Nika Muhl to UCONN

[CocoHusky]

So here is fun future dilemma. Paige wears #1 in HS ball and #10 for AAU. Nika wears #10 in club ball. Which player gets to wear #10 when they get to UCONN?

 

[BobbyJ]

So here is fun future dilemma. Paige wears #1 in HS ball and #10 for AAU. Nika wears #10 in club ball. Which player gets to wear #10 when they get to UCONN?

Arm wrestle?

 

[Sluconn Husky]

Watch how Paige Bueckers and Nika Muhl will transform UConn

 

[baggerbob]

Geno would smile at this effort:

Not quite Stewie when the Rutgers player stole the ball from Mo at H alfcourt, but the same desire. Geno will love that, easy to teach a player with a desire to win.

 

[DaBball]

This young lady is very talented but it does seem, based on this limited video, that she's prone to force shots and penetrate into one on three situations when there's likely a better option with a teammate. Obviously there are some extremely talented college defenders that might love someone who feels that they can get away with some of these forced penetrations. Maybe her teammates are very poor offensive players??? I have to assume that despite this video, she's an unselfish player because I don't think Geno would spend any time involved with someone who isn't all about team FIRST!

Van Lith’s HS teammates are nowhere near the caliber of those of Bueckers. I think that may be why you see the forced shots.

 

[Kurebeach5]

I believe that you cannot have enough guards on the team. Yes, UConn needs Post Players but I am thrilled with these two young ladies that have verbalized. To Hailey Van Lith join the crew. We have three forwards come to UC in Jones, Cash and Williams. Would love to see that happen once again.

At EVERY level of basketball, guards control the game.

 

[Go/huskies]

So here is fun future dilemma. Paige wears #1 in HS ball and #10 for AAU. Nika wears #10 in club ball. Which player gets to wear #10 when they get to UCONN?

Maybe it goes to who ever committed 1st? I believe both Lou and Boykin wore number 33 in high school but somehow Lou ended up wearing it.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Nika may wear #25 which was Sveta's number.

 

[j66kicker]

Van Lith’s HS teammates are nowhere near the caliber of those of Bueckers. I think that may be why you see the forced shots.

The one time I saw Hailey Van Lith play live she made several fancy hot dog passes to unsuspecting and uncapable teammates for turnovers. They were playing in front of some college coaches including Scott Rueck, and I got the idea she felt the need to demonstrate her skills. To be fair, her showboating didn't cost her team anything - they still murdered the team they were playing.

 

[oldude]

The one time I saw Hailey Van Lith play live she made several fancy hot dog passes to unsuspecting and uncapable teammates for turnovers. They were playing in front of some college coaches including Scott Rueck, and I got the idea she felt the need to demonstrate her skills. To be fair, her showboating didn't cost her team anything - they still murdered the team they were playing.

I don't think she was necessarily showing off. That's kind of the way she plays. During the U-18 World Championships, Hailey Van Lith got herself into trouble a number of times by dribbling into the paint and getting off her feet with no where to go with the ball. Give her some time and she'll figure it out.

 

[Gus Mahler]

Three-point shooting is not her specialty - at all. In her two European leagues, she is a combined 11-65 (16.9%).

What she does do well at is ... She is a terrific passer and is very crafty as well as a tenacious defender. Also a great rebounder for a guard. Triple-double type of player.

She will join Bueckers as far as anyone knows.

Dare I say I saw flashes of Sabrina out there?

 

[MilfordHusky]

Sorry, but who is Hailey Van Lith?

The USA 3 x 3 Gold Medal Team from the 2018 Youth Olympics:

Paige Bueckers, Aliyah Boston, Sam Brunelle, and Hailey Van Lith (Hailey Van Lith)

 

[hoopsfan22]

How tall is Hailey Van Lith?

 

[oldude]

How tall is Hailey Van Lith?

Listed at 5’7”

 

[CocoHusky]

How tall is Hailey Van Lith?

5'7" ish.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Hailey Van Lith is 5'7" of pure Badass.

 

[CL82]

Arm wrestle?

One on one game, first to 21?

I'd suggest Paige take # 11, though I'd be fine with her using #1.

 

[Fiftyish]

Thanks for explaining who Hailey Van Lith is. In the pic she looks a little vertically challenged but so what.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Thanks for explaining who Hailey Van Lith is. In the pic she looks a little vertically challenged but so what.

Check her videos, including the one where she is 8 years old in baggy UConn gear.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Watch how Paige Bueckers and Nika Muhl will transform UConn

I am still surprised when Nika said late last week that she had gone down to 4 schools before she heard from UConn 2 months ago and at first she thought "what are you kidding me." And she said she had to visit all the schools over the next month or so. Then plans changed.

 

[Gus Mahler]

Probably I should drift back off and bring closure to my little game.

The other two schools I was thinking are The Pennsylvania State University and The Johns Hopkins University. As cited near the beginning of this thread, people often include the "the" and pronounce it "thee" for emphasis. I think it's done by non-OSU people as a light-hearted mocking of the name. OSU people might say it in the spirit of distinguishing themselves from other, peer schools, or as the school in Ohio (implication being the Ohio is a superior state). All in good fun as far as I'm concerned.

I don't think I've ever heard Penn State adopt that mindset but maybe they do. I've heard some academic types refer to JHU in a way similar to OSU, only from the academic prestige point of view. It is, after all, a highly regarded school.

And there you have it.

 

[UconnFanDC]

Isn't Uconn her dream school from her younger days?

Then she should have committed sooner

 

[Sluconn Husky]

Nice highlight package here. Bit of a content warning on the song that accompanies.

 

[oldude]

Then she should have committed sooner

Hard to commit when you don’t have a scholarship offer. It appears that Nika only received an offer from UConn very recently.

 

[UconnFanDC]

Hard to commit when you don’t have a scholarship offer. It appears that Nika only received an offer from UConn very recently.

Hailey Van Lith? I didn't know she didn't have offer. Thought she did