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HoopsFan21 said:
Some of the recruits you listed are from beyond 2015, and Stewie and Jefferson will graduate by then freeing up two more spots with Chong and Tuck the following year when recruits like Boley would be freshmen, so it's not as crowded as it seems. These days coaches have to be thinking two or three years down the road, which is kind of crazy, but that's how the recruiting game has evolved in college sports where in the most extreme cases you have kids in middle school receiving verbal offers. I would be happy if they land Samuelson to close out the class of '15. A class of Samuelson, Collier, and Boykin is pretty good. Hopefully DJ is working to land her good friend Samuelson. With the addition of Butler, Geno has just enough kids coming in over the next two years to cover the losses due to graduation over the next three. That's a pretty good overlap in terms of handing off the baton from upperclassmen loaded teams to one that's a bit younger while accounting for potential injuries or transfers.
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I would be ecstatic to close out 2015 with Samuelson.
 
Kibitzer said:
Put this in perspective. Next season she can practice with the team, which means going up against Kiah (and Morgan and Stewie) and getting the full benefit of coaching by Geno and his staff.

The following season she could be the center, with Stewie, Morgan, Moriah, Saniya, Gabby, Courtney, Sadie, and Kia as teammates.

And oh, yeah, Napheesa and De'Janae will be there, too.

And Katie Lou, Asia, and a few others are still in play.

This is simply sinful.
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it's gonna be a "great wall of China at the post"....
 
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Let me say this. Playtime is not a question now for any top players that come to UConn. Top players will play period. Brown McCoy Samuelson and Durr will all start and play. Landing Butler imo takes all the pressure off. She has proven she can put up big numbers against good teams. No freshman or incoming freshman has or will until they gain experience. Butler has the experience and will be groomed by Geno to be the next big time player. Her first season she will be one of the top if not the top post player in WCBB. Adding another big like McCoy and or Brown only makes it better. You've seen the playtime Morgan and Stokes got. There should be no concerns about playtime. This team is shaping up to be one of the best all over again. If Butler can have averages in the BE at GTown and you surround her with UConns coaching staff and UConn players she can only be better. All the disappointment in not landing Turner and Wilson and now to get an experienced big post player who has already proved herself well it doesn't get any better then that. UConn is one up on everybody else again. There are no "IF's" with Natalie. She has already proven what she can do and wants to learn and get better. I like the want to in this girl. The skys the limit for her playing on this UConn team. I expect her to dominate and from what we've read she will.
 
elzorrogris said:
Now we wait on Samuelson and Durr.
Tony; Don't you realize that greed is one of the deadly sins?
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mhshuskies said:
I would think this will make Stewie excited to know she will have some additional experienced frontline help her senior to get her fourth NC.
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She already knew she'd have front line help with Collier and Boykin.
 
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Kibitzer said:
The recent commits by Collier, Boykin and Butler may have sent more than a ripple effect (not quite tsunami but more than a mere ripple) through the households of several families whose daughters are sitting on UConn wcbb scholarships.

They are looking in their own crystal balls and studying tea leaves. Surely they know that (focus on UConn) when the roster gets deep in talent, two things happen. Championship opportunities for the team go UP, but playing time for some players goes DOWN. The Brown family, knowing now that 6'5" Butler is en route to UConn, must be reassessing their daughter's prospects. Similar assessments must be taking place in other homes (Durr, Samuelson, Boley, Cox, Ogumwale, Jekot, McCoy, etc.)

All these families see the bus getting crowded and if they don't commit soon, they will lose their seat, so to speak.

Ah, to be a fly on the wall and listen to these lively discussions!
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Kib, I like your assessment. But the old saying goes : " You snooze , you lose". Geno still has a couple of good spots left on the bus , hopefully 2-3 more good players get onboard before the bus pulls off for 2015.... I'm hoping.
 
vowelguy said:
She already knew she'd have front line help with Collier and Boykin.
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I think the operative word was "experienced," meaning college experience. Collier and Boykin will be freshmen.
 
"She's just what Geno and UConn needed." Exactly! She plays the right position, has the right skills and a solid work ethic, and is a great kid. Seems like an excellent fit.

This really helps Kiah in practice next year, just as battling Kiah will help Natalie. I love it!

