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Florida Fan said:
The prelimiary numbers reveal a big who can shoot 3's; does that data fill one
of our offensive deficits?
Could we extrapolate she could score the fifteen footers?
That space between the foul line, and the paint, the frozen, no-chance area allowing teams to crowd our bigs underneath the basket, that no-growth tundra; is relief on the horizon?
But does she have to sit out a year, or does the pandemic allow her to play?
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She plays, like every other transfer this year that has the talent to be on the court.
cferraro04 said:
I was very impressed with Brink...for a freshman she was very impressive. She can shoot the three, she is extremely mobile around the basket, she can put it on the floor. If this woman gains twenty to thirty pounds she will be a beast.
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Really 20 to 30 lbs. not likely before the upcoming season, if she did I would fear for her health, her ability to put the ball on the floor and her mobility may well be in large part because she isn't carrying the extra weight.
 
LoboDays said:
If you take those 10 and mix them up a bit.....they’re better than top 20.

With this new addition and the recruit coming in, I’m not sure ONO is a lock for your team #1.
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Wow......so many anti ONO fans on the BY these days.........while she hasn't produced on some big occasions, I think many of you folks don't appreciate how important she is as a defensive stopper and as a passer/screener from the high post on offense.........if you asked her teammates I think they'd tell you the same things....
 
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As she will have graduated from OSU by the time she arrives in CT, all portal/other transfer rules get thrown out the window - OSU has no say in where or if she can transfer. And the NCAA rules on sitting out (even if they hadn't been waived) would not apply to her.

A note on that OSU/Uconn game I posted - it appears to me that OSU used a lot more substitutions and often sort of hockey lines in their game - not sure is standard for McGuff
 
200 minutes for all that talent. Does MM have some hidden skill set that will get her playing time? Does one injury make you a candidate for the Wally Pipp seat on the bench? Too many good players players can be a great situation for an All Star Team, not so much for the daily grind of the season.
 
Sounds good to me

“She's a very bright player,” Ohio State head coach Kevin McGuff said about Juhasz in a January Columbus Dispatch story. “She knows how to play and she tends to make other people around her better because she knows how to execute within the offense and either get a shot for herself or somebody else.”

https://www.ctpost.com/sports/artic..._source=post original url&utm_medium=referral
 
DEpup said:
No she isn't. I think it takes more development for post players and you can't expect big game contributions from them as freshman. They need to get stronger. I just don't think we can apply guard expectations to front court players. They are different in their development path.
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I think this is largely true. Frankly I was happy that with Amari on board we "probably" didn't need a three big rotation including Aubrey, for those 80 minutes or so. We also could look forward to Aaliyah settling in as our full time PF of the future, and she wouldn't have to be Liv's backup, we could use a real C there. I assumed that probably would be Amari but knew Piath might be in the mix as well.

I was almost certain that one of those two would at least be able to rebound and defend well enough to be a way above average backup, even if there was still much to learn and grow from. Getting Gorka means the floor for backup minutes at C has been raised to super-sub level, something close to what Prechtel provides at Stanford, or Smith at Baylor when Brown and Cox were there. Of course there also is some possibility Gorka starts and Liv becomes the super-sub. Amari can learn and progress at her natural pace.

Geno plays some players heavy minutes, but he doesn't usually play Liv that many. Remember she only averages about 25 minutes a game. Some of that is foul trouble, but for someone who didn't have a true proven natural backup C, she had relatively low minutes.
 
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Great get.
A rebounding big who can shoot the three opens the court for everyone.
Playing time will be determined by who can shoot and who can't. Geno is not going into any more Final 4's KNOWING that certain players have not shown up (repeatedly) and probably will never show up.
 
Charliebball said:
as much as it's nice to gain another big body, I don't want to see AD's development slowed down...........ONO is gone after this year and if Dorka leaves too, then AE will be the only 6'3"+ front court player with much game experience for the 2022/23 season......
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I don't believe it will slow her development at all. All freshmen have the same challenge. To adapt and attack. GA won't hold her back. He'll throw plenty at her from the start and if she's tough enough and has the right attitude and attacks the challenge she'll get PT. Any 6-5 kid that impacts play in practice more than the other bigs will develop quickly.
 
It looks like Geno is going to be pressing a lot more then they have been in the previous years. I think this will be one of the best teams fielded at UConn in many years. UConn is going to be bad for Women's Basketball again.:):):):)
 
Twolf said:
From the number of skilled players that this staff didn’t recruit over the years because they weren’t a good fit for the culture @ Uconn, I can’t imagine them taking a transfer that didn’t meet that same criteria.
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Yeah, GA knows what he needs. He ain't bringing in just anybody willy-nilly.
 
