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Geno in Croatia - Nika Muhl

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.
 
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.
 
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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America Lite
 
During the Reagan years I saw Father Guido Sarducci once. He was saying how Reagan pointed out that Nicaragua is closer to the US than Texas is to New York. Father Guido then said, "Well Canada is closer to the US than Brooklyn is to Manhattan, so I guess the Canadians are the ones we should be really worried about."
 
I am glad that Coach Auriemma is looking for international players. I say recruit both if you can get them. Also, some grad students. I would love to see Azzi play for UConn. She is from the DMV area, my area...hometown girl :).
 
I just feel we need more of a post than guards....I hope coach can persuade the Polish tower (does she exist?) or coerce the Chinese tower Han Xu come to UConn instead of going into WNBA draft.
 
Shorty Dee said:
I am glad that Coach Auriemma is looking for international players. I say recruit both if you can get them. Also, some grad students. I would love to see Azzi play for UConn. She is from the DMV area, my area...hometown girl :).
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I've seen Azzi in person 5x this year and hope to see her at CTK In April.

She's a 20-year old in a 15-year-old body.
 
I am utterly impressed at the off-topic ability here.

Her first game after the visit was today, and it a fairly typical one for her:
Statistika
 
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