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Good article, thanks for posting. It appears she’s being “handled “ correctly, in that she has adopted a mindset that should not only serve her, but her, teammates and the program as well. She understands the task (expectations) before her coming in, and wants to be prepared to hit the ground running. That’s wonderful because the season starts in 7 short months. Welcome to UConn Amari DeBerry.Amari DeBerry says she ‘can’t show up to UConn unprepared’ after delayed senior season
Amari DeBerry will suit up for the UConn Huskies women’s basketball team next winter at the top of her game; the Williamsville South senior took no breaks during her season that was pushed back for five months.
It can take a couple years for a high school post to adjust to the speed and physicality of the college game. Can Amari contribute right away? Sure, but it would be unusual, even at UConn, for a post to be an impact player as a freshman (Aaliyah is an exception as was Tina).
Well, that’s the real question, isn’t it? There have been players here for years that never really got the UConn way of playing.
You rarely see it in the pros and college players, unless ur tall enough to actually be throwing the ball downwards upon release, Ala Kareem , thn there's a good chance you'll get blocked into at least the third row, athletes jump outta the arena these days, their heads are at the rim. Just My Observation.
Edwards played against the best players in the world on the Canadian Olympic team; there is really no comparison. Amari will need to wait until her sophomore year, when she can inherit some or almost all of ONO’s minutes.
She had stints - actually playing - with the Canadian National Team, so that experience helped. (Someone else beat me to this point.....I was typing when Jordy posted)
Tina Charles had a pretty nasty hook shot. 👀
R.I.P. to my memory. 😥
That is not correct, Amari has only made 1 USA basketball team U16 in 2019. The only UCONN player Amari has played with at USA basketball is Saylor. KK and Kiki were also on that roster but both remain uncommitted.
You are correct as usual. I lumped two thoughts into the same sentence. As far as I can find she has indeed only played with Saylor (and won gold) on the USA Americas team. I have seen photos of her with some of the other recruits in several locations including attending a UConn game. I also was not comparing that experiencee to playing on the Canadian National team which was not just against age group players so of course would have even greater impact. This doesn't lessen the point that playing for a national team is an experience that gives those participating in it an edge over other recruits who did not have the chance to have that option.
JMO, but other than Canada, the competition in this tourney was dismal. And the US beat Canada by 50. They won their 6 games by an average of 70.5 PPG. The bigs like DeBerry, Betts, Gardiner, and Moore were matched up in most cases with kids under 6 foot. The kids get better competition during the tryouts and against their AAU schedule at home. They're probably getting better team coaching in some cases from these USA Youth teams but like AAU, there's very little specific skills work being done. Just not enough time. So the tournament games don't really do much for them but being in the environment might give some of the kids some motivation to do the individual work needed to later compete at the college level.
