Sedona Prince Transfer Thread

[oldude]

I thought you were joking for a second, then remembered that you weren't and now I'm grossed out all over again.

Yes, there were even photos of Howard in the gym with some of Baylor’s players. If I was Kim Mulkey, I would truly be uncomfortable with Howard being anywhere near the young ladies on my basketball team.

 

[victor64]

Setting aside my BY-colored glasses, if you compare depth-charts and overall situations, the obvious choice for Prince is to be a Husky. Of course, I thought the same thing about Aaliyah Boston.

 

[Charliebball]

Hebard's a senior and the older Sabally's a wing. Of the rest, who would take precedence over Prince?

the younger Sabally is supposed to be terrific and Dugalic can play the 4/5 and is no slouch...................let's just put it this way, if I was looking for max playing time I think UConn certainly and even ND would be far better choices........

 

[Orangutan]

Sedona visiting two of the schools that good friend 2020 Deja Kelly visited earlier this year is not a coincidence . . .

It was reported that Prince would be visiting ND with another top recruit, which I assumed would be Kelly. Did some sleuthing just now on her Mom's account. Yep, they appear to be visiting to ND together.

I wonder if they'll go out to Oregon together, too.

Oregon already has PaoPao so you'd think ND is a better bet if they want to play together now that the only true point guard on the projected 20-21 roster is transferring out.

Deja continues to engage with a lot of Oregon stuff on social media, though. Her social media activity doesn't indicate she has been told Oregon is full.

 

[Blueberries]

Well Oregon doesn’t have room for both.... right?

 

[DeeHusky]

Yes, there were even photos of Howard in the gym with some of Baylor’s players. If I was Kim Mulkey, I would truly be uncomfortable with Howard being anywhere near the young ladies on my basketball team.

Agreed. That’s just so weird for me, the age gap is just throws me off. I view her as a child(although she is a grown woman) to someone his age. Especially with the scandal that came out a few months ago.

 

[southie]

I'm sure Deja Kelly has a lot of people/factors tugging away at her. One year ago, her family upped and moved from San Antonio to the Dallas area where her boyfriend, 2020 SF Micah Peavy was playing after his Dad moved from Spring Dekaney H.S. in the north Houston area to become the head coach at Duncanville.

After Kelly decommitted from Texas last Fall, there was speculation that she would follow her boyfriend to whichever college he chose just like she followed him to Duncanville. At that time, Peavy hadn't been offered by Texas. A few months ago, Peavy released a Top 5 list of finalists (Texas was not among them). Then, this Spring, he blew up out different hoops events and his stock has risen significantly. Texas offered, as did several other big names schools. He re-opened his recruitment to give more colleges a chance to recruit him. Not sure if Oregon or Notre Dame are among them, as my memory recalls schools like Michigan, LSU, and Texas Tech.

 

[Sluconn Husky]

the younger Sabally is supposed to be terrific and Dugalic can play the 4/5 and is no slouch....let's just put it this way, if I was looking for max playing time I think UConn certainly and even ND would be far better choices...

If she's healthy and develops as expected when she was a top-10 prospect, I doubt playing time will be an issue anywhere. None of these schools is recruiting her to sit.

 

[DaBball]

I was always under the impression, from their 247 Page, the Oregon was done recruiting in the 2020 class and transfer market with the exception of two names -- Hailey Van Lith and Caitlin Clark. That was because they already have a five-player class and only one scholarship remaining (unless Giomi or Yaeger
will not take their fifth year). Then Bessoir committed to UCLA, and, once again, their 247 Page said they were waiting on Clark or Van Lith.

Then came the news that Ware was visiting. She is a bit of a unique case because she is a high level dual sport athlete, so I’m not sure what her status is with both sports at Oregon. It would be very difficult to find playing time at UO if you will also be pursuing volleyball due to the major overlap in seasons as well as the talent at the 4/5 positions (Cochrane, Sabally, Watson, Dugalic).

Then it was announced Prince will also be visiting, but Prince is a talent that IMO can’t be turned down, so maybe he will just give it to Prince.

Ironic how Kelly loved his small roster and now he is running out of scholarships?

