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Of all the guards besides Fudd, easily the one player I hate to lose.
Umm, she is not exactly ours to lose. She has been quoted as saying she used to be a Huskies fan but now would like to go almost anywhere else and beat UConn. She has since dialed the statement back a bit, but hasn't disavowed it. Personally, I think the coaches should focus on players who want to be here.
 
Umm, she is not exactly ours to lose. She has been quoted as saying she used to be a Huskies fan but now would like to go almost anywhere else and beat UConn. She has since dialed the statement back a bit, but hasn't disavowed it. Personally, I think the coaches should focus on players who want to be here.
Do you have a link to that quote?
 
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Umm, she is not exactly ours to lose. She has been quoted as saying she used to be a Huskies fan but now would like to go almost anywhere else and beat UConn. She has since dialed the statement back a bit, but hasn't disavowed it. Personally, I think the coaches should focus on players who want to be here.

I don't think there is much of a chance that Rivers comes to UConn, I think she will end up at SC or Maryland.
 
Rivers is a potential beast but people should not get this twisted! The title at the top of that video that Rivers is the best guard in 2021 class is dead wrong. Best guard in the 2021 class is Azzi Fudd.
Rivers is the best guard in the video.
 
Rivers goes to a ton of NC State games. I wouldn’t count them out either. Maryland, South Carolina, and North Carolina all seem like very logical choices as well.
 
I know this is counter to everyone's wishes on the BY, but it makes for more interesting competition in wcbb if the top talents are spread around a little bit instead of being concentrated in a few of the usual suspects. If Azzi somehow commits to Uconn, I would want to see Miles go somewhere else to balance out the power.

You're right. I don't care one bit about other teams. Let the other teams worry "interesting competition" as we steamroll everyone. I loved how it became "stop the press news" if we lost. I still wish badly UCONN had EDD. Can you imagine her with Maya and Tina? As a UCONN fan 1st and foremost - that's what I would prefer to see.
 
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I know this is counter to everyone's wishes on the BY, but it makes for more interesting competition in wcbb if the top talents are spread around a little bit instead of being concentrated in a few of the usual suspects. If Azzi somehow commits to Uconn, I would want to see Miles go somewhere else to balance out the power.
Yea, I think quite a few on here would prefer UCONN be "bad for WCBB" again. :D
 
:eek: I’m waiting for someone to chime in and remind you that you can lose something you never had. Eg., UCONN never lost Boston. :D
Umm, she is not exactly ours to lose. She has been quoted as saying she used to be a Huskies fan but now would like to go almost anywhere else and beat UConn. She has since dialed the statement back a bit, but hasn't disavowed it. Personally, I think the coaches should focus on players who want to be here.
That didn't take long! Around 10 minutes?
 
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Thanks. That's what can happen when you skip through some of the posts, and don't read them all in the order they were posted. Had I done that, I would not have made that gaffe. It's quite easy for one to assume that a reference to "Olivia" was to ONO, instead of Olivia Miles. :confused:
 
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I think if Fudd commits, I could see Ducharme also coming to UConn. The other alphas I think would go elsewhere but I think Ducharme could take a largely off the bench role to be close to home, competing in practice with the best, and winning championships.
Agree that Decharme would play for her minutes, high or low. Many forget that some of our recent final 4 losses could have been prevented if we had an extra guard to offset injuries to Nurse and Danger. With Conn typically playing only 6-7 players, stress fractures, sprained ankles, etc. have been common. That 3rd guard would have gotten significant minutes in significant games.
 
Do you have a link to that quote?

I wouldn't be too concerned. I recently read C Williams quoted that she started out her college search in the same "beat UConn" frame of mind.
 
Agree that Decharme would play for her minutes, high or low. Many forget that some of our recent final 4 losses could have been prevented if we had an extra guard to offset injuries to Nurse and Danger. With Conn typically playing only 6-7 players, stress fractures, sprained ankles, etc. have been common. That 3rd guard would have gotten significant minutes in significant games.
I agree that UCONN has needed a third guard for about 3 years now & still do. Caroline Ducharme would not be the 3rd guard however. Caroline would be more like the 5th or 6th. At a minimum UCONN would have Christyn (Senior), Paige (Sophomore) , Nika (Sophomore), and Saylor (Freshman) as guards. Anna (Junior) also play some minutes at guard and although very unlikely Westbrook (Senior) might still be on the UCONN roster. Caroline can play some SF/Wing but there she would be competing with Aaliyah, Megan, Aubrey, Saylor and Anna. Notice I've not used the name Azzi in these calculations. I'm not trying to be a downer here, but if Paige, Azzi & Christyn all all projected to be 30+ MPG type players where are there "significant" minutes available for another guard?
 
