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Message: [QUOTE="Blakeon18, post: 4132946, member: 35"] Regarding my post on Rita: I believe [not 100% sure] that Geno wanted Rita to stay in Storrs at some point....missing a game or even an early season tourney.... due to some concerns about her academic performance and wanted her to focus on that without basketball concerns. BTW: this would 'jibe' with the following: As I recall, Rita qualified academically for UConn after graduating from high school. However she did not come that next year....instead she attended a local JC for one year....I think it was Mitchell JC . She then transferred to UConn after that one year and spent the next 3 in Storrs...becoming a valuable part of very good teams. I think she won the BE tourney MVP one year. I do recall that her year at the JC...only one year not the usual two...was due to Geno having some worries about her ability to maintain good grades at a college level...and he wanted her to have an additional year before entering UConn at a higher level of academics...basically to prove to him and to herself that she could perform well in a 4 year college. That obviously was OK with Rita because that was exactly what she did. She was certainly talented enough hoop-wise to have other offers and could have entered college directly after high school...she WAS qualified via NC AA standards. She took Geno's advice...took the harder road and she became a favorite of many UConn fans precisely because of her personal qualities exhibited here. [/QUOTE]

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