Hmmmmm. Check this tweet out. (Merged)

[Alydar]

WEP has taken abuse when they are wrong. They got it right. Exactly one week.

 

[PAHuskeyFan]

OK, I’ll keep hope alive. But let’s all be realistic about Ines Bettencourt, should she end up at UConn. From the limited amount of film I watched, it’s clear that Ines is a nice player who would have a lot of work to do to to become a regular rotation player at UConn. She would immediately provide needed depth at guard for practice & mop-up minutes. But it would be unrealistic to expect Ines to earn PT minutes as a freshman, except in an emergency situation.

After her freshman year, UConn stands to lose Lou at guard, but would be adding Paige, KK and Ashlynn to a guard corps of Azzi, Nika & Caroline. So I really don’t see a lot of PT for Ines going forward. With that in mind, I have to ask how hard Geno and his staff would recruit a European player who is likely to be viewed primarily as an insurance policy?

But don't most of us (perhaps nearly all of us) have insurance on things ... with the hope to not have to use it (life insurance, car insurance, home insurance).???

Video shows Ines to have some useful skills that could be good insurance for UCONN... especially given the injuries of last season.

 

[Stymie]

But don't most of us (perhaps nearly all of us) have insurance on things ... with the hope to not have to use it (life insurance, car insurance, home insurance).???

Video shows Ines to have some useful skills that could be good insurance for UCONN... especially given the injuries of last season.

From Ines’ point of view, she gets a free classroom education and comes out of UCONN in 4(?) years with a Doctorate in woman’s basketball.
She can return to Europe (if it works and she chooses) a much better player than when she left.
Lotta hard work involved, but could be a big win for her.
I like her courage for taking this shot.

 

[Centerstream]

Does anybody know what happened to her JuCo commitment? In other words, can a JuCo player switch to a D1 school with no consequences?
I apologize if this was answered somewhere in the previous 90+ posts.

 

[CocoHusky]

Does anybody know what happened to her JuCo commitment? In other words, can a JuCo player switch to a D1 school with no consequences?
I apologize if this was answered somewhere in the previous 90+ posts.

There are a lot of variables which would change the answer to your question. The largest variable is if Ines had actually signed a JUCO NLI. Assuming she signed NLI the next variables would involving her obtaining a release for the NLI followed by her receiving a transfer wavier-which literally depends on her intended destination. Stupid but true: a JUCO can release you from your NLI but not grant you a transfer waiver. If I had to guess Ines either never signed an NLI or was released from her NLI & granted the ability to transfer. Actually her never signing the JUCO letter makes the most sense because I don't see her being referred to as a transfer anywhere.
Since her intended destination in this case is UCONN (Division 1) her next step would be to submit to the NCAA Eligibility clearing house. Part of the NCAA clearing house process is to determine that the Athlete attempting to enter Division I or II has no obligation like a signed NLI with another academic institution. For foreign players the NCAA eligibility center also certifies required academics (SAT,ACTs), English speaking adequacy. For foreign players that participated in "club" teams like Ines the center will also certify that the salaries and compensation from those clubs were limited to reasonable expense in order for the prospect to maintain "amateur" status. Once the prospect clears the NCAA clearing house is when that UCONN can formally offer her a scholarship. The speed at which things happened is yet another reason for me to believe that Ines never signed her NLI with that JUCO in Florida.