Possible UConn 2021 Recruits

[Charliebball]

Some have said the same thing about UConn's C. Williams.

from an outside shooting perspective I'd put Fudd on a higher level then CW who's more streaky but they're both strong players who just know how to score in many ways........CW might be the better rebounder and passer at this point, if you were referring more towards the college commitment side of things, CW was an early UConn lean, the doubts came after she clearly widened her college search............Fudd initially played it close to the vest but appears to be a possible ND lean if only through her close association with Sam Brunelle

 

[victor64]

Charlie,

Azzi Fudd is not going to Notre Dame just to play one year with Sam Brunelle. I have no inside scoop but that makes no sense. She might go to ND but not for that reason.

 

[Charliebball]

Charlie,

Azzi Fudd is not going to Notre Dame just to play one year with Sam Brunelle. I have no inside scoop but that makes no sense. She might go to ND but not for that reason.

how about to play with Paige Bueckers for three years?

 

[victor64]

Just like Fudd. Bueckers might go to ND but it is not to play two years with Brunelle. I really think that Fudd and Bueckers want to play together. That is a package deal that any team in the country would take, no questions asked. Things could change but at this point, I don't know how much time Brunelle gets at ND. I think Carla had Sam slotted correctly at the U17 event.

 

[Sluconn Husky]

Brunelle and Bueckers would have three years together, Fudd and Brunelle two.

If they were to matriculate to the same school.

 

[victor64]

Brunelle and Bueckers would have three years together, Fudd and Brunelle two.

If they were to matriculate to the same school.

My bad Charlie. I stand corrected. My math is lousy but I still don't think they are making their college choice based on Sam Brunelle.

 

[Charliebball]

Just like Fudd. Bueckers might go to ND but it is not to play two years with Brunelle. I really think that Fudd and Bueckers want to play together. That is a package deal that any team in the country would take, no questions asked. Things could change but at this point, I don't know how much time Brunelle gets at ND. I think Carla had Sam slotted correctly at the U17 event.

Victor...........to say that I'm a pessimist is a huge understatement and I'll gladly admit that I have been happily shocked and amazed with Geno's ability to bring in so many top ranked players over the years...........that said, something seems a bit different about some of the top 2019 and 2020/21 recruits, namely the very tight relationships between SB, PB, and now AB..........since Brunelle is a Notre Dame commit and these kids seem to want to spend so much time together on and off the court, it only stands to reason that this gives ND a bit of an edge............the fact that Boston has not verballed by now to the school closest to her, with the best coaching staff in the country and with a prime starting spot ready made also seems quite odd to me...........some say it's because she doesn't wan't to be a "marked woman" on and off the court as a UConn commit.............some how I feel Ms. Boston can take care of those kinds of slings and arrows with out much difficulty.............many say the friendship concept is a big nothing............I certainly hope they're right............

 

[CocoHusky]

Victor......to say that I'm a pessimist is a huge understatement and I'll gladly admit that I have been happily shocked and amazed with Geno's ability to bring in so many top ranked players over the years......that said, something seems a bit different about some of the top 2019 and 2020/21 recruits, namely the very tight relationships between SB, PB, and now AB.....since Brunelle is a Notre Dame commit and these kids seem to want to spend so much time together on and off the court, it only stands to reason that this gives ND a bit of an edge..the fact that Boston has not verballed by now to the school closest to her, with the best coaching staff in the country and with a prime starting spot ready made also seems quite odd to me......some say it's because she doesn't wan't to be a "marked woman" on and off the court as a UConn commit...some how I feel Ms. Boston can take care of those kinds of slings and arrows with out much difficulty...many say the friendship concept is a big nothing..I certainly hope they're right..

Lol. What would make Boston a "marked woman" any more than Azzi or Paige?
The fact that Boston has not committed=a bigger nothing than this "friendship" =ND lean for either Paige or Azzi.

 

[Charliebball]

Lol. What would make Boston a "marked woman" any more than Azzi or Paige?
The fact that Boston has not committed=a bigger nothing than this "friendship" =ND lean for either Paige or Azzi.

to paraphrase........in a post from a few weeks ago when I stated my concern about Boston not committing to UConn already, there was a post saying that perhaps Boston wanted to enjoy here senior season without having the weight of being a UConn recruit on her back............

 

[CocoHusky]

to paraphrase...in a post from a few weeks ago when I stated my concern about Boston not committing to UConn already, there was a post saying that perhaps Boston wanted to enjoy here senior season without having the weight of being a UConn recruit on her back..

Of course only UCONN could/would place such a burden on a recruits back, right?

 

[Sluconn Husky]

Azzi Fudd was the breakout star of Stephen Curry’s basketball camp.

