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and if you are into the twitter conspiracy thing that started with Azura Stevens,..............Jade just started following both Baylor Women's Basketball and Kim Mulkey
 
Charliebball said:
and if you are into the twitter conspiracy thing that started with Azura Stevens,....Jade just started following both Baylor Women's Basketball and Kim Mulkey
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Like there's plenty of room at the post there for her.
 
JordyG said:
Like there's plenty of room at the post there for her.
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I know..........like five 6'4" - 6"7" players not including her.......I guess if you want to stay in Texas it's between Texas and Baylor.....Texas has a bunch of very tall people too
 
Charliebball said:
That's my girl!!!!!!!


Is Manasquan's Faith Masonius UConn's Answer to the Mabrey Sisters

Discussion in 'UConn Women's Basketball' started by Charliebball, Mar 11, 2016.



  1. While awaiting march Madness I couldn't help but think about future Connecticut players in our area. Why worry about convincing players from Texas to leave the Lone Star State if there is excellent homegrown talent just a couple of hours away.

    I have already mentioned Saddle River Day's Michelle Sidor, NJ's leading scorer as a freshman in an earlier thread. The other super NJ freshman that has also been discussed on this site is Manasquan's Faith Masonius. Faith is a big part of Manasquan's continued high ranking in NJ basketball. It is the same school that has produced the two Mabrey sisters of ND fame with a third currently staring on the HS team.

    Faith is the only NJ player listed in ESPN's top players of 2019. Here is recent comment about her game.

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    FAITH MASONIUS- 6FT- MANASQUAN- SWING

    She is one of the most talented players to enter the Shore Conference in years. The talented freshman is already one of the best players in the state for any grade. She not only lived up to the hype this year, but proved she could handle any type pressure. In big games her performances were breath taking. She was nothing short of sensational in the SHORE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. She averaged over 17 points a game against teams ranked in the Top 10 in the state (not counting her opening game of her career). This season Faith Mansonius averaged 13.1 ppg…6.4 rebounds and 2.5 assist on the season. This was just a start to what will be a brilliant career. While playing out of position all year, Masonius at times was dominant on the biggest of stages. Her ability to impact the game in so many ways, made it impossible for most teams to prepare for her. The shooting ability along with the ball handling skills make for a dangerous combination. She no question will be one of the most recruited players in all of America… Before she has played her last game she will enter the discussion as greatest player in Shore History.


    As others have pointed out in another thread, Faith has UConn connections as her mother played college ball at St Joe's and later coached at UConn in the late 80's with GA and CD. Her brother is also currently playing on the UConn hockey team.

    From what I observed in the times I have seen her play live, she is a highly skilled player with a great motor and high basketball IQ.

    I certainly can't predict whether she will develop into a UConn caliber player but she is certainly headed in the right direction
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I have faith in Faith!
 
JordyG said:
The "Will visit" part sounds like future tense. She's already had her Husky visit. That last part seems an ad on about old news.
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Exactly. It IS old news.
 
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CHRISTYN WILLIAMS : my 1st time seeing her live... after seeing a good bit of film.

As most of you already know, she is a Lefty . 5'10" ish , quality strength for a young h.s. prospect. I wouldn't assess her an "elite" athlete ( run, jump )...but she is def a very good athlete. Definitely capable of some smooth, impressive finishes. Quick first & second step.
Along with the Lefty advantage... her Quickness, Strength, Length and Handle make her a game in - game out LOAD to deal with off the dribble, attacking the rim.
She is very capable of creating mid range pullup shots (including vs contested defense ). she is already VERY tough to handle 1 vs 1 ( incl vs older defenders )
The afformentioned physical attributes also make her a consistent threat on the Offensive Boards.
As you would summize, she is certainly LOAD to deal with in the open court / Transition. Moving forward over the next couple years, I would like to see an enhanced capacity with Passing acumen off the dribble. She seems to represent the precocious type that has been so productive, talented with attacking rim - finishing on her own or drawing Fouls... that at times she misses the UConn-esque passing reads/ opportunities... to take it herself. Sometimes leading to difficult finish attempts.. where an "on time - on target " Pass would lead to an easier opportunity for a teammate.
Just a part of the Growth , Efficiency process for such a talented young scorer.

I would consider her at this stage a "good" perimeter shooter. She has a high arching shot that looks very solid in terms of structure. I saw her make multiple Transition spot up 3's... looking comfortable with catch & shoots after a transition run. Good sign of a competent shooter, quality stroke.
For the most part... she has a pretty good Recognition level in terms of shot selection. I also have a good impression of her feel, discipline for not "over" dribbling. She seems smart ( esp. relative to age ) about her commitment to Attack once she puts it on the floor. I didn't really see wasted dribbles.