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I agree that UCONN has needed a third guard for about 3 years now & still do. Caroline Ducharme would not be the 3rd guard however. Caroline would be more like the 5th or 6th. At a minimum UCONN would have Christyn (Senior), Paige (Sophomore) , Nika (Sophomore), and Saylor (Freshman) as guards. Anna (Junior) also play some minutes at guard and although very unlikely Westbrook (Senior) might still be on the UCONN roster. Caroline can play some SF/Wing but there she would be competing with Megan, Aubrey, Saylor and Anna. Notice I've not used the name Azzi in these calculations. I'm not trying to be a downer here, but if Paige, Azzi & Christyn all all projected to be 30+ MPG type players where are there "significant" minutes available for another guard?
I don't think I agree with you here Coco. Ducharme is a shooter. Mir McLean is an athlete with a developing outside shot. There is little evidence of Muhl being able to consistently make anything from 15 feet and out. Aubrey can jump through the gym but shoots her outside shots flat footed. CW's shooting percentage will hopefully rise as she progresses but she has been inconsistent at best this year from the outside.

With or without Azzi, if Ducharme got here and consistently knocked down open threes in practice, Geno would play her against teams that play zone at the very least. The amount of minutes she gets would depend how well she can guard.
 
I agree that UCONN has needed a third guard for about 3 years now & still do. Caroline Ducharme would not be the 3rd guard however. Caroline would be more like the 5th or 6th. At a minimum UCONN would have Christyn (Senior), Paige (Sophomore) , Nika (Sophomore), and Saylor (Freshman) as guards. Anna (Junior) also play some minutes at guard and although very unlikely Westbrook (Senior) might still be on the UCONN roster. Caroline can play some SF/Wing but there she would be competing with Megan, Aubrey, Saylor and Anna. Notice I've not used the name Azzi in these calculations. I'm not trying to be a downer here, but if Paige, Azzi & Christyn all all projected to be 30+ MPG type players where are there "significant" minutes available for another guard?
You wouldn't include Edwards in the SF/Wing category?
 
Yes, but you do have potential! ;)
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Thanks. That's what can happen when you skip through some of the posts, and don't read them all in the order they were posted. Had I done that, I would not have made that gaffe. It's quite easy for one to assume that a reference to "Olivia" was to ONO, instead of Olivia Miles. :confused:
Guess you might have to drop that "All Seeing" moniker my friend. Maybe Almost all or even nearly all! ;)
 
Guess you might have to drop that "All Seeing" moniker my friend. Maybe Almost all or even nearly all! ;)

Believe it or not, I did not put that in the custom title under my avatar. Someone on the inside did. I was surprised to see it there myself. If I was all seeing, I'd be very rich, and spending very little time here in the yard. ;)
 
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Agree that Decharme would play for her minutes, high or low. Many forget that some of our recent final 4 losses could have been prevented if we had an extra guard to offset injuries to Nurse and Danger. With Conn typically playing only 6-7 players, stress fractures, sprained ankles, etc. have been common. That 3rd guard would have gotten significant minutes in significant games.

I don't know, if Fudd commits to UConn, I think she will be the final 2021 commit. The 2021 roster would look like this:

Westbrook(possibly)
Williams
Nelson-Ododa
Griffin
Makurat
Bueckers
McClean
Edwards
Gabriel
Muhl
DeBerry
Poffenbarger
Fudd

There are not a lot of minutes to be had with that roster!
 
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Believe it or not, I did not put that in the custom title under my avatar. Someone on the inside did. I was surprised to see it there myself. If I was all seeing, I'd be very rich, and spending very little time here in the yard. ;)
I think being omnispective would be interesting. But perhaps even better if you could "unsee" certain things. To be as wealthy and above the Boneyard fray as you would desire, being omniscient might suit you better. ;)
 
:eek: I’m waiting for someone to chime in and remind you that you can lose something you never had. Eg., UCONN never lost Boston. :D
That’s true, I guess I meant was that she looks as good as any other guard with the potential to be the best. I want her. Her game looks complete. I prefer Fudd buts it’s mostly off of everyone else’s opinion. I just know Fudd is an elite shooter and not much else. Rivers looks very complete. She obviously is not a shooter like Fudd is.
 
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