Azzi Fudd is the 15-year-old girl who dominated Stephen Curry’s elite basketball camp

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During the first day of Curry’s camp, Fudd, a standout shooter, tied for first place in a three-point competition, launching her into the finals on the third and final day. With only one other competitor in her way, she was crowned the winner, and afterward got the chance to compete in a challenge with Curry and his father, Dell.


Though she wasn’t able to take down Curry, she will almost certainly get another chance at it.



Azzi Fudd of St. John’s becomes first girl to play at Stephen Curry’s summer camp

 

[BobbyJ]

Victor......to say that I'm a pessimist is a huge understatement and I'll gladly admit that I have been happily shocked and amazed with Geno's ability to bring in so many top ranked players over the years......that said, something seems a bit different about some of the top 2019 and 2020/21 recruits, namely the very tight relationships between SB, PB, and now AB.....since Brunelle is a Notre Dame commit and these kids seem to want to spend so much time together on and off the court, it only stands to reason that this gives ND a bit of an edge..the fact that Boston has not verballed by now to the school closest to her, with the best coaching staff in the country and with a prime starting spot ready made also seems quite odd to me......some say it's because she doesn't wan't to be a "marked woman" on and off the court as a UConn commit...some how I feel Ms. Boston can take care of those kinds of slings and arrows with out much difficulty...many say the friendship concept is a big nothing..I certainly hope they're right..

How do you know that Boston hasn't verballed to UConn? Because the media hasn't reported it? There may be only four people that know the answer and that would be the UConn staff. There's no target if nobody knows.

 

[Charliebball]

Of course only UCONN could/would place such a burden on a recruits back, right?

Hey, I wasn't the one who said it.............I just responded that if something like that ever actually happened, Boston wouldn't have much difficulty dealing with it...........

 

[Charliebball]

How do you know that Boston hasn't verballed to UConn? Because the media hasn't reported it? There may be only four people that know the answer and that would be the UConn staff. There's no target if nobody knows.

Bobby is that the proper spelling for verballed? I get a misspelling line underneath whether I use one L or two.....................to answer your question, I have no idea but I would assume that if Boston had verballed to UConn or another school and she felt comfortable with her decision, she'd probably not be taking a number of official visits, especially to some "lesser" institutions of higher learning (in basketball) which I think she plans to do.........
this get's us back to the idea that she doesn't want anybody to know of her decision..............if you buy that argument, I would ask why wouldn't she want the basketball world to know?

 

[MilfordHusky]

Just as Christyn wants to be legendary, Azzi wants to beat Steph Curry. These kids set their goals high!

 

[Crossover]

Of course only UCONN could/would place such a burden on a recruits back, right?

I made that point in response to the claim that it made no sense for Boston to delay announcing where she will play. The same dynamic would exist (especially this year) whether her choice were UConn or Notre Dame.

 

[Crossover]

Azzi Fudd was the breakout star of Stephen Curry’s basketball camp.

Azzi Fudd is the 15-year-old girl who dominated Stephen Curry’s elite basketball camp

*

During the first day of Curry’s camp, Fudd, a standout shooter, tied for first place in a three-point competition, launching her into the finals on the third and final day. With only one other competitor in her way, she was crowned the winner, and afterward got the chance to compete in a challenge with Curry and his father, Dell.


Though she wasn’t able to take down Curry, she will almost certainly get another chance at it.



Azzi Fudd of St. John’s becomes first girl to play at Stephen Curry’s summer camp

But the question is did Steph take down Dell. Back in the day he had a sweet stroke.

 

[BobbyJ]

Bobby is that the proper spelling for verballed? I get a misspelling line underneath whether I use one L or two...........to answer your question, I have no idea but I would assume that if Boston had verballed to UConn or another school and she felt comfortable with her decision, she'd probably not be taking a number of official visits, especially to some "lesser" institutions of higher learning (in basketball) which I think she plans to do....
this get's us back to the idea that she doesn't want anybody to know of her decision....if you buy that argument, I would ask why wouldn't she want the basketball world to know?

I have no idea why, but in the last 10 years or so teen aged, recruited athletes do some odd stuff. Not sure how often it's done in WBB but in football it's pretty common to give a coach a silent verbal but still take all their official visits because they love the attention and free meals. May be not as common for WBB because of the limited number of recruits and possible reluctance of coaches to hold spots for them but who knows? I guess with the plusses and minuses of social media anything's possible.

