Thoughts on Abby Meyers of Princeton

[UcMiami]

A choice to go to an Ivy out of HS is a pretty clear choice for academic excellence. While I love Uconn and think it is a really good school, with good graduate programs, there are other schools with better academic grad programs and good basketball programs. I think she actually has two years of eligibility left so if academia is her career path she could get her masters paid for and be most of the way towards a PhD.

I suspect her choice will be based on academics if she enters the portal.

 

[Charliebball]

As a fellow Ivy league you should know best of all that both the Ivy league and the Patriot League encourage senior/graduates player to get on with life and not very accepting of graduate transfers or redshirt seniors. Ellie Mack was the Patriot League player of the year in 2020 and ended up transferring to Oregon State. I've been beating the Abby Meyers for UCONN drum for quite a few months now, since Kiki Rice decided to matriculate on the West coast. Abby will do very well at UCONN!

Nothing would make me happier than to have Ms Meyers spend a fun filled year in Storrs..........do you think Coach Berube is actively pushing her out the door with the Werth Center GPS coordinates?

 

[CocoHusky]

Nothing would make me happier than to have Ms Meyers spend a fun filled year in Storrs..........do you think Coach Berube is actively pushing her out the door with the Werth Center GPS coordinates?

I have no evidence of that nor would I share if I did it. Abby was interviewed after the Ivy League championship game and she alluded to playing her "last" Ivy league game. Abby is in the transfer portal therefore Coach Berube must be aware of her intention to transfer. This is not a case of Coach Berube pushing Abby out the door-it is Ivy League Policy/practice-see the post by @BobbyJ.

 

[RSHERMVIKES]

Having watched Abby Meyers over the last 3 to 4 weeks she is a plus player on both sides of the ball!
Plus her BB smarts are through the roof!
If she does apply for the portal Geno and staff would be nuts not to contact her, and as we all know Geno & staff are not nuts!

 

[meyers7]

There are reports that Abby is or will be in the portal. She will graduate from Princeton in May, I believe. She would give us a tall, strong-shooting guard. She's a 2x Ivy POY. Any thoughts? I would want her--especially if she brings Chen with her.

Chen's only a Sophomore.

 

