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(I don't know my way around anymore.....this got posted in recruiting when I intended it here and I can't delete it from there! Sorry.....am trying again....now it is in 3 places...ah well)
I started this comment in the Jovana Popovic thread and then I wandered off to other things beyond the subject. And so, pardon me for putting it up as a thread starter. Thank you.
About Jovana Popovic: I haven't read through the whole thread (about her) to check but did someone raise the possibility that this probably means Jerzy Robinson is going somewhere else. Well, since there is also no confirmation of her visiting Storrs, is a probable another indicator, though not necessarily correct.
If all the video clips are real and some not AI-generated, then Jovana Popovic is indeed a great prospect and needed at PG after KK and Kayleigh move on but also significantly helping while they are still around. She shows superior offensive repertory but am not sure about defense, yet....she needs to strengthen a bit.
Will UConn fill the 15 scholarships again? If Jerzy Robinson is not coming and she probably would read this signing as a hint that UConn has given up on her.....(maybe, we don't know anything beyond the tea leaves and her not visiting is probably her own sign to UConn).....will UConn be able to persuade Sara Okeke to join? Hard to tell (she could go pro in Europe and get paid better than in WNBA). But at only what, 18?, she might consider it a challenge to go to an elite University program to refine her obvious skills while getting a degree, that is worth pursuing that sets her up for life.
If she knows Blanca, she might ask for inside information. If she signs, that's two more high-end front court players. What will happen to Ice and Ayanna? (They are part of a group who, together, has had unfortunate injury-riddled time at UConn: Paige, Azzi, Caroline.....and Jana, too).
Wellll, better just wait and see things develop as they come....the long wait for Sarah helped bring in NC12.
Egypt, Croatia (via NY), Serbia, Spain (?), Ecuador, Ireland......going International in his old age is not an indication he will retire soon or maybe he is thinking that spreading his wisdom this way is the best way to go.....and help his eventual successor? (not sure UConn can get her back from Vanderbilt).
And, this current team is potentially well equipped (though still in early formative stage in team play....including read-react skill levels) to defend the NC. Even with just the two 2026 signees, they will be up there again fighting for the top spot now and....all through the Sarah Strong years (it looks like Blanca can help a lot, too). Could history repeat itself? Four straight again? Maybe even an undefeated season or two?
Forget it.....they almost lost to Michigan, got rattled in 3Q....against a team that likes to play fast and has a true-blue sharpshooter who challenged Azzi to a duel. Ah, I forgot: they lost a number of games last year and then rose like the Phoenix to soar.
Still fun times in Storrs....
I started this comment in the Jovana Popovic thread and then I wandered off to other things beyond the subject. And so, pardon me for putting it up as a thread starter. Thank you.
About Jovana Popovic: I haven't read through the whole thread (about her) to check but did someone raise the possibility that this probably means Jerzy Robinson is going somewhere else. Well, since there is also no confirmation of her visiting Storrs, is a probable another indicator, though not necessarily correct.
If all the video clips are real and some not AI-generated, then Jovana Popovic is indeed a great prospect and needed at PG after KK and Kayleigh move on but also significantly helping while they are still around. She shows superior offensive repertory but am not sure about defense, yet....she needs to strengthen a bit.
Will UConn fill the 15 scholarships again? If Jerzy Robinson is not coming and she probably would read this signing as a hint that UConn has given up on her.....(maybe, we don't know anything beyond the tea leaves and her not visiting is probably her own sign to UConn).....will UConn be able to persuade Sara Okeke to join? Hard to tell (she could go pro in Europe and get paid better than in WNBA). But at only what, 18?, she might consider it a challenge to go to an elite University program to refine her obvious skills while getting a degree, that is worth pursuing that sets her up for life.
If she knows Blanca, she might ask for inside information. If she signs, that's two more high-end front court players. What will happen to Ice and Ayanna? (They are part of a group who, together, has had unfortunate injury-riddled time at UConn: Paige, Azzi, Caroline.....and Jana, too).
Wellll, better just wait and see things develop as they come....the long wait for Sarah helped bring in NC12.
Egypt, Croatia (via NY), Serbia, Spain (?), Ecuador, Ireland......going International in his old age is not an indication he will retire soon or maybe he is thinking that spreading his wisdom this way is the best way to go.....and help his eventual successor? (not sure UConn can get her back from Vanderbilt).
And, this current team is potentially well equipped (though still in early formative stage in team play....including read-react skill levels) to defend the NC. Even with just the two 2026 signees, they will be up there again fighting for the top spot now and....all through the Sarah Strong years (it looks like Blanca can help a lot, too). Could history repeat itself? Four straight again? Maybe even an undefeated season or two?
Forget it.....they almost lost to Michigan, got rattled in 3Q....against a team that likes to play fast and has a true-blue sharpshooter who challenged Azzi to a duel. Ah, I forgot: they lost a number of games last year and then rose like the Phoenix to soar.
Still fun times in Storrs....
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