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Message: [QUOTE="Sluconn Husky, post: 5354561, member: 5089"] [I]Vukosa, the No. 3 prospect in the [URL='https://www.espn.com/high-school/girls-basketball/recruiting/rankings/scnext100girls/_/class/2026']Class of 2026[/URL], committed to the Huskies later that weekend during an evening at coach Geno Auriemma’s house. The 6-foot-4 forward had no intention of making a decision when she arrived in Storrs — she was still scheduled to take her last official visit to South Carolina later this month — but Vukosa felt certain that she’d already found her new home. ... “(Auriemma) is always on top of everybody, and he’ll call anyone out on anything. He has no shame in doing it,” Vukosa said. “Mackey and (assistant coach Joe DeLuca) here are always on me about doing my best and pushing and keeping going, and there’s always that next step. Geno was doing the same thing with Sarah Strong in practice that day, and I just knew that I wanted to be a part of that.” ... In Vukosa, Mackey said he sees the same relentless work ethic that made Charles and Bird great during their high school days. “She’ll finish a drill, get back up in the front of the line and go again because she didn’t feel it was right,” Mackey said. “You’ve got to, once in a while, say, ‘Get off the line. Stop, just breathe for a minute.’ .. She’s got a great engine, loves the game. She’s definitely an aficionado. She loves to watch and study the game, and I think the ceiling is endless.”[/I] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.courant.com/2025/10/22/five-star-olivia-vukosa-aims-to-join-high-schools-rich-legacy-of-uconn-womens-basketball-greats/[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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