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cockhrnleghrn said:
If you know anything about Dawn Staley, you know that she runs the team and is tough as nails. Next season, we will have Elem Ibiam, Alaina Coates, Aleighsa Welch and Jatarie White sharing the time at the 4 and 5 spots. A'ja will fit on the team much better in the 3 spot. We also have Asia Dozier at the 3 and next season, Tiffany Mitchell, Kaydra Duckett, Tina Roy and Doniyah Cliney at the 2 and Kadijhah Sessions, Bianca Cuevas, Olivia Gaines and Tiffany Davis at PG. The best place for A'ja to contribute will be at the 3 with maybe occasional action at the 4.
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That's a lot of players to keep happy.
 
UConnCat said:
That's a lot of players to keep happy.
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True, but even this season, a lot of them don't get a lot of minutes. Some of those players will get fewer minutes next season.
 
UConnCat said:
Your post shows how little you know about Geno or the UConn program.
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I know quite about Geno and the Uconn program since Tennessee first played them in 1995. I was watching Lady Vol basketball before Geno and Uconn was a blip on Tennessee's radar. If you have some kind of insider info on how Geno recruits his players then I'd love to know..Bottom line is we don't know what he has told Aja or what promises he has made to her or not made to her
 
Boxerpups4me said:
Actually I know quite a bit. I was watching Tennessee lady vol baskem


I know quite about Geno and the Uconn program since Tennessee first played them in 1995. I was watching Lady Vol basketball before Geno and Uconn was a blip on Tennessee's radar. If you have some kind of insider info on how Geno recruits his players then I'd love to know..Bottom line is we don't know what he has told Aja or what promises he has made to her or not made to her
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You really are clueless here.

It's common knowledge he doesn't promise playing time and you can be sure he will play a player where he wants.
 
doggydaddy said:
You really are clueless here.

It's common knowledge he doesn't promise playing time and you can be sure he will play a player where he wants.
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I never said anything about playing time?? If Aja wants to play guard, I'm sure Geno can fit her into that spot very easily..
 
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Tonyc said:
Where did she play when she played with MoJeff Stewie and Tuck? BTW who was the coach of that team?
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Wasn't that the female Miami or Florida coach??? She raved about Morgan Tuck.
 
^Neither Geno nor Dawn will be dictated to by players, but I think A'ja's most natural spot is the 3 and she would also help the Gamecocks the most at the 3.
 
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cockhrnleghrn said:
If you know anything about Dawn Staley, you know that she runs the team and is tough as nails. Next season, we will have Elem Ibiam, Alaina Coates, Aleighsa Welch and Jatarie White sharing the time at the 4 and 5 spots. A'ja will fit on the team much better in the 3 spot. We also have Asia Dozier at the 3 and next season, Tiffany Mitchell, Kaydra Duckett, Tina Roy and Doniyah Cliney at the 2 and Kadijhah Sessions, Bianca Cuevas, Olivia Gaines and Tiffany Davis at PG. The best place for A'ja to contribute will be at the 3 with maybe occasional action at the 4.
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You guys should be super excited about your team. Coates and Ibian are the real deal. If Wilson chooses USC you will be an immediate title contender if she is all that she is advertised to be.

Welch is one of my favorite players to watch. She is just a tremendous athlete with a beautiful shot.
 
cockhrnleghrn said:
^Neither Geno nor Dawn will be dictated to by a players, but I think A'ja's most natural spot is the 3 and she would also help the Gamecocks the most at the 3.
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I don't think she would be dictating where she would play, but she does know where SHE wants to play and like you said, the three spot is where she is most comfortable at..That South Carolina team would be unreal if they did happen to land Aja, and I think they will without a doubt..
 
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easttexastrash said:
You guys should be super excited about your team. Coates and Ibian are the real deal. If Wilson chooses USC you will be an immediate title contender if she is all that she is advertised to be.

Welch is one of my favorite players to watch. She is just a tremendous athlete with a beautiful shot.
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South Carolina could be lining themselves up to be the next dominate and elite women's basketball team..
 
Boxerpups4me said:
South Carolina could be lining themselves up to be the next dominate and elite women's basketball team..
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You mean if Geno and Chris decided to retire? As long as Geno is coaching, it's gonna be tough to win anything unless of course you are on his team.
 
easttexastrash said:
You guys should be super excited about your team. Coates and Ibian are the real deal. If Wilson chooses USC you will be an immediate title contender if she is all that she is advertised to be.

Welch is one of my favorite players to watch. She is just a tremendous athlete with a beautiful shot.
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We certainly are. I really expected us to take a little step back this season because we lost several starters and had a young team. I didn't expect to win the SEC this year, that's for sure. I thought it would be next year before we would win the SEC. Even if A'ja doesn't come to USC, Dawn has done an outstanding job building a team and I can't wait to play you guys next season. My season tickets are about 4 rows behind the scorer's table on the visitors' end, so I get to see all of the visiting coaches up close. The last time we played UCONN in Columbia, I didn't yet have that location, so I didn't get to see Geno up close. I will next year or the year after, depending on which year our match is in Columbia.
 