 

[Golden Husky]

Bobby is that the proper spelling for verballed? I get a misspelling line underneath whether I use one L or two...........to answer your question, I have no idea but I would assume that if Boston had verballed to UConn or another school and she felt comfortable with her decision, she'd probably not be taking a number of official visits, especially to some "lesser" institutions of higher learning (in basketball) which I think she plans to do....
this get's us back to the idea that she doesn't want anybody to know of her decision....if you buy that argument, I would ask why wouldn't she want the basketball world to know?

Okay, Charlie, since you brought up grammar, what's with all the .........? Three dots is an ellipses; four, five or six dots just a distraction from what is generally interesting and often provocative commentary.

 

[Charliebball]

Okay, Charlie, since you brought up grammar, what's with all the ....? Three dots is an ellipses; four, five or six dots just a distraction from what is generally interesting and often provocative commentary.

my apologies but I like to leave about 8-10 dots between thoughts for what I perceive as better readability without resorting to run on sentences or new paragraphs.........I for one find "correct" multiple paragraph reading daunting but then again as you so rightly observed, grammar has never been my "thing"..........

 

[Alydar]

Victor......to say that I'm a pessimist is a huge understatement and I'll gladly admit that I have been happily shocked and amazed with Geno's ability to bring in so many top ranked players over the years......that said,(A) something seems a bit different about some of the top 2019 and 2020/21 recruits, namely the very tight relationships between SB, PB, and now AB.....(B)since Brunelle is a Notre Dame commit and these kids seem to want to spend so much time together on and off the court, it only stands to reason that this gives ND a bit of an edge..(C)the fact that Boston has not verballed by now to the school closest to her, with the best coaching staff in the country and with a prime starting spot ready made also seems quite odd to me......some say it's because she doesn't wan't to be a "marked woman" on and off the court as a UConn commit...some how I feel Ms. Boston can take care of those kinds of slings and arrows with out much difficulty...many say the friendship concept is a big nothing..I certainly hope they're right..

(A) Maybe this "very tight relationship" isn't as rare or unusual as you imagine. Maybe it's just that they use social media a lot. Can you assert as fact that there haven't been other "relationships in the past? I don't think so.

(B) Brunelle is most certainly NOT a ND committ. Does the name Collier sound familiar?

(C) Odd? Remember Wilson? Another recruit who, despite visiting SC for endless games and unofficials, waited till the spring of her senior year to announce her pick of SC, what she later admitted was always her school. If I was 17 and had a shot at visiting 4 of the top wcbb schools in the country, all expenses paid, to listen to some of the top coaches tell me I was the next big thing I would want that experience. This is a girl who was brought up in the VI's and goes to school in Worcester MA, not exactly a cultural hub. Maybe she wants to see a little of the country and maybe she just wants to be sure of what she's doing. Or maybe she promised her family to wait. Not odd at all. And maybe she hasn't decided.

I am not confident that she's [Fudd] UConn bound so I'm moving on looking for other players that seem more likely to be UConn locks.

From what I see posted UConn is looking at a lot of other recruits besides the 5 or 6 being discussed. And except for Fudd, the rising sophomore class isn't ready for offers. If you want Geno offering freshmen/sophomores it would seem you are in favor of Geno adopting the Walz method, offering to 3 times the number you need and offering when they enter high school? That's what you sound like.

There are 19 players listed on the recruiting page as being recruited by UConn in the 19/20/21 classes.

 

[Charliebball]

(A) Maybe this "very tight relationship" isn't as rare or unusual as you imagine. Maybe it's just that they use social media a lot. Can you assert as fact that there haven't been other "relationships in the past? I don't think so.

(B) Brunelle is most certainly NOT a ND committ. Does the name Collier sound familiar?

(C) Odd? Remember Wilson? Another recruit who, despite visiting SC for endless games and unofficials, waited till the spring of her senior year to announce her pick of SC, what she later admitted was always her school. If I was 17 and had a shot at visiting 4 of the top wcbb schools in the country, all expenses paid, to listen to some of the top coaches tell me I was the next big thing I would want that experience. This is a girl who was brought up in the VI's and goes to school in Worcester MA, not exactly a cultural hub. Maybe she wants to see a little of the country and maybe she just wants to be sure of what she's doing. Or maybe she promised her family to wait. Not odd at all. And maybe she hasn't decided.



From what I see posted UConn is looking at a lot of other recruits besides the 5 or 6 being discussed. And except for Fudd, the rising sophomore class isn't ready for offers. If you want Geno offering freshmen/sophomores it would seem you are in favor of Geno adopting the Walz method, offering to 3 times the number you need and offering when they enter high school? That's what you sound like.

There are 19 players listed on the recruiting page as being recruited by UConn in the 19/20/21 classes.

