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Message: [QUOTE="Blakeon18, post: 3130278, member: 35"] Congratulations to Morgan! This story is a repeat but it was from years ago....so here goes. I was at an AAU tourney in Albany in June....happened to be after Morgan's junior year. I was watching some game and one player clearly stood out....great fundamentals....snazzy passing...great perimeter shooting. I had no idea who she was but there was lady sitting close by. I went over and asked her if she knew who the player was. She said she did....it was Morgan Valley and she happened to be her daughter. I had never heard of her at that point. Cool! We chatted a bit about her game and I said I was a huge UConn fan. Mom said that the family...Morgan/Ashley/Mom/Dad had just left Storrs after meeting with Geno. My ears perked up a bit....more than a bit. She said that Geno had offered Morgan a scholarship....and that had shocked the entire family. They knew Geno was recruiting her but had zero expectations of an offer at that meeting. That 'shock' led to tears....from Morgan herself. Morgan promptly began a 'discussion' with Geno about whether she had the ability to play at a UConn level....with Morgan expressing doubt. After a few minutes of this back/forth Geno [with mock anger] told Morgan to stop it...that he knew more about this than she did. This came across as extremely amusing from Mom. Morgan accepted the offer later that summer before her senior year started. I think Mom said that Rutgers/Old Dominion and of course Vermont had offered both Morgan and Ashley. ND and UConn offered only Morgan with Geno saying that he would be back in a year and seriously look at Ashley. Well...Morgan could play at the UConn level but ailments/injuries [and maybe too much self-inflicted pressure to be perfect] never allowed her too. BTW: I think it was Dee [part of that recruiting class] who tabbed her as "The Larry Bird of Vermont". Pretty much right on....not the most athletic player but shooter/passer/French pastry/huge effort/great fundamentals...all 'yes'. BTW#2: Dee and Morgan roomed together their frosh year and I remember reading they had to be separated at some point....too much competitiveness/arguing/fighting between them. Not really a surprise. Nice to see Dee's whole-hearted endorsement of Morgan for the UHart job. [/QUOTE]

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