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Link for schedule for ICE BRADY and FIBA U18 Americas Championship

Since team sessions I think only last till end of june, I wonder if Ice will spend some time in Storrs to get some individual instruction?
 
YoDore said:
I also thought Todd was impressive along with players committed to Arizona, Duke and Iowa State. The player that really caught my eye, though, was Marah Dykstra. At 6'2 she handles the ball well, shoots it well and passes it like a point guard. To top it off, she's just extremely active.

The way I judge players these days is to ask if they're good enough to play for my beloved, perpetually rebuilding Vanderbilt Commodores. Well, Dykstra would likely be the most talented player on Vandy's team...and, she's going to Montana State. That one puzzles me a bit.

I also found myself from time to time comparing her to Chloe Kitts, a player I greatly admire. For this one game, at least, I thought Dykstra was the better overall player. In fairness to Kitts, the USA guards did a very poor job of sharing the ball or even attempting it. I like Dykstra enough that I'll add Montana State to my teams of interest this season.
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1) Re Hylton (commit to Arizona). She was great defensively, but ice cold offensively yesterday. Was 0-10 from the field with all her points were at the FT line (7-11). Some of those conversions would have made a difference for sure.

2) Re Dystkra, as she's a 2022, I'm chalking her commitment to Montana State as due to COVID. Recruiting for kids from Canada was hampered big time. She's from Alberta and Montana is directly south of this province. It's very likely they've been interested in her from the start and the proximity from home helped too.
 
I loved Brady's play in the tournament but was extremely disappointed in the TV coverage. I understand in the tournament a majority of the teams are Spanish speaking and thatit was televised from Argentina. However both the semi's and the championships had 3 of the 4 teams that were not Spanish speaking yet there was no ability to get a decent translation or English speaking alternative. I suppose, however, that those here who have always hated the game announcers were just fine turning the sound off :D
 
Zinethar said:
I loved Brady's play in the tournament but was extremely disappointed in the TV coverage. I understand in the tournament a majority of the teams are Spanish speaking and thatit was televised from Argentina. However both the semi's and the championships had 3 of the 4 teams that were not Spanish speaking yet there was no ability to get a decent translation or English speaking alternative. I suppose, however, that those here who have always hated the game announcers were just fine turning the sound off :D
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I've wondered the same as this has been the case for most of the Americas tournaments from what I've watched over the years. I'm curious as to whether it's a budget issue as I've noticed the FIBA World's seem to have English broadcasters, or at least they had them last year during the U19 tournament.
 
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Zinethar said:
I loved Brady's play in the tournament but was extremely disappointed in the TV coverage. I understand in the tournament a majority of the teams are Spanish speaking and thatit was televised from Argentina. However both the semi's and the championships had 3 of the 4 teams that were not Spanish speaking yet there was no ability to get a decent translation or English speaking alternative. I suppose, however, that those here who have always hated the game announcers were just fine turning the sound off :D
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I understand the dynamics of hosting a tournament in Argentina and of course broadcasting them in Spanish. However…………if possible, it would be nice to humor the portion of your audience that is not Spanish speaking. I still enjoyed the games though.
 
Despite years of spanish classes I was only able to understand one word in ten so I liked it because normally I spend too much energy finding all the errors in the coverage and at least to me there were none, for a change. ;)
 
Post tournament interview with Ice

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Meet UConn women’s basketball freshman Isuneh ‘Ice’ Brady, excited to join her ‘dream school’

The 6-foot-3 freshman post player from San Diego is joining her new teammates on campus for the first time this week as the Huskies continue summer workouts.
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The San Diego native and McDonald’s All-American has been dreaming about being a Husky since she watched Breanna Stewart and Morgan Tuck lead UConn to four straight national championship titles.

“Just seeing the culture and the winning mentality that they had, it was just something that I fell in love with and wanted to be a part of,” Brady said.

She didn’t plan on committing early, but after talking with coach Geno Auriemma on the phone, in which he told her she had “a little Husky” in her, she decided to fly out to Connecticut and see the campus for herself. It didn’t take long for her to know that that was where she wanted to be.

“Before going out to Connecticut my sophomore year, I didn’t even have an offer,” she said. “Obviously it was like my dream school so I was really excited talking to him (Auriemma) but I don’t even think he knew how much, I mean he probably had an idea but, I don’t think he knew how much I wanted to go to his school. …

and once back at Storrs this summer

“I just want to be a sponge, absorb as much as I can. Learn as much as I can,” she said. “Take it all in, the highs and lows, the good and bad and just give it my all.”
 
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