HoopsFan21 said:
You mean if Geno and Chris decided to retire? As long as Geno is coaching, it's gonna be tough to win anything unless of course you are on his team.
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Dawn is a bit younger than Geno. If she chooses to stay at USC she can certainly build a strong program.
 
HoopsFan21 said:
You mean if Geno and Chris decided to retire? As long as Geno is coaching, it's gonna be tough to win anything unless of course you are on his team.
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Throughout his coaching career, Geno has had his ups and downs as far as how dominate his teams have been. To his credit, he has been able to keep up an extremely high level of dominance since 2008 and I don't see that ending anytime soon, so yes your right, he might just continue this level of dominance until he does in fact retire..
 
Dominance typically involves snagging the top recruit in the nation. Whoever gets Wilson will get that player that can carry them to a championship.
 
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That Wilson kid sure has a lot of burden put on her shoulders by people who have never seen her play COLLEGE
basketball. Didn't they say all these great things about Mercedes Russell, so far she seems pretty average, relative
to the expectation. For long stretch last year (before whatever they did at the end of the year to turn her around)
Stewart looked pretty uninspiring as well.
 
pvdoggy said:
That Wilson kid sure has a lot of burden put on her shoulders by people who have never seen her play COLLEGE
basketball. Didn't they say all these great things about Mercedes Russell, so far she seems pretty average, relative
to the expectation. For long stretch last year (before whatever they did at the end of the year to turn her around)
Stewart looked pretty uninspiring as well.
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You never know what a high school player will do when they get to college. So many things affect play on the court - significant other problems, class worries, being away from home, etc.
 
cockhrnleghrn said:
You never know what a high school player will do when they get to college. So many things affect play on the court - significant other problems, class worries, being away from home, etc.
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My point exactly, or may be they don't turn out as good as people thought. The street is littered with people
who came with great potential, in all walk of life, sports or otherwise.
 
pvdoggy said:
My point exactly, or may be they don't turn out as good as people thought. The street is littered with people
who came with great potential, in all walk of life, sports or otherwise.
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These rating services are pretty accurate for the top players. Many had Diamond Deshileds ranked number 1 and she has proven to be, IMO. Look at that past several years and I think that most will agree that the top recruits are pretty impactful, although not all as freshmen like Stewart.
 
easttexastrash said:
Dominance typically involves snagging the top recruit in the nation. Whoever gets Wilson will get that player that can carry them to a championship.
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Just look at how Baylor won all those national championships during the four years that top recruit B. Griner was there.
 
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FairView said:
Just look at how Baylor won all those national championships during the four years that top recruit B. Griner was there.
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Yeah, but it's true more often than not. UConn's titles have come with Rebecca, Sue et al, Diana, Maya and Breanna. Tennessee's have come with Chamique and Candace. When they didn't have the nation's best, they had a down period.
 
First of all where ever she goes her coach will player her where she can be most effective. As good as Breanna is as a ball handler and passer I dont see her playing guard in the WNBA or college. Is Wilson better then Breanna? I dont think so. IMO what is it going to come down to is does she want to is where does she want to play. Im guessing but from what we've read it will be close to home ala USC or if it comes down to BB it will be UConn. USC got off to a fast start this season with a relatively easy schedule. What impact will Wilson have as a freshman? Take a look at some of the other bigs to come around over the past few years and see what impact they had as freshman? It takes time for Bigs to develop. Breanna was at a different level then most HS POY. She plays like a guard at 6'4. Most bigs dont.

Wilson and her parents will make their decision in April and if she decides to go to USC Uconn will still be number 1 in WCBB and if she decides to go to UConn then UConn will still be number 1 in WCBB, because no body is going to stop Breanna Stewart.
 
This is the first time I'm viewing this thread. After all I knew there were no updates on Wilson, who made it clear she would decide in the spring. Then I wondered how this thread could get so long without any new information and I had to check.

The answer: USC, Tennessee and Baylor fans having an amiable chat with each other on an opponent's message board.

Only on the Boneyard.
 
Tonyc said:
They will only be good if they play as a team. Look at some of the top players on the top teams right now. Why do those teams struggle with all that talent? They play as individuals and not as a team. Some to much one on one. Some no defense. Some lack of focus. That doesnt happen as often at UConn and why UConn has done what theyve done. Dawn is a good coach and USC had a good season so far. However some would argue they started like a lion and finished like a lamb. If Wilson decides to play for USC they will have a nice roster of players. I can tell you Bianca is very good. They question is will the chemistry be there. It will be interesting. If it were me and my daugter. I would have her play for UConn because she could fit right into their system and be productive within the team. Looking at some of the top freshman this season and last season. They arent as productive within the team concept as they should be but are productive as individual scorers. Big difference.
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Tony, you state the reason that UCONN Fans should not be worried about a team like North Carolina which has a lot of individual talent, but as yet not learned how to play as a team. NC better hope that they are not in UCONN'S or Notre Dame's regional because they would have absolutely no chance of getting to the final four. A team that does not play as a team is not going to beat either one of those teams.
 
3/4 who would benefit from a full motion offense. She is not a guard at the speed of the next level if she wants to compete with elite teams.
 
I don't know much about DS as a coach; looking forward to finding out more. I know she's a good recruiter, but as a match for Geno or Muffit, time will tell.
 
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