That’s what their bios say anyway.
Mir has smile to be the face of 2021 UConn Women's Basketball!If the sports advertising and promotion department is smart, they would capitalize on her beautiful smile, and feature her on some posters/team advertisements in the near future. She's very photogenic. I wish I had a smile like that.
6’4 I was thinking
May not be "wide body" but very strong legs. In many ways, more valuable body type since she is strong enough to guard 99% of the bigs but can run the floor.
The ability to bang in the paint relies much more on leg strength than upper body strength. Establishing and holding your position in the lane requires lower body strength. Aaliyah is unique possessing the strength to play inside, as well as the athleticism to be effective outside.
Now it’s pretty clear why all the recruits have big smiles on their faces. It’s a good thing Geno didn’t take the picture......
You think Megan was the FOP last year? I would have said Christyn (or Dangerfield). The first requirement for being the face of the program is that you actually have to want to be there. Megan was like the Mookie Betts of UConn. The broody never really happy to be there type, but knew it was a necessary stepping stone for long term bidness purposes.
You know, I bet that in a couple of years, this unit of 5 can do a lot of damage.
Davis was a terrific player for Baylor but I'm not sure Davis would have worked out for UCONN or that Mir will either. Davis was an offensive liability as evidence by her career A/TO ratio of almost 1 & lack of range on her jumpshot. That lack of a jumpshot is mainly what kept Davis from being drafted into WNBA. Davis made a living off being at the basket and reacting quicker than anyone else. The UCONN offense simply demands more, Mir will have to be mobile, a ball mover, good screen setter and able to deliver pass to open teammates and be willing to shoot when open. Recall that Mikayla had a good enough set of defensive tools but did not see the floor because she was an offensive liability.
Excellent points made. And from what I've seen, and despite the high ranking from the gurus, she'll need to learn most offensive and defensive fundamentals from scratch to be able to meet the demands of the UConn systems. Being quick and able to jump only gets you so far and her HS preparation was less than optimum in my opinion. Good luck to her and I hope she's a fast learner.
Sometimes words come out of peoples mouth because they've fallen in love with the sound of their own voice. When someone says something like that to me I stare at them for a few seconds before saying "I'm sorry. You thought I was talking to you."Once I was chastised by a female HR manager for describing a woman interviewee as well groomed. She said horses are groomed, not people. I can only imagine how she would react to a young woman being thought of as a thoroughbred.
I agree. I see her getting minutes playing the 3/SF position rather than competing with the guards mentioned in a previous post. I think she can be a really good disrupter and perimeter defender in the Big East conference games where there won't be a lot of big line ups at SF and PF positions. Imagine her against a maybe inch or two taller but slower less athletic Forwards in the Big East. I think she'll be quite succesful. I think willnet crocket when I see her.
