Megan Walker Goes Pro [merged thread]

[Centerstream]

This just ruined my watching the 2020 AAC Tournament replays.
(I am really doing just that!!!)

 

[oldude]

This should not be that shocking. We were repeatedly warned about this possibility here on the BY.

I don’t usually place a lot of faith in BY warnings. Do you?

 

[CL82]

Was she truly going to reach her "potential" playing another year at UCONN?

I think so Coco. Megan would have improved with another year at UConn.

I support her decision and appreciate all her great play for us regardless.

 

[CocoHusky]

So unless Evina doesn’t also turn pro with a year of eligibility remaining next year, I guess UConn can cancel senior day next season.

The roster is now at 10. There will be new transfer rules in place. UCONN could should be thinking about adding transfers.

 

[Centerstream]

How weird will this be if, by some miracle, she is voted AA for this season?

 

[CocoHusky]

I don’t usually place a lot of faith in BY warnings. Do you?

Usually no, but I do tend to pay attention to myself.

 

[Dooooooomed]

Sucks, but I feel good about our depth next season. This is Evina's team now.

 

[Charliebball]

Was she truly going to reach her "potential" playing another year at UCONN?

interesting question..............I think there were some ball handling and footwork issues to clean up but she made a big enough leap this past season to consider the WNBA.........it certainly makes Geno's bench management issues a bit easier to deal with

 

[Fairfield Fan]

WCBB is changing. Perhaps the draw of more money in both the WNBA and European leagues makes it more compelling to leave early.

These young women have to look out for their financial futures, and not wasting a season that could get you badly injured is not irrational.

Really sorry she won't be coming back. But wonder whether anyone will really be playing basketball at any level in the fall. Medical experts are predicting a resurgence of the virus in the fall after easing up this summer.

Wish her all the best.

 

[Charliebball]

I expect Evina to be one and done if she has a good season and if Anna progresses enough perhaps she will head back to Europe before her senior year.......

 

[oldude]

The roster is now at 10. There will be new transfer rules in place. UCONN could should be thinking about adding transfers.

Unless it’s a true impact player, Geno should stand pat. Even before Megan’s announcement, I felt Aaliyah could earn the starting spot at PF, moving Megan to the W. That PF job will now be a battle between Aaliyah & Aubrey. Anna, Christyn, Evina & possibly Mir will battle it out for PT at W.

 

[hoophuskee]

wow.

Wish her well.

 

[tower1]

Good luck to her. Business decision wise I don’t think it was a smart decision. She needs to develop more. Never developed a killer instinct and reached her true potential.

Good luck to her, but i don't think she is ready. She can't even make a layup.

 

[UConn2SF]

Thank you, Megan for everything you did for the program and its fans these last three years.

 

[Longtime fan]

Shocking, especially as Geno said he thought no changes as of 26 hours ago...

This is an enormous blow. She is the rock upon which we counted for next season. Chaos reigns.

 

[tower1]

The roster is now at 10. There will be new transfer rules in place. UCONN could should be thinking about adding transfers.

Times have changed and coaches must change too or get left behind. Some coaches must stop being so stubborn or be left behind because their are too many options for players out there now.

 

[CocoHusky]

I think so Coco. Megan would have improved with another year at UConn.
I support her decision and appreciate all her great play for us regardless.

No doubt Megan would have improved while playing another season at UCONN because she has improved every year while playing at there. Achieving her potential is entirely a different matter. For some BY posters Megan would and has fallen short of achieving that "potential' because she has failed to lead UCONN to multiple championships, was not a major contributor or starter as a freshman and not named an AA as a sophomore. It is an insanely high bar we tend to place on #1 HS recruits. Her potential is to be among the top WNBA picks and clearly Megan will achieved that.

 

[Zanzman]

How weird will this be if, by some miracle, she is voted AA for this season?

Why would that be weird

 

[hoopsfan22]

Times have changed and coaches must change too or get left behind. Some coaches must stop being so stubborn or be left behind because their are too many options for players out there now.

What does this mean?

 

[BBallF]

This just ruined my watching the 2020 AAC Tournament replays.
(I am really doing just that!!!)

Me too! I am extremely disappointed in her. I pulled for her as a player since she was a freshman. She needed another year to develop her mid range game. What about playing with her friend Evina? I guess that didn't mean enough to her nor did winning a championship for UCONN.

 

[Kaizen]

 

[SLY63]

Really surprising to announce now given the WNBA has not even committed a 2020 season. Why commit so early?

 

[hoopsfan22]

So this makes two straight classes without a championship for UConn. When was the last time that happened?

 

[eebmg]

I am flabbergasted. Why turn pro if the chance of a pro league running is negligible? US or international. Finish her degree, work on some parts of her game, enter the draft with a weaker class, play with her best friend while being the unquestioned leader of the team. etc. etc.

 

[hoopsfan22]

I am flabbergasted. Why turn pro if the chance of a pro league running is negligible? US or international. Finish her degree, work on some parts of her game, enter the draft with a weaker class, play with her best friend while being the unquestioned leader of the team. etc. etc.

She just saw herself in what happened to Kyla. Basketball is Megan's job. If something happens to her physically, then what?