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LwrcasefaN said:
Other than saying she's a post...functionally, what makes her a post in this offense? On defense? Her height? Jersey Wolfenbarger from Arkansas is a 6' 4" guard. Based on skills...not height. It's not even an essential element in this type of offense. When Liv came...she wasn't a post either. She BECAME one. She improved her footwork, balance and offensive moves with her back to the basket.

Dorka has no offensive moves with her back to the basket. Her rebounding is best when coming in from the outside versus outjumping and muscling a traditional post. She hits the floor a lot because her balance is not the best. Even a traditional post in this offense has to be a good passer, aka Steph Dolson. And in cases where a team doesn't have a BIG passer, it isn't uncommon to use a smaller player to read the constant cuts and backdoors, aka Gabby Williams at 5' 11". And I doubt, most teams would guard Dorka with a post player unless they absolutely had to do it. She would have a field day with them on the perimeter. And I doubt UCONN would have her guard the opposing post...unless they had to. UCONN lists her as a forward.
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I give Juhasz a pass because she was on a new team that was cursed with multiple injuries. From what I saw of her tOSU years she played 4 and did it well enough to be all-B1G 1st team, twice. What I like about her is her speed to the basket from 12 feet. Both Juhasz and Edwards should get a lot of layups rolling to the basket off screens simply because defenses will have to help on Bueckers and Fudd.
I liked Juhasz as a rebounder. And as a boxing-outer. She's a fighter.
 
Mdoggie said:
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Mikaylah Williams
98​
NoneG6-0Parkway H.S. (LA)
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Judea Watkins
98​
NoneG6-0Sierra Canyon H.S. (CA)
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Ciera Toomey
98​
North CarolinaP6-3Dunmore H.S. (PA)
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Breya Cunningham
97​
NoneP6-4La Jolla Country Day School (CA)
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Ashlynn Shade
97​
UConnG5-9Noblesville H.S. (IN)
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Madison Booker
97​
NoneW6-1Germantown H.S. (MS)
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Milaysia Fulwiley
97​
NonePG5-6W. J. Keenan H.S. (SC)
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Kamorea Arnold
97​
UConnPG5-6Germantown H.S. (WI)
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Taliah Scott
97​
ArkansasG5-9Saint John's Country Day School (FL)
10​
Jadyn Donovan
96​
None
What are our chance with any of the remaining 6 of the top 10 ESPN recruits? Y’all know I’m already seeking therapy because “our friend” betrayed us!
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Remaining 5?
 
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Mdoggie said:
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Mikaylah Williams
98​
LSUG6-0Parkway H.S. (LA)
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Judea Watkins
98​
UCLA/USCG6-0Sierra Canyon H.S. (CA)
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Ciera Toomey
98​
North CarolinaP6-3Dunmore H.S. (PA)
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Breya Cunningham
97​
UCLA/USC/OregonP6-4La Jolla Country Day School (CA)
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Ashlynn Shade
97​
UConnG5-9Noblesville H.S. (IN)
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Madison Booker
97​
Tennessee/Ole MissW6-1Germantown H.S. (MS)
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Milaysia Fulwiley
97​
South CarolinaPG5-6W. J. Keenan H.S. (SC)
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Kamorea Arnold
97​
UConnPG5-6Germantown H.S. (WI)
9​
Taliah Scott
97​
ArkansasG5-9Saint John's Country Day School (FL)
10​
Jadyn Donovan
96​
Maryland/ND
What are our chance with any of the remaining 6 of the top 10 ESPN recruits? Y’all know I’m already seeking therapy because “our friend” betrayed us!
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I'll give it a shot for ya but these are guesses and that's it!
 
nomdoux said:


… MA native & highly ranked recruit. Surprised no UConn buzz on Kaelyn Carroll. Thoughts?
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2025. From what limited video I saw, maybe UConn will come aboard a little later. Good motor!

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Bone Dog said:
I've been enjoying this exchange -- good insights on both sides. I find myself wondering how many 5s there really are in WCBB. When I look at the kids who have great offensive post moves, other than Boston, they don't strike me as mainly being 5s, either because of their size or their frame or their speed. I think of someone like Naz Hillmon (and by extension Mackenzie Holmes or even Ashley Joens), who play excellent post offense but don't quite have the size to dominate on the defensive side the way they can on offense. It seems clear enough that Liv never had the sort of offensive skills Naz did. But she also didn't have the sort of offensive skills Cameron Brink eventually developed at the 4/5. Dorka feels to me more like Brink than like Naz or Holmes or (especially) Boston. She's in between the 4 and the 5, big enough to be a 5 on D, but has offensive skills more like a 4. Liv occupied a similar in-between space, with strong passing skills from the high and low post, strong enough to box out and rebound at both ends, and long enough to block shots and have the other defensive skills of a 5, but not quite the offensive skills of the best 4s or 5s.
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Good "post."
 
Alydar said:
I would call EDD a miss. Tina was 6'3" and couldn't possibly be called a post. Hell, Edwards is 6'3". So is Patterson. Brady is 6'4". Juhasz & DeBerry are 6'5". And UConn is so short of posts they absolutely HAVE to sign a '23 post because Edwards, Brady, Patterson & DeBerry aren't enough for '24.

Feagin? Five min a game, 2 pts, 1.5 rbs. Top post? She is listed as a F. She and Ducharme are both 6'2/3" and were 5 star 98's ranked 4th and 5th. If Feagin is a top post so is Ducharme, who produced a lot while Feagin has produced zero. If you base her "top post" label on HS talent then you have to say the same thing about DeBerry. And I don't think you aren't saying that DeBerry and Ducharme were top post recruits.

