NYT Article: After an Unsure Start, Gabby Williams Soars at UConn

[StarMan]

After an Unsure Start, Gabby Williams Soars at UConn

 

[huskeynut]

Gotta love Gabby.

 

[VAMike23]

Awesome article !!

Gabulous--There can be only One

 

[Waquoit]

I'm convinced Gabby wouldn't have hit such heights elsewhere. Holly would have probably run her off the team.

 

[Huskie78]

That... was amazing!
And so is this little clip I was able to capture at UCF on 1-1-17:

 

[JoePgh]

I'm convinced Gabby wouldn't have hit such heights elsewhere. Holly would have probably run her off the team.

Every other college coach in America would have viewed her as a guard, which is how she viewed herself when she arrived in Storrs. They would have pushed her to perfect her 3-point shot and nagged her about her ball handling. It would never occur to them to play her as a forward. She might have become a fairly average 5-11 guard who got a few more rebounds than most of her peers.

It took a combination of Geno's basketball genius and Gabby's athletic gifts (and her willingness to trust him as he took her out of her comfort zone) to make Gabby the All-American Forward emerge from the chrysalis.