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Azura Stevens Leaving

So let me guess record next season 8 losses min. Ga only plays 4 because freshman don't play the first year for the Huskys. He still will be stubborn and not play freshman because it's not part of "HIS" system. Irwin and Bent become starters. Sweet sixteen at best and no home cooking in the big show. Lets c how well GA coaches
 
Los24 said:
For the same reason other future professionals in many fields attend college on scholarship. Get a 40-50k a year education plus housing and food for free, continue to improve and learn your craft while enjoying the college experience you get once in your lifetime.
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She's already attended four years of college and I presume she's on track to graduate. She could decide to attend grad school any time she wants if she's so inclined.

Contrast that with being a pro athlete. Her window of opportunity for that is finite and limited. You have to take advantage of that opportunity while you still can. She could also suffer an injury next season in college that could completely derail any chance at a pro athlete career.

Leaving now is a smart move. I wish her well.
 
Junkaroo Jam said:
So let me guess record next season 8 losses min. Ga only plays 4 because freshman don't play the first year for the Huskys. He still will be stubborn and not play freshman because it's not part of "HIS" system. Irwin and Bent become starters. Sweet sixteen at best and no home cooking in the big show. Lets c how well GA coaches
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For a minute I thought you were referring to Georgia (GA). Geno has all in control, he's going to pull an ND move with the NCAA next year...as soon as a big player wants to transfer to UConn.
 
She is giving up a whole lot to leave early. More likely than not, she would have been an All American next year. A decent chance at a national championship. And another year of development that would have made a difference for her at the next level.

I sure will miss her smile.
 
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Charliebball said:
Sure......I think I've made my opinion on this subject clear......of course I'll be right back to it next season if certain players get too little court time.
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You have! And your opinion has been adopted by about 2.5 others- we get it!
 
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ASweet3781 said:
We will not be fine if the sight of seeing Notre Dame winning championships makes you sick. It's a sight we better get used to.
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don't be so sure.................ND thrived this past season with an us against the world mentality...................let's see if they can recreate that with a full roster..................some strong teams are losing key players to graduation while others will be further fortified by strong recruiting classes..............it's going to be a wide open race
 
BobbyJ said:
Because many of the recent, prolific whiners on here have never heard of them. Some of them know nothing beyond the last couple of years.
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I would love to respond but I've pledged to be quiet on this subject.............
 
bbballfan23 said:
From her mouth multiple times in interviews. Wouldn’t make sense for her at all. Had a worse year than last, has a chance to leave her name all over the top of UConn record book & will have all the opportunities in the world next year with the exit for Gabby & Z. I think she is on a short list for POY next year at this point, along side Lou, Ionescu, Durr, Arike.
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there may be more to the story then we know.............frankly she really, really needed another year to perfect her craft
 
MilfordHusky said:
What's your source on that?
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Well, his source is Geno. Isn't that the reason he gave for Meg and the other bench players not playing enough minutes, even in blowouts against our AAU competition? Sorry, AAC, Freudian slip...lol!
 
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Irishfan said:
I doubt she could come up with a personal reason for wanting to leave ND.
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she's all of a sudden developed a bad reaction to the color green............she reported seeing little dancing men in hats................her most recent quote was "where's Geno Auriemma when I need him"?
 
Best of luck to Z moving forward. This will create a big hole to fill and opens up all sorts of opportunities for incoming recruits or interested transfers moving forward. Unfortunately, I think this may result in Lou graduating without ever playing in a National Championship game. :(
 
As said by Aaron Rodgers - RELAX!!! Last I heard, Geno is still the coach. He will figure it out.
 
I'm not the least bit surprised that Stevens is leaving. I'm not sure she was ever comfortable with Geno's transformation of her into a low post banger. She played the wing at Duke for two years, correct?

She certainly doesn't have the bulk to be a low post player in the pros against that level of size and competition. I expect she will go back to being a three playing the wing. She could get away with playing the low post in college against considerably lesser competition than pro, but it won't work for her at the next level. She may very well have seen another year in Geno's low post as a waste of time if she thinks her pro future is as a three on the wing.

Anyway, congrats to her on a great college career and good luck to her in the pros.
 
