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Ezi Magbegor

CocoHusky said:
Ezi is NCAA eligible because she did not collect a salary while playing in a professional league.


Ezi has aspirations to be on the Australian Olympic Team. UCONN will help her do that.


Ezi will fit rather nicely with ONO. Ezi is more 5 than 4 and ONO is more 4 than 5 so having both player on the floor at the same time will work nicely. Don't forget if things had worked per the original plan ONO would have been sharing the floor with Charli Collier anyway.
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and I believe Geno and CD will find a marvelous way to blend the 2 Talents so that they play together... a rather formidable 4 / 5 combination, with perhaps Danger, Meg, and CW...at least to start... would love to see that!!!!
 
Charliebball said:
hey careful there Kyrie is a West Orange NJ kid.....been there since he was two....
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Yep. That's why I said I didn't count him as Australian - even though he was born in Australia and is a citizen of that country. Obviously he has opted to play for the U.S. when it comes to international competition.
 
DEpup said:
That could be quite a line up after KLS, Pheesa, and Z graduate.
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Yep... that's what I was going for.
Next season, the bench gets deeper and more ready to contribute with Kyla, Touly, Molly, MC, Lexi all with another season/summer of work (Meg presumably 5th starter) ...and the new freshmen coming in with such high accolades and likely to contribute in year one.
 
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CocoHusky said:
Any of this sound familiar?
Megan Walker was going to Texas.
Christyn Williams was "scientifically" about 40 % chance of coming to UCONN.
ONO was not coming to UCONN if Charli Collier was still coming.
Ezi was an extremely long shot of coming to America.
UCONN needs to start looking at other 2019 post players like "Maori Davenport"
I am going to need you to be a tad more positive, no player has spent an entire freshmen year on UCONN's bench.
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While I don't speculate on who will/will not become a Huskie, enjoy reading other's conversations. Often humorous. Coco-keep in mind that for every new player, there are likely 10 that either UConn passes on or passes on UConn. Reality is that most negative posts are right not because of any unique knowledge but because Geno has limited numbers of scholarships. Doesn't seem to be an issue - Geno seems to be doing OK :).
 
stamfordhusky said:
There is some truth to that, but many of the top Australian players did play college ball - mostly in the U.S. Among those who played for U.S. colleges are Andrew Bogut, Ben Simmons, Patty Mills, Matt Dellavedova, Luc Longley, Andrew Gaze, and Cameron Baarstow. And a number of others, such as Daniel Kickert and Brook Motum, were stars at U.S. colleges before returning to play pro ball in Australia. St. Mary's currently has six Australians on their roster, and they have had at least one - often more - on the roster for 18 consecutive years.

I don't count Kyrie Irving, but he was born in Australia and is a citizen of that country.
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Worked in Australia for several years and impression is that if players feel they can be top player they will go to college for professional growth and PR purposes. If focused on local pro league, simply stay in country or in some cases go to second tier leagues elsewhere. In any case, not sure comparing men and women's pro leagues is accurate.
 
HopJim said:
While I don't speculate on who will/will not become a Huskie, enjoy reading other's conversations. Often humorous. Coco-keep in mind that for every new player, there are likely 10 that either UConn passes on or passes on UConn. Reality is that most negative posts are right not because of any unique knowledge but because Geno has limited numbers of scholarships. Doesn't seem to be an issue - Geno seems to be doing OK :).
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Agreed. This particular post though was a pointed good natured poke at @Charliebball who was of the believe that Ezi is not even coming to America much less UCONN. I enjoyed @Charliebball equally good natured response. Now if we can only get him off that gloom and doom scenario about "overuse" of the UCONN starters he'll be much happier. Head bang
 
CocoHusky said:
Agreed. This particular post though was a pointed good natured poke at @Charliebball who was of the believe that Ezi is not even coming to America much less UCONN. I enjoyed @Charliebball equally good natured response. Now if we can only get him off that gloom and doom scenario about "overuse" of the UCONN starters he'll be much happier. Head bang
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yes it's really, really difficult to figure out what a recruit is going to do, mostly because they themselves don't know for sure...............still it's fun for some of us to do detective work..............I think we have a very good idea about who UConn is looking at right now but the current recruits seem to be doing a lot of traveling from school to school making it particularly difficult to get a grip on who they are leaning towards................as for my particular overuse phobia................unfortunately prescription drugs and therapy don't seem to be helping..................according to my shrink, the doom and gloom will lift with thirty seconds to go in the NC game with UConn up by fifteen points.............of course once that game is over I'll start worrying about any medical treatments/surgeries that might be needed before next season.........it's tough being me............;)
 
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MilfordHusky said:
Her name is Sandy Brondello. A bordello is ... well, something else. ;)
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I did not spot this one earlier.
In 1940 Robert Graves and Alan Hodge wrote a social history of Great Britain The Long Weekend.
They described a newspaper sponsored contest where you could change one letter in a sentence from published works.
This altered quote from Hamlet was among the entries:

I loved Ophelia: forty thousand brothels could not, with all their quantity of love, make up my sum.
 
