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Well gotta wonder how crazy good UConn is going to be. I dont care about SC Stanford or any other team. UConn has a talent show of players that are 2 deep at every position. They will need to be developed but look how this group developed this season . This could be the greatest roster in UConn history and its only gonna get better. We're lookin at 4-6n years of Geno coaching this group. Its simply amazin .
 
She looks powerful AND she is powerful. Last part of tape verifies the power. She push-jerks 135 lb overhead and then walks with it. :eek: Or ... You tell me how many 45 lb plates are on the bar.
 
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TASSK who?
Tonyc said:
Well gotta wonder how crazy good UConn is going to be. I dont care about SC Stanford or any other team. UConn has a talent show of players that are 2 deep at every position. They will need to be developed but look how this group developed this season . This could be the greatest roster in UConn history and its only gonna get better. We're lookin at 4-6n years of Geno coaching this group. Its simply amazin .
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broooce said:
Do you think she'll wear her HS #34 at UConn? From several of the previous posts her club coach's wife is two-time UConn national champ Tamika Williams who also wore #34. Good mojo in that number.

Saylor got her HS #4, Azzi will have her HS #35, and probably Amari will get her #42. Ice is #25 - all available.

Ducharme's HS #13 but Christyn has that for at least another season - it was her HS # too.

I recall that there have been previous posts about uniform numbers but I can't find them. In a program like ours it's a fun way to connect past with present.
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See page 33 of the media guide


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HopJim said:
Equally important is her strength and what appears to be a Edwards like ability to use physical contact to her advantage. With another year+ to add muscle before entering UConn, she has the ability to be very special.
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You must have noticed the arms on this girl; very buff and Crystal Dangerfield like, no waif here. Her movement in a crowd is wonderful, very much like Aaliyah's. When you see a forest of opponents arms raised, & out of the center of this forest appears long arms holding the ball; a jump, a bank, 2 points, no foul. She must enjoy physical contact. Like Aaliyah, a Dr Jekyll on the court, Ms Hyde off the court.
 
King Kong said:
You must have noticed the arms on this girl; very buff and Crystal Dangerfield like, no waif here. Her movement in a crowd is wonderful, very much like Aaliyah's. When you see a forest of opponents arms raised, & out of the center of this forest appears long arms holding the ball; a jump, a bank, 2 points, no foul. She must enjoy physical contact. Like Aaliyah, a Dr Jekyll on the court, Ms Hyde off the court.
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Clearly, Ayanna spent a lot of time in the weight room at a young age. Credit to her dad, I suspect, for encouraging her to do so. While weight training is increasingly important in women’s sports, it’s not something that is as widely accepted as in men’s sports, as we all witnessed by the pitiful dumbbell display at the women’s hotel in San Antonio.
 
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jazz said:
you think we are still in on Barker after getting AP?
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It's a possibility considering Barker has remained silent with her recruiting process. Until it's declared that UCONN is not on her list or that there's no more interest from Geno and CD then I still would like to have her on board also.
 
Cuango said:
What about Amari? She’s not exactly chopped liver, you know.
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I agree but, you should direct that question to dtbtbtb. I responded to their post. Me, being as old as I am, sometimes can't remember all of the players.:(
 
Don't know if this Courant article has been posted, so when in doubt:

www.courant.com

Get to know new UConn women’s commit Ayanna Patterson and why she chose the Huskies

Ayanna Patterson didn’t need an in-person visit to Storrs to know that UConn was the right place for her. With the NCAA shutting down in-person recruiting visits amid the COVID-19 pandemic, U…
www.courant.com www.courant.com

But last month, Patterson got the closest she has in person to the Huskies’ operation, watching from the stands as UConn took on Butler at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Getting to watch Geno Auriemma, Chris Dailey and the rest of the UConn coaching staff interact with their players mid-game was enough to seal the deal for her.

“It solidified everything that I wanted to do,” Patterson told The Courant following her announcement. “When you watch them play, it’s like, ‘OK, now I see everything they’re doing on TV.’ I could see how [Auriemma’s] coaching, how CD’s coaching, how they work together on different things on the floor. That made the decision perfect when I got to see them.
“How Coach communicates with his kids and how he pushes them to be great and pushes them to limits that they didn’t think they had and just player development — their program speaks for itself. I just wanted to go and be a part of that. It was a dream of mine. You can go live out your dreams.”
 
oldude said:
Barker would be another talented addition, but if all the projected returning players, signees and commits are on the roster in 2 years, that will give UConn 10 wings, forwards or centers, and only 4 guards, one of whom is a walkon.