 

[Charliebball]

I was always under the impression, from their 247 Page, the Oregon was done recruiting in the 2020 class and transfer market with the exception of two names -- Hailey Van Lith and Caitlin Clark. That was because they already have a five-player class and only one scholarship remaining (unless Giomi or Yaeger
will not take their fifth year). Then Bessoir committed to UCLA, and, once again, their 247 Page said they were waiting on Clark or Van Lith.

Then came the news that Ware was visiting. She is a bit of a unique case because she is a high level dual sport athlete, so I’m not sure what her status is with both sports at Oregon. It would be very difficult to find playing time at UO if you will also be pursuing volleyball due to the major overlap in seasons as well as the talent at the 4/5 positions (Cochrane, Sabally, Watson, Dugalic).

Then it was announced Prince will also be visiting, but Prince is a talent that IMO can’t be turned down, so maybe he will just give it to Prince.

Ironic how Kelly loved his small roster and now he is running out of scholarships?

I guess he may be collecting height to compete with an Oregon State team that must average about 6'4" per player..................

 

[HuskyNan]

???
There's nothing at all confrontational or comparative intended by my post ...particularly if you read my personal postscript....I appreciate a solid screen (whether set by Dolson, Shepard or Gustafson, for that matter ) I'll amend the wording a tad (if need be) but my point still stands.

He’s a men’s board poster. They wander over every now and then, shout at someone, then wander back.

 

[Fishy]

He’s a men’s board poster. They wander over every now and then, shout at someone, then wander back.

YOU’RE ALL NUTS.

I’ll be back in a few months.

 

[UConnCat]

Ironic how Kelly loved his small roster and now he is running out of scholarships?

I didn't think it would last. When you're considered the hot new thing in WCBB it's hard to resist wanting to ride that wave and keep winning recruiting battles.

 

[Kevin G]

Sorry fella, but people have always gone to one college or another, sports related or not, "for this or that". It's also kind of odd that you only care how current coaches and players want her to come here, but once we fans state we want her to come here that's over the top and irrelevant. Yet here you are stating such on a fan forum site. Sounds kind of contradictory. You may as well not be on the BY.

You have seriously missed the point. Grab a cup of coffee or do something to wake up and try to understand my simple post.

 

[meyers7]

As one of the folks who botched the spelling of Stef’s name let me just say that if the BY starts criticizing everyone who misspell’s, misquotes or has their smartphones mis-enter the wrong word, we may as well shut the BY down now, because I’m pretty sure that none of us are perfect.

 

[Urshurak]

What was this thread about again?

 

[RockyMTblue2]

What was this thread about again?

Get used to it. Seems it is what we do. You never know when a rabbit hole will appear.

 

[sivad40]

Oregon will also have Top 30 recruit 6'5 C Lauren Ware on campus visiting this weekend. The plot thickens.

Oregon Ducks women’s basketball hosting 2 5-star talents this weekend

Texas transfer Sedona Prince, a former five-star recruit, and class of 2020 five-star post Lauren Ware are set to visit Oregon this weekend

www.oregonlive.com

 

[Geew1992]

Going right from ND to Oregon.

 

[Tonyc]

Remember this....the road to the Final Four passes through UConn and there is only one UConn. You can think all you want and worry all you want but when it comes down to it there is only one UConn. Take all those bigs sitting on the bench and think to yourself if they were that good why are they sitting, what good does it do for the team and why would other bigs continue to check them out? IMO to replace the bigs sitting. The only way to gain experience is to play and if you dont play you dont gain experience and if you dont gain experience how can you get better in game situations. I really like our chances of getting Prince because we have the present and future recruits that will win NC's and the bottom line is Prince is getting a second chance and now has experienced one year of college ball. She knows what shes looking for and she knows where to find it and imo its all at UConn.

 

[pvdoggy]

Remember this....the road to the Final Four passes through UConn and there is only one UConn. You can think all you want and worry all you want but when it comes down to it there is only one UConn. Take all those bigs sitting on the bench and think to yourself if they were that good why are they sitting, what good does it do for the team and why would other bigs continue to check them out? IMO to replace the bigs sitting. The only way to gain experience is to play and if you dont play you dont gain experience and if you dont gain experience how can you get better in game situations. I really like our chances of getting Prince because we have the present and future recruits that will win NC's and the bottom line is Prince is getting a second chance and now has experienced one year of college ball. She knows what shes looking for and she knows where to find it and imo its all at UConn.

