Can you wait until 2029? This 6-7 young lady is starting high school this fall in - wait for it - Connecticut. She lives in Levittown NY and attends the Rectory School in Pomfret. Her name is Serwah Banahene
Seeing that the Summer Session start is less than a week away, I would think that the 2024-2025 roster is pretty much set in stone. Also having the uniform numbers made public would also seem to confirm that.I still wonder if any discussions between UConn and Dauda have taken place.
Can you wait until 2029? This 6-7 young lady is starting high school this fall in - wait for it - Connecticut. She lives in Levittown NY and attends the Rectory School in Pomfret. Her name is Serwah Banahene
Centerstream- - -Remember Ines Bettencourt signed maybe 1 or 2 days before classes started so UConn could sign a big up to classes starting in September!Seeing that the Summer Session start is less than a week away, I would think that the 2024-2025 roster is pretty much set in stone. Also having the uniform numbers made public would also seem to confirm that.
Or am I missing something?
I’m pretty sure Mrgan is 6’2” which means she’ probably a solid 6’1”!My thinking is the 14 players we have now is more than enough. We don't need to add another player to take minutes away from the talent that is currently on this roster. We got height. We got speed. We got quickness. We have shooters. Again, I am looking at everyone being 100% healthy and cleared to play. We got Ayanna at 6'3ish. We got Ice standing at 6'4ish. We got Jana and something tells me that she is going to be that "DAWG" we have been waiting for. She just seems like a player that loves to be in the post absorbing the physical contact and just eating shots like a bag of Sour Patches. Ayanna, I believe has something to prove, same with Ice. With those three players, plus Morgan Cheli (6'0ish but still growing) we got all the "height" we need. We good.
In theory that is correct from a logistics standpoint, particularly with a foreign player, but for a couple of reasons I don't think the situation is the same as it was with Ines. In her case Uconn was desperate to get another guard, hopefully a PG because they were not deep there even before Paige's injury.Centerstream- - -Remember Ines Bettencourt signed maybe 1 or 2 days before classes started so UConn could sign a big up to classes starting in September!
USA Basketball says she’s 6-2I’m pretty sure Mrgan is 6’2” which means she’ probably a solid 6’1”!
There are few things more illuminating than speculating on the units used to measure the height of a recruit. That said, Morgan is a big kid with excellent guard skills. Even if she’s only 6’1” she will be awesome at pg or guiding the transition game. I think it would be a shame to use her only as a lowpost player, though she also has those skills. I’m sure if Geno needs her too, she’ll do well at pf and is one more reason he might not think another portal player is necessary or useful.
Morgan is a great ball handler. During the Jordan Classic, against the press she got by incredibly easily, even though she wasn’t very fast, she made up for it in dribbling out of traffic.There are few things more illuminating than speculating on the units used to measure the height of a recruit. That said, Morgan is a big kid with excellent guard skills. Even if she’s only 6’1” she will be awesome at pg or guiding the transition game. I think it would be a shame to use her only as a lowpost player, though she also has those skills. I’m sure if Geno needs her too, she’ll do well at pf and is one more reason he might not think another portal player is necessary or useful.
Should be more passing against a press versus dribbling anyway. I have yet to see a player outrun a well-placed pass.Morgan is a great ball handler. During the Jordan Classic, against the press she got by incredibly easily, even though she wasn’t very fast, she made up for it in dribbling out of traffic.
I think Morgan is very fast. She's not Rori Harmon or Hannah Hidalgo quick. She doesn't have that twitchy first step quickness. But for a big PG who will tower over players like those two, she is very fast. She's faster (to my eye) than Soni Citron, who is about as close a comparison as I can come up with and is not really viable as a PG. Another comparison I could make is to Caroline, who is roughly the same size but nowhere near as fast... and yet Caroline was regularly able to beat smaller players off the dribble from the perimeter. She just knows how to get them on her hip and then it's all over.Morgan is a great ball handler. During the Jordan Classic, against the press she got by incredibly easily, even though she wasn’t very fast, she made up for it in dribbling out of traffic.
I remember MoJeff seeming to do it a few times. One amazing game against SC and Bianca Cuevas (who was supposed to be faster) Moriah practically scorched the floor on a couple of one-woman fast breaks. In any event, if anyone could do it, it would be her.Should be more passing against a press versus dribbling anyway. I have yet to see a player outrun a well-placed pass.
True but I was replying to a post asking about a player in the portal and UConn's possible discussions with her, so I was referring to the possibility of any incoming transfers.Centerstream- - -Remember Ines Bettencourt signed maybe 1 or 2 days before classes started so UConn could sign a big up to classes starting in September!
"... but I'm sure there is one out there."
I am wondering, how many years have the Huskies started a season with a full roster?Yes, very talented team, particularly when they are all game ready and playing up to full potential. Something however has me wondering if just leaving well enough alone is the correct choice? If, not filing a roster spot, purposefully entering the season one player short, is the best course of action?
... after purposefully entering the season one player short?
Yup. We could lose a couple games in that stretch. I’m unconcerned. Geno aims at NCs, not going undefeated. A loss can be a learning experience for the team.The first one third of the season, our non-conference schedule, is going to be stacked up with tough games.
ManyI am wondering, how many years have the Huskies started a season with a full roster?
In the last 5 seasons, for example, how many teams had 15 athletic scholarship players on it? Last 10 years?Yup. We could lose a couple games in that stretch. I’m unconcerned. Geno aims at NCs, not going undefeated. A loss can be a learning experience for the team.
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