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Saylor is coming!!!

Thrilled since her 3 point shooting is exactly what the team needs. Happy for UConn but with Covid, will she be able to get 10 games in? Pretty big commitment on her part to go through this much effort for less than normal return.
 
mbr33ct said:
Where are Autumn's minutes coming from now?

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Talk about the right time. We have the rest of the schedule and a few make up games in conference. Another shooter and she gets a jump start on next season. Gotta wonder if any of the others will get here sooner then later. Saylor could fill a special need for UConn. A tall outside shooter who is also a scorer.
 
WOW!!!!!!!!!

An unexpected surprise. Not going to speculate on minutes. Things have a way of working themselves out, usually for the best.

And as an aside, UConn leads the nation in field goal percentage at 53.5%. Second is Ohio State at 51.9%.
 
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Aluminny69 said:
Someone will have to play less, for her to play more. So, who will lose playing time?
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Unless there were overtime games, then they could all actually play more. :confused:

BRS24 said:
Lordy. Now I gotta figure out how to show this in the colorful roster spreadsheet ... LOL
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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.
 
As far as her playing time this season, I would guess that this was discussed with the coaches prior to her decision to go up north. I think the coaching staff has demonstrated this season that any player can be put in to the game at any point except maybe Piath and Autumn.
As a former resident of Frederick MD, I am looking forward to seeing a local kid on the Huskies.
 
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Blakeon18 said:
I just find this fascinating!

Some Dixville Notch [i.e. waaay too early] speculation:

Practice with the team starting in late January.
Geno sees how she fits in...in terms of ability/attitude/effort.
Come early and mid-February: maybe play her in a few blow-out games and see what happens.
We have a ton of games in February so there may well be opportunities for PT.

Come the conference and NCAA tourneys maybe Saylor shows enough to really help us against any team. My sense is that she is a versatile player at 6'2" or so....a combo 2/3/4 player? I anticipated her having a realistic shot at being in the rotation next year. Maybe this is a late Christmas present for this year.

I find this development potentially wonderful...for the team and for Saylor.
Go Saylor!
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If nothing else, she gets a jump on making that sophomore leap while she’s still a freshman. Any help (3 point baskets) she can give her team will be welcome. UConn is still looking for help in that area. Some “consistent“ help. I’m really not expecting too much at this time.

She will begin next year way ahead on the learning curve with 12-15 games under her belt, not to mention all of the team practices she’ll have behind her.

No doubt she’s as excited to join the team as they/we are to have her. It will be interesting to watch her maturation into the fabric of team play in this unprecedented way of joining a UConn team already in mid season.
 
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Welcome Saylor, but I would not put too much pressure on her providing "consistent" 3-pt shooting help. She won't get enough playing time to get into a shooting rhythm and we have all seen how that worked out before. When Courtney Ekmark came to Uconn, even Geno made the statement that she was one of the best 3-pt shooters he has seen, but she never saw the floor long enough to get into a shooting rhythm. When Courtney transferred to Arizona and got a lot of playing time, her shooting touch came back.
 
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mbr33ct said:
Where are Autumn's minutes coming from now?

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Lots of games in February against teams in the bottom half of the conference standings. Games that will be decided very early. The starters won’t need to play more than 25 minutes in those games If that many.
 
huskeynut said:
WOW!!!!!!!!!

An unexpected surprise. Not going to speculate on minutes. Things have a way of working themselves out, usually for the best.

And as an aside, UConn leads the nation in field goal percentage at 53.5%. Second is Ohio State at 51.9%.
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jabstep said:
Not bad for the worst shooting team Geno has ever had.
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Geno was talking about long distance (3Pt) shooting where UCONN is ranked 77th in the nation. That's not a typo & 77th puts us behind South Carolina. If you were to take out Paige's numbers we be about 200th. UCONN was number 1 last year so hopefully you can see why this is a serious concern.
 
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Very happy to have Saylor on board. Now I want UCONN to get greedy and go pick up Eleah Parker from PENN who is already in the transfer portal.
 
Carnac said:
Lots of games in February against teams in the bottom half of the conference standings. Games that will be decided very early. The starters won’t need to play more than 25 minutes in those games If that many.
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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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CocoHusky said:
Very happy to have Saylor on board. Now I want UCONN to get greedy and go pick up Eleah Parker from PENN who is already the transfer portal.
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UConn is now at the point where they could potentially bump up against the scholarship limit next year. Assuming that everyone returns next season and Geno decides to award Autumn a scholarship, with 4 newcomers on board, that puts UConn at the NCAA limit of 15 scholarships. Adding another player this season, who could return next season could create an excessive numbers problem, something we’ve never seen before at UConn.
 
That’s amazing news!! However I really don’t see her being a game changer for this team it seems that there is too much to learn and get use too. However if I’m wrong that will be GREAT. Now let’s get the other 3 to finish HS early and come join the team.

I also think this is big for next years team. Having a her get that extra time to learn and play with the team will make them all the more better.
 
oldude said:
UConn is now at the point where they could potentially bump up against the scholarship limit next year. Assuming that everyone returns next season and Geno decides to award Autumn a scholarship, with 4 newcomers on board, that puts UConn at the NCAA limit of 15 scholarships. Adding another player this season, who could return next season could create an excessive numbers problem, something we’ve never seen before at UConn.
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Scholarship limit for next season is yet TBD and expected to be above 15. Above 15 to accommodate for the extra year of eligibility granted to players that played during this season.
 
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