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Nika Muhl to UCONN

DaBball said:
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.
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Dare I say I saw flashes of Sabrina out there?
 
Fiftyish said:
Sorry, but who is Hailey Van Lith?
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The USA 3 x 3 Gold Medal Team from the 2018 Youth Olympics:

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Paige Bueckers, Aliyah Boston, Sam Brunelle, and Hailey Van Lith (Hailey Van Lith)
 
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BobbyJ said:
Arm wrestle?
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One on one game, first to 21?

I'd suggest Paige take # 11, though I'd be fine with her using #1.
 
Thanks for explaining who Hailey Van Lith is. In the pic she looks a little vertically challenged but so what.
 
Fiftyish said:
Thanks for explaining who Hailey Van Lith is. In the pic she looks a little vertically challenged but so what.
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Check her videos, including the one where she is 8 years old in baggy UConn gear.
 
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.
 
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UconnFanDC said:
Then she should have committed sooner
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Hard to commit when you don’t have a scholarship offer. It appears that Nika only received an offer from UConn very recently.
 
oldude said:
Hard to commit when you don’t have a scholarship offer. It appears that Nika only received an offer from UConn very recently.
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Hailey Van Lith? I didn't know she didn't have offer. Thought she did
 
UconnFanDC said:
Hailey Van Lith? I didn't know she didn't have offer. Thought she did
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Sorry. Thought you were talking about Nika Muhl. I agree that if Hailey Van Lith was leaning towards UConn, she missed the boat. Had she committed early, then Geno probably doesn't extend an offer to Muhl. Truth is, I like Muhl's size and defensive ability more than Hailey Van Lith.
 
intlzncster said:
Svet wasn't Euro. She was Russian. That was the problem lol
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The time Geno was mic’d, Svet missed a wide open layup on a fast break. That when he [in]famously said,”That’s it, no more damned Europeans” for everyone to hear. That’s why we think of Svet as European. That’s also why Geno won’t wear a mic anymore
 
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oldude said:
Sorry. Thought you were talking about Nika Muhl. I agree that if Hailey Van Lith was leaning towards UConn, she missed the boat. Had she committed early, then Geno probably doesn't extend an offer to Muhl. Truth is, I like Muhl's size and defensive ability more than Hailey Van Lith.
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Yes. It appears that UCONN is moving toward "positionless" "pace and space" basketball. This requires tall guards who are quick and agile, on both offense and defense. Bueckers and Muhl fit that mold; Hailey Van Lith does not. As much as I love to watch Hailey Van Lith play (she is Jamelle Elliot/Shea Ralph fierce), she is neither tall/long enough nor fluid enough for the type of game UCONN wants to play going forward. As much as I love Crystal Dangerfield, Notre Dame and Louisville (among other teams) repeatedly took advantage of her height deficit.
 
Crossover said:
Yes. It appears that UCONN is moving toward "positionless" "pace and space" basketball. This requires tall guards who are quick and agile, on both offense and defense. Bueckers and Muhl fit that mold; Hailey Van Lith does not. As much as I love to watch Hailey Van Lith play (she is Jamelle Elliot/Shea Ralph fierce), she is neither tall/long enough nor fluid enough for the type of game UCONN wants to play going forward. As much as I love Crystal Dangerfield, Notre Dame and Louisville (among other teams) repeatedly took advantage of her height deficit.
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Hailey Van Lith is going to be a phenomenal asset to whichever team she goes to and I would much rather have her playing for us than against us.
 
Crossover said:
Yes. It appears that UCONN is moving toward "positionless" "pace and space" basketball. This requires tall guards who are quick and agile, on both offense and defense. Bueckers and Muhl fit that mold; Hailey Van Lith does not. As much as I love to watch Hailey Van Lith play (she is Jamelle Elliot/Shea Ralph fierce), she is neither tall/long enough nor fluid enough for the type of game UCONN wants to play going forward. As much as I love Crystal Dangerfield, Notre Dame and Louisville (among other teams) repeatedly took advantage of her height deficit.
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Idk, she put Muhl on some ice skates in some of the videos we saw of them playing against each other at the recent training of the final four
 
Hayven said:
Idk, she put Muhl on some ice skates in some of the videos we saw of them playing against each other at the recent training of the final four
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Yes, but there is a longer version of the video in which Muhl embarrasses Hailey Van Lith more than once. Considering that Muhl was thousands of miles away from home in the U.S. for the first time, her performance was pretty special.
 
Crossover said:
Yes. It appears that UCONN is moving toward "positionless" "pace and space" basketball. This requires tall guards who are quick and agile, on both offense and defense. Bueckers and Muhl fit that mold; Hailey Van Lith does not. As much as I love to watch Hailey Van Lith play (she is Jamelle Elliot/Shea Ralph fierce), she is neither tall/long enough nor fluid enough for the type of game UCONN wants to play going forward. As much as I love Crystal Dangerfield, Notre Dame and Louisville (among other teams) repeatedly took advantage of her height deficit.
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Not sure I agree with the part about the movement. Hailey Van Lith could would certainly have worked out well at UCONN playing alongside Paige. Just think this is the recruiting process playing itself out. From documented reports Hailey Van Lith has been holding a UCONN offer since she visited UCONN. That was in November of 2017. That's also a long time ago and a lot has happen in between. It could very well be that in that time UCONN assessed their chances with Hailey Van Lith and decided they needed to look else where. Or, it could be that Hailey Van Lith decided that UCONN was a lower priority on her list.
 
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Crossover said:
Yes. It appears that UCONN is moving toward "positionless" "pace and space" basketball. This requires tall guards who are quick and agile, on both offense and defense. Bueckers and Muhl fit that mold; Hailey Van Lith does not. As much as I love to watch Hailey Van Lith play (she is Jamelle Elliot/Shea Ralph fierce), she is neither tall/long enough nor fluid enough for the type of game UCONN wants to play going forward. As much as I love Crystal Dangerfield, Notre Dame and Louisville (among other teams) repeatedly took advantage of her height deficit.
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That's exactly the kind of kid UCONN's been missing and needs. She also looks really strong, with a thick, physical body type. Offsets height in different ways. Looks like a bull. Wish she was coming.
 
Crossover said:
Yes, but there is a longer version of the video in which Muhl embarrasses Hailey Van Lith more than once. Considering that Muhl was thousands of miles away from home in the U.S. for the first time, her performance was pretty special.
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Anyway you can post that longer version or a link to it.
 
intlzncster said:
That's exactly the kind of kid UCONN's been missing and needs. She also looks really strong, with a thick, physical body type. Offsets height in different ways. Looks like a bull. Wish she was coming.
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Not sure I see any new trends in UConn's system or guards. Geno has always been great at coaching up talent designing the offensive/defensive system to match players. While it is great to have "swiss army knives" like Collier, 5'5" guards seem to be welcome as well.
 
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