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Meet Qadence Samuels

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Qadence says of her decision. “And I believe that the head coach, Geno [Auriemma], will make me better and challenge me to be a professional basketball player.”

"the seven Samuels siblings and their parents, Shanda and Qwanzi Samuels Sr. ... During the pandemic, they would all go together to this court or the one at their middle school as early as 6 a.m. to train. They’d do form shooting, basketball drills and other on-the-court workouts, followed by some sort of strength and conditioning workout, which often involved running hills."

"... they expected Qadence’s decision to be a long, drawn-out process. In some ways it was — she had built relationships with other schools for over a year — but the UConn commitment came together at rapid speed. A few months ago, Qadence wasn’t even being recruited by UConn. "

"“It felt like a dream, to be honest,” Qadence said. “I was like, ‘I’m really at UConn.’ And it was just, to me it was unreal because like I see all the trophies and stuff.”

"I think holding her to a level of expectation and accountability is something that she strives in those sorts of environments. She’s willing to say, ‘Oh, I’m not going hard. I’ll go harder.’ Or, ‘Wait, you want me to do this? Alright, I’ll do it.’”

 
Quadence’s older brother plays at GWU and attended St. John’s College HS. I think he may have overlapped one year with Azzi. They both worked out at the school at 6 AM, and Quadence joined them some of the time.
 
Qadence also had lunch with some players on the team, including Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd. She was really excited to talk to Bueckers, who she’d been of fan of for some time. She was already plenty familiar with Fudd, though. Qadence’s high school, Bishop McNamara, is in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC), the same league as St. John’s, where Fudd and Qadence’s older brother, Qwanzi, went.
 
Qadence also had lunch with some players on the team, including Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd. She was really excited to talk to Bueckers, who she’d been of fan of for some time. She was already plenty familiar with Fudd, though. Qadence’s high school, Bishop McNamara, is in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC), the same league as St. John’s, where Fudd and Qadence’s older brother, Qwanzi, went.
Paige is the only one current player who follows Qadence's IG. They may know each other well.
 
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It tickles me pink when a kid reacts like this:"“It felt like a dream, to be honest,” Qadence said. “I was like, ‘I’m really at UConn.’ And it was just, to me it was unreal because like I see all the trophies and stuff.” You want them to feel that way and carry some of that through their UConn experience.
 
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Yes it is. It was also the first posted.
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LOVE the puffballs. Hope she keeps them. So how tall is she REALLY? How tall is Geno?! People love debating that on here!! :D

BTW Geno looking healthy and like he slimmed down a bit. Good for him!!

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She will be very distinguishable with those "puffs". We won't have any trouble recognizing her when she's in the game. They worked for D.D. Richards (Baylor) who is now playing for the NY Liberty in the WNBA. They should work for Qadence. :)
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D.D. Richards
 
She will be very distinguishable with those "puffs". We won't have any trouble recognizing her when she's in the game. . . .
That's true. My eyes aren't what they once were, so if I'm sitting in the nosebleed section of the
XL center, I usually have better luck identifying our players by their hair styles rather than by
their numbers.
 
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I think Ice and Ayanna will turn out to be the sort of players opponents don’t want to bump up against. Too solid. Just like Aaliyah.
 
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Not in my community. Girls ride rough and tough with their Afro puffs!, but I understand whatcha sayin.
You get Major props for the" Lady of Rage" shout out !
 
Thanks to some YouTube links, I was able to watch Qadence in game action.

Here is what I observed. TFWIW.

--Though they could pass as sisters (look at the team picture again), Aubrey and Qadence play a different game. Aubrey is probably a better slasher. Qadence has great form shooting threes.
--Qadence needs to get stronger. She has time of course.
--She is a willing rebounder.
--I would bet she has the fewest TOs of any McNamara starter. She seems to make smart choices with the ball.
--If I coached her team, I would run Qadence off more screens like Fairfield did for Lou. Qadence stands around a lot waiting for the guards to do something.
--I think she fits nicely as a three.
--Defending won't be a problem, especially on the perimeter.
--How quickly she sees the floor at UCONN depends how much stronger she gets between now and 2023.
--For not being a frequently mentioned potential recruit in the recruiting thread, this kid can play and is not an afterthought signing.
 
Stymie, look again. There are only 10 roster players here along with Qadence. Brady is NOT in that photo. :cool:
 
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