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JordyG said:
I leave the house for a few hours, come back, and everything is topsy turvy (Does anyone say that anymore?). Welcome Husky for life Dorka Juhasz. Although a surprise, it is a much welcomed one. We fans can't wait to see you in Husky blue.

People, UConn is now a very big team with size in the lane and on the perimeter. Next years scrimmages should be a sight to behold. Anyone think that Liv hasn't been disappointed in her performance in the NCAA's this year? Anyone think she doesn't recognize her shortcomings? Is there anyone that truly believes she won't work harder on finishing around the basket, keeping the ball high when she drops her left leg, work on an effective up and under, work on her fade away, work on her midrange shot, maybe add a hook shot, work harder on her strength (mostly) and her conditioning, and work on her defensive positioning? Anyone think AE isn't going to work on her mid range shot as well, her strength and conditioning, and her finishing around the basket? Anyone really think that UConn's scrimmages with Amari DeBerry at 6'5", Piath Gabriel at 6'5", Liv at 6'5", AE at 6'3", and DJ (yes I said it) at 6'4" won't be a scrum had better think again. And that's just the front court. The battle for which three guards (aside of course from Paige) will see the most minutes will perhaps be even more intense with CW, Evina, Azzi, Saylor, Nika, and Caroline Ducharme pushing each other hard every day. Geno's going to need a squad of better practice players. A much better and bigger squad.
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This is a very good post, but what I really really like about it is how you said "that's just the front court" and then referred to the battle for the "three" guard positions! Emphasis on three not four, goodbye small ball even if it means benching a former starter. Geno's comments about Aailyah being so positive relative to Liv suggests we should pencil in Aaliyah at the 4, and the six players you mention are competing for only two guard positions since Paige obviously gets one of those. From those six pick two, but only two. That is the reality of the roster as it stands now as you correctly describe.
 
Waquoit said:
I don't know about Ono's offensive development but it sounds like this will do wonders for UConn's offensive development.
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Sonofabeach said:
Very impressed

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Watching this highlight video and I had two thoughts: First ONO better start a 3 workout per day routine, 1st and 3rd in the weight room and second, realizing that this is a highlight video it still struck me how effective Dorka is around the basket. If I was Liv I would get stronger and make sure I could hit 85-90% from inside 2 feet. If Liv wants to excel in the WNBA this might be the best thing for her, forcing her to work on things that she should have excelled at by now
Like many on the BY, I really liked Anna and I wish her nothing but the best in pro ball in Europe, BUT comparing her to what Dorka brings to UCONN is ridiculous. Anna was an above average threat from beyond the arc, a good passer and a heads up player. But comparing what she added to the team as a 6'2" SG/SF as opposed to a 6'4" PF/C, 1st team all Big 10 is an exercise in futility. We had Anna's position and skill set covered and she saw that. Our need for a strong rebounder, shooter from 2 ft to beyond the arc and defender who just happened to be 1st team all Big 10-well we didn't have that.

The BY was often concerned last year by ONO and AE both getting into foul trouble. I don't think we will need to sweat that this year. We lost a good player at an overstocked position but gained one at a position of need, which allows Amari D. a chance to develop and be ready to fill in ONO's role the following year.
 
JordyG said:
I leave the house for a few hours, come back, and everything is topsy turvy (Does anyone say that anymore?). Welcome Husky for life Dorka Juhasz. Although a surprise, it is a much welcomed one. We fans can't wait to see you in Husky blue.

People, UConn is now a very big team with size in the lane and on the perimeter. Next years scrimmages should be a sight to behold. Anyone think that Liv hasn't been disappointed in her performance in the NCAA's this year? Anyone think she doesn't recognize her shortcomings? Is there anyone that truly believes she won't work harder on finishing around the basket, keeping the ball high when she drops her left leg, work on an effective up and under, work on her fade away, work on her midrange shot, maybe add a hook shot, work harder on her strength (mostly) and her conditioning, and work on her defensive positioning? Anyone think AE isn't going to work on her mid range shot as well, her strength and conditioning, and her finishing around the basket? Anyone really think that UConn's scrimmages with Amari DeBerry at 6'5", Piath Gabriel at 6'5", Liv at 6'5", AE at 6'3", and DJ (yes I said it) at 6'4" won't be a scrum had better think again. And that's just the front court. The battle for which three guards (aside of course from Paige) will see the most minutes will perhaps be even more intense with CW, Evina, Azzi, Saylor, Nika, and Caroline Ducharme pushing each other hard every day. Geno's going to need a squad of better practice players. A much better and bigger squad.
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She sounded like she recognized them last season and she should've been working on them last summer. I've supported her all along but just haven't seen the results of that recognition. And now GA has indicated that the train is moving on and it's All Aboard or see you later. This summer is her last shot.
 