She looks to be a Good FT shooter. which should prove to be a real x-factor in her career... since she is such a LOAD attacking paint, rim.. and should draw Fouls consistently with her aggressive, physical style.
She certainly seems to have a comfortability with contact... and the capacity to finish through contact.

Defensively.. she seems to have the requisite appetite, activity level, competitive Pride & Toughness to be a very competent Defender moving forward. She, like 95% of talented h.s. kids,, just needs college level training on that end. She also should be an Above Avg / very good Rebounder for a 2G / Wing


She doesn't appear to be an expressive competitor, teammate supporter on the level of her buddy Lexi Gordon... but she displays a smoldering internal Fire. I could consistently see it in her face, eyes. But she will show emotion here or there. There is definitely an internal "edge" to her on court presence. Appears ver competitive & driven.

I have said prior ... that a year from now, I could definitely envision Christyn taking on a very similar profile
( game / skills, physical presence, mental intangibles, consistent dominant impact, Efficiency ! ) that are currently on display from Megan Walker.
 
CoachBill said:
CHRISTYN WILLIAMS : my 1st time seeing her live... after seeing a good bit of film
I have said prior ... that a year from now, I could definitely envision Christyn taking on a very similar profile
( game / skills, physical presence, mental intangibles, consistent dominant impact, Efficiency ! ) that are currently on display from Megan Walker.
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Appreciate that analysis...................now just have to hope that CW is the CT lean I think she is...................would love to hear what you think about the post players you saw down there............UConn clearly is looking for their next great post player...........is that Charli Collier? Frankly I'm not sure.....................your thoughts on her or any other bigs that impressed you would be appreciated
 
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Charliebball - Charli & Sedona Prince are 2 legit candidates
 
CoachBill said:
Charliebball - Charli & Sedona Prince are 2 legit candidates
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They are both Texas girls right?................what are the odds of getting either of them to come North?..........Baylor and Texas seem to have more post players then they know what to do with so I guess that is a positive............
 
Charliebball - my read / feel is that UConn will have a good shot with both

go / huskies - as with most of these kids.. depends on the game. But imo... Di Di Richards is one of the most intriguing players in class. Great size for a Wing ( 6'2" ) very smooth & skilled overall. Good athlete. Will be tough matchup & potentially impact games in many areas.
If she can refine, tweak her perimeter shooting stroke a touch.. potentially adding more consistency ( esp from distance ), she can be an All American caliber player.
She has a ton of Upside
 
CoachBill said:
Charliebball - my read / feel is that UConn will have a good shot with both
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Hate to keep bugging you, but have you heard things about Prince and UConn? The Huskies were one of her final considerations before she initially gave a verbal to Texas. Since then there's been no connecting talk about her and UConn.
 
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What a gem Coach Bill is for the BY. I almost feel like we should pay him to be our professional scout.
 
Charliebball said:
and if you are into the twitter conspiracy thing that started with Azura Stevens,....Jade just started following both Baylor Women's Basketball and Kim Mulkey
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Well good. Williams isn't coming to UConn so let's hope she goes to Baylor where she can sit behind the gazillion post players Mulkey is signing. This is great news.
 
CoachBill said:
CHRISTYN WILLIAMS : my 1st time seeing her live... after seeing a good bit of film.

As most of you already know, she is a Lefty . 5'10" ish , quality strength for a young h.s. prospect. I wouldn't assess her an "elite" athlete ( run, jump )...but she is def a very good athlete. Definitely capable of some smooth, impressive finishes. Quick first & second step.
Along with the Lefty advantage... her Quickness, Strength, Length and Handle make her a game in - game out LOAD to deal with off the dribble, attacking the rim.
She is very capable of creating mid range pullup shots (including vs contested defense ). she is already VERY tough to handle 1 vs 1 ( incl vs older defenders )
The afformentioned physical attributes also make her a consistent threat on the Offensive Boards.
As you would summize, she is certainly LOAD to deal with in the open court / Transition. Moving forward over the next couple years, I would like to see an enhanced capacity with Passing acumen off the dribble. She seems to represent the precocious type that has been so productive, talented with attacking rim - finishing on her own or drawing Fouls... that at times she misses the UConn-esque passing reads/ opportunities... to take it herself. Sometimes leading to difficult finish attempts.. where an "on time - on target " Pass would lead to an easier opportunity for a teammate.
Just a part of the Growth , Efficiency process for such a talented young scorer.

