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Stevens was misrable at UConn for the same reasons she transferred out of Duke. She represents a new breed of player. Stevens leaving UConn hurt the recruiting for other centers. I posted that right after she decided not to retun. Geno needed her to finish her final year. Stevens never wanted to play in the post which is what Geno was intending on teaching her in her final year.So why do they go to South Dakota? Utah? You know some of those frigid, windy, states in the West? Texas, is for the most part baron.
Geno--certainly isn't for many. Geno is a great Guard/forward/wing coach. CD, is she still the Post Coach?
Obviously, Big City life is far from Storrs. Academic (one or 2 transfers said) isn't great
But GENO gets guards, wings, forwards--why not EFFECTIVE on day ONE posts? Dawn does, apparently the Texas coach does, UCLA seems to, why not Uconn?
Everyone doesn't need a big city or an academically perfect school--
Beating Uconn is hardly a goal for a post--only 3 or so a year can do that and only in 3 or so schools.
Winning teams must have a strong post presence. That's a fact. Uconn is usually beaten by teams with decent posts. Dorka/ONO saved the day for Uconn--Lou saved a game or 2
Azure', transfer from Duke seemed miserable here. Why?
Players now days have already put so much effort into basketball before they even reach college, that unless they are BB fanatics they sort of want a bit of a break. Ask yourselves, when was the last impactful center that came out of the program to the WNBA. Stewie was not a center. One of the past draws for UConn was the success that its grads had in the profesional ranks. The success rate has been recently limited to guards and Stewie and that was still some time ago. Post players will generally choose other schools and coaches.