Natalie will take pressure off of Stewie her senior year. Yes, De'Janae and Napheesa will too, but Natalie is really tall and already proven.

After Stewie leaves, the front line of Natalie, Napheesa, and De'Janae will be one of the best, maybe THE best (I won't say "hands down"). Add Lou at the wing and that front line might be comparable to Stewie, Stef, Kiah, and Kaleena. Yikes!

In terms of playing time, Lou and Asia Durr will force Geno to play them based on their talent and effectiveness. Minutes will be more balanced. In terms of starting, recall that, until injuries hit, Diana, Maya, and Stewie did NOT start as frosh. I don't think their careers were adversely affected. :)

I'm anxious to hear comments from Natalie and Geno. I believe that Geno can speak once he has her LOI, right?
 
vowelguy said:
Roster next year now at 11.
I think this means 0 to 2 more players from the 2015 class.
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I presume you were leaving out Pulido and Lawlor because with the two walk-ons, the potential** roster for 2015-2016 has 13: Boykin, Butler, Chong, Collier, Edwards, Ekmark, Jefferson, Lawlor, Nurse, Pulido, Stewart, Tuck, and Williams. If one or two others commit to UConn for 2015, it appears to me that Geno would have his largest roster in many a year.

**I cautiously use the term "potential" because the oral commitments are not yet "written in stone."
 
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robert said:
it's gonna be a "great wall of China at the post"....
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:):):):):):):):)....How great for Kiah to be able to practice against Stewart and Butler an develop into a Great AA Center this coming year!!!!:):):):):p:p:p:):):)
 
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RoyDodger said:
I presume you were leaving out Pulido and Lawlor because with the two walk-ons, the potential* roster for 2015-2016 has 13: Boykin, Butler, Chong, Collier, Edwards, Ekmark, Jefferson, Lawlor, Nurse, Pulido, Stewart, Tuck, and Williams. If one or two others commit to UConn for 2015, it appears to me that Geno would have his largest roster in many a year.

*I cautiously use the term "potential" because the oral commitments are not yet "written in stone."
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Walk ons do not matter in the count one way of the other against the scholarship count. You could have 20 players on a team if you have 5 walk ons.
 
semper said:
I tried to put the basketball on the butler's tray...good concept....anyway, I'm THRILLED!!!!
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SEMP: the effort was noticed...and the concept was outstanding and immediately understood, I'm sure..
 
Suebird10fan said:
I would be ecstatic to close out 2015 with Samuelson.
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SUE - I have VERY high hopes for her coming here. I also think DURR is very, very important, as she would be the natural slide-in after a year backing up Jefferson at that spot.
 
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meyers7 said:
What a nice way to start a Wednesday morning. Welcome Ms Butler, I'm sure you'll enjoy it. :)
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MEYER: I won't ask how you were ending Tuesday night??? (Along with the Rangers/Pens game, how did you MISS this? Well, at least you work up.....always a good thing)
 
RoyDodger said:
I presume you were leaving out Pulido and Lawlor
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The walk-ons will never receive significant playing time. And any scholarships for them are dependent on availability. So yes, they are excluded.
 
MilfordHusky said:
I'm anxious to hear comments from Natalie
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This is all I need to know.....

Jim Lewis won’t soon forget his first real encounter with Natalie Butler. It was Oct. 28, four days after he was named Georgetown’s new women’s basketball coach, the day after the Hoyas scrimmaged against the University of Virginia. Lewis pulled Butler aside and told her she could be a women’s professional basketball player someday.

Most 17-year-old freshmen might respond giddily to such praise, but Butler didn’t even crack a smile.

“Her immediate response was, ‘Well coach, I’ve got a lot of work to do. Let’s go,’” Lewis recalled. “That’s Natalie Butler.”
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Later on in the article.....pretty similar to Stef Dolson's experience.....

Lewis’s willingness to throw Butler into the fire accelerated her improvement in every phase of the game. She cut weight and grew stronger as time went on, allowing her to use her 6-5 frame to impose her will rather than succumb to the aggressive pace of Division I basketball.
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http://www.fairfaxtimes.com/apps/pb...an-season-at-georgetown&template=fairfaxTimes
 
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