Sounds like you are describing the Uconn bench the past couple years.

 

[donalddoowop]

Remember this....the road to the Final Four passes through UConn and there is only one UConn. You can think all you want and worry all you want but when it comes down to it there is only one UConn. Take all those bigs sitting on the bench and think to yourself if they were that good why are they sitting, what good does it do for the team and why would other bigs continue to check them out? IMO to replace the bigs sitting. The only way to gain experience is to play and if you dont play you dont gain experience and if you dont gain experience how can you get better in game situations. I really like our chances of getting Prince because we have the present and future recruits that will win NC's and the bottom line is Prince is getting a second chance and now has experienced one year of college ball. She knows what shes looking for and she knows where to find it and imo its all at UConn.

Prince has experienced one year of watching college ball.

 

[JRRRJ]

What was this thread about again?

As are many of the threads here, it's about the obsessions/biases/opinions/egos of a number of people who have time on their hands. Sometimes it's ugly, but mostly it's entertaining and/or informative. ;^)

And thanks be to the moderators, who minimize the ugly.

 

[WestsideWaltz]

Yes, there were even photos of Howard in the gym with some of Baylor’s players. If I was Kim Mulkey, I would truly be uncomfortable with Howard being anywhere near the young ladies on my basketball team.

Where was the uncomfortability when Kobe ("I now understand how she feels that she did not consent to this encounter") Bryant visited UConn, USC and Oregon? In fact, it was celebrated.

 

[uconnfan68]

Where was the uncomfortability when Kobe ("I now understand how she feels that she did not consent to this encounter") Bryant visited UConn, USC and Oregon? In fact, it was celebrated.

There was none with his young daughter along.

 

[jonson]

I was always under the impression, from their 247 Page, the Oregon was done recruiting in the 2020 class and transfer market with the exception of two names -- Hailey Van Lith and Caitlin Clark. That was because they already have a five-player class and only one scholarship remaining (unless Giomi or Yaeger
will not take their fifth year). Then Bessoir committed to UCLA, and, once again, their 247 Page said they were waiting on Clark or Van Lith.

Then came the news that Ware was visiting. She is a bit of a unique case because she is a high level dual sport athlete, so I’m not sure what her status is with both sports at Oregon. It would be very difficult to find playing time at UO if you will also be pursuing volleyball due to the major overlap in seasons as well as the talent at the 4/5 positions (Cochrane, Sabally, Watson, Dugalic).

Then it was announced Prince will also be visiting, but Prince is a talent that IMO can’t be turned down, so maybe he will just give it to Prince.

Ironic how Kelly loved his small roster and now he is running out of scholarships?

Some possibilities: 1) Despite what the 247 pages say, I don't think Oregon is a player for, or maybe even interested in, Van Lith; Clarke is another story imo;

2) Dugalic is apparently being looked at for the elder Sabally's position--a stretch 4 or maybe even a 3, since she moves very well; among other things she apparently qualified to compete in track at the state level at 400 meters; Watson (now 6'5", I believe), the younger Sabally, and Cochrane strike me as inside players, like Prince I imagine, with N.S. being closer to Hebard in body type and playing style than to her sister, but with a much more varied offensive skill set than Ruthy;

3) with the exception of last year, Graves has always given a lot of players a fair amount of time on the court; I think he was surprised at the advantages of a small roster, but I also think the injuries toward the end of last year likely pushed him back toward how he liked to operate in the past; and

4) it may be that Clarke has indicated she is going elsewhere (Notre Dame, presumably), or perhaps Morgan Yeager has said enough to dealing with chronic back problems and will leave Eugene after she receives her degree in spring 2020, or perhaps the staff thinks Prince is a too-good-to-say-no sort of deal or? In any case, I really don't think Graves is the type to run players off.

 

[MikeBlue]

Just something I thought all would appreciate. Go Huskies!

 

[bballnut90]

Prince is a stud and will be in a great situation at any of ND, Oregon and UCONN.

