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Geno in Croatia - Nika Muhl

oldude said:
The Pac12, more than any conference I can think of, has the welcome mat out for foreign players. Oregon, OR St, UCLA and Stanford all come to mind. Outside of the Pac12, more and more teams have foreign-born players on their rosters including: Baylor, MS St & TN to name a few.

In the AAC, Jose's USF teams have been loaded with talented foreign-born players for a number of years now. I'm glad to see that Geno is finally back recruiting foreign-born players. As good as Sveta was, I worried that she had killed any desire in Geno to go after another foreign-born player. "I did not come 5000 miles to set pick!"
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"Damn foreigners!"
 
oldude said:
The Pac12, more than any conference I can think of, has the welcome mat out for foreign players. Oregon, OR St, UCLA and Stanford all come to mind.
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Washington St. was by far the most dependent on international recruits in recent years. With a new coach that may change, but many of them are still on the roster. Six different countries represented currently.
 
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oldude said:
Canada is a foreign country? :rolleyes:
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Trust me according to the NSA, Canada is most certainly a foreign country. This was a point on my clearance application I missed. I almost did not get my clearance to work in MCDonnell Douglas' top secret facility. Before all the digital trails we leave today they knew every date of every vacation we took to Canada. Also back then we did not have a credit card. Cash and carry. But they knew more than I remembered.
 
Stanford first foreign player I believe is Smith.
Miss St took Bibby, who is injured.
Syracuse took the good point guard from Australia, I wont try typing her name.
Aussies are very good skilled players and nearly all can shoot the 3pt shot.
Get some Roos, they have a good kick to them, mate.
 
SVCBeercats said:
Trust me according to the NSA, Canada is most certainly a foreign country. This was a point on my clearance application I missed. I almost did not get my clearance to work in MCDonnell Douglas' top secret facility. Before all the digital trails we leave today they knew every date of every vacation we took to Canada. Also back then we did not have a credit card. Cash and carry. But they knew more than I remembered.
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I flew to Canada on business many times over 10-12 years. At that time, no passport was required. Clearing customs was a breeze, Canadians are exceedingly nice and, of course, everyone speaks English (even in Quebec). Hard to consider are northern neighbors as foreigners.
 
SVCBeercats said:
Trust me according to the NSA, Canada is most certainly a foreign country. This was a point on my clearance application I missed. I almost did not get my clearance to work in MCDonnell Douglas' top secret facility. Before all the digital trails we leave today they knew every date of every vacation we took to Canada. Also back then we did not have a credit card. Cash and carry. But they knew more than I remembered.
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Whoa, Big Brother is watching.

I got detained at a border crossing into Canada for about 2 hours once. This was pre-9/11 and before passports were required. They were not excited about 4 20 something males traveling in a cruddy looking old camper van, figured we must be up to something. They stopped just short of strip searching us, but interviewed each of us separately and looked the van over closely.

Another time, right after 9/11 but before there was an absolute requirement for passports, I got into Canada no problem, but almost didn't get back into the U.S.
 
oldude said:
I flew to Canada on business many times over 10-12 years. At that time, no passport was required. Clearing customs was a breeze, Canadians are exceedingly nice and, of course, everyone speaks English (even in Quebec). Hard to consider are northern neighbors as foreigners.
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There was a time - mid 60’s through 80’s - when performing consulting work in Canada, you had to secure and wave all around a paper demonstrating that the Canadian employer had searched diligently and what you were getting paid for could not be performed at the same level by a Canadian. They were real protective of keeping Canadian work for Canadians.
 
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With that photo, now we know exactly how tall Geno is...183cm.;)
 
nwhoopfan said:
Washington St. was by far the most dependent on international recruits in recent years. With a new coach that may change, but many of them are still on the roster. Six different countries represented currently.
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How many translators do they have on the coaching staff? ;)
 
nwhoopfan said:
Whoa, Big Brother is watching.

