Sydney Douglas taking unofficial visit on January 19

[Zonepress]

Given her age would not be shocked to see a reclassifying to class of 2027
Which may explain the purported “urgency”
Regarding recruiting

 

[Zarathustra]

Given her age would not be shocked to see a reclassifying to class of 2027
Which may explain the purported “urgency”
Regarding recruiting

Sydney "Bean" Douglas was born on September 16, 2008. She
is, of course, now listed in Husky Nan's Class of 2028 Players of
Interest. Notice that Jordyn Palmer, another UCONN POI and
on Husky Nan's Class of 2027, was born on November 6, 2008.
(two months younger).
This gives one pause to think! Consider this: Kaleena Smith, who
has an "OFFER" from UCONN (as does Jordyn Palmer), plays
on the same team as "the BEAN". Could they "go" to college
the same year? To the same TEAM?? Who would like to
PROGNOSTICATE the possibilities.!!??

 

[Blakeon18]

Should Bean reclassify that would mean she overlaps one year
with our current frosh....including Sarah. That might appeal to Bean....allowing
her to be a bit under the radar for a year?

 

[jeff30189]

With UCONN's track record of Canadians Kia Nurse and Aaliyah Edwards and relatively close distance to Ontario (I can't think of any top US women's basketball program that is closer), I think we have a good shot with her.

Wrong Ontario - not the Great White North, the other one out on the left coast.

 

[Zarathustra]

Wrong Ontario - not the Great White North, the other one out on the left coast.

Ontario... as in Ontario Christian School, Ontario, CA. The "Bean's"
hometown, according to the UCONN POI list for the Class of 2028,
is Los Angeles, CA. Have you ever been in Poland, ME.; Mexico, ME.
or Paris. ME.? They are all in my current home state of ME = Maine!!
Don't get me going as to what state "NEWARK" is in!!

 

[Just.A.Fan]

If this girl was truly born on September 16, 2008, does anybody know WHY this 17 year old is a high school freshman and not a junior or senior? Did her parents hold her back (2 years) for some reason other than perhaps the obvious?

 

[Just.A.Fan]

@RSHERMVIKES - You mean you didn't question this??? How many freshmen have you ever known that were 17 years old?

 

[Forego]

Even during dead periods, most communication is still allowed. Coaches can still email or text or talk on the phone with recruits. The only limitation is that there can be no face-to-face contact.

This is different from quiet periods, Weir face-to-face contact is allowed on the schools campus.

Thanks for the clarifications. It’s all to complicated for me.

 

[Zarathustra]

If this girl was truly born on September 16, 2008, does anybody know WHY this 17 year old is a high school freshman and not a junior or senior? Did her parents hold her back (2 years) for some reason other than perhaps the obvious?

Background data source: try Googling: FIBA Sydney Douglas (USA) - basketball stats, height/age. It should come up with: Sydney Douglas Date of Birth Sep 16, 2008 and have her height as 196 cm / 6'5".
I have also previously found her birth date at: The Home of FIBA Basketball - News, Stats, Games, Results, Calendar & Events | FIBA Basketball
players/343203-sydney-douglas but this link appears no longer to work. I
check both links this AM 1/10/2025 I hope it works for you! Z
I just retried the search. It worked with small letters for fiba and sydney
douglas (usa) - basketball stats, height/age. I don't believe that the CAPS
really make a difference here.
There is also a news article from CalHiSports.com from November 28,
2024, entitled "THE BEAN IS BORN". It describes Sydney as a 15-year-old 6'6" freshman. The paragraph with the information is (approximately) # 15 in the article. It says that she got the name "BEAN" because "Sydney Bean" rhymes with " kidney bean"!! The article is interesting about how is chose ONTARIO
CHRISTIAN as her H.S. Maybe like SARAH or ICE? Not to mention BUCKETS??

 

[BobbyJ]

If this girl was truly born on September 16, 2008, does anybody know WHY this 17 year old is a high school freshman and not a junior or senior? Did her parents hold her back (2 years) for some reason other than perhaps the obvious?

Better check your date. She's only 16 and doesn't turn 17 for 8 months.

 

[Just.A.Fan]

Better check your date. She's only 16 and doesn't turn 17 for 8 months.

Yep, my error! However, that still means she will be a 19 year old high school senior, so it doesn't really change the scenario much. Around 5% of high school seniors are 19 at graduation.

 

[Forego]

Usually the Boneyard has spirited discussions about a players height. Since Sydney was probably tall enough to get on any ride a Disney World when she was 3 there is no need to discuss her height. However it appears that her age is open for discussion. Allow me to end this discussion once and for all:
Sydney is approximately 0.54 Hartley years old. She was wearing her basketball shoes when this measurement was calculated.

 

[Husky fanatic]

There are at least 4 players on Ontario Christian that I would love to have at UConn. I also heard that KK and Sydney might be a package

 

[Blakeon18]

Assuming for the moment that she reclassifies to the class of 2027 she would be a frosh in
college entering at 18 years of age...quite normal, no?

 

[Postie]

Bean father played football at SoCal.Would expect her to be a Trojan

 

[RSHERMVIKES]

@RSHERMVIKES - You mean you didn't question this??? How many freshmen have you ever known that were 17 years old?

Just.A.Fan- - -In my post earlier, Syndney WOW, I was talking about her talent not not her age!

 

[Zarathustra]

Assuming for the moment that she reclassifies to the class of 2027 she would be a frosh in
college entering at 18 years of age...quite normal, no?

YES. (NORMAL)

 

[Majorthreat]

Geno and UCONN need to offer her fast. Bigs are off the market pretty quickly, and she already said that she won't wait until her Senior year to know where she is going. That's why South Carolina gets a ton of good players because they offer a lot of players. We are selective and often don't go after quality bigs and end up losing everyone. Gandy Malou will still be here but she will be a Junior then maybe. We are putting our eggs in the basket Vukosa and it's not a certainty she will come to UCONN. I don't think Kim Mulkey is great at developing bigs at all. I mean Reese and Morrow were already beasts before they came there. Gandy will end up being a better player than Jana I believe. She runs the floor better, blocks shots better and goes after loose balls with more tenacity.

 

[Just.A.Fan]

Assuming for the moment that she reclassifies to the class of 2027 she would be a frosh in
college entering at 18 years of age...quite normal, no?

Can you name five (5) female athletes who have reclassified to leave high school a year early, that have gone onto "star" at the D1 level? Can you name five (5) female athletes who have just been "starters" at the D1 level? I can't name any! But at 85 my memory may be failing me?

She was held back presumably to develop athletically over other girls in her original age and class level. Why then would it make sense to forego her senior year of high school and the additional year of development?

 

[RoadMaster]

 

[RoadMaster]

I had wondered when I first read this thread..
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