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Saylor is coming!!!

CL82 said:
Unless there were overtime games, then they could all actually play more. :confused:


Color her as a Freshman both this year and next. Put an asterisk indicating early entry not counted due to COVID. Alternatively just color normally and assign a new color to any players taking a COVID 5th year.
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and try to color within the lines...oops. sorry. I was just helping my pre-school grandkids and lost my train of thought............
 
Argonaut said:
Because of the structure of their high schools, it might not even be possible for Azzi, Amari, and Caroline to graduate early. I looked it up and Middletown is on a block schedule (meaning they complete year-long courses in single semesters, but are only taking four at a time), which makes it much easier to wrap it up and head out a semester early. St. John's Collegiate, Williamsville South, and Noble & Greenough are on a traditional, year-long schedule.
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As someone has already pointed out Saylor's enrollment must have been in the works for a while now. Doubtful that Azzi, or Amari or Caroline will join on an early enrollment basis because the Spring Semester for UCONN starts on January 19th.

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tchalla1 said:
Excellent analysis of why Saylor's playing time could be accelerated. I completely agree!
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I also agree with these reasons from @tchalla1 as why Saylor could have an impact on this year's UCONN WBB Team. I suspect Mom & Dad...as well as UCONN Coaches... have prepared her to have her mind right, emphasizing that she is joining a team that has been hanging out, practicing and playing together since last summer...that she is the "new kid on the block"... and that she needs to keep her eyes and ears open, bust her butt and do what the coaches tell her to do and her team mates need her to do.
Let's also remember, We (BY'ers) don't know the full status of EW's knee...but we have heard it come up in conversation often, and that there is word she has to do a lot of pre-game prep to get it ready. Maybe it's good...maybe it's not as good as we hope... BUT, Saylor gives UCONN one more person to be a potential "insurance policy" for EW...and in blow outs, a person to help eat up some minutes to give EW rest leading up to the NCAA Tournament.

Happy to have her...even if it's just to learn the system and be part of the cheering squad.
 
CocoHusky said:
As someone has already pointed out Saylor's enrollment must have been in the works for a while now. Doubtful that Azzi, or Amari or Caroline will join on an early enrollment basis because the Spring Semester for UCONN starts on January 19th.

2025-26 Academic Calendar | Office of the Registrar

Summer 2025 Graduate Degree Deadlines Date Deadline/Event Sun, Aug 10 Last day for Master’s and Doctoral degree candidates to upload final thesis and disser ...
registrar.uconn.edu registrar.uconn.edu
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I'm sure it has been. Maryland has been pretty strict in regards to returning to school and school sponsored athletics and her social media has definitely reflected her frustrations with that. She's smart, her parents are smart, and Geno is smart. I'm going to guess she waited as long as possible to see if she would have a HS season and semi-normal senior spring.

My point was just that being on a block schedule (like Saylor was at Middletown) makes it possible for this to happen relatively smoothly. Since Azzi, Amari, and Caroline's schools are on a year-long schedule, that makes it harder (and maybe impossible, depending on school policies for Azzi and Caroline) to orchestrate an early graduation from the get-go.
 
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Excuse my ignorance...here...but, I have a question. Given that Saylor is a sharpshooting 3 point player and that she may given 4 and half seasons of play and possibly more games than her predecessors...If she breaks the three point scoring record at UConn will there be an asterisk next to her record?
 
I watch a ton of women's basketball not that there are so few options. That includes WBB games this season, FIBA games, and 3x3. A saw 3x3 games with CW before she came to UConn and she was a good slasher and to the rim type but has never been a great outside shooter. Now that we know Saylor is coming I wonder if the benching of CW in the last game was a warning shot across the bow. Get the energy up, the moodiness down or lose playing time. I hope not be it does make me wonder.
 
cferraro04 said:
Excuse my ignorance...here...but, I have a question. Given that Saylor is a sharpshooting 3 point player and that she may given 4 and half seasons of play and possibly more games than her predecessors...If she breaks the three point scoring record at UConn will there be an asterisk next to her record?
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No asterisk will be necessary in the record book (media guide) really. A separate section of the media guide will simply point out that Saylor played in more games than KML. A different section will also list 3PT FG% which is probably a better stat if you want to compare two players.
 
oldude said:
That’s certainly a possibility. On the other with all the starts and stops this season, UConn does not have the continuity and consistency necessary to make a run during the Big Dance, assuming WBB gets to a Big Dance. Right now Geno needs his starters and key reserves to get as many minutes playing together as possible.
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A lack of continuity and consistency has been a theme throughout wbb this season. Should produce an interesting tournament with upsets.
 
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Wait.... I did not read all these messages and maybe I should have.... but does this mean she will graduate with Paige, or will she be able to play 4.5 years and graduate with Azzi? There is all this talk about her getting extra time to set the 3 point record.... my understanding is that she would actually lose 1/2 year playing time.......
 
01Neaggrad02 said:
Wait.... I did not read all these messages and maybe I should have.... but does this mean she will graduate with Paige, or will she be able to play 4.5 years and graduate with Azzi? There is all this talk about her getting extra time to set the 3 point record.... my understanding is that she would actually lose 1/2 year playing time.......
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Hmmm. Maybe you should read the thread.....
 
Honestly, who has time for that.... besides... do people actually know or just speculate which is a big thing here......
 
01Neaggrad02 said:
Honestly, who has time for that.... besides... do people actually know or just speculate which is a big thing here......
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2020-21 season per NCAA is a 'free season' for all participants in terms of eligibility. Paige for example could play this whole season and still have 4 years of eligibility left. Same will hold true for Saylor and anyone else who plays at any time this year.
 