I hope UConn’s next commitment comes from a guard. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I hope that commitment is KiKi Rice, the #1 rated pg in the class of 2022, who can play either the 1 or 2.
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With being in the BE now, I'm thinking a little Lorin Dixon throwback would be nice to deal with some of the pesky little guards. Is there any Londyn Jones interest?
 
JordyG said:
Why does it seem everyone is sleeping on Amari DeBerry?
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Come on JordyG, you know that answer:
1. Short attention spans,
2. We get distracted by shiny, new thing
3. This is now the class of 2022, we already proclaimed greatness for the 2021 class (and the 2020 class), nuf ced!

happy new girl GIF by HULU
 
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oldude said:
KiKi Rice out of Sidwell Friends in DC lists UConn on the schools she is considering and follows Saylor on Twitter. At 5’11”, Rice is Hoopgurlz 6th overall and #1 pg in 2022 class.
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DeBerry posted a picture with herself, Azzi, AP, and KK. I can’t see why the other 3 wouldn’t be recruiting KK to join them.
 
I’m not going to act like the past few years have been bad, because to finish top 5 in the country and make it to consecutive final 4’s is extremely impressive, so absolutely no discredit there.

But wow. I have not been this excited about UConn WBB in a few years. I am so so happy. It feels like there has been new life brought into this program. I love the current team so much, and with all of the amazing talent we are adding, we are going to be hard to beat. I’m so excited about the future.
 
oldude said:
I had another thought on Ayanna’s recruitment. Geno has a particular recruiting advantage over most other coaches that is even more pronounced when you can’t bring kids on campus for the typical “dog & pony” shows that many colleges stage for recruits.

Geno has always been extremely good at engaging in conversation with teenage kids on their level with intelligence, humor and motivation, something that is not easy for a lot of coaches, and many parents as well. In addition, Geno has always been comfortable talking to and reassuring parents that their “little girl” will be safe and able to prosper at UConn.

Without on campus visits, all that is left is a school’s reputation and the ability of the coaches to connect with a recruit and her family. Advantage = UConn!!!
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OK, Oldude finally outs himself as a secret High Point fan. This beautiful ode to coach Geno is actually a very subtle PSYOPS. It seems all innocent, but mark my words, you'll wake up a few days from now with this niggling thought, 'Why can't Geno recruit when people can travel to his and other campuses?' and then a week later 'Why is Uconn located in a cow pasture?' and it only gets worse from there! The thoughts of 'Oh, yeah, my kid deserves to have the en suite dorm room. And maid service. And the choice between filet mignon and broiled lobster in the dining hall.'

You may doubt me, but I can tell you for sure, I'm not opening any more videos he post on here.
 
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King Kong said:
You must have noticed the arms on this girl; very buff and Crystal Dangerfield like, no waif here. Her movement in a crowd is wonderful, very much like Aaliyah's. When you see a forest of opponents arms raised, & out of the center of this forest appears long arms holding the ball; a jump, a bank, 2 points, no foul. She must enjoy physical contact. Like Aaliyah, a Dr Jekyll on the court, Ms Hyde off the court.
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Got that a little backwards, I hope - Dr Jekyll was the scientist, Mr Hyde was the alter ego when he drank the potion.
 
oldude said:
ND is in trouble. Losing Clark last year to Iowa and Ayanna this year to UConn continues a string of high profile recruiting misses. MM knew it was time to get out. So far, Ivey hasn’t been able to energize the program like many thought she could. WBB at ND is in danger of following the same pattern of MBB at ND.
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Please don’t get me wrong. I am a card carrying, charter member of the hate ND club...well, at the very least always eager to wallow in schadenfreude over the multiple disappointments of their over-entitled fans. But, truth to tell, the degree to which their program has descended is a bit disappointing to me. I kinda want them to be at least sufficiently decent to be worth hating instead of the pathetic state in which they now find themselves. Niele can neither coach nor recruit. I’ll miss what at least once qualified as a rivalry.
 
One more thought on recruiting. A lot is said about UConn being a program with no peers, legendary coach, winning etc, but an equal reason that Geno get these players , is his ability to get most ,if not all his players to IMPROVE. From Gabby Williams to Kelly Faris , his players get better and have legitimate shots at playing professionally.
 
oldude said:
ND is in trouble. Losing Clark last year to Iowa and Ayanna this year to UConn continues a string of high profile recruiting misses. MM knew it was time to get out. So far, Ivey hasn’t been able to energize the program like many thought she could. WBB at ND is in danger of following the same pattern of MBB at ND.
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oldude, agree 100% and I hate to see them become totally irrelevant. It imo more fun to beat them when they think they have a chance. Wonder if I will ever have the chance to do the happy dance after beating them in a meaningful game again. There was no game that I enjoyed more, I guess I will have to get my dance on after beating SC now.
 
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