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Paige Bueckers to UConn

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hjoerring said:
Not to rain on our parade, but early verbals get rid of one form of anxiety replaced by another.
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Why, whatever do you mean?

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oldude said:
Then Paige will really enjoy her 1st trip to South Bend in a UConn uniform. Many Irish fans already dislike the Huskies and their HC, and they certainly won’t be particularly fond of Paige after she spurned ND for UConn.
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She's quoted in an article this week about taking in two of these ND rivalry games and how electric the atmosphere of those games was. It's been rumored that she was leaned on pretty hard by a ND recruit and USA U17 team mate last fall. Bigs love her because she keeps the defense drawn out and she's already a sneaky quick passer, so I'm sure the recruit wanted to see her in a ND uniform. What's hard to figure is what is reported as the lackadaisical recruiting approach by head coaches of other premium programs. Did they figure out she was a long gone UConn recruit before she did?
 
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wow! poor kid is under an immense amount of scrutiny/adulation/pressure. and she's only a high school junior.

look at some of those twitter messages -- majority positive, thankfully -- but even trying read them all must be a burden.

she's getting compared to D -- and in my opinion, with some justification -- nominated for the final slot on the maya-stewie-DT monument. but can you imagine having such expectations put on you? a high school junior.

it must be tough.

she'll need all the determination, confidence and support she seems to have.

i'm glad she's a husky and am looking forward to seeing her play.
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She's gonna be a good one, no doubt about it. We do tend to over-react here. As some have noted, either the sky is falling or so and so is the second coming. Sounds like Paige has the "D" confidence which will serve her well given the lofty expectations we've already heaped on her. Good kid, good family, good skills and tremendous attitude. She'll do well.
 
MilfordHusky said:
People over-reacted to N.D. winning the National Championship and getting Sam Brunelle. The one true miss in recruiting was Aliyah Boston. I'm still puzzled by that one. Geno ultimately passed on Brunelle, got involved with Horston too late, and lost Haley Jones to a world-class school 16 miles from her high school. But he got a very athletic and underrated Aubrey Griffin. Geno views it as a one-year blip. Paige's decision affirms that. Wait until we get Makurat, Muhl, Gusters, Fudd, Miles, and DeBerry! Opinions will change. :)
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I'm buying what you're selling! :D
 
PacoSwede said:
wow! poor kid is under an immense amount of scrutiny/adulation/pressure. and she's only a high school junior.

look at some of those twitter messages -- majority positive, thankfully -- but even trying read them all must be a burden.

she's getting compared to D -- and in my opinion, with some justification -- nominated for the final slot on the maya-stewie-DT monument. but can you imagine having such expectations put on you? a high school junior.

it must be tough.

she'll need all the determination, confidence and support she seems to have.

i'm glad she's a husky and am looking forward to seeing her play..
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To be fair, most of us are saying she has that kind of potential. Like we are saying Fudd has the potential to be a Moore/Mosqueda-Lewis morph type of player. And these comparisons aren't unfair. The 5 finalists for ALL of high school for the Naismith POY were Cooke, Jones, Horston, Bueckers and Fudd. When it was narrowed to 3, it was Jones, Bueckers, and Fudd.

That means that the most prestigious high school NPOY award is between a senior, junior, and sophomore. The 2nd two (Bueckers and Fudd) are viewed as better than every other high school player, including the ones who are seniors. That's pretty stratospheric stuff.

Side note, I doubt there is ANY pressure a bunch of "random" posters on the BY could put on Bueckers that she and her coaches haven't already put on her themselves. I would say that some may feel our "expectations" are inflated, but time will tell. I don't think they are...
 
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dtbtbtb said:
Paige will get the keys for the UConn Lamborghini and drive it to glory! Think of Page running the show with senior MW and juniors CW and ONO....
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oldude said:
All Paige needs to do is drop a handful of well placed dimes to her teammates on USA basketball and they will figure out pretty quickly that playing on Paige’s team has its advantages.
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Great idea. Hope she does.
 
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JordyG said:
I can't wait until she fills out that sweatshirt. Let's tie a bungie cord around Liv and her that continually rebounds to the weight room. I need to take up a collection from all UConn fans to donate one hour of their lifespan to Geno. Everyone, please help.
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Gee Jordy, I'd really like to help, but I'm already living on borrowed time. :eek:
 
Scoop said:
Gee Jordy, I'd really like to help, but I'm already living on borrowed time. :eek:
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C'mon dig deep. It's for a good cause. Besides, giving is one of life's most tender acts.
 
By adding the five-star rated and top ranked player in the class, Connecticut is getting an elite recruit with the characteristics to be successful under the microscope there.


“From my initial evaluation on Bueckers as an eighth grader, it was evident that she had a chance to be special,” Brandon Clay, publisher of ProspectsNation.com said. “Her scoring prowess was on full display back then as she dropped 22 points on seven of nine shooting including six of seven from 3-point range a varsity game as an 8th grader. She only played 15 minutes. That said, Bueckers should have an opportunity to step on Campus in Storrs and provide the Husky faithful with more of the same consistent production that she's brought to the hardwood since that cold December day in 2015. Her ability to play handle the ball coupled with the skill to score puts me in the mind of the legendary Sue Bird during her Christ The King days.”

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Her play at the USA Basketball trials this past spring showed she is a full on playmaker. She scored the ball effortlessly against the best competition you can find and found ways to get set up teammates as well. It’s one thing to be ranked No. 1 and it’s another to play like the best guard in the class.


Bueckers is the first commitment for Connecticut in the 2020 class that is loaded with talent at the top.


Bueckers Next Step Is Storrs | Prospects Nation
 
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Maybe she should wear No. 10, and cover the zero with colored tape matching whichever uniform color she's wearing. Geno would probably get a kick out of it, right up until he rips off the colored tape.
 
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