How will Sarah do as a freshman?

[DEpup]

You haven’t seen all the highlights. In this video she was head-to-head vs 6’3 Joyce Edwards currently ranked #3 overall recruit. In this game- Sarah got 31 points and 17 rebounds while Joyce got 27 and 9 in which Sarah won. Notice what a beautiful touch she on the perimeter. She’s sticking 3pointers at 6’2; shooting lie she’s 5’10 guard. Then look at the play with about 2:20 left in the video in which she is going inside in which Joyce is defending her. Even against a taller freakish athlete in Joyce, didn’t she make the move look awfully easy?

That’s the point with her, everything looks so easy and she is so fluid yet powerful in her way.

Strong likes to do some KML 3pt shots where she just effortlessly throws it up there. No preparation, no problem. If she can over 4 years become a mash up of Maya, KML, and Morgan Tuck UConn nation will be just fine.....

 

[DEpup]

And on this video she goes head to head with number 32 ranked recruit 6’5 Blanca Thomas. In this game Sarah got 30 points and 20 rebounds. In the 2nd half of the video she scores inside more. And one play Blanca is trying to guard her- - look at the video with 3:09 left the move and the spin in the lane with ease and quick feet that Sarah puts on the 6’5 player.

So, she had 2 power games vs high quality recruits with size taller than Sarah and one of those a bit of a freakish athlete a bit taller than Sarah in which she scored a combined 61 points and had 37 rebounds. What more should we be expecting in order to be impressed? It shouldn’t be “Brianna Stewart or bust.”

This demonstrates the discussion that has been all over this board. Is height everything? The answer is no and UConn has been proving that for years.

Sarah easily compensated those couple inches using her width and strength along with a good outside shot.

 

[DEpup]

Are we still allowed to use the term "everyone eats" without Nika? Your post made me miss her. In addition to her assists records, that expression is one of her lasting contributions to the Boneyard.

We have to. With the current state of the game, depth is more important than ever to get all the way to a national championship. I would argue that everyone has to eat for us to get to #12.

We can let Paige do her thing and we can get to the final 4 but everyone has to eat in order to cut the nets and win it all.

 

[BBallF]

We have to. With the current state of the game, depth is more important than ever to get all the way to a national championship. I would argue that everyone has to eat for us to get to #12.

We can let Paige do her thing and we can get to the final 4 but everyone has to eat in order to cut the nets and win it all.

So 2024-2025 we will serve it up buffet style? A smorgasbord? Or as Geno would not doubt prefer, family style.

 

[Mandoo]

Do not be surprised if you see Sarah in the starting lineup at some point during the season if not in the opener.

Maya played as a freshman. Sarah will play as a freshman, also. Sarah is smooth as silk, looks like she can shoot out in Caitlin country......

 

[Fairfield Fan]

Yeah, I‘m not sure if you remember or not, but Geno was touting Ice Brady as highly skilled, a difference maker etc. How did that turn out? The point is, just because Staley is waxing rhapsodic about Tac, does not mean (with any certainty) that she (Tac) is going to actually be all those things on the court. I’m sure Tac is a nice piece but I’ve seen nothing beyond Dawn’s likely hyperbolic praise to indicate she is some kind of world beater. She could just as easily have the feet of a coal miner and the hands of a ballerina.

Coaches often talk up their recruits and in so doing, write checks that the recruit is then unable to cover. The question is, would you rather have Jana or Adhel? There’s no doubt in my mind what the answer to that question should be but there’s certainly no objective reason to assume that Tac is superior to Jana! I’m just not sure why you would think that. I am confident that Jana will be the better player between those two. But even if she’s not the star I believe her to be, there‘s certainly no evidence now that indicates that we are going to be at a disadvantage in that match up!

But Ice was badly injured, and I would not be surprised if she was hobbled the entire year by that serious injury and major surgery. She may not be the same player again that she was pre-injury.

 

[Cuango]

But Ice was badly injured, and I would not be surprised if she was hobbled the entire year by that serious injury and major surgery. She may not be the same player again that she was pre-injury.

Well, Tac is injured too. She might be better than both Wilson and Boston together, but seeing as how she’s never broken into the top ten in the rankings, I would tend to doubt it. My point was only that words are cheap. Until both Jana and Tac have actually played some serious game time, there is no way to assess which is better. I am confident Jana will be a very good player for us!