsible.
 
ju6381 said:
Have never heard/read anything about the Calhoun's demanding anything from coaches and making assumptions like that is wildly irresponsible.
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Wildly irresponsible? LOL good one. I don't post stuff like that on here unless I know it and know where it came from. I'll leave it at that.
 
ericsandiego said:
Wildly irresponsible? LOL good one. I don't post stuff like that on here unless I know it and know where it came from. I'll leave it at that.
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Know it? Leave it at that?

Based on your say so?

Why should that be good enough for the posters here?

I don't mean that in an insulting way. Without some kind of clue or insight to your source, I have no idea how true it is. And to me, that makes it speculation.
 
UcMiami said:
Phil - thanks for the research - it was a little bit of hyperbole in my posting. Sometime in the last decade I looked at a WUG roster and didn't recognize any of the names - they were mostly from non-top ten college programs and it just seemed a strange collection. It might have been for an 'Americas' competition and not for the actual world games. And I don't think they won the gold so that probably dates it back more than a few years..
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Both the 2003 and 2007 teams came in 6th, so I'm thinking it was one of those. My guess it is the 2007 team. The 2003 team had Erin Grant and Heather Schreiber, two players whose names you probably recognize.

In contrast, Charlotte's best players include Sabrina Gregory, Danielle Burgin and Wendy Stywalt, none of whom I recognize.

I don't want this to come across as badgering, but I'm trying to make sure the Wikipedia page is accurate, so if there was another team, I want to know about it.

I'm guessing there wasn't because according to Charlotte:

The Charlotte 49ers will be the first collegiate women's basketball program that will represent the United States in the World University Games. Previous teams representing the United States have been USA Basketball (the national governing body) teams comprised of collegiate players or conference all-star teams.
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UConnCat said:
The international competition at the WUGs is not very strong. Most of the age-eligible international talent is playing professionally. At the 2011 games, Team USA played 6 games and won 5 of those games by at least 40 points. The one tough game Team USA played was against Australia (of course) which it won by 12 points.

Now, this year's team does not appear to be as strong as the 2011 team which included Diggins, the O sisters and EDD to name a few. (BTW, the 2011 team had one true center: Lynetta Kizer.) Still, I think the talent assembled should be good enough to bring home the gold. Dolson would have made the team had she been healthy, but we're seeing the lack of talent at the center position in WCBB. Are you paying attention Kiah Stokes?
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Ah, concerning Kiah Stokes, no worries. I helped identify what was holding her back a little bit in a prior thread. There, it was determined that Kiah is "Too Cute". Now that that has been straightened out and acknowledged, she will undoubtedly play more minutes and contribute a lot next season and it'll be "lights out" the season after that as the starting center.

You heard it here first ;-p
 
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Phil said:
Both the 2003 and 2007 teams came in 6th, so I'm thinking it was one of those. My guess it is the 2007 team. The 2003 team had Erin Grant and Heather Schreiber, two players whose names you probably recognize.

In contrast, Charlotte's best players include Sabrina Gregory, Danielle Burgin and Wendy Stywalt, none of whom I recognize.

I don't want this to come across as badgering, but I'm trying to make sure the Wikipedia page is accurate, so if there was another team, I want to know about it.

I'm guessing there wasn't because according to Charlotte:
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Not badgering at all, but appreciate understanding your concern with the wiki pages. So I went and looked and it could well have been the 2007 team (interesting that USA basketball lists that year and 2003 as 'non-participation'), but think it may have been the 2011 Pan Am Games that had stuck in my memory as that team (not specific to university - not sure if there is a specific criteria for eligibility) was such a strange collection of players from 'odd' college programs (and one HS student:))
 
Yeah, I agree, I remember looking at that list of invitees and wondering what was going on. It almost seems like we are either downplaying the Pan Am games, or someone didn't get their act together in time. Of course, the HS student was Stewart, but there's something odd when your "headliner" is still in high school. I recognized Sykes and Standish, but after that? Not exactly an all-star cast. They ended up finishing 7th, the worst finish ever, and the only time the USA didn't earn a medal at that event.

Pan Am results including write up of 2011 games (Stewart was the star)
 
Phil said:
Yeah, I agree, I remember looking at that list of invitees and wondering what was going on. It almost seems like we are either downplaying the Pan Am games, or someone didn't get their act together in time. Of course, the HS student was Stewart, but there's something odd when your "headliner" is still in high school. I recognized Sykes and Standish, but after that? Not exactly an all-star cast. They ended up finishing 7th, the worst finish ever, and the only time the USA didn't earn a medal at that event.
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The issue with the 2011 Pan Am games, as opposed to earlier years, was timing. The women's basketball competition at the 2011 Pan Am games was played on October 21-25, after the start of collegiate practices. Previous Pan Am games (e.g., 2003, 2007) were played during the summer months. In contrast, the 2011 WUGs were held in mid-August. Thus, not surprisingly, the top collegiate players (EDD, Diggins, Nneka, Chiney, etc.) were invited to play at the WUGs as they likely would have declined invitations to play in the Pan Am games and miss collegiate practice time. USAB has historically struggled in the Pan Am games as the other participating countries typically send older, professional players, including some from senior national teams, while USAB has always sent collegiate players. The competition at the WUGs is much weaker by comparison.
 
UconnCat - thanks for the info. I had forgotten the conflict with the college practices.
 
Same here, I hadn't paid attention to the timing. The 2015 games will be in July, but this will conflict with WNBA, so we may be using collegiate, or maybe some of the players who just missed WNBA contracts. (The USA site dates are wrong, I'll see if I can get them to correct it.)
 
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