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POLL: NOW that the roster is complete, choose your starters...

Who will start on day 1? Vote for 5...

  • Azzi Fudd

  • Serah Williams

  • Caroline Ducharme

  • Ice Brady

  • KK Arnold

  • Ash Shade

  • Ayanna Patterson

  • Jana El Alfy

  • Allie Ziebell

  • Morgan Cheli

  • Sarah Strong

  • Kayleigh Heckel

  • Kelis Fisher

  • Gandy Malou-Mamel

  • Blanca Quinones

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This is the most complete team we have had in many years. Losing Paige hurts, but we are gaining Serah, who provides great post-play on offense and defense. Serah points per game is similar to Paige's so we dont really lose any point production. She is also a very good defender and can get out on the break.
So my starting 5 is KK as point, Azzi as shooting guard, Blanca at the 3, Sarah at the 4 and Serah at the 5. That is a really good defensive team with plenty of offense.
The bench is loaded, and we haven't seen Caroline and Ayanna in a long time, so I am not sure what they will bring next year. It would be great if Allie could step it up to provide a three-point threat off the bench besides Ash. K9 adds another good point guard off the bench. We also have Jana and Ice to come off the bench. So we have plenty of bigs. We are loaded!!!!! I feel 13 is coming next year.
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Stagnant said:
One thing. I still don’t think the roster is complete. I think Q is coming back. Probably on a non-scholarship slot; think Autumn Chassion.
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Unless Maryland and Connecticut have a tuition swapping arrangement she’d have to pay out-of-state tuition. And even with in-state tuition, UConn’s is $23k vs $11k at U Maryland. If she wants to be a walk-on player, Maryland looks a lot more attractive, at least from a parent perspective.
 
Stagnant said:
One thing. I still don’t think the roster is complete. I think Q is coming back. Probably on a non-scholarship slot; think Autumn Chassion.
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I don't think she'll be too excited to pay over $40K out of state tuition to sit with the trainers since 15 is the NCAA limit on how many players can dress for games.
 
I agree it doesn’t make sense. But she still has it up on her TikTok that she is a UConn WBB 27’. The more time that goes by without an announcement; the more I am expecting her to show up in June for summer training camp.
 
My inclination is to say that it doesn’t make sense to start Jana or Ice alongside Sarah and Serah. I worry that such a lineup would be too slow. But others seem to think this wouldn’t be a problem. I wonder if I'm too focused on overall team speed. After all, in seasons when we had Liv, Dorka and Aaliyah, Geno regularly had two bigs on the floor together and it wasn't a problem.

On the other hand, I remember the games right after Paige's first knee injury when Geno was forced at times to put all three of them on the floor at once -- against Ga Tech and UCLA -- and we lost the first and the second was a close call. Perhaps this is the wrong analogy.
 
BobbyJ said:
I don't think she'll be too excited to pay over $40K out of state tuition to sit with the trainers since 15 is the NCAA limit on how many players can dress for games.
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I'm wondering if an alum in Dallas may donate $40K in NIL money to Q? You know, the one known for being a great teammate. :D
 
David54 said:
I just checked the pole Azzi has more votes than strong. So there are at least 3 of us thinking Sarah Strong is not a starter.
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309 to 307 currently (out of 309).
 
MilfordHusky said:
I'm wondering if an alum in Dallas may donate $40K in NIL money to Q? You know, the one known for being a great teammate. :D
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That would be a lot of money for Q to sit and watch games. At least she could get the replays and highlights if she watched them on TV from another campus plus actually get a chance to play there. ;)
 
BobbyJ said:
That would be a lot of money for Q to sit and watch games. At least she could get the replays and highlights if she watched them on TV from another campus plus actually get a chance to play there. ;)
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I am sure many of us are perplexed as to why she has not caught on with any other schools, even Div II or III. I thought she had at least as much potential as Ines or Amari. Perhaps now that the UConn roster is full, she will find a home.
 
Vowelguy said:
Who’s the chucklehead who doesn’t have Sarah Strong starting?
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I was going to ask the same thing?! That had to have been an accidental click of the mouse. Makes ZERO sense.
 
Bone Dog said:
My inclination is to say that it doesn’t make sense to start Jana or Ice alongside Sarah and Serah. I worry that such a lineup would be too slow. But others seem to think this wouldn’t be a problem. I wonder if I'm too focused on overall team speed. After all, in seasons when we had Liv, Dorka and Aaliyah, Geno regularly had two bigs on the floor together and it wasn't a problem.

