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RockyMTblue2 said:
I go do a few errands and you all start acting like children, or foxes in a chicken coop! Bad. Bad. I have a serious recruiting rule question though. Ezi I seem to recall graduated Aussie High School last year. UConn is subject to all recruiting rules, but is there any signing period requirement the binds Ezi and UConn in these circumstances. Confess to duncedom on this aspect of international recruiting.
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Duncedom ! I used to live there when I was much younger. A lot of people were there back then. Occasionally, I tend toward it now, but I have a wife who reminds me when I stray off course. :)
 
RockyMTblue2 said:
The program thus far has been a factory for producing the best female basketball talent in Australia. Lauren Jackson, Penny Taylor, Erin Phillips and Belinda Snell are all players who have won World Championship gold and Olympic Silver with the Australian Opals basketball team (and had dominant WNBA careers) after honing their skills at the AIS in Canberra. The changes to the women’s program seem only likely to increase its rate of success."

How AIS basketball players are among world’s elite
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jaundicedeye said:
If Ezi does come might it be the opening of a pipeline to the land down under?
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No doubt Australia has had its share of outstanding players.
If Ezi commits to UCONN the I like the prospect of more young players considering UCONN as a finishing school of sorts for their talent.
More than opening a pipeline it would be like the historical meeting of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads!
Hey, slow down. I think I am getting ahead of myself.
 
Careful Oldude,i think the last spike is golden and is on the campus at Stanford i believe. Sooo,if she went there to see said spike she might be re-recruited.Can't be too careful.:)
 
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pacific 44 said:
Careful Oldude,i think the last spike is golden and is on the campus at Stanford i believe. Sooo,if she went there to see said spike she might be re-recruited.Can't be too careful.:)
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Considering that Leland Stanford was one of the individuals that built the Transcontinental Railroad, Stanford can have the Golden Spike. UConn will have to settle for Ezi. ;)
 
I don't really see any school getting a pipeline of Australian players. There are plenty here already and more on the way, and they are spread out at various different schools. Seems like almost every Pac 12 school has one or will next year. Stanford, UCLA, Oregon (X2), Washington St. (has 2, but 1 is a Sr.); Oregon St. and Washington both have one on the way for next year. I think Macbegor is a cut above most of them, I doubt most of those Aussies playing for Pac 12 schools are UConn quality players.


St. Mary's men's team definitely has an Australian pipeline and has for probably close to a decade.
 
Kelly graves travelled to Australia straight after the Pac-12 tournament win.
Supposably recruiting 2 more for 2019/2020 adding to the 2 they already have.
 
Sluconn Husky said:
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it's certainly possible that when Ezi said something about her waiting to hear from one US school (or something to that effect) she may very well have been referring to UCLA...............at some later point others that had her ear may have said that if you are serious about going to the US you'd be making a big mistake not to at least consider UConn................she's now done her due diligence................the balls in her court.
 
Charliebball said:
it's certainly possible that when Ezi said something about her waiting to hear from one US school (or something to that effect) she may very well have been referring to UCLA.....at some later point others that had her ear may have said that if you are serious about going to the US you'd be making a big mistake not to at least consider UConn......she's now done her due diligence......the balls in her court.
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Better hold up on the plans to open that pipeline to UCONN until we get the all-clear!
 
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RockyMTblue2 said:
If we don't get her this video could increase your pain considerably. Not for the faint of heart.

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Sorry for quoting my own post, but the "college I want to go to verbiage by Ezi starts at around the 5 minute mark of this video. Personally I think she's just talking generically about a process, not that at that time she hadm 1 picked and if she gets the offer that is it. But you be the judge @Charliebball .
 
eebmg said:
I thought this blurb from a Diana Taurasi story in Nan's links today is quite interesting and relevant


Girls Sports Month: A look back at Diana Taurasi in high school


JJ (Interviewer): What’s the craziest story you can remember from her recruitment?

LW (HS Coach) : When she went to sign her letter-of-intent it wasn’t a very happy day. Her mom didn’t want her to go to Connecticut. She thought she was gonna stay here and go to UCLA. I definitely remember that. But I always thought Connecticut was the best place

Listen up Ezi . :D
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Requirement for all freshmen to watch on a daily basis,lol.
 
If Ezi comes to UConn how many years of eligibility would she have? In other words how long would she be in Storrs?
 