Wow great addition. So let me get this straight, this is her senior year, and she is eligible to play this year is that right.
 
AgStatesman said:
Of course she is not going to press anyone for minutes this year. Her joining the team has nothing to do with this year. This gives her a massive head start on next year. This year, she is less than a freshman, but next year she comes in a full fledged sophomore. Adding her this year does nothing for UConn women's basketball, it does everything for Saylor and her development.
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Thanks for grounding this "flight of fancy" thread. Try walking into a calculus class midway through the year and you get an idea of what SP faces in practice. And while her head start may prove beneficial to her and the team she is really just 4 months ahead of when freshmen normally report in May.
I would be shocked if she averaged even 5 minutes/game this season and even more shocked if she gets into the first 39 minutes of any tournament game.
And it has nothing to do with her talent. Geno is not going to slow down practices like he might in October.
I'd love to see her sink a few bomb threes this season but to me, this is similar to auditing a super tough class a semester before you take it for credit. She will be dealing with conditioning, strength training, individual skill training and the transition from HS to college academics and doing it in this current environment.
Taking minutes from others? Come on.
 
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cferraro04 said:
Excuse my ignorance...here...but, I have a question. Given that Saylor is a sharpshooting 3 point player and that she may given 4 and half seasons of play and possibly more games than her predecessors...If she breaks the three point scoring record at UConn will there be an asterisk next to her record?
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While SP has the range and ability to make some 3s, she'll need to make them at a decent percentage. If not, she won't be taking a lot of fallaway 22 footers in UConn's offense.
 
01Neaggrad02 said:
Honestly, who has time for that.... besides... do people actually know or just speculate which is a big thing here......
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I'm gonna speculate that someone here knows and that you want to.
 
Alydar said:
Thanks for grounding this "flight of fancy" thread. Try walking into a calculus class midway through the year and you get an idea of what SP faces in practice. And while her head start may prove beneficial to her and the team she is really just 4 months ahead of when freshmen normally report in May.
I would be shocked if she averaged even 5 minutes/game this season and even more shocked if she gets into the first 39 minutes of any tournament game.
And it has nothing to do with her talent. Geno is not going to slow down practices like he might in October.
I'd love to see her sink a few bomb threes this season but to me, this is similar to auditing a super tough class a semester before you take it for credit. She will be dealing with conditioning, strength training, individual skill training and the transition from HS to college academics and doing it in this current environment.
Taking minutes from others? Come on.
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If she can knock down 4 to 6 threes a game, then Geno would put her in for some minutes when Anna, Evina, or even CW needs a rest. She has proven to be able to hit them from long range, plus is one of the top all around players in the 21 class of Freshman. Who currently on this team could Geno put in for 3 point shots off of the bench, maybe Nika, but not Aubrey, Mir, Piath, Aaliyah. I say by Tournament time she will be far enough along to be put into those few minutes of rest for the other 3 point shooters, other than Paige.
 
MSGRET said:
If she can knock down 4 to 6 threes a game, then Geno would put her in for some minutes when Anna, Evina, or even CW needs a rest. She has proven to be able to hit them from long range, plus is one of the top all around players in the 22 class of Freshman. Who currently on this team could Geno put in for 3 point shots off of the bench, maybe Nika, but not Aubrey, Mir, Piath, Aaliyah. I say by Tournament time she will be far enough along to be put into those few minutes of rest for the other 3 point shooters, other than Paige.
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If she can knock down 4-6 threes per game Geno would be crazy not to start her and he'd never take her out.

think winnie the pooh GIF
 
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Jingo said:
Saylor's pull-up jumper looks AWESOME! .. as good as Paige's jumper?
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She does have a really nice release. In fact, when you consider that Azzi, Saylor & Caroline are all part of the same recruiting class, it could well become the greatest shooting class in the history of UConn WBB, and oh by the way, Amari shoots it pretty well for a Big.
 
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Did Paige's family definitely relocate to Maryland or were they just here for the summer visiting the Fudd's? I was never quite clear on that. If that is the case then yes, there are four from the DMV at UConn, although Paige didn't play her high school ball in Maryland.

I might speculate that Brenda is shaking her head ruefully....
 
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CocoHusky said:
If she can knock down 4-6 threes per game Geno would be crazy not to start her and he'd never take her out.

think winnie the pooh GIF
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You stole my post. If you average that and are tough defensively you're borderline AA.
 
Ozimoto said:
Did her family definitely relocate to Maryland or were they just here for the summer visiting the Fudd's? I was never quite clear on that.
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Her family lives in Western, MD, about a 2-hr drive from the Fudds.
 
cferraro04 said:
Excuse my ignorance...here...but, I have a question. Given that Saylor is a sharpshooting 3 point player and that she may given 4 and half seasons of play and possibly more games than her predecessors...If she breaks the three point scoring record at UConn will there be an asterisk next to her record?
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All of the players on this year's roster could theoretically play five full seasons, so there is a bigger issue.
 
oldude said:
She does have a really nice release. In fact, when you consider that Azzi, Saylor & Caroline are all part of the same recruiting class, it could well become the greatest shooting class in the history of UConn WBB, and oh by the way, Amari shoots it pretty well for a Big.
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No class is ever going to beat the TASS force for FG accuracy. Not with Sue at 45% career deep shooter and Tamika at 70% from close in.
 
oldude said:
She does have a really nice release. In fact, when you consider that Azzi, Saylor & Caroline are all part of the same recruiting class, it could well become the greatest shooting class in the history of UConn WBB, and oh by the way, Amari shoots it pretty well for a Big.
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What I like about SP's release is that there's no hesitation or conscience involved. Best way to shoot. Caroline Ducharme shoots it the same way. And Fudd is a different level.
 
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