Interim UCONN Recruiting Update

[CocoHusky]

Many of you have been asking for an update on UCONN recruiting. Please see attached. Would appreciate some feedback on the visibility & readability of this document.

 

[MainefanSC]

fyi it's very readable. Thanks for posting.

 

[winlots]

Many of you have been asking for an update on UCONN recruiting. Please see attached. Would appreciate some feedback on the visibility & readability of this document.


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COCO: a very nice boost to have this.....long desired here.

 

[uconnell]

Thanks Coco, very easy to read and quite instructive!

 

[rjuconn]

For those interested, here's the cover of my preseason yearbook for Minnesota high school girls' basketball...should be a familiar face to you all...

By the way, the book itself is 224 pages, full color, featuring all the programs (420+) and top players in the state. I also do six other sports: boys' basketball, boys' hockey, girls' hockey, girls' volleyball, softball, and baseball. Keeps me plenty busy!

 

[RockyMTblue2]

I thought Amihere was down to a couple of southern schools?

 

[CocoHusky]

For those interested, here's the cover of my preseason yearbook for Minnesota high school girls' basketball...should be a familiar face to you all...

By the way, the book itself is 224 pages, full color, featuring all the programs (420+) and top players in the state. I also do six other sports: boys' basketball, boys' hockey, girls' hockey, girls' volleyball, softball, and baseball. Keeps me plenty busy!
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She does look somewhat familiar. We'll have to get her in the right shade of blue (American Flag) and a respectable uniform number. No hurry, we have almost two full years for that. Can't be National Treasure without American flag blue in your uniform.
Serious question: How long has it been since MN has had a top 10 prospect in girls basketball.

 

[CocoHusky]

I thought Amihere was down to a couple of southern schools?

She is. A missed update on my part. I think she announces in a few days also.

 

[eebmg]

So why was Aubrey rated so low with PN? Did not play sponsored tournaments?

 

[CocoHusky]

So why was Aubrey rated so low with PN? Did not play sponsored tournaments?

Injury mostly.

 

[JDuro]

I thought Amihere was down to a couple of southern schools?

South Carolina, Louisville, and Kentucky.

 

[BobbyJ]

Very nice layout. Even I can keep things straight with this. BTW, am I a bad person for wanting Gusters AND Marshall in '20 to go along with Boston in this '19 class?

 

[CocoHusky]

Very nice layout. Even I can keep things straight with this. BTW, am I a bad person for wanting Gusters AND Marshall in '20 to go along with Boston in this '19 class?

Not necessarily for that, likely for other reasons though.

 

[BobbyJ]

Not necessarily for that, likely for other reasons though.

Thank you for your support.

 

[UConn82]

When do we think we will hear about Jones and Boston?

Thank you.

 

[CocoHusky]

When do we think we will hear about Jones and Boston?
Thank you.

Within the next couple of weeks.

 

[TitleTown]

When do we think we will hear about Jones and Boston?

Thank you.

By 11/21

 

[WNBA 09]

By 11/21

1 will be a husky

 

[01Neaggrad02]

Can we pin this to the top of the page?

 

[Sluconn Husky]

By 11/21

Well before then. Pretty much all players that are going to sign do so on the first available date, in this case the 14th.

 

[HGN]

Very nice layout. Even I can keep things straight with this. BTW, am I a bad person for wanting Gusters AND Marshall in '20 to go along with Boston in this '19 class?

BobbyJ , no you're not being a bad person by wanting Gusters and Marshall in '20 to play along side Boston. It's what makes good teams GREAT. TALENT to the degree you can't tell the starters from backups. Geno has always won when he had depth and didn't have to worry about fatigue or injury.

So you just go right ahead and wish for ALL 3 if you want to.....Heck, I think I'll join you !

 

[Charliebball]

BobbyJ , no you're not being a bad person by wanting Gusters and Marshall in '20 to play along side Boston. It's what makes good teams GREAT. TALENT to the degree you can't tell the starters from backups. Geno has always won when he had depth and didn't have to worry about fatigue or injury.