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UConnNick said:
I'm not the least bit surprised that Stevens is leaving. I'm not sure she was ever comfortable with Geno's transformation of her into a low post banger. She played the wing at Duke for two years, correct?

She certainly doesn't have the bulk to be a low post player in the pros against that level of size and competition. I expect she will go back to being a three playing the wing. She could get away with playing the low post in college against considerably lesser competition than pro, but it won't work for her at the next level. She may very well have seen another year in Geno's low post as a waste of time if she thinks her pro future is as a three on the wing.

Anyway, congrats to her on a great college career and good luck to her in the pros.
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She can not defend on the wing and her 3-point shooting was terrible this season. Wherever she goes there will be an expectation that at 6-6 she score in the lane. Not exclusively, of course, but enough. She'll need to defend in the lane and rebound.
 
I thought this was an April Fools joke when I read it. Best of luck to her, but boy this really puts a hurt on depth next year. If no transfers, will there be walk ons again?
 
HoopsFan21 said:
A scholarship is worth more than a rookie salary. The top five draft picks make $45k or somewhere around there. What school nowadays is $45k/year when you factor in food, books, housing, etc.?
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If we count just the WNBA salary and ignore the opportunity for playing overseas or sponsor money, both are in the $45-$50 K range, more at private schools. I think Geno uses the $50 K figure.
 
eebmg said:
Too much pressure trying to win NC back to back. ;)
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Hey really, if she wants to make history she could be the first player ever to win back to back National Championships with two different teams.......Lol. jk
 
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UConn is bringing in the top post recruit in the country, and while she is in need of development, she has great potential. Geno will get her going early, and I expect to see her playing a large part on this team during conference play. Stevens was a great addition and will be missed. I just don't think this team will dissolve by losing Z.
 
oldude said:
Yes, and that depleted Husky team, that was forced to start 2 freshmen, because they had no one else available, finished 36-2 making it to the national semifinals.
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But that team had arguably the best WCBB player ever, Maya Moore. Next year’s team has one of the greatest duos in WCBB history, Katie Lou Samuelson and Napheesa Collier. Next year reminds me of 2010-11.

But think back to that time. Bria and Stef developed. Christyn and Liv will develop. We recruited Kaleena and Kia. Then we recruited Stewie, Mo, and Tuck. And we won 4 titles. If we can load up in 2019 and 2020, we can be dominant again. Geno needs all his powers of persuasion.
 
MilfordHusky said:
If we count just the WNBA salary and ignore the opportunity for playing overseas or sponsor money, both are in the $45-$50 K range, more at private schools. I think Geno uses the $50 K figure.
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Z is likely to be a top 5 pick, the 2nd post selected. There’s also an opportunity for some modest sponsorship money for top picks. Certainly Stewie & Mo tapped into that funding stream once they landed in the WNBA.
 
Junkaroo Jam said:
So let me guess record next season 8 losses min. Ga only plays 4 because freshman don't play the first year for the Huskys. He still will be stubborn and not play freshman because it's not part of "HIS" system. Irwin and Bent become starters. Sweet sixteen at best and no home cooking in the big show. Lets c how well GA coaches
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I’ll take the “under” on 8 losses. We will be small and not deep, but we will have 3 fabulous players, maybe 5. Geno is still the best coach around. I can see 2-3 possible losses, maybe more. But I don’t see more than 4-5.
 
oldude said:
Z is likely to be a top 5 pick, the 2nd post selected. There’s also an opportunity for some modest sponsorship money for top picks. Certainly Stewie & Mo tapped into that funding stream once they landed in the WNBA.
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I hope that Z takes what UConn staff taught her and continues to develop. She could be an Olympian. She could also be a nice mid-level WNBA player. I hope it’s the former. She’s 6’6” and needs to play like it consistently.
 
MilfordHusky said:
I’ll take the “under” on 8 losses. We will be small and not deep, but we will have 3 fabulous players, maybe 5. Geno is still the best coach around. I can see 2-3 possible losses, maybe more. But I don’t see more than 4-5.
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2 years ago, even the most optimistic among us were guessing 2-3 losses at best. You would think UConn fans would eventually learn the eternal truth:

Never underestimate the Master...
 
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