If she is eligible this upcoming year (big if) she is likely going to see big minutes at both ND and UCONN. UCONN has a major hole at the center spot but I'm guessing Geno intends to use her strictly as a center her first couple of years since he has a slew of guards/wings and primarily needs a body inside. If you watch Prince's game, she is a good inside out threat and may not love playing primarily in the low post. Who knows.

At Notre Dame she likely gets big minutes early too. A much better chance here to be a go to player during her career than if she chooses Oregon. or UCONN. Flip side of that is her squad realistically isnt going to be a strong final four contender her first couple of years.


Oregon makes sense for a lot of reasons IMO. First, they're best positioned to win a title next year with almost everyone back. She can take a year to ease into playing if she has leg issues and there isnt as much pressure initially. She'd also get a lot of reps against really good players in practice. Oregon should still be a title contender even after Hebard/Sabrina graduate and she likely takes on a more significant role as a sophomore and is likely a 2nd or 3rd option offensively. That probably isnt the case at Connecticut. She fits in perfectly as a 4/5 and Oregon's offense utilizes a ton of pick and roll action that I think she'd thrive in. She also has other incoming posts in 2020 and will be able to play on the perimeter more than she does at Connecticut primarily based on UCONN's lack of posts.

Potential downside for all 3 is that the culture and snow/rain will be something she hasnt experienced before and might take time to get used to.

More than anything though, Sedona seems like a smart girl with her choices on the table. Geno/Muffet/Kelly are arguably the top 3 coaches in womens college basketball right now and all will do an excellent job of developing her as a player. Cant go wrong with any of the 3.

 

[cferraro04]

As much as I appreciate bballnut90's attempt at being fair minded in his / her analysis of what is the best fit for Sedona. I prefer, no actually refuse to give up my blue colored glasses and will stick with Tonyc's optimism and I will adhere to the belief that the best fit for Sedona is UConn. The coaching staff is the best there is, the fan base is the best there is, the history / pedigree is legendary, the preparation for the next level is exemplary and the education isn't bad. By the way, it should be noted that Tonyc hasn't lost his touch...two months ago Tony was out sayin' that he didn't specifically know who was coming to UConn but that his sources had told him that a 6'7" girl would be making the trip to UConn. He wasn't sure if she was American or foreign but he was sure that she was 6'7". I guess that would make him 100 percent correct. 50 percent for calling the height correctly and an additional 50 percent because he said she would be either American or foreign.

 

[CocoHusky]

Prince is a stud and will be in a great situation at any of ND, Oregon and UCONN.

If she is eligible this upcoming year (big if) she is likely going to see big minutes at both ND and UCONN. UCONN has a major hole at the center spot but I'm guessing Geno intends to use her strictly as a center her first couple of years since he has a slew of guards/wings and primarily needs a body inside. If you watch Prince's game, she is a good inside out threat and may not love playing primarily in the low post. Who knows.

At Notre Dame she likely gets big minutes early too. A much better chance here to be a go to player during her career than if she chooses Oregon. or UCONN. Flip side of that is her squad realistically isnt going to be a strong final four contender her first couple of years.


Oregon makes sense for a lot of reasons IMO. First, they're best positioned to win a title next year with almost everyone back. She can take a year to ease into playing if she has leg issues and there isnt as much pressure initially. She'd also get a lot of reps against really good players in practice. Oregon should still be a title contender even after Hebard/Sabrina graduate and she likely takes on a more significant role as a sophomore and is likely a 2nd or 3rd option offensively. That probably isnt the case at Connecticut. She fits in perfectly as a 4/5 and Oregon's offense utilizes a ton of pick and roll action that I think she'd thrive in. She also has other incoming posts in 2020 and will be able to play on the perimeter more than she does at Connecticut primarily based on UCONN's lack of posts.

Potential downside for all 3 is that the culture and snow/rain will be something she hasnt experienced before and might take time to get used to.

More than anything though, Sedona seems like a smart girl with her choices on the table. Geno/Muffet/Kelly are arguably the top 3 coaches in womens college basketball right now and all will do an excellent job of developing her as a player. Cant go wrong with any of the 3.

Prince "was" a potential Stud. The biggest "if" concerns her health. A unhealthy Prince will not determine the Final Four fortunes of UCONN, Oregon, or ND this season.