Williams is a 6-0 guard. I'm sure UConn would take her in a nano second if she wanted to come and has an offer. I'm just not seeing any UConn connection with her as with Toomey, Shade, and Arnold from the '23 class.
At 6'0/6'1 UCONN did play Megan Walker that played PF. And Evina was a small PF too 6'0/6'1. And with that said Ducharme is 6'2 (and ofc we have the 2022 recruits also PF's). Anyhow Williams seems like sg/sf. Last year UCONN's SF was 5'10 CWill and SF never was a problem it seemed.
Kim Mulkey LSU in her home state.
Jazzy a POI? She noted Stanford is her "dream school" on the video.
Just that because Toomey, Shade, and Arnold have verbally committed, Auriemma has been out to see them play recently. And although Williams hasn't committed anywhere yet, if UConn was heavily recruiting the top player in the class they probably would have gotten someone from the staff out to see her play recently as well. If they did it probably would've popped up somewhere on social media by now and @Sluconn Husky would have been on it.
WHAT? When did Toomey commit?
Sorry, slip of the mind. Correct, she has not. Which puts her in Williams' uncommitted category and since GA has been out to see Toomey play and not Williams, it makes me question the connection with Williams.
I understand your point. And I understand what coco is saying (I definitely do see La mentioned with her as she has visited them) but I see no schools listed for Williams. But isn't UCONN Morgan Valley (on Aug 2021 recruiting thread posted by Slu) following her on Instagram? Or did she stop?
I think we are interested in her, the question is more from her perspective. She would overlap with Fudd for two years and Shade for three. She could play the 3 easily, but Caroline would be there for a couple of years. The recruitment of all three of those players probably reduced the odds of getting Williams. To the extent she is still in the mix, I think Booker is still a factor. If Booker would commit to us, that might really end Williams interest in us, but I suspect our odds are better with Booker, more of a natural 3.
No, Toomey has not committed. That was my slip of mind. It appears that MW is keeping her recruitment low key but she is in the same class of ‘23 with all the kids I mentioned.
Williams is the only HS junior still on the Naismith HS watch list and is being projected as a Maya Moore level talent. Bret McCormick of All Star Girls Report call her the best recruit he has ever seen. Regardless of where she ends ends up it is the other players that will have to worry about playing time not Mikaylah. It is also only a few short months ago that many BYers ( including me) were concerned about adequate minutes and shots for Azzi, Nika, Paige, Saylor, Aubrey & Caroline while still hoping that UCONN would still land Kiki Rice. Booker and Williams also project a MONSTER defenders ,UCONN could use either or both and I hope the UCONN staff is still heavily involved.
I consider Booker in my grouping of 3 bigs. She is physical and can defend inside and grab rebounds. My preferred list for the 3 bigs is C, Cunningham, and Booker.
I've been following her from her soph year in high school.........she's got a sophisticated offensive arsenal that has yet to be seen in her limited minutes at UConn...........if there had been a need for her to play major minutes during the course of the season due to injury as was the case for CD, I'm pretty confident she'd be far more productive..............playing the final four minutes of every third game is not conducive to bringing out the best in any player....
That's three entirely different skills sets you are talking about here.
So what I’m hearing is C is a must get?
Agree whole heartedly. The disconnect in our posts is that I consider her a 3 but also a powerful player as opposed to Ashlyn and KK who fill the 1 and 2 roles. I originally said I want 3 bigs and considered Booker in that grouping. Your comments are why I consider C, Cunningham, Booker, Shade, and KK a perfect unit
When did Toomey give a verbal commit?
Does he know something tht the rest of us may be wanting to know? Withholding important info on the BY might be a infringement on some rules, I suggest the poster be brought in front of the moderators for questioning/torture to fully clarify the statement tht said poster has stated.
She didn't. I said in another post I'd had a slip of the mind.
I get your point and agree that most places she would consider she could be confident of playing and IMO be a starter very soon. But she would probably be an underdog to unseat Paige or Azzi as a starter next year for example. She might bump Caroline at the 3, but that would still be a pretty high bar, but certainly doable as a freshman, and if she was recruited with Booker she would on paper be substantially ahead of her for projected minutes.
Just a heads up, this class of 2023 won't be at UConn next year. They will arrive in the fall of 2023.
Don't know much about the girl, what I saw is mostly USA Junior BB and it was good.
I'm not sure the NCAA would even allow Williams to join a team with Bueckers, Fudd and Ducharme already on the roster..........too many 100 point games would not be good for the reputation of women's basketball.........
