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it will be interesting to see how the glowing speculations here pan out. morgan has accomplished much so far; i hope she continues to impress us.

i notice, however, that while morgan gets multiple kudos/speculations about her abilities to help the huskies in the future, there is one extremely important trait that hasn't been mentioned. i have no idea if she has it (she may): the ability to be an asset for the huskies when the ball is in the opponent's hands.

physically, she seems to fit the bill -- but from experience, it's clear that's not the sole factor in performance.

therefore, she could be superior on defense or a liability. while nobody knows, i hope the former.

but my real point here is that none of you seem to even be plugging this factor into your speculations. seems to me defense counts heavily in the game, at least at uconn's level.

does anyone have any opinion about her talents on defense?
 
I can understand why people get excited about high ranking players coming out of HS.
I don't get excited until I see them play in college against other D1 players, then I either get excited or not.
 
Bone Dog said:
Morgan has better foot speed and quickness than Katie Lou or Anna Makurat or Caroline. She's not quite the perimeter shooter Katie Lou was, but she's a good passer and excellent decision maker at the point. I could see her playing the point from time to time over the next few years. But what I really expect is to see the return of the sort of passing game we saw in the Gabby-Katie Lou-Pheesa years. Those teams anyone could initiate the break or finish it. With Morgan-KK-Paige-Azzi-Jana on the floor, we could see something similar.
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Ashlyn Shade says hello.
 
PacoSwede said:
it will be interesting to see how the glowing speculations here pan out. morgan has accomplished much so far; i hope she continues to impress us.

i notice, however, that while morgan gets multiple kudos/speculations about her abilities to help the huskies in the future, there is one extremely important trait that hasn't been mentioned. i have no idea if she has it (she may): the ability to be an asset for the huskies when the ball is in the opponent's hands.

physically, she seems to fit the bill -- but from experience, it's clear that's not the sole factor in performance.

therefore, she could be superior on defense or a liability. while nobody knows, i hope the former.

but my real point here is that none of you seem to even be plugging this factor into your speculations. seems to me defense counts heavily in the game, at least at uconn's level.

does anyone have any opinion about her talents on defense?
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I’ve commented several times in recruiting threads about her defensive versatility. She’s smart, tenacious and can guard 1-4 because of her high BB IQ. She’s been coached throughout her HS career by Sue Phillips, one of the best in the country, so her defensive fundamentals are very advanced. She’ll do fine.
 
PacoSwede said:
it will be interesting to see how the glowing speculations here pan out. morgan has accomplished much so far; i hope she continues to impress us.

i notice, however, that while morgan gets multiple kudos/speculations about her abilities to help the huskies in the future, there is one extremely important trait that hasn't been mentioned. i have no idea if she has it (she may): the ability to be an asset for the huskies when the ball is in the opponent's hands.

physically, she seems to fit the bill -- but from experience, it's clear that's not the sole factor in performance.

therefore, she could be superior on defense or a liability. while nobody knows, i hope the former.

but my real point here is that none of you seem to even be plugging this factor into your speculations. seems to me defense counts heavily in the game, at least at uconn's level.

does anyone have any opinion about her talents on defense?
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Hi, not sure what you mean when you ask if she is an asset when other team has ball- are you asking if she is good defensively?
 
hoophuskee said:
Can't wait to watch her play. Her best attriubute appears to be her versatitliy and she seems strong. IMO her best position will be PF. Imagine some you can feed the ball from the high post with an ability to not only shoot and not only haing the luxury of having another player with guard-like skils to enhance ball movement, but she will b able to dribble past bigger players thereby creating opprtutnites for teammates. Ball movement with her at the PF should be outstading.

And as a PF will enhoance the press. - She looks like she can guard 1-5 with exception of an extremely quick guard or a very big center. .
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Imagine the versatility Geno will have with (knock on wood, Strong), Morgan, Aubrey, Caroline, Yanna! Add Q and our most recent PF sensation, Paige Bueckers:rolleyes: and I’m pretty sure that’s the finest stable of 6’2”-6’1” forwards in the country! Strength, quickness, ball handling, inside & outside shooting and at least two have the ability to play as guards as well! To be fair, Dawn has quite a stable as well, depending on who comes back but Kitts and Edwards alone put them in pretty elite territory as well.
 
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PacoSwede said:
it will be interesting to see how the glowing speculations here pan out. morgan has accomplished much so far; i hope she continues to impress us.

i notice, however, that while morgan gets multiple kudos/speculations about her abilities to help the huskies in the future, there is one extremely important trait that hasn't been mentioned. i have no idea if she has it (she may): the ability to be an asset for the huskies when the ball is in the opponent's hands.

physically, she seems to fit the bill -- but from experience, it's clear that's not the sole factor in performance.

therefore, she could be superior on defense or a liability. while nobody knows, i hope the former.

but my real point here is that none of you seem to even be plugging this factor into your speculations. seems to me defense counts heavily in the game, at least at uconn's level.

does anyone have any opinion about her talents on defense?
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How about staying healthy?
 
NEforceUConn said:
Ashlyn Shade says hello.
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Absolutely Ash! When I said "With Morgan-KK-Paige-Azzi-Jana on the floor..." I wasn't giving a starting lineup. I was merely pointing to one of the lineups we might see.
 
My biggest concern about getting Strong is that when we’ve gone head to head with Dawn in recruiting top players (think Aja and Boston) she’s gotten them☹️
 
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BobbyJ said:
I’ve commented several times in recruiting threads about her defensive versatility. She’s smart, tenacious and can guard 1-4 because of her high BB IQ. She’s been coached throughout her HS career by Sue Phillips, one of the best in the country, so her defensive fundamentals are very advanced. She’ll do fine.
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I've seen a couple of her games plus several highlights on video. She has great anticipation and good length. If folks like that way Paige is defending this year, they'll like Morgan as a defender.
 
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VA Huskie said:
My biggest concern about getting Strong is that when we’ve gone head to head with Dawn in recruiting top players (think Aja and Boston) she’s gotten them☹️
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Yeah, but she just signed the #2 player who happens to play the same position! Not to mention Kitts and at least one or two others that play there too! Hard to see why she would go there with that kind of redundancy at her position! I wouldn’t say never though, Dawn is obviously very persuasive.
 
Cuango said:
Yeah, but she just signed the #2 player who happens to play the same position! Not to mention Kitts and at least one or two others that play there too! Hard to see why she would go there with that kind of redundancy at her position! I wouldn’t say never though, Dawn is obviously very persuasive.
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And she wins.
 
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donalddoowop said:
Do you think Dawn did not recruit Paige and Azzi?
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No idea. I don’t follow recruiting all that closely. But I did remember Aja and Boston. Do you know if Dawn recruited Paige and Azzi?
 
ScottCT said:
Dawn also recruited KK. It came down to us and South Carolina.
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I guess I stand corrected on players that Dawn and Geno both wanted. Seeing as how we got several of them, I’m more confident that we could get Strong.
 
BobbyJ said:
Every top program in the country did.
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Duh… of course they did. I was thinking more along the lines of being serious competition for someone we were interested in. Like, if Paige and Azzi had a “top 5 finalists”, would SC have been on that list?
 
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