What I feel when I read "must get" or "can't keep missing on top posts" is panic. Reminds me of a lot of baseball fans who want the manager fired in mid-April. It's as if UConn has to get the top players every year or else the sky is falling. Well, they have been missing on a lot of top posts for a very long time and UConn fans have had the same complaints, also for a very long time, yet they have done better than anyone else in wcbb. Is it different this time? I say no, it's just the same old fans who want it all and then want still more.
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In what unfathomable universe is Tina Charles not a post player?
 
Angel Reese signing with LSU might affect the Mikaylah Williams decision. Angel is not going to want to give up the ball. Just saying. I don't think Williams signs with LSU. I think she may still of course but I bet she's considering other options even more now. Mikaylah would be better off at SC or Uconn. As good as LSU will be soon, they will still be a secondary media market. As good as LSU will become, they will not develop Mikaylah's brand like Uconn. The veritable sky will open for Mikaylah at Uconn. Major social media boost. Magazine covers. ESPN exposure. Madison ave advertisers...etc. If I were Mikaylah, I would look at this as much bigger than basketball. The real money is in her brand. Does she want to just be another women's basketball player and make peanuts in the WNBA or does she want to play basketball and cash much bigger checks because she was smart about the process. A player like her cannot go wrong at Uconn.
 
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TeamFirst! said:
Angel Reese signing with LSU might affect the Mikaylah Williams decision. Angel is not going to want to give up the ball.
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Williams signing or not signing with LSU will have nothing to do with Angel Reese. Reese will either get with it and play team ball or she will be miserable playing under Kim because that ain't gonna fly

But where is this coming from that she is "not going to want to give up the ball"? She is a great player so of course she is going to want the ball often, as all great players do. You just play as a team as well... this isn't rocket science.
 
TeamFirst! said:
Angel Reese signing with LSU might affect the Mikaylah Williams decision. Angel is not going to want to give up the ball. Just saying. I don't think Williams signs with LSU. I think she may still of course but I bet she's considering other options even more now. Mikaylah would be better off at SC or Uconn. As good as LSU will be soon, they will still be a secondary media market. As good as LSU will become, they will not develop Mikaylah's brand like Uconn. The veritable sky will open for Mikaylah at Uconn. Major social media boost. Magazine covers. ESPN exposure. Madison ave advertisers...etc. If I were Mikaylah, I would look at this as much bigger than basketball. The real money is in her brand. Does she want to just be another women's basketball player and make peanuts in the WNBA or does she want to play basketball and cash much bigger checks because she was smart about the process. A player like her cannot go wrong at Uconn.
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Mikayla is not coming to UCONN..
 
hoophuskee said:
She has elminated UCONN from her list?
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Isn't it true that she has neither ruled out Uconn from her list or put Uconn on a short list. To my knowledge she has kept things close to the vest and unlike many others does not have a formal short list. I may be wrong on that but I don't recall seeing one from her.
 
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oldhuskie said:
Isn't it true that she has neither ruled out Uconn from her list or put Uconn on a short list. To my knowledge she has kept things close to the vest and unlike many others does not have a formal short list. I may be wrong on that but I don't recall seeing one from her.
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Neither do I. That's why I was questioning that poster's comment.
 
Regarding Mikaylah, I said MIGHT affect her decision. Big difference to definitive statements yes or no. When any major player, largely in the same position, goes to a school it can affect the decision. If Kiki chose to come to Uconn would KK have made the decision she did? Maybe not. Mikaylah is mainly a shooting guard right? What is Angel? It looks to me that she's mainly a shooting guard. I think it might affect her decision. Especially when Angel was the primary star of her program and yet chose to leave anyway. That is at least somewhat of an indicator of dysfunction. It's only one year that they would play together so it may not be a huge issue.
 
TeamFirst! said:
Mikaylah is mainly a shooting guard right? What is Angel? It looks to me that she's mainly a shooting guard. I think it might affect her decision. Especially when Angel was the primary star of her program and yet chose to leave anyway. That is at least somewhat of an indicator of dysfunction. It's only one year that they would play together so it may not be a huge issue.
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Angel is a 6'3 post player, who plays the 4 (but mostly played the 5 at Maryland). Williams is a 6'0 shooting guard (who can also play the point).

Angel left Maryland, along with multiple other starters (Owusu, Collins, and many others over the years). That is more a reflection on Brenda and the climate she has than it is on Reese and the other players. For goodness sake, Brenda went to a reporter and threw Collins under the bus saying her GPA isn't good enough to get into Maryland's grad program. I am not aware of any problems with Reese or the other girls, they all seem like a close group that really loved each other. When things are so bad that you have starters who have successful seasons bolt, you got bigger issues as a program. It has become the norm under Brenda in recent years, perhaps she needs to do some soul searching.
 
SECbbfan24 said:
Angel is a 6'3 post player, who plays the 4 (but mostly played the 5 at Maryland). Williams is a 6'0 shooting guard (who can also play the point).

SECbbfan24 said:
Angel left Maryland, along with multiple other starters (Owusu, Collins, and many others over the years). That is more a reflection on Brenda and the climate she has than it is on Reese and the other players. For goodness sake, Brenda went to a reporter and threw Collins under the bus saying her GPA isn't good enough to get into Maryland's grad program. I am not aware of any problems with Reese or the other girls, they all seem like a close group that really loved each other. When things are so bad that you have starters who have successful seasons bolt, you got bigger issues as a program. It has become the norm under Brenda in recent years, perhaps she needs to do some soul searching.
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Are you joshin' me? That is way out of line, especially for someone working for a school.
 
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