Piath to the NBL1 (Australia)

[Argonaut]

I guess things didn’t work out in Portland…

I wish Piath the best and hope she can finally gain some traction with her career, but I definitely didn’t have her going pro before Paige, Nika, Aaliyah, or Mir on my class of 2020 bingo card.

 

[Centerstream]

I don't understand the statement "has won it all at the college level" part of this announcement.
I'm glad that she is going pro but I just am wondering what she won in college.

 

[EricLA]

I'm just super thrilled for her. Wish her much success. Just goes to show what having UConn on your resume will do for your hype!

BTW isn't that photo of her in her UConn jersey? Certainly not UMass or Portland!! LOL

 

[Plebe]

Good for her, but:

“The former UConn player has won it all at the college level”???

 

[Argonaut]

Maybe they won it all in 2021 on the Australian telecast...

I'd really just chalk it up to assumptions about UConn from an agency that doesn't have many American clients. If you scroll through their IG page, there are very few US players highlighted.

 

[AmeriConn]

Wasn't she playing for UMass?

 

[DefenseBB]

Wasn't she playing for UMass?

1. She was mostly sitting on the bench at UMass
2. She entered the portal and left school in May

 

[LGITB]

I'm just super thrilled for her. Wish her much success. Just goes to show what having UConn on your resume will do for your hype!

BTW isn't that photo of her in her UConn jersey? Certainly not UMass or Portland!! LOL

To be honest... we get a good number of American players here, and whenever an UConn player shows up I go crazy (of course) but most of the local crowd and papers don't get all that excited about it. Tiffany Hayes played here a couple of years and while I thought it was like the 2nd revelation, I was kinda on my own with that!

 

[Argonaut]

1. She was mostly sitting on the bench at UMass
2. She entered the portal and left school in May

3. She transferred to the University of Portland for this school year, and was listed on their roster for fall semester (now she's off the roster, but is still in the team photo -- #36). However, since it was her second transfer, she wasn't able to play.

 

[Kaizen]

Just glad she can play professional basketball ...

 

[HopJim]

Saw a path for Piath where she played for a true mid-major like a Patriot League team. Built up her skills and credentials then transferred as a grad student to a top 20 school. Her decisions on colleges were curious at best.

 

[jayfromfla]

It does write big east on the shirt

 

[freshler40]

Happy for Paith. Sorry she didn't stick around for the Huskies. She might have grown into a well-rounded player and certainly helped in what we now know is a shortage of bigs. Life is filled with what might have been.

 

[HuskyNan]

Can’t we just wish Piath well and move along? There’s no need to be unkind