I’m just stating my opinion. Piath isn’t going to play much next year so getting some height out of the portal isn’t bad at all. I’ve never criticized other coaches for getting talent, so that doesn’t apply to me. No one has said Geno can’t win with 13/14, I’m sure he can. I’m also sure having more talent will make it easier.
I was unaware of that. The argument for her being here just for one year is much stronger than for two IMO.
Regardless of the size of the roster SOP for UCONN is to evaluate the players in the transfer portal and those coming out of HS. The chosen players have to be extremely skilled, wants to come to UCONN , a good fit for the team and a hard worker. This is the same unwavering evaluation that is done for all UCONN recruits. What is creating some angst among fans is that some clearly do not understand this and others are already pot committed to their "favorite" players.
I kind of disagree. An experienced hard nosed stretch 4 who can hit the three would be really useful. Today's game requires teams to basically have 3-4 mobile bigs getting big minutes. The facts are that Tara had a team of options where on any given night she could find 5 hot hands and ride them to a win. Arizona threw multiple wide bodies at Liv and Aaliyah and just absorbed the fouls. facts are that if Liv or Aaliyah have a bad night or foul trouble against a good team then we lost.. We need multiple bigs and with such a young team, we could use an experienced "bridge" big who can give 20 minutes at the 4 or 5.
They need to expand their game and be able to play the 3 also in order to get good minutes. This will also be good for them long term. Neither one of them is big enough to play the 4 professionally so they need to start working on their shot.
We need them also to win everything. They are needed to guard those big athletic 3’s and 4’s
I am agreeing with all of your points.
What opens up the driving lanes are Azzi, Paige, Evina, & Muhl (pray they all stay healthy all year), and add Griffin and Mir all the way to the NC!!!!
He will.
Especially true now with Anna gone. She could defend tolerably well against most fours.
It’s probably different at a lot of schools that don’t have the depth of talent or play at UConn’s level but GA doesn’t create PT for players, they have to create their own. If they impact play in practices and games to the point GA doesn’t want to take them off the floor, they’ll get good amounts of PT. I have to believe this is made clear to them before they sign and again when they get to campus. That’s one reason why I’m surprised more players don’t noticeably improve their skills and fitness during the off-season knowing the competition for PT.
And she was fairly awesome blocking shots, at least in one game I saw.
If Aubrey and Mir don't become basketball players instead of being just really athletic then they won't get much time next year.
Thank you for admiring my technique in posting responses.
Please no. I just could not handle her and Amari Deberry on the same team. Lol.
Good one!
No way. She's just a lesser version of Olivia. If we are going to take another person, she needs to be beefier and a threat from the arc. I'm still in the Dorka corner.
Wow at 6’9 though I wouldn’t mind her as a backup to Liv. That’s some real paint protection. Hard to get a real gauge on her skills against high level teams with the competition she’s played. Not everyone is going to shoot the 3, so that’s not a big deal. But we definitely don’t need another big who misses a ton of layups and can’t compete against muscle, but her fg% doesn’t look bad considering she’s shooting a great volume than Liv.
I don't agree. If Uconn wants to win championships against the elite of college basketball, like Baylor, S. Carolina, and Stanford, they need to have substantial contributions from multiple post players, If Juhasz, for example, has the ability to put them over the top, then let's welcome to this already deep and crowded roster.
And while we are at it why don't we just get all the other coaches to stop acquiring players also. I mean NC State was a number 1 seed and returning all of their players. Did NC State really need to add Madison Hayes- a top SEC freshman performer and Diamond Johnson- a top Big 10 freshman performer?
Madison Scott was FOY; Madison Hayes was All-Freshman. Too many Madisons.
Why not..they would be berry good teamates