On the other hand, I remember the games right after Paige's first knee injury when Geno was forced at times to put all three of them on the floor at once -- against Ga Tech and UCLA -- and we lost the first and the second was a close call. Perhaps this is the wrong analogy.
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That is an interesting comparison and I agree that in general Liv, Dorka and Aaliyah at the same time didn't work, mostly because although Aaliyah has some perimeter skills, she is not the passer or outside shooter you would expect from that position, in essence a natural 4 somewhat out of position at the 3.

With this year's group of bigs, it is different, because one of them (Sarah) is quite capable of playing the 3, in fact maybe at an All American level. She has the three point shot and passes like a PG. It might be a little bit of a quickness question guarding smaller players, but I think she might be pretty good at that too. Serah can easily play the 4 well, and with Jana at the 5 this could be potent.

Having said that, the only combination of three bigs that is likely to work is with Sarah and only Sarah at the 3. We could play with a normal lineup, two bigs, a small lineup with just one, or a big lineup with three. All are possible at times IMO.
 
oldhusky said:
That is an interesting comparison and I agree that in general Liv, Dorka and Aaliyah at the same time didn't work, mostly because although Aaliyah has some perimeter skills, she is not the passer or outside shooter you would expect from that position, in essence a natural 4 somewhat out of position at the 3.

With this year's group of bigs, it is different, because one of them (Sarah) is quite capable of playing the 3, in fact maybe at an All American level. She has the three point shot and passes like a PG. It might be a little bit of a quickness question guarding smaller players, but I think she might be pretty good at that too. Serah can easily play the 4 well, and with Jana at the 5 this could be potent.

Having said that, the only combination of three bigs that is likely to work is with Sarah and only Sarah at the 3. We could play with a normal lineup, two bigs, a small lineup with just one, or a big lineup with three. All are possible at times IMO.
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If I had to guess, I'd say the season starts with Azzi Sarah Serah and KK playing ~25 minutes each. Exactly who gets what percentage of the remaining ~100 minutes will probably vary quite a bit through November and December. Whether that 5th starter is Jana or Ice or Ash or Kayleigh or Blanca or Morgan or Ayanna or Allie will probably be the subject of some careful experimentation and situational choices. Does Geno want a bigger lineup against one opponent or a quicker one against another? Of course, practice performance will be at the bottom of all of it, but this will not answer all questions.

But by mid-January, I expect the lineup situation to have settled into a few recurring patterns to allow for the process of building chemistry to develop. And by mid-February we should be able to see who the main rotation is pretty clearly.
 
ERWUC65 said:
I am sure many of us are perplexed as to why she has not caught on with any other schools, even Div II or III. I thought she had at least as much potential as Ines or Amari. Perhaps now that the UConn roster is full, she will find a home.
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It's a matching process.
I'm sure there are many schools that would love to have Q. But she might not have interest in them.
 
I thought I voted for Herbert Hoover. Eh, mistakes were made, but Hoover would have been an awesome power forward playing next to Eleanor Roosevelt at the wing.
 
I went out on a limb and changed my vote from three (3) players to five (5), and for sentimental reasons went with Caroline, Azzi, Sarah, Serah and KK. Although it's unrealistic to believe Caroline could possibly be ready by day 1, if she's close ... I think Geno might start her. More realistically (if she can make it at all), she could be in the starting lineup by mid-January. Additionally, as I've been saying since before Kayleigh (k9) actually committed, I expect her to also be in the starting lineup by mid-January replacing KK. Not necessarily because I believe she is better than KK (we just can't know that at this point). For me, you can't put a price on team chemistry, and having KK and her enormous strenghs coming off the bench to stop any potential turnarounds by our opponents is one of those "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" situations.
 
As much as I love Caroline D I don't see her starting, even if she come all the way back. Just not fast enough and
her shot is not consistent enough. I know that she is a BY favorite but her ability on the court just is not there?
 
cgshuskie said:
As much as I love Caroline D I don't see her starting, even if she come all the way back. Just not fast enough and
her shot is not consistent enough. I know that she is a BY favorite but her ability on the court just is not there?
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Disagree. Sorry. She wasn't up to speed in April, but she could well be caught up by October. More importantly, she looks to be just about as fast as she ever was, and though she's not quick like the little guards, she made up for that with her crafty moves. Once the perimeter shot returns, she'll have what she needs to beat players off the dribble. This is what she has always known how to do.
 
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