From Adamec's newest article:

Ezi Magbegor, a 6-foot-4 forward from Melbourne, Australia, and a star of Australia's youth national teams, is expected to start an official recruiting this Sunday and attend the Senior Night game with USF
 
Sluconn Husky said:
From Adamec's newest article:

Ezi Magbegor, a 6-foot-4 forward from Melbourne, Australia, and a star of Australia's youth national teams, is expected to start an official recruiting this Sunday and attend the Senior Night game with USF
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If this is true, I can see the team super hyped to show her how WCBB is played at UConn and how Geno, the team, and the FANS honor those Seniors who play at UConn.
 
Sluconn Husky said:
From Adamec's newest article:

Ezi Magbegor, a 6-foot-4 forward from Melbourne, Australia, and a star of Australia's youth national teams, is expected to start an official recruiting this Sunday and attend the Senior Night game with USF
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Slu , let's hope UCONN puts on a good show Senior Night , wins the game , and Ezi thoroughly enjoys her visit. Good BIGS are getting harder and harder to come by. I can see a great tag team of ONO , Boston , and Ezi , for a couple of years spearheading another UCONN run. I am hoping my wishes come to past.

GO HUSKIES!!
 
JustinesGuy said:
We need baby Bruney just as bad.
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I am not saying you are wrong but if we already have Christyn Williams, Ezi, ONO, Buekers or Fudd potentially why is Sam needed so bad?
 
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DefenseBB said:
I am not saying you are wrong but if we already have Christyn Williams, Ezi, ONO, Buekers or Fudd potentially why is Sam needed so bad?
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Well I really like Sam's game. I feel like it will give us what we're losing when KLS graduates. She is a wing, stretches the floor, can lead a break and has unlimited range and no conscience. She's a heady player that I think will "get it". I don't think there are a lot of SB out there. Now if you fast forward 3 years and she's not terrific you can certainly roast me a bit. Remember women's high school basketball talent evaluator is not my day job ha
 
Sluconn Husky said:
From Adamec's newest article:

Ezi Magbegor, a 6-foot-4 forward from Melbourne, Australia, and a star of Australia's youth national teams, is expected to start an official recruiting this Sunday and attend the Senior Night game with USF
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Isn't the USF lineup like all foreign?

Or am I thinking of another Florida team?
 
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ochoopsfan said:
Would it be a recruiting violation if during a timeout of the USF game the UConn band plays Waltzing Matilda?:rolleyes:
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Ozzie1986 said:
More likely..

Men at work - down under
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Maybe she'll be Thunderstruck. Heaven knows It's A Long Way To The Top. Hope the team can Shoot To Thrill. She can look up on the walls and see Who Made Who.
 
ochoopsfan said:
Would it be a recruiting violation if during a timeout of the USF game the UConn band plays Waltzing Matilda?:rolleyes:
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Would this be too much? :D

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mbr33ct said:
Would this be too much? :D

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I hope that Blimp is motorized and will drop a letter on intent at Ezi's feet. That worked so well for Tenn's recruitment of Ann Strother! :rolleyes: That and the team wearing T shirts with her baby picture on them. Precious.

PS. In his book Geno tells of a conversation he had with Ann after she was at UConn and having her share of struggles. He said she could go to Tenn and next year or the year after be at Pat Summit's house, greeting a recruit and wearing that kid's picture on her shirt! Geno has such an endearing manner, does he not?
 
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Other than the weather in Storrs, this should be a really nice visit for Ezi. Don't know which UConn player she'll stay with, but whomever it is, you can count on that player to be intelligent, friendly and open, since that pretty much applies to every single UConn WBB player. Beyond that, I'm sure there will be time hanging out with the team, watching practice and hopefully Sunday dinner at the Auriemmas (that would be the clincher for me). On Monday night, Ezi will get to watch the emotional pregame festivities at Senior Night before a packed house, with Gabby's banner being unveiled at Gampel, followed by a another comfortable victory over a good team of foreign-born players.

The weather might be better in LA, but everything else cries out, "Go east young woman!"
 
A couple of canolis with the Auriemmas and she's ours. Hopefully that game against USF looks a lot like some of the ones from last season rather than a low energy clunker.
 
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