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jaundicedeye said:
No doubt Australia has had its share of outstanding players.
If Ezi commits to UCONN the I like the prospect of more young players considering UCONN as a finishing school of sorts for their talent.
More than opening a pipeline it would be like the historical meeting of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads!
Hey, slow down. I think I am getting ahead of myself.
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Maybe you are a bit ahead. Too many issues with recruiting this far away, the most important being Geno's and CD's focus on intangibles. Difficult to make visits and fully evaluate when recruit is 20+ hour trip away. My analogy is that just because we got a player or two from Texas doesn't mean Geno is now going to focus there and the south. Too many good players available in geographies where the UConn system can work its magic.
 
mhshuskies said:
Her decision is simple to make. How much does she value basketball. Does she want to take advantage of THE best opportunity to improve and grow her game (UCONN) and herself OR, have fun with the US college experience and play some basketball (UCLA)? If it is the latter than she doesn’t belong at UCONN anyway.
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Very simple post and right on target. I just don't see how or why she would come to the US for the college experience.
And yes, if that's her choice she's just not cut out to be a U Conn women's bb team member, in that she doesn't want to maximize her skill set, which already seems pretty well developed.
Bronx23
 
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Bronx23 said:
Very simple post and right on target. I just don't see how or why she would come to the US for the college experience.
And yes, if that's her choice she's just not cut out to be a U Conn women's bb team member, in that she doesn't want to maximize her skill set, which already seems pretty well developed.
Bronx23
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I'm more than 90 percent sure she is coming to Storrs.
 
Charliebball said:
it's certainly possible that when Ezi said something about her waiting to hear from one US school (or something to that effect) she may very well have been referring to UCLA.....at some later point others that had her ear may have said that if you are serious about going to the US you'd be making a big mistake not to at least consider UConn......she's now done her due diligence......the balls in her court.
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While anything in life is possible I just don't see how UCLA is the team she was hoping would offer her a scholarship. Why there? What would be the draw basketball wise?
It's very possible I am wrong about this but I think the decisions already made by her, and she's waiting for the right time to announce it.
Bronx23
 
Bronx23 said:
While anything in life is possible I just don't see how UCLA is the team she was hoping would offer her a scholarship. Why there? What would be the draw basketball wise?
It's very possible I am wrong about this but I think the decisions already made by her, and she's waiting for the right time to announce it.
Bronx23
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And if the decision has already been made, probably Geno knows and he's keeping his mouth shut.
 
Bronx23 said:
While anything in life is possible I just don't see how UCLA is the team she was hoping would offer her a scholarship. Why there? What would be the draw basketball wise?
It's very possible I am wrong about this but I think the decisions already made by her, and she's waiting for the right time to announce it.
Bronx23
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Bascomfan said:
And if the decision has already been made, probably Geno knows and he's keeping his mouth shut.
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As I suggested earlier in this thread, I believe Ezi will not make her decision public until after the end of the Commonwealth Games on April 15. Ezi is the youngest member of the Australian WBB team, the Opals, which is the favorite to win the gold medal. The games are being held in Australia. I'm sure that someone, perhaps Geno, has advised Ezi to keep the decision to herself, so as not to distract from her team's effort to pursue the gold medal at the games.

In addition, National signing day does not begin until April 11, so Ezi can wind up her effort with the Opals, hopefully with a gold medal around her neck, then hold a press conference, flanked by mom & dad, when she announces her decision to attend UConn. That's the scenario I'm hoping for with fingers crossed.
 
Bronx23 said:
While anything in life is possible I just don't see how UCLA is the team she was hoping would offer her a scholarship. Why there? What would be the draw basketball wise?
It's very possible I am wrong about this but I think the decisions already made by her, and she's waiting for the right time to announce it.
Bronx23
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I agree. As I said before, the only plus I see playing for Cori Close is the weather, and the campus is nice as well. If she wants to play for a coach that makes her demonstrably better, on a team that wins championships, and in a system where forwards are featured and fed regularly, the choice is simple.
 
Bascomfan said:
And if the decision has already been made, probably Geno knows and he's keeping his mouth shut.
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If so, he has to keep his mouth shut until she either signs a letter of intent or attends a class for which she is registered. Technically, even LOI signers are considered recruits until they attend their first class. I am a friend of Swin Cash's ex-stepfather. When she was coming to UConn to begin her freshman year, her then stepfather contacted me about he & Swin's mom staying with us for a couple of days when they brought her to campus; advised by the Compliance Office in the Athletic Department that such would be a recruiting violation (improper benefits to a prospective student-athleteand/or their famiy) until she actually attended her 1st class.
 
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