Do former stars help recruit?

[BRS24]

The success of UConn alums in the WNBA, global leagues, and Olympic teams is one of the best types of recruiting, albeit indirectly, for the right players.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Can't do inside jokes now folks. Some people will actually believe you.

And take page shots and send them in "we would prefer to remain anonymous" letters to SEC office for transmission to NCAA.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

When Diana Taurasi gets interviewed and says her four years at UConn were the best 4 years of her life and Sue B says we go our separate ways but we keep in touch and are sisters for life, and not only us but those who went before and came after, and Lexi says from the beginning of her awareness of WCBB it was UConn... well, we don't need no fries to get the job done!

 

[DaddyChoc]

A single alumna doesn't make a huge difference. Plural alumnae can make a different story entirely. Those who don't know the difference between alumna and alumnae will upset Grandpa Kibitzer and disrupt the recruiting process.

are those twin recruits out of Texas? any mixtape videos of them on YouTube and what are their rankings on Hoopsgurlz?

 

[HuskyNan]

I wonder if DT, Maya or any of the former players "help" in the recruiting process.

Serious response, as you may not be aware, but current and former players can't actively recruit for their schools as it's an NCAA violation. Players are considered "representatives of school interests", aka boosters and cannot participate in the recruiting process.

 

[Huskies Rule]

The beautiful Sue Bird is a walking, talking recruitment billboard for UConn Women's Basketball. The way Sue carries herself, her eloquence and the non-stop, sarcastically expressed love for Geno (and CD and UConn) must speak volumes to any high school girl with a big dream.

Even while she was busting her butt this past week at the Olympic trials, a sweaty, tired (and still beautiful) Sue took the time to sit and talk about all UConn basketball has meant to her life.

[I can hear Balcomb whining to Emmert right now.]

 

[UcMiami]

The beautiful Sue Bird is a walking, talking recruitment billboard for UConn Women's Basketball. The way Sue carries herself, her eloquence and the non-stop, sarcastically expressed love for Geno (and CD and UConn) must speak volumes to any high school girl with a big dream.

Even while she was busting her butt this past week at the Olympic trials, a sweaty, tired (and still beautiful) Sue took the time to sit and talk about all UConn basketball has meant to her life.

[I can hear Balcomb whining to Emmert right now.]

Those clips from the All Access show were actually when she was in town in the fall practicing with the Uconn team and working out with the greatest strength and conditioning and training staff in the business. They were still great and she had some nice moments for the reporters and cameras over the weekend, but the best stuff was earlier.

And that fact is also something pretty special for recruiting, too. Sue is a city girl and isn't fond of being out 'in the middle of nowhere' but when she needs to work on her game she comes running back to Uconn. You really don't see that with the other programs as far as I know.