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Saniya Rivers to South Carolina

JonathanXIV said:
Top program? Did I miss something? Did Dawn win a couple of championships while I was napping?
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For all the posts regarding needing bigs, playmakers, etc. Dawn has built a very balanced team.
 
DEpup said:
Umm. I think you need to add the Temple years to that too.....
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I worded this carefully. I wasn't talking about her entire career. She won a Title in her 9th year AT South Carolina, Geno won in his tenth year at UConn.
 
nwhoopfan said:
I worded this carefully. I wasn't talking about her entire career. She won a Title in her 9th year AT South Carolina, Geno won in his tenth year at UConn.
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She did, but the circumstances at SC when Dawn arrived and in Storrs when Geno arrived were as different as night and day. I know SC WBB wasn't very good, but I'm talking about conference affiliation, arena, money, etc.

What Jim Calhoun and Geno accomplished at UConn are really unmatched in the history of college athletics.
 
lebronfan23 said:
Ready Azzi to commit already to UConn. She knows she’s going.
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I am not sure what you mean but maybe Azzi, even though she is THE #1 prospect for 2021, wanted to wait until all the other top guards committed to declare where she will play. (hopeful thinking.)
 
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nwhoopfan said:
I worded this carefully. I wasn't talking about her entire career. She won a Title in her 9th year AT South Carolina, Geno won in his tenth year at UConn.
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And that was Geno's first head coaching job so let's compare apples to apples... please. Dawn spent a number of years at Temple and couldn't win a title and then moved to SC.
 
DEpup said:
And that was Geno's first head coaching job so let's compare apples to apples... please. Dawn spent a number of years at Temple and couldn't win a title and then moved to SC.
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So if a head coach has a knock against him if he or doesn't win a national championship at his first head coaching job? I might start posting the "Knocks" list that arbitrary assigned to players and coaches by fans of other teams.
 
I get it, what Geno has done isn't going to be done again. Before UConn there was Immaculata, and then Old Dominion and Louisiana Tech. That kind of thing just isn't happening anymore. There are some nice programs, like South Dakota and South Dakota St., Florida-Gulf Coast, Gonzaga...maybe a few others? But they aren't making deep runs in the Tourney and certainly aren't national powerhouses. I don't think even Geno, if he was starting over at a small school in 2020, would build them up into an elite program in the current world of wcbb. It's just a different era.
 
sivad40 said:
So if a head coach has a knock against him if he or doesn't win a national championship at his first head coaching job? I might start posting the "Knocks" list that arbitrary assigned to players and coaches by fans of other teams.
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No not saying that at all. You just can't try and somehow craft a comparison to what Geno and CD accomplished. The two scenarios are not comparable in my opinion.
 
DEpup said:
Not sure why this announcement is on UConn board instead of thr general. She was never a real UConn target. She plays a position we are stacked at....
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All available evidence indicates she was, in fact, a UConn target. Not sure what real is supposed to mean.
 
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With these 6 (or 7) guards onboard for next year, just where would Saniya get minutes?
5' 10" PG Muhl
5' 11" G Williams
5' 11" PG Bueckers
6' 0" G Westbrook
6' 1" G Makurat
6' 2" G Poffenbarger
5' 11" G Fudd (in all probability she chooses UCONN)

Saniya simply missed the window to get to UCONN; methinks, Poffenberger grabbed that spot.

Take this to the bank: there won't be a single "National Championship" in her four years at SC.
 
Big Mick said:
With these 6 (or 7) guards onboard for next year, just where would Saniya get minutes?
5' 10" PG Muhl
5' 11" G Williams
5' 11" PG Bueckers
6' 0" G Westbrook
6' 1" G Makurat
6' 2" G Poffenbarger
5' 11" G Fudd (in all probability she chooses UCONN)

Saniya simply missed the window to get to UCONN; methinks, Poffenberger grabbed that spot.

Take this to the bank: there won't be a single "National Championship" in her four years at SC.
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I heard the same thing when A'ja committed.
 
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JDuro said:
Saniya just did an IG Live interview. From what the interviewer confirmed with her, UConn was one of her 3 finalists, along w/ UNC.
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She has not been on UCONN's list for ages: she would have had to commit before Poffenbarger.
 
Big Mick said:
She has not been on UCONN's list for ages: she would have had to commit before Poffenbarger.
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I have to agree. There’s only one guard in the ‘21 class that Auriemma was going to wait for.
 
BobbyJ said:
I have to agree. There’s only one guard in the ‘21 class that Auriemma was going to wait for.
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Rivers is more likely a wing.

The waiting for Azzi thing might be tested soon.
 
BobbyJ said:
I have a feeling Auriemma’s not sweating it.
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Another elite guard will put out her list soon and UConn's likely to be on it. Perhaps she won't decide until much later either.
 
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Wasn't Rivers the one who said she would not go to UCONN... and wanted to go somewhere to help them create something.... so why South Carolina? Does not really fit what she originally said. Oh well... have fun.
 
Looks like SC is really pushing the #BM to get Fudd. Dad is on board the movement so it'll be interesting to see...
 
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