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A little bit of an update on Collier and Samuelson at the link as well.
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He also spoke about freshmen Molly Bent, Crystal Dangerfield and Kyla Irwin as well as transfers Batouly Camara and Azura' Stevens, who are all on campus.
"They are at different stages in their careers," Auriemma said. "You have two kids (Camara and Stevens) who have already played college basketball so they are at one end of the spectrum. The other three guys, this is all first time for them and even those three, Crystal coming off a gold-medal winning stuff (with the U.S. U-19 team) and the other two was off of everybody's radar except ours but everyone of them have their own unique things.
"It's been a while since we've had five freshmen or five new players and one senior, it is tilted the other way. Those years when we had four seniors and one freshman, it is going to be really different."
Auriemma was asked if the large number of transfers was simply a sign of the times.
"It might just be circumstances, just the right people, the right time," Auriemma said. "Sometimes there is just no need, they just don't fit or not the right positions. This one just happened to be right for whatever reason. They are kids that we know, kids that play a position that there doesn't seem to be a lot of coming out of high school so all the elements were there. I think we are fortunate to have them.
"It is not a lot of time (to get to know the incoming transfers). We were involved with Batouly coming out of high school so we know about her more than somebody else. With Azura', it is more with I got a chance to see her a little bit in the summer with USA Basketball. We recruited Svetlana (Abrosimova) over the phone, sometimes you have to go with your gut feeling and hope you are right
It was all good. A lot of it is gut instinct."
The New Haven Register Blogs: Elm City to Eagleville: Transfers, freshmen fitting in at UConn
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He also spoke about freshmen Molly Bent, Crystal Dangerfield and Kyla Irwin as well as transfers Batouly Camara and Azura' Stevens, who are all on campus.
"They are at different stages in their careers," Auriemma said. "You have two kids (Camara and Stevens) who have already played college basketball so they are at one end of the spectrum. The other three guys, this is all first time for them and even those three, Crystal coming off a gold-medal winning stuff (with the U.S. U-19 team) and the other two was off of everybody's radar except ours but everyone of them have their own unique things.
"It's been a while since we've had five freshmen or five new players and one senior, it is tilted the other way. Those years when we had four seniors and one freshman, it is going to be really different."
Auriemma was asked if the large number of transfers was simply a sign of the times.
"It might just be circumstances, just the right people, the right time," Auriemma said. "Sometimes there is just no need, they just don't fit or not the right positions. This one just happened to be right for whatever reason. They are kids that we know, kids that play a position that there doesn't seem to be a lot of coming out of high school so all the elements were there. I think we are fortunate to have them.
"It is not a lot of time (to get to know the incoming transfers). We were involved with Batouly coming out of high school so we know about her more than somebody else. With Azura', it is more with I got a chance to see her a little bit in the summer with USA Basketball. We recruited Svetlana (Abrosimova) over the phone, sometimes you have to go with your gut feeling and hope you are right
It was all good. A lot of it is gut instinct."
The New Haven Register Blogs: Elm City to Eagleville: Transfers, freshmen fitting in at UConn
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