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Mir McLean, Live and In Person

Just look at the B12. Get past Baylor and not one ranked team. And the B1G is doing something this year but they have been a P5 conference in name only for most of the last half dozen or more years. UConn is exchanging USF & a bunch of 85-200 teams for DePaul and a bunch of 35-85 teams.
 
New article on Mir in the Courant:


But as much as McLean’s looking forward to all of that and other fun senior year events, finally getting to embark on her collegiate career at UConn can’t come soon enough.

“I’m really excited to get up there, like I’m itching to get up there,” McLean told The Courant in a recent phone interview.


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Whether in the classroom or on the basketball court, UConn signee Mir McLean is never one to back down from a challenge

Mir McLean’s high school basketball career has come to an end, but even before she steps foot on UConn’s campus, she’s got plenty left to accomplish. She’s currently finishi…
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Great article about a very special young lady. I liked this piece.

McLean has always been artistic and enjoyed drawing, oil painting and coloring as a way to de-stress. McLean says that when she’s mad at school, she often turns to basketball; mad at basketball, she turns to school; mad at both, she turns to drawing.

I see a few Caricatures of Geno in her future. ;)
 
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I like reading this:

"McLean’s next step was to develop more of a face-up game, create her own shot, work on ball-handling and get more comfortable shooting on the perimeter. Steinbach saw growth in those areas and only expects her to continue improving under the tutelage of Auriemma and his staff. But what she was most impressed by were the intangibles that McLean brought to the court in a season where, with so many new faces, the team leaned on her for leadership and bringing people together off the court.

“She’s grown up very quickly in the last two seasons,” Steinbach said, “and it’ll be exciting to watch how that will translate to the college level.”
 
JoePgh said:
Next year I foresee that she will have to be Olivia's main backup in the post. She is certainly better suited for that role than Aubrey, and I don't think Piath will be ready to do that.
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Edwards and Brady will also give opposing coaches something to think about. They’re going to give the opposition nightmares. Starting season, Geno can put 5 players on the floor that can shoot, will play with a sense of urgency, and won’t take plays off.

Aubrey will come off the bench again as 6th man bringing energy, and making plays as soon as she hits the floor. But now she’ll know what she’s doing out there, and won’t be so quick to defer to upper classmen on offense.
 
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Carnac said:
Edwards and Brady will also give opposing coaches something to think about. They’re going to give the opposition nightmares. Starting season, Geno can put 5 players on the floor that can shoot, will play with a sense of urgency, and won’t take plays off, and have Aubrey as 6th man again Bringing energy and making plays as soon as she hits the floor.
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I've been watching the early 2000s teams and I feel like these upcoming recruiting classes are going to recreate those years. You look at the skills of these recruits and in almost every case you can find an early 2000s player that provided a similar role and set of skills. Its going to be fun!
 
DEpup said:
I've been watching the early 2000s teams and I feel like these upcoming recruiting classes are going to recreate those years. You look at the skills of these recruits and in almost every case you can find an early 2000s player that provided a similar role and set of skills. Its going to be fun!
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Absolutely! Did the same thing and thought the same thing.
 
In case you missed it in the Autumn thread, here's what Autumn's father had to say about Mir:

“Mir’s team beat the stuffing out of us,” Tehmi Chassion said. “Not the stuffing but they ended up winning by 20 points. We were down two starters and we’re playing our hardest in New Orleans and Mir’s team is slowly pulling away. Mir’s in the air for a rebound literally for 5-6 seconds. She’s floating. The girl gets up and she’s grabbing the ball at the rim and she’s floating in the air.”
 
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Crossover said:
Not just way above the basket. My memory could be playing tricks on me, but I believe he once jumped high enough to snatch a quarter that had been placed on the top of the background.
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I think the quarter story belongs to a Rucker legend:
Herman “Helicopter” Knowlings - Ben Franklin (Harlem, NY)

Knowlings, is known for his leaping ability, and legend has it that at rucker he once blocked three NBA players shots in one possession. Bernard King, former all star for the New York Knicks once said, "When I was in 9th grade, I saw the Helicopter, with my own two eyes, pick a quarter off the top of the backboard to win a bet, and I was in complete shock," Knowlings never played professional basketball and was killed in a car accident at the age of 37.

He was famous in street ball when I was growing up.
 
