December UConn Recruiting Thread

[Sluconn Husky]

Still not making sense to me that another recruit (especially Caroline) was in the bldg and not sitting with Paige, Amari and Azzi.

Check out this video.. Tim Fudd has magically been replaced by Ducharme.

 

[Charliebball]

I believe that Mir’s team plays in Fairfax both today and tomorrow. I would go if not visiting my son in Houston.

where are your priorities!!!..............

 

[Charliebball]

Check out this video.. Tim Fudd has magically been replaced by Ducharme.

I truly appreciate the very loyal Ms DuCharme but really wish Mr Fudd could magically turn into the previously mentioned Lauren Betts...............

 

[CocoHusky]

Ducharme, incidentally, just scored her 1,000th career point as part of a 31-point effort:

Best thing about that video is Caroline appears to be fully recovered from knee injury and is playing without a knee brace.

 

[Sluconn Husky]

Caroline Ducharme's 31-point performance from Saturday (12/7) that put her over 1,000 in her career:

 

[j66kicker]

Check out this video.. Tim Fudd has magically been replaced by Ducharme.

“OK Dad, ‘fraid you’re gonna have to move now.”

 

[Sluconn Husky]

Recent Prospects Nation profile of Caroline Ducharme:

#BCSSelect24 National Academy: Caroline Ducharme

peachstatebasketball.com

 

[HuskylnSC]

I HAVE BECOME JADED! I've watched so many Paige highlights that it has become hard for me to appreciate anything less. I'm sure she's great, 1,000 points is quite a feat, but Paige has ruined my appreciation for videos for a while.

 

[hoopsfan22]

I just want to know when Fudd is going to commit. She has certainly been to enough games to know whether or not she wants to join her good friend Paige on a journey of a lifetime.

 

[victor64]

I think Ducharme is a nice player but if UConn gets Fudd and decides they want a fourth, I think there are bigger fish that would meet team needs (Aaliyah Moore for example) better than Caroline.

 

[Alydar]

I think that after the 2020 class it's a miracle that UConn has gotten verbals from DeBerry and Poffenbarger. Add Fudd and it's a major miracle. Great classes are usually followed by thin classes. Geno has already hit back-to back hole-in-ones.

 

[UcMiami]

I think Ducharme is a nice player but if UConn gets Fudd and decides they want a fourth, I think there are bigger fish that would meet team needs (Aaliyah Moore for example) better than Caroline.

There may be 'bigger fish' but as a team becomes loaded with potential/talent getting the right glue players becomes even more important. None of us know these women beyond what we can see on the court and the right personalities is the real art of recruiting.

Uconn's great teams generally have had end of bench players who may not have gotten the minutes or the stats, but were essential to the team. Better to have lesser talent that wants to contribute than disgruntled stars looking for 'more.'

 

[soxfan23]

I think that after the 2020 class it's a miracle that UConn has gotten verbals from DeBerry and Poffenbarger. Add Fudd and it's a major miracle. Great classes are usually followed by thin classes. Geno has already hit back-to back hole-in-ones.

I thought that 3 would be the max number for 2021, but with DeBerry and Poffenbarger already committed and Fudd and Ducharme both showing a lot of interest, Geno may be willing to take 4 in 2021.

 

[CocoHusky]

Geno's stated goal is to make "UCONN bad for WCBB again". Fudd + one of: Rivers, TVO, Ducharme, Verhulst, Marshall, Wolfenbarger, Citron, Moore, iriafen or Key would most assuredly achieve that goal.

 

[victor64]

Geno talked about roster-size in yesterday's new conference. He still likes 12 as the ideal number but attrition when playing-time isn't available is an increasing part of the landscape. Especially, if the chance for immediate eligibility exists at another school.

I think the philosophy of recruiting "good program role-players" may have become a thing of the past after Irwin and Bent.

"Caroline, we would like you to come to UConn to be a role-player on a championship team". I am not sure that speech is given anymore.

 

[Najee76]

I think Ducharme is a nice player but if UConn gets Fudd and decides they want a fourth, I think there are bigger fish that would meet team needs (Aaliyah Moore for example) better than Caroline.

A stretch 4 like Tuck is invaluable. More so than another guard if Fudd is coming. Moore would fit that mold, if I'm not mistaken? Any thoughts on this?

 

[BobbyJ]

Geno's stated goal is to make "UCONN bad for WCBB again". Fudd + one of: Rivers, TVO, Ducharme, Verhulst, Marshall, Wolfenbarger, Citron, Moore, iriafen or Key would most assuredly achieve that goal.

I'd like to see him pull Marshall or Iriafen out of California. A little more size for depth on the glass. Marshall along with Edwards would cover the wing slot for 4-5 years.

 

[DaBball]

A stretch 4 like Tuck is invaluable. More so than another guard if Fudd is coming. Moore would fit that mold, if I'm not mistaken? Any thoughts on this?

I believe I read DeBerry is a stretch-4.

I believe Harvard-Westlake is a prestigious academic school, and given the Kiki has already visited Stanford, they could be the school to beat there.

 

[victor64]

A stretch 4 like Tuck is invaluable. More so than another guard if Fudd is coming. Moore would fit that mold, if I'm not mistaken? Any thoughts on this?

Moore started for the u16 team. She is not quite as athletic as Edwards but certainly belongs in the conversation. Moore, like Tuck, can do a lot of things on the floor. I think she would be a great fit and probably earn a fair-amount of minutes as a freshman.

 

[CocoHusky]

I'd like to see him pull Marshall or Iriafen out of California. A little more size for depth on the glass. Marshall along with Edwards would cover the wing slot for 4-5 years.

 

[Charliebball]

Geno talked about roster-size in yesterday's new conference. He still likes 12 as the ideal number but attrition when playing-time isn't available is an increasing part of the landscape. Especially, if the chance for immediate eligibility exists at another school.

I think the philosophy of recruiting "good program role-players" may have become a thing of the past after Irwin and Bent.

"Caroline, we would like you to come to UConn to be a role-player on a championship team". I am not sure that speech is given anymore.

you are quite right about attrition..................nobody knows how many years Westbrook or the two European players will stay at UConn never mind the possibility of transfers or serious injuries..........

 

[Charliebball]

A stretch 4 like Tuck is invaluable. More so than another guard if Fudd is coming. Moore would fit that mold, if I'm not mistaken? Any thoughts on this?

if Fudd ends up somewhere else (which is a sickening thought), UConn needs another pure outside shooter from the guard position in '21-'22

 

[Rich]

if Fudd ends up somewhere else (which is a sickening thought), UConn needs another pure outside shooter from the guard position in '21-'22

Lol....she’s gonna go to UCONN.

 

[Sluconn Husky]

Azzi getting healthy:

 

[Sluconn Husky]

Geno talking Paige:

UConn’s Paige Bueckers, the nation’s top recruit in 2020, is a ‘natural’

UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma isn’t hiding his expectations for Paige...

www.ctinsider.com