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Shortage of players

HuskyNan said:
@MilfordHusky and my posts were jokes. Some people took them a lot more seriously than intended
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Mine were light-hearted, but asking a real question. Do we need another body in case of emergency? Maybe someone who can keep us from playing 4 on 5? I understand that such a player wouldn’t provide much help, but a little bit of help could go a long way. The VB player with a BB background could get rebounds and perhaps make layups and FTs. Plus, she may be on only partial scholarship, so a full scholarship might be appealing.

I don’t think it’s insulting at all. Arguably the best team ever had 2 walk-ons, who responded to a request from the greatest winner ever.

It’s hard to say with injuries, but the list of players fully healthy for Sunday is likely Aliyah (with a broken nose), Aubrey (who had back surgery), Amari, Ayanna, and Ines. Paige and Ice are out, of course. Dorka is still healing. Azzi is likely out for weeks. Nika is uncertain. Lou is slightly hobbled. Caroline doesn’t look like herself. I, for one, am concerned about a roster of 5, 6, or 7.
 
Boreifs said:
I believe it was Stef Dolson who did that, but that was when practice started. Recruiting walk ons now just isn’t in the cards; the practice players are suddenly even more important.
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Many of the practice players are male students.
 
I was just looking at the roster site. There are 13 coaches and support staff vs the possibility of having only 6 players. Incredible.
 
MilfordHusky said:
Mine were light-hearted, but asking a real question. Do we need another body in case of emergency? Maybe someone who can keep us from playing 4 on 5? I understand that such a player wouldn’t provide much help, but a little bit of help could go a long way. The VB player with a BB background could get rebounds and perhaps make layups and FTs. Plus, she may be on only partial scholarship, so a full scholarship might be appealing.

I don’t think it’s insulting at all. Arguably the best team ever had 2 walk-ons, who responded to a request from the greatest winner ever.

It’s hard to say with injuries, but the list of players fully healthy for Sunday is likely Aliyah (with a broken nose), Aubrey (who had back surgery), Amari, Ayanna, and Ines. Paige and Ice are out, of course. Dorka is still healing. Azzi is likely out for weeks. Nika is uncertain. Lou is slightly hobbled. Caroline doesn’t look like herself. I, for one, am concerned about a roster of 5, 6, or 7.
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How about the scholarship kids who are on the team? Do they want to forfeit or hide a walk-on somewhere on the court in the event of an extreme emergency? I'm going out on a limb here, but I bet if polled they would rather play with an under-skilled walk-on rather then roll over and play dead with a forfeit. I think they are too competitive to just accept a forfeit.
 
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my2cents said:
You made my point, "they run SHORT distances"
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If we're so desperate for warm bodies that we need to bring in volleyball specialists, any conditioning issues will be the very least of our concerns.

Looming quite a bit larger is the fact that such a fill-in (a) hasn't been playing or practicing basketball and (b) would be starting from zero in terms of team chemistry and flow.
 
veryolddog said:
Why not? The real question is whether or not she is interested in playing basketball. If I am mistaken, she would be eligible for 4 years.
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Dog,
Div I rule is a running clock, 10 semesters to play four seasons of a sport. The covid rule would give another two semesters to play a fifth season. The volleyball player could play basketball this season and next, but she could also play a fifth season of Volleyball next year, so would she want to switch and then switch back?

Women's volleyball, as is women's basketball, is a head counter sport, so all recruited members receive a full scholarship. So no financial incentive to play. On the plus side, volleyball teams regularly have the highest GPA of any team sport, so the learning curve may be quicker.

Broadcaster Maria Taylor, I believe played four seasons of volleyball at Georgia, then played basketball her senior year. I think someone should call Andy Landers and find out how that worked out.
 
If Lou and Nika cant go Sunday, I would try to reschedule or forfeit. Crazy to play at Maryland with 5 "healthy" players + CD who is clearly not 100%. Not fair to them.
 
uconnever said:
Amari looked good to me last night, she may be on the Kiah Stokes plan. Next year a solid player off the bench. I was happy for her. Her brain farts were fine to me because she never a plays too long in a critical role. Given a chance she will be fine.
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wingsfan055 said:
If Lou and Nika cant go Sunday, I would try to reschedule or forfeit. Crazy to play at Maryland with 5 "healthy" players + CD who is clearly not 100%. Not fair to them.
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I personally can’t imagine that ever happening. The good thing is that after Maryland they will have a week off. Then, there’s two Big East games, and then another week off. Hopefully, with these two long breaks, it will give Dorka, Azzi, Lou, Nika, and Caroline all time to heal up and recover. Having only six players dressed is far from optimum, but clearly it is something that six college age basketball players should be able to handle for one game. I know very few basketball players who want to come out of a game, and now they will all have a chance to get extended minutes. As far as rescheduling, I can’t imagine another school taking pity on UConn and giving them time to get all their players back healthy.
 
At the end of the broadcast yesterday, Geno said he was going to see who showed up at practice today to figure out how to play the turtles. Has anyone seen any tweets about today's practice?
 
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