I'm not 100% sure but I would think that recruits take pictures with Connecticut gear on the same way they do pretty much every other official visit so that when they make their announcement, they can have a picture in Connecticut gear. I just don't think that UConn publishes them until a recruit commits.
Is UConn allowed to give them gear and related merch, or is that a violation of recruiting rules?
Sometimes players are just the right fit for Geno and his system, and the Big "O" is one of those recruits...... If she chooses South Carolina over UConn, I'll be extremely disappointed.......if anything, I'd have thought Texas was UConn's major competition...
I felt the same way about Aaliyah Boston, and we know how that turned out. Maybe we should hope that someone on the team or coaching staff knows how to cook Croatian food.
No, some of what they wear is "on loan" like the letter jacket some have had on. Other times stuff like Fisher's sweatshirt are clothes they already own and wore on the trip/visit. UConn can't give them anything.
We can always ask Nika to swing by and whip up some cevapi and sarma……
I've wondered the same thing myself. I've also wondered whether parents and siblings are allowed to be given gear since they're often wearing some. I don't know the answer though.
Yes. Meyers and I were talking about never seeing UConn recruits in an official uniform. All good.
If I were accompanying my kid to a campus visit — and what parent wouldn’t? — I’d just buy some souvenirs for both of us from the campus store. I don’t think I’d wait to be given some swag. Or even want any.
So was I.
Next year...
There used to be a $25 limit on food/swag, don’t know if it was changed
Possibly. Makes sense they might/would do that.
Do you have evidence for this, or are you working backwards from the fact that players frequently are depicted in their new team's uniform as soon as their commitment is announced. There is a thing called Photoshop, which has been around for a long time. And something more called A.I.
more newfangled
The only "evidence" I have is the rapid release of a photo upon commitment, but if you reread my post, you will note that that was supposition on my part. In any event, the practice existed well before AI and don't look particularly Photoshopped.
Here is a video that might interest you. It shows the bronze medal match at the U20 European Championships B, which took place two months ago. Olivia played a fantastic game.
We should be so fortunate to have her end up like Big Mama Stef, who IMO was the greatest passing "big" in UConn history. That two-man game her and Stewie had going against ND in the 2014 final was epic!!!
I'm sorry for the edge in my post. I was having a bad day, but that is no excuse.
