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BobbyJ said:
While understanding that the competition is poor, other than Canada, I’ll suggest some things to watch. Forget stats, notice how she doesn’t play down to the opponent’s level, plays hard defensively, takes good shots with no selfish logo 3s, looks for cutters, and interacts well with her teammates. Plus she goes to the boards to rebound, 14 against Canada. Excellent composure for 14 years old.
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Thanks for posting the link. I just watched the Canada game. I'll forget stats, as you suggest. Here's what I noticed:

Robinson has a mature game, quite throughly coached. In terms of maturity, the closest talent to hers on the floor was Savannah Swords. The other kids had talent too, but not quite on the same level as those two. Robinson likes driving the lane and the baseline, finishes well, and has developed an effective turnaround-stepback jump shot that is clearly the product of some careful coaching. She also is a mature ball handler. She doesn't get confused or panicky with the ball when the defense challenges her. She's not afraid of driving into a crowd. I think she probably could have played on the U18 team.

I'm not sure I see what @Carnac has in mind in his comment. Robinson is eminently coachable. She didn't develop those skills on her own. I think Geno would want her, if he can get her.
 
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Charliebball said:
that's my point...........,.UConn has to "defend" its own turf when it comes to recruiting the few high-quality recruits that come along.......
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I'm sure that the coaching staff is very efficient in recruiting right now and to spend more energy on "local" talent would take away effort from some distant places that have produced more players, like the west coast and Europe. The time coaches have for evaluation and for contacting players is finite. In today's world where kids have "friends" all over the country players are less likely to stay close to home.
 
I know some people here have been tracking Portuguese center Clara Silva. She has had 3 20-10 games in the European U18 championship so far:
www.fiba.basketball

Clara SILVA at the FIBA U18 Women's European Championship 2023 - FIBA.basketball

The official website of FIBA U18 Women's European Championship 2023
www.fiba.basketball www.fiba.basketball

You never quite know when the lightbulb will go off for a young player. She was having a solid club season in Spain's third division and noticeably improved down the stretch and here she goes at the national team level a birth year behind the oldest players in this tournament. The team has had three decisive group stage wins so they are set up with a favorable bracket for the knockout rounds.
 
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awhom111 said:
I know some people here have been tracking Portuguese center Clara Silva. She has had 3 20-10 games in the European U18 championship so far:
www.fiba.basketball

Clara SILVA at the FIBA U18 Women's European Championship 2023 - FIBA.basketball

The official website of FIBA U18 Women's European Championship 2023
www.fiba.basketball www.fiba.basketball

You never quite know when the lightbulb will go off for a young player. She was having a solid club season in Spain's third division and noticeably improved down the stretch and here she goes at the national team level a birth year behind the oldest players in this tournament. The team has had three decisive group stage wins so they are set up with a favorable bracket for the knockout rounds.
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Maybe GENO should "hire" Ines Bettencourt and one of his new "assistant coaches" for Recruiting!
 
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