CAROLINE IS IN!!!! (Merged thread)

[ThisJustIn]

!!

 

[hoopsdiva]

Caroline!!!

 

[FormerCTrez]

Seeing Caroline on the court just now, warms my heart tremendously! I’m so happy for her, and the team. Go UConn! Go Huskies!!

 

[Kaizen]

Yes so happy to see Caroline ...

 

[Martin84]

❤️❤️❤️

 

[PJCLaw]

A teary-eyed moment for sure. I love how happy her teammates were for her. A loooong way back!! A great moment in sports.

 

[Kurebeach50]

I am SOOOoooooo happy to see Caroline out there, I honestly thought it would never happen !!

 

[freekimchee]

Didn't think it was ever going to happen...really really happy to see Caoline on the court again!

 

[CTBballfan243]

Yes, nice to see. Hopefully she will be cleared to play on senior night and she can get a basket or two to close out her UConn career on a high note. Just really nice to see.

 

[HuskieDawg]

Best part of the entire game. The work she put in to get back on the court, and the patience, truly amazing. So happy for her.

 

[Blakeon18]

I was shocked to see her...obviously she got medical clearance. I do wonder what her 'role' will be going
forward this season. Thinking about next year...we know how effective she can be when healthy.

 

[Centerstream]

I'm so happy... just checkout my avatar

 

[gold2323]

Carol

 

[Huskie837]

Great to see!

 

[JoePgh]

Yes, I didn't expect to see this either. If she can get up to speed over the next six weeks, even slowly, it will go a long way to compensate for the absence of Morgan Cheli (a very similar kind of player).

Let me ask a hypothetical question (and that hypothesis may not be well-founded): If she plays in each game from now to the end of the season, does that have any impact on her eligibility for 2025-26 if she should choose to return? We need the basketball / NCAA lawyers on The Boneyard to weigh in on that (looking at you, @stamfordhusky !)

 

[oldhusky]

Caught me by surprise, great to see. Not sure what we can expect, but with Morgan out Caroline could potentially fill her role as a 3/4.

 

[stamfordhusky]

Let me ask a hypothetical question (and that hypothesis may not be well-founded): If she plays in each game from now to the end of the season, does that have any impact on her eligibility for 2025-26 if she should choose to return? We need the basketball / NCAA lawyers on The Boneyard to weigh in on that (looking at you, @stamfordhusky !)

Before today, she had two years of eligibility left since last year could be counted as a medical hardship year. After stepping on the court today, she now has one year left. Whether she plays in any more games this year is irrelevant unless the NCAA chooses to ignore its own rule, which I don’t believe they ever have done. Per NCAA rules, once a player has played any part of a game in the second half of the season, that uses up a year of eligibility.

 

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[topogigio]

I am so happy for her! She has gone through a lot the past few years!

 

[victor64]

Before today, she had two years of eligibility left since last year could be counted as a medical hardship year. After stepping on the court today, she now has one year left. Whether she plays in any more games this year is irrelevant unless the NCAA chooses to ignore its own rule, which I don’t believe they ever have done. Per NCAA rules, once a player has played any part of a game in the second half of the season, that uses up a year of eligibility.

Caroline turns 23 in November. I can't see her wanting to play two more years. I just hope she can play next year without issues.

 

[JellyBean]

That was a beautiful sight to see. So happy for Caroline.

 

[ERWUC65]

Certainly a surprise, a wonderful one at that! I think all our expectations were for Senior night at home, so I wonder if there was any special family or friends situation related to Butler? Apparently she is cleared for play and while it is late in the season for her to get game ready, it might be an indication of her intent to come back next year. Wow!

 

[Spaceman213J]

Caroline turns 23 in November. I can't see her wanting to play two more years. I just hope she can play next year without issues.

I wonder about that, too. I do think if she ever did want to, she could petition the NCAA for another year, and most likely in her case could probably get it.
She seems like a high IQ player and wonder if maybe coaching could be in her future as well.

 

[pk1234]

As others have said, she'll be eligible to play one more season after this one. Theoretically if she didn't get into any games this season she would have two years of eligibility but the chances of her playing at UConn until she was 25 would be extremely unlikely. See what she can give this year and then I figure she'll make a decision whether or not to try to play next year. Unless they really hit the portal hard, they aren't going to need her roster spot so she'll have time to decide, and I'm sure she could keep the roster spot next year in a role like she had this year if need be. I'm sure she has a role with UConn WBB for life if she wants it.