I got detained at a border crossing into Canada for about 2 hours once. This was pre-9/11 and before passports were required. They were not excited about 4 20 something males traveling in a cruddy looking old camper van, figured we must be up to something. They stopped just short of strip searching us, but interviewed each of us separately and looked the van over closely.

Another time, right after 9/11 but before there was an absolute requirement for passports, I got into Canada no problem, but almost didn't get back into the U.S.
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My journey through western Canada after being discharged from USN was nice, mostly Rt1, until I started running out of money. Cut down to northwest corner of North Dakota, and they basically took everything out of my car. Found a warm case of Coors, then let me repack it all. Still have bad feelings.
 
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Guards,guards,and more guards....what if Ono sprains an ankle.
 
nwhoopfan said:
Whoa, Big Brother is watching.

I got detained at a border crossing into Canada for about 2 hours once. This was pre-9/11 and before passports were required. They were not excited about 4 20 something males traveling in a cruddy looking old camper van, figured we must be up to something. They stopped just short of strip searching us, but interviewed each of us separately and looked the van over closely.

Another time, right after 9/11 but before there was an absolute requirement for passports, I got into Canada no problem, but almost didn't get back into the U.S.
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I grew up in the LAke George area. We used to go to the Expos' games frequently in the 70's. There was 5 of us kids in a car and we were only asked where are you going? we replied to the Expos game....come on thr
 
oldude said:
I flew to Canada on business many times over 10-12 years. At that time, no passport was required. Clearing customs was a breeze, Canadians are exceedingly nice and, of course, everyone speaks English (even in Quebec). Hard to consider are northern neighbors as foreigners.
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Yes, exactly! We lived in Cleveland. We drove over the Peace Bridge to visit Niagara Falls and Toronto many times. After my episode with the NSA I wondered if they had a camera on the USA side of the Peace Bridge snapping license plates. As you say it just seemed like an extension of the USA except for the occasional "Eh!" My only visit to Montreal was a business trip at the height of the separatist movement. We learned every establishment that had doormen was a "private club" if you could not respond to their query in French. It was "interesting." :)
 
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paisan said:
Guards,guards,and more guards....what if Ono sprains an ankle.
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Geno already had a home visit with Hannah Gusters, 6'4 center from Texas. There are probably other post player visits that we have not heard about yet. Maybe in Europe he will meet with another post player. There will always be more guard visits to your "guards, guards, and more guards" quote because teams tend to play 3 perimeter players and 2 bigs or some even play 4 perimeter players and 1 big. So if you play more perimeter players, you are going to recruit more perimeter players, are you not?
 
oldude said:
There are indications that Geno may be looking at other European players beside the 2 we know about.
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Please tell us what you know ? What are the indications Geno may be looking at others ?
 
Gus Mahler said:
Looks like a woman among girls.
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Worked in Europe for several years and became aware of the many levels of "professional" leagues for virtually all sports, from water polo to basketball. Many, many tall, well skilled 16/17 year olds playing against true pros. Would love to see Geno get 1-2 of these experienced players but tough for a high school girl to leave family to relocate this far.
 
CTrefugee said:
Please tell us what you know ? What are the indications Geno may be looking at others ?
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There have been a number of names circulated over the past few months. I would prefer not to contribute to idle speculation unless and until the press or the players themselves confirm their interest publicly.

Ozzie’s attached post lists some of the top young prospects in Europe. I’m sure Geno and his staff are aware of all of these players.
Ozzie1986 said:
2000 born ranked euros
Our 2000’s Ranking (so far)

2001 born ranked euros
Our 2001’s Ranking (so far)
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oldude said:
There have been a number of names circulated over the past few months. I would prefer not to contribute to idle speculation unless and until the press or the players themselves confirm their interest publicly.

Ozzie’s attached post lists some of the top young prospects in Europe. I’m sure Geno and his staff are aware of all of these players.
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Wisely stated. Thank you for your discretion.
 
Most of the top 00/01 Aussies and Kiwis have been picked up already.
Alot more teams are looking at Japan, Korea and China. Expect to see a lot more in the NCAA in the coming years.
 
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