MilfordHusky said:
In case you missed it in the Autumn thread, here's what Autumn's father had to say about Mir:

“Mir’s team beat the stuffing out of us,” Tehmi Chassion said. “Not the stuffing but they ended up winning by 20 points. We were down two starters and we’re playing our hardest in New Orleans and Mir’s team is slowly pulling away. Mir’s in the air for a rebound literally for 5-6 seconds. She’s floating. The girl gets up and she’s grabbing the ball at the rim and she’s floating in the air.”
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Mr. Chassion was hallucinating and then he confused the rim with the bottom of the net. ;)
 
HuskeyinSC said:
I think the quarter story belongs to a Rucker legend:
Herman “Helicopter” Knowlings - Ben Franklin (Harlem, NY)
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I thought that the Harlem legend who took a quarter off the top of the backboard was Earl “the goat” Manigault? He told the story himself, that it was him that did it after witnessing A player named Jackson do it. For those that don’t know the goat, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said he was the greatest player he ever played against.

From an interview with The Goat. "Manigault said, “I saw Jackie Jackson (who played for the Harlem Globetrotters) pick quarters off the top of the backboard. I did it the next day. After I saw Jackie do it, I had to do it. I couldn’t sleep thinking about it.”
 
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ncteacher said:
I thought that the Harlem legend who took a quarter off the top of the backboard was Earl “the goat” Manigault? He told the story himself, that it was him that did it after witnessing A player named Jackson do it. For those that don’t know the goat, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said he was the greatest player he ever played against.
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I read where both the Goat and the Helicopter did it.
 
Carnac said:
Edwards and Brady will also give opposing coaches something to think about. They’re going to give the opposition nightmares. Starting season, Geno can put 5 players on the floor that can shoot, will play with a sense of urgency, and won’t take plays off.

Aubrey will come off the bench again as 6th man bringing energy, and making plays as soon as she hits the floor. But now she’ll know what she’s doing out there, and won’t be so quick to defer to upper classmen on offense.
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At the risk of embarassing myself, who is Brady?
 
RockyMTblue2 said:
At the risk of embarassing myself, who is Brady?
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ncteacher said:
I thought that the Harlem legend who took a quarter off the top of the backboard was Earl “the goat” Manigault? He told the story himself, that it was him that did it after witnessing A player named Jackson do it. For those that don’t know the goat, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said he was the greatest player he ever played against.
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both guys are listed as Rucker Legends but the Goat section doesn't mention that story;
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Rucker Legends

Kareen Abdul-Jabbar - Power Memorial (New York, NY) Class of 1965 The NBA's all time leading scorer was also a force in High school leading Power Memorial to a 71 game winning streak. He went on to...
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ncteacher said:
I thought that the Harlem legend who took a quarter off the top of the backboard was Earl “the goat” Manigault? He told the story himself, that it was him that did it after witnessing A player named Jackson do it. For those that don’t know the goat, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said he was the greatest player he ever played against.
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Jumping Jackie Jackson. Manigault told the producers of his movie Rebound it wasn’t him that it was Jackson, but they liked the story so I think they had it in the movie that it was him.
 
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donalddoowop said:
I read where both the Goat and the Helicopter did it.
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Let's take a step back here for a moment. Manigault was perhaps 6'1". His vertical reach, while standing, would be around 8'.
The top of the backboard is 13' high. That means he would need a 5' or 60" vertical jump to touch the top of the backboard !!. It's difficult to get a verified vertical above 50".
Unfortunately, Earl didn't touch the top of the backboard.
For reference:


And, from one of the top dunkers,
go to the 2 minute mark.
50 INCH VERTICAL!?! Jordan Kilganon INSANE First Day At DUNK CAMP! Raw Footage
 
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Who is putting the quarters on top of the backboards? Next we’ll be hearing about somebody taking a quarter and leaving change. I’m checking Snopes.
 
rvwsleep said:
Let's take a step back here for a moment. Manigault was perhaps 6'1". His vertical reach, while standing, would be around 8'.
The top of the backboard is 13' high. That means he would need a 5' or 60" vertical jump to touch the top of the backboard !!. It's difficult to get a verified vertical above 50".
Unfortunately, Earl didn't touch the top of the backboard.
For reference:


And, from one of the top dunkers,
go to the 2 minute mark.
50 INCH VERTICAL!?! Jordan Kilganon INSANE First Day At DUNK CAMP! Raw Footage
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Googleing highest vertical jump reveals a guy in Canada had a 63.5" jump. In the NBA Wilt Chamberlain and Darryl Griffith had 48" jumps. A number of others were recorded at 46", including Spud Webb, but MJ not on top ten list.

Grabbing a quarter from the top of the backboard would be possible but only by a precious few.

I don't know that there are records on hang time. Gravity rules; jump higher and stay in the air longer. I suppose that if you flex the knees while in the air the time until the feet hit the ground would be slightly delayed.
 
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