A) No doubt there have been other tight cliques........just not as public due to social media

B) I'll bet you $100 to your favorite charity that Sam Brunelle attends Notre Dame

C) You could very well be correct but I think it's perfectly reasonable to question whether Boston is a UConn lean at this point as many seem to think..........

The recruiting site needs to be updated a bit..........no Correa, no Osbourne in the 2019 class.............clearly there are other players to consider in the 2020 class, however if UConn doesn't land a quality point guard from that class it would be a major disappointment.......and I agree it's too soon to be offering the 2021 class..........as I've said many times, UConn could cover it's bases with a few additional highly targeted offers (as they did with Aubrey Griffin) without having to become Louisville, Baylor etc.......

 

[CocoHusky]

...as I've said many times, UConn could cover it's bases with a few additional highly targeted offers (as they did with Aubrey Griffin) without having to become Louisville, Baylor etc..

And as we keep having to remind you "covering bases" is not what UCONN does.
Aubrey Griffin was offered because the UCONN staff thoroughly evaluated her and thought she would be able to make a contribution at UCONN. Stop making stuff up!

 

[Charliebball]

And as we keep having to remind you "covering bases" is not what UCONN does.
Aubrey Griffin was offered because the UCONN staff thoroughly evaluated her and thought she would be able to make a contribution at UCONN. Stop making stuff up!

Are you're telling me that if UConn had received commitments from Jones and Horston, Griffin still would have been offered? I don't view the term covering bases as a negative..........it simply means that if there are multiple uncommitted players that meet your high standards you can offer more then one at the same position.........seems perfectly logical

 

[CocoHusky]

Are you're telling me that if UConn had received commitments from Jones and Horston, Griffin still would have been offered?

Nice but unnecessary & false straw man.

I don't view the term covering bases as a negative

The term is neither negative nor positive it is SIMPLY NOT WHAT UCONN DOES!

....seems perfectly logical

Perfectly logical if you are Louisville, it is SIMPLY NOT WHAT UCONN DOES!
Why did you pick this morning to backslide? You were doing so much better last week.

much easier for a team like UConn as they offer very few players and tend to wait until they are sure about a recruit......of course you can do it like Louisville and just offer everybody good and let the chips fall where they may....

 

[Charliebball]

Nice but unnecessary & false straw man.


The term is neither negative nor positive it is SIMPLY NOT WHAT UCONN DOES!


Perfectly logical if you are Louisville, it is SIMPLY NOT WHAT UCONN DOES!
Why did you pick this morning to backslide? You were doing so much better last week.

I don't feel I'm backsliding...............I have acknowledged that Geno's offers historically are few and far between and that clearly has worked for him..............just pleading for a couple more offers when appropriate (as in the case of Ms. Griffin who's game I have been championing for quite some time) just in case the biggest fish go elsewhere................

 

[Golden Husky]

And as we keep having to remind you "covering bases" is not what UCONN does.
Aubrey Griffin was offered because the UCONN staff thoroughly evaluated her and thought she would be able to make a contribution at UCONN. Stop making stuff up!

Have to admit, the tete-a-tete between Charlie and Coco always is entertaining and definitely has emerged as a Boneyard guilty pleasure of mine. Don't stop!

 

[Golden Husky]

I asked these questions last week but they went unanswered. Noting that several of the Boneyard cognoscenti have visited this site recently and validating the observation that I am annoyingly stubborn and persistent, I will query again:

What constitutes an offer? Is there a written document or is it merely the head coach saying to the recruit, "We're offering you a scholarship to play basketball here." If it's the latter, then I can understand the uncertainty regarding whether Brunelle was offered a scholarship to UConn. But if it's the former, then there's a paper trail.

How is an offer withdrawn? Verbally? In writing?

Regards some of the high-profile players on the U17 team, is there precedence for this international bonding process leading to core members choosing the same college?

Can a player under the age of 18 commit to a school without the blessing/signature of her parent(s)?

 

[Charliebball]

Have to admit, the tete-a-tete between Charlie and Coco always is entertaining and definitely has emerged as a Boneyard guilty pleasure of mine. Don't stop!

glad you enjoy it.............for me it's like having a conversation with F. Lee Bailey..........

 

[CocoHusky]

I don't feel I'm backsliding.....I have acknowledged that Geno's offers historically are few and far between and that clearly has worked for him....just pleading for a couple more offers when appropriate (as in the case of Ms. Griffin who's game I have been championing for quite some time) just in case the biggest fish go elsewhere......

You are definitely backsliding. "Appropriate" offers will be determined by the UCONN regardless of your pleadings. UCONN is not as concerned about the size of the fish coming into the pond because it has the largest pond. The largest pond allows for the most growth. Never measure you fish until after they have actually entered a pond and had a chance to grow.