cferraro04 said:
I was very impressed with Brink...for a freshman she was very impressive. She can shoot the three, she is extremely mobile around the basket, she can put it on the floor. If this woman gains twenty to thirty pounds she will be a beast.
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Agree completely. Stanford had a ridiculously good big rotation that we hope to approach with this addition. Brink is terrific, Haley Jones was a number 1 recruit finding success as a kind of point four, Prechtel is about as good as it gets as a backup C, and the weakest player in this four big rotation has a dunk in game competition this year (Belibi).
 
huskyd said:
Here's a tutorial in how the portal works and specifically in wcbb. I looked this up for myself because I wasn't sure what the process was really about. What's interesting is that, while entering the portal is easy, there's no guarantee that the school from which the student-athlete is departing will grant a waiver for that player to participate immediately.
So: if Dorka knows that she can play at UConn next season, which apparently she does, then there's no hitch to her coming. Ohio State is not objecting.
By the way, how do we always seem to get impossible names? Thank heaven we don't put players' names on jerseys . . .
What the NCAA Transfer Portal Is... and What It Isn’t
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Since she will graduate this May, she will be just another grad transfer and as such eligible immediately.
 
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Wow, is this the Geno we know and love? Is the four loses at the final four getting to him? What happened to the Geno that was comfortable carrying 12 players with maybe 7 getting real playing time in important games? I guess this season and this freshmen class really did change him. We have been going round and round speculating about what the starting line up would be next year. Now, its muddier than ever with the addition of Dorka. I know what alot of you guys are thinking, and I join you. We have a very young team, they are our future for the next three years, and I don't want to lose any of them. I just hope Geno has really changed to the point that he will play 9 or 10 players consistently, as that has been beneficial to many successful teams. He needs to show these players that they are valued. I welcome Dorka, and if used properly, will give us a lift for next year. FYI, as bad as our free throw shooting was last year, I think Dorka would have been the worst. LOL
 
BobbyJ said:
She sounded like she recognized them last season and she should've been working on them last summer. I've supported her all along but just haven't seen the results of that recognition. And now GA has indicated that the train is moving on and it's All Aboard or see you later. This summer is her last shot.
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Of course it's her last shot. She'll be a senior. And she did work on them last summer. This was the first year, and the very first, where she consistently tried that left leg drop. Something I'd been screaming about for 2 years. What failed her was her poor form and her inability to finish. When she spins over her left shoulder she invariably keeps the ball below her waist leaving her too far to bring the ball up and giving the defense more time to defend the shot. She also spins left far too slowly and she never takes that wide step to the hoop that she does spinning to her right. That, among other things, will need to be fixed.
 
JordyG said:
Of course it's her last shot. She'll be a senior. And she did work on them last summer. This was the first year, and the very first, where she consistently tried that left leg drop. Something I'd been screaming about for 2 years. What failed her was her poor form and her inability to finish. When she spins over her left shoulder she invariably keeps the ball below her waist leaving her too far to bring the ball up and giving the defense more time to defend the shot. She also spins left far too slowly and she never takes that wide step to the hoop that she does spinning to her right. That, among other things, will need to be fixed.
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Oh I agree with you on this stuff. But watching her attempt these things makes me wonder if she was trying to teach herself. Because IF she was working with someone, there are quite a few details that they forgot to show and explain to her. ;)
 
cferraro04 said:
I was very impressed with Brink...for a freshman she was very impressive. She can shoot the three, she is extremely mobile around the basket, she can put it on the floor. If this woman gains twenty to thirty pounds she will be a beast.
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I think she's already a beast. She only played 18.5 min/game. Partially because of foul trouble in some games, but also largely because of their depth. You stretch her PT out to 30+ min/game and her already good stats get significantly better. She already set the single season blocked shot record at Stanford, in a shortened season in which she played limited minutes.

She might be somebody who just can't add 30 lbs. to her frame. I really don't think she needs to. She was plenty effective, and I really don't recall seeing her get pushed around on the court. She's a lot stronger than she looks.
 
nwhoopfan said:
I think she's already a beast. She only played 18.5 min/game. Partially because of foul trouble in some games, but also largely because of their depth. You stretch her PT out to 30+ min/game and her already good stats get significantly better. She already set the single season blocked shot record at Stanford, in a shortened season in which she played limited minutes.

She might be somebody who just can't add 30 lbs. to her frame. I really don't think she needs to. She was plenty effective, and I really don't recall seeing her get pushed around on the court. She's a lot stronger than she looks.
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I agree. She's got a motor and isn't afraid to bang. When she finds out what she can and can't get away with, she's going to be dangerous.
 
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