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SCGamecock said:
She actually first tweeted that she "hates cold weather and snow"... then later deleted the tweet.

Take that for what it's worth.

Smith could still end up at UConn.. why you ask? Because recruiting makes absolutely no sense.


I think UConn's next commitment is Christyn Williams.. I'm all but ready to write UConn next to her name.
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I remember seeing that on her twitter page and thinking that if cold weather is going to bother her imagine what four years of Geno will do.......she's a really gifted player but I suspect she won't be moving any farther north then South Carolina at most.............everybody says that CW is a UConn lock......I'm not certain that this is true.......she used to be all UConn all the time but now I see she has widened her horizons..........I suspect it will come down to UConn or one of the Texas schools
 
Charliebball said:
I remember seeing that on her twitter page and thinking that if cold weather is going to bother her imagine what four years of Geno will do..she's a really gifted player but I suspect she won't be moving any farther north then South Carolina at most...everybody says that CW is a UConn lock.I'm not certain that this is true..she used to be all UConn all the time but now I see she has widened her horizons.....I suspect it will come down to UConn or one of the Texas schools
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I wouldn't call her a lock.. but I definitely think she's a UConn lean. The only thing that's probably holding her back right now is the amount of talent that UConn will have at the guard/wing positions. I don't see Williams backing away from competition but UConn will be DEEP in guards for the next few years.
 
JustinesGuy said:
Typically when will we start landing the next round of verbsls? Is there a certain signing period coming up?
Any guess on our next recruit?
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2018 recruiting should be interesting. Are there players out there who want very much to play for UCONN and not fear the apparent glut of competition at the guard and wing positions? Williams would be great, but is she confident enough to compete for playing time or a starter position? If UCONN managed another talented big to team with Charli Collier, I would be sooooooo seriously "dancin' in the street" happy.
 
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jdubct said:
If Williams decides in the fall I wouldn't be surprised if a guard like Honesty Scott-Grayson verbals by the end of summer.
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Honesty is ranked #5 by Prospects Nation and #11 by ESPN

She did not make the top 15 in the Washington DC area..... maybe Geno knows something (by not recruiting her)

2016-17 Winter All-Met
 
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UConn is in a very nice position right now with both returning players as well as incoming recruits and commits. Geno can afford to be picky.

With 4 talented G/W's in next year's class, I have to believe that Geno will gladly take CW in 2018, but if she decided to go elsewhere, UConn would be just fine. With Charli Collier already committed, I do believe that Geno would consider another true 4/5, but it would likely be a really good player, i.e. Ono, Smith, etc.

With UConn working hard on Brunelle for the class of 2019, if she were to commit, UConn would be in really good shape through 2021, even if they don't get anyone else, although I expect there will be other signings in 2018 and/or 2019.
 
Random points to some questions/points raised in this thread.

- Next signing period. We in the middle of one., the "Regular Period", which runs from April 12, 2017 to May 17, 2017.

- Christyn Williams is down to 5 schools: Baylor, Connecticut, Notre Dame, Tennessee, and UCLA. Williams had previously considered Arkansas and South Carolina as members of a list of seven. I saw a post somewhere that she would agree to talk to Mike Neighbors, new head honcho at Arkansas, but really wanted to get out of state to attend college.
Glad to see Irish on the finals list, but also know that she's yet to make any visit that I'm aware of to South Bend.
I'm kind of putting Williams into the Walker/Westbrook category...if she wants to come, she'll let folks know (and given our track record with those two, I'm not optimistic :confused: )

- UConn's 2017 intake was so guard/wing oriented that -- save for Williams -- still see a focus on forward/bigs (besides Collier, particularly Nelson-Ododa) and maybe another point guard (Nixon in 2018 or Ms. Peoples in 2019?).
 
Na'Lyssa Smith at the Baylor Big 12 Championship celebration.

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oldude said:
UConn is in a very nice position right now with both returning players as well as incoming recruits and commits. Geno can afford to be picky.

With 4 talented G/W's in next year's class, I have to believe that Geno will gladly take CW in 2018, but if she decided to go elsewhere, UConn would be just fine. With Charli Collier already committed, I do believe that Geno would consider another true 4/5, but it would likely be a really good player, i.e. Ono, Smith, etc.
With UConn working hard on Brunelle for the class of 2019, if she were to commit, UConn would be in really good shape through 2021, even if they don't get anyone else, although I expect there will be other signings in 2018 and/or 2019.
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If UCONN only signs Brunelle the roster for '19-'20 season will be 10 (C. Collier, Walker, Dangerfield, Brunelle, Gordon, Coombs, Camara, Irwin, AEH, & Bent) and could be as few as 9 if Camara departs.
The next season though '20-'21 would be only 6.
 
CocoHusky said:
If UConn only signs Brunelle the roster for '19-'20 season will be 10 (C. Collier, Walker, Dangerfield, Brunelle, Gordon, Coombs, Camara, Irwin, AEH, & Bent) and could be as few as 9 if Camara departs.
The next season though '20-'21 would be only 6.
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I think Geno could win a championship with that roster, although I do agree that a few additional players would round out the team very nicely.
 
oldude said:
I think Geno could win a championship with that roster, although I do agree that a few additional players would round out the team very nicely.
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Solid, true point guard would be my preference. Offense would be nice, but with so many guard oriented competitors, would love someone in the Jefferson mode who could come in and shut down anyone.
 
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Aluminny69 said:
How about Mo'Ne Davis? Is she class of 2018, or 2019?
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Davis is nowhere near talented enough to garner an offer from UConn. Most feel that she is a lower level Div 1 recruit at best.
 
01Neaggrad02 said:
Anyone else think that Kim Mulkey did not age well. Too much sun down in Texas
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That is exactly what I've been thinking for the past two years, especially the "too much sun" part.
 
HopJim said:
Hopefully there is too much good basketball out there to criticize personal appearance.
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Is it a criticism or an observation? But yes, there is enough basketball out there to stay away from that kind of comment.
 
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Gus Mahler said:
Didn't someone report that this was owing to a rare health issue of some sort? Or a side effect of the meds taken for it? I don't think this is her natural look.
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Yes. Unfortunately Kim was diagnosed with Bell's Palsey in 2012 for which I believe she continues to take meds. So please let's just end this conversation about her looks. Fortunately, her poor coaching and commentaries are there to supersede any other talk.
 
Off season can be VERY VERY Boring. Anyone want to guess who our next recruit will be????
 
The ones on the 2019 radar screen are Boston, Amihere, Jones, and Horston. Maybe others I'm forgetting or unaware of.

I'll go with Boston, we have been recruiting her for a long time and she is fairly local. She must also know we have a huge need for her. Horston to follow.

But who knows.
 
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