So you just go right ahead and wish for ALL 3 if you want to.....Heck, I think I'll join you !

sorry but you have to leave room for DeBerry who I believe is better then the both of them and she is a UConn lean for 2021

 

[Jim R]

BobbyJ , no you're not being a bad person by wanting Gusters and Marshall in '20 to play along side Boston. It's what makes good teams GREAT. TALENT to the degree you can't tell the starters from backups. Geno has always won when he had depth and didn't have to worry about fatigue or injury.

So you just go right ahead and wish for ALL 3 if you want to.....Heck, I think I'll join you !

No, come on...that would almost be cheating! Would love to see what we'd do with a couple of Bigs (6'4")+ on the court at the same time! Wait - does LOBO/Walters & Dolson/Stewart ring any bells? The good thing is, unlike many others, UCONNs been able to win the prize (not preferable), without much height, when others haven't. Is anyone surpised by the rise of many our competetitors only after recruiting trees (Miss St, Oregon State, Oregon, etc). How many times did Geno & crew have more height than those LadyVols teams we defeated? Rarely. It sure would be nice to have that luxury again.

 

[CocoHusky]

It not about the height, it about the skill level. Give me 6'2" with Morgan Tuck skill set and you might be able to get some things done in the post.

 

[Jim R]

It not about the height, it about the skill level. Give me 6'2" with Morgan Tuck skill set and you might be able to get some things done in the post.

re skill level...don't see them as mutually exclusive. But, do you really believe Miss State without McCowan, or Baylor without Griner, would have gotten close to the Sweet 16, not to mention the WCBB Championship game, without them?

 

[BobbyJ]

sorry but you have to leave room for DeBerry who I believe is better then the both of them and she is a UConn lean for 2021

No problem. ONO will be a senior and she'll need a backup.

 

[CocoHusky]

re skill level...don't see them as mutually exclusive. But, do you really believe Miss State without McCowan, or Baylor without Griner, would have gotten close to the Sweet 16, not to mention the WCBB Championship game, without them?

Definitely not mutually exclusive skill and height. My point is that the skill set is vastly more important-once you have adequate size. McCowan was only one of several larger players that Tuck handled in her last season. The others included : Jessica Shepard- Nebraska, Breanna Lewis-Kansas State, Brionna Jones-Maryland, Aliana Coates- South Carolina, & Ruth Hamblin-Oregon State.
To sort of answer your question UCONN doesn't lose to Mississippi State with Tuck in the lineup.

 

[VAMike23]

Definitely not mutually exclusive skill and height. My point is that the skill set is vastly more important-once you have adequate size. McCowan was only one of several larger players that Tuck handled in her last season. The others included : Jessica Shepard- Nebraska, Breanna Lewis-Kansas State, Brionna Jones-Maryland, Aliana Coates- South Carolina, & Ruth Hamblin-Oregon State.
To sort of answer your question UCONN doesn't lose to Mississippi State with Tuck in the lineup.

Tuck knew how to utilize her body - in both offensive and defensive positioning - better than almost anyone I can think of in recent years at UCONN. Overall, she was the most fundamentally sound player I've had the pleasure of watching at UCONN, which goes back to Maya's freshman year. (I know many here on the BY have been fans much longer than that.) I did watch some of the great 2002 team's wins, and DT's 2003-04 FF runs, but not enough to judge who if any of those players might have been more sound than Morgan.

 

[BroadwayVa]

Many of you have been asking for an update on UCONN recruiting. Please see attached. Would appreciate some feedback on the visibility & readability of this document.


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Thank you very much for posting this. This gives me a view I can't find anywhere but here. Thanks

 

[BroadwayVa]

Definitely not mutually exclusive skill and height. My point is that the skill set is vastly more important-once you have adequate size. McCowan was only one of several larger players that Tuck handled in her last season. The others included : Jessica Shepard- Nebraska, Breanna Lewis-Kansas State, Brionna Jones-Maryland, Aliana Coates- South Carolina, & Ruth Hamblin-Oregon State.
To sort of answer your question UCONN doesn't lose to Mississippi State with Tuck in the lineup.

You are so right. Tuck or even Steff in the lineup--a Win!! Thanks.