Meh. Hmm so what is the take away from that? She's "relearning" a position while she is in the WNBA... Hmm could it be that she's in the WNBA? Same could be said about Collier and things seem to be working out well for her.
It only took 125 posts in this thread for someone to imply that, “UConn needs to recruit more Bigs.”apparently he's only lost his touch recruiting players over 6'2".......
Starting not subing
Lol, well you have high standards, my friend. Being in the WNBA isn't enough?
BTW: for some extra insight into why so many people root against UConn, it's stories like this. Stanford gets a commitment from the no. 4 player in the class (Demetre)? Not even a peep on ESPNW. UConn gets the no. 21 player? Big ol' ESPNW profile. By all accounts, signing the no. 21 player in the country is not that newsworthy (as compared to, say, a program changer like Bueckers). Perhaps you can argue it's warranted given that UConn has 11 championships, but the disparity in headlines definitely sticks in the craw of fans of other schools!Her finalists were Maryland, Missouri, and Oregon.
Women's basketball recruiting: UConn lands commitment from 2021 guard Saylor Poffenbarger
UConn women's basketball made a big recruiting splash when the Huskies landed guard Saylor Poffenbarger, the No. 21 espnW HoopGurlz prospect in the Class of 2021.es.pn
True, but consider this: When UConn recruits the No. 21 player, analysts begin to think “where did we go wrong rating her this low?”
I get that drinking the homebrew koolaid is part of the culture, but with all due respect, Coombs at ESPNW rank #13, AEH at #16, Edwards at #17, Boykin at #23, Gordon at #29, and Eckmark at #31 suggest that the non-top 10 UConn recruits are generally as unremarkable as every other school's non-top 10 recruits (these are all since 2014, mind you). And none of those players made huge jumps in the recruiting rankings just because they signed with UConn. (Williams at #14 and Nurse at #33 are the recent examples I can think of that cuts against assuming the recruiters were generally correct, and even with them, it was after they stuck with the Geno coaching for 2-3 years before they emerged to be the stellar athletes they became.)
It only took 125 posts in this thread for someone to imply that, “UConn needs to recruit more Bigs.”
There have been lots of headlines about Stanford WBB. There was the headline when Gabby chose UConn over Stanford. There was also the headline when Lou picked the Huskies over the Cardinal. There was even a headline when a kid by the name of Jones chose that college in Palo Alto over the beautiful campus in Storrs, CT......
I agree. In the words of Kara Wolters, it looks like she gets "it" and particularly she gets Geno. Hopefully she won't be surprised as a frosh. I wonder what the stats are now on daughters of coaches and pro athletes at UConn?
In the words of Coach Norman Dale from Hoosiers, “I would hope you would support who we are, not who we are not.”not even "Bigs"......I'll settle for a single "BIG"......
No way.
Maybe in AAU tournaments, but not likely on the high school level. Saylor plays for a public high school in Frederick County, Maryland and Mir plays for a private high school in the Baltimore suburbs. Different leagues.
In addition, like a number of states, MD runs separate public and private school championships. Middletown and Saylor finished as the runner up in the Class 2A public school state championship, while Roland Park and Mir finished as the runner up in the IAAM private school state championship. For the record, MaxPreps had Roland Park rated 5th and Middletown 15th in the state.