I would consider her at this stage a "good" perimeter shooter. She has a high arching shot that looks very solid in terms of structure. I saw her make multiple Transition spot up 3's... looking comfortable with catch & shoots after a transition run. Good sign of a competent shooter, quality stroke.
For the most part... she has a pretty good Recognition level in terms of shot selection. I also have a good impression of her feel, discipline for not "over" dribbling. She seems smart ( esp. relative to age ) about her commitment to Attack once she puts it on the floor. I didn't really see wasted dribbles.

She looks to be a Good FT shooter. which should prove to be a real x-factor in her career... since she is such a LOAD attacking paint, rim.. and should draw Fouls consistently with her aggressive, physical style.
She certainly seems to have a comfortability with contact... and the capacity to finish through contact.

Defensively.. she seems to have the requisite appetite, activity level, competitive Pride & Toughness to be a very competent Defender moving forward. She, like 95% of talented h.s. kids,, just needs college level training on that end. She also should be an Above Avg / very good Rebounder for a 2G / Wing


She doesn't appear to be an expressive competitor, teammate supporter on the level of her buddy Lexi Gordon... but she displays a smoldering internal Fire. I could consistently see it in her face, eyes. But she will show emotion here or there. There is definitely an internal "edge" to her on court presence. Appears ver competitive & driven.

I have said prior ... that a year from now, I could definitely envision Christyn taking on a very similar profile
( game / skills, physical presence, mental intangibles, consistent dominant impact, Efficiency ! ) that are currently on display from Megan Walker.
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Thanks coach Bill, You sir are a real treasure to us here in the yard. Your reports are truly appreciated. :)
 
I would like to second Carnac's thank you (although being "Carnac", he probably knew I would do it before I did:)) for the great posts from Coach Bill. It is tough for a basketball junkie to go cold turkey sweating it out until November. Along comes a post by Coach Bill and I've had my "fix" and can manage to survive another day. I am also thankful for Doggydaddy's wonderful informative blog site that keeps us informed and entertained as well with facts, logic, and wit. And of course the Boneyard does a great job to keep us in survival mode until that first fall scrimmage and beyond. We are truly basketball blessed.
 
I would like to add my thanks to Coach Bill for his player analysis.................that said..................OK Coach Bill, have you had a chance to see my two favorite local girls, Michelle Sidor and Faith Mansonious...............the are 2019 class and don't have all the hype that follow some of the big name players but they are on track for upper Div 1 play............let us know if you into them in your travels......
 
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CoachBill said:
Charliebball - my read / feel is that UConn will have a good shot with both

go / huskies - as with most of these kids.. depends on the game. But imo... Di Di Richards is one of the most intriguing players in class. Great size for a Wing ( 6'2" ) very smooth & skilled overall. Good athlete. Will be tough matchup & potentially impact games in many areas.
If she can refine, tweak her perimeter shooting stroke a touch.. potentially adding more consistency ( esp from distance ), she can be an All American caliber player.
She has a ton of Upside
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Sounds like Baylor got a good one.
 
Charliebball said:
I would like to add my thanks to Coach Bill for his player analysis.......that said...OK Coach Bill, have you had a chance to see my two favorite local girls, Michelle Sidor and Faith Mansonious.....the are 2019 class and don't have all the hype that follow some of the big name players but they are on track for upper Div 1 play..let us know if you into them in your travels.
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charliebball - thanks for the nice sentiment.

I actually have not seen them live yet. .. hoping pretty soon
 
Carnac said:
Thanks coach Bill, You sir are a real treasure to us here in the yard. Your reports are truly appreciated. :)
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carnac & uconnMark - Thank you for the very kind & supportive sentiments
 
sluconn - from what I hear... sounds like UConn will be a factor with Sedona Prince , and that Lexi is working on her

I have to say... in WBB having a recruit with Lexi's personal intangibles & popularity being very active in trying to help recruiting efforts is a Big deal. ( esp living in such a talent rich state as TX )
It is very common on the boy's side for players to invest time recruiting each other... but not so much within landscape of the girls side.
Usually kids make what they consider the best overall decision for themselves... but having a peer like Lexi invest as an extra recruiter can be distinguishable.


Bgillon - thanks a lot for veryy kind sentiment.
 
It's interesting that contact with college coaches and potential future teammates is carefully regulated but that those already committed to a school can do whatever they want to convince others. I don't see how it could be regulated fairly--especially in this age of social media--but just saying....
 
CoachBill said:
sluconn - from what I hear... sounds like UConn will be a factor with Sedona Prince , and that Lexi is working on her
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Interesting on several levels, not the least of which is UConn targeting both Collier and Prince. Has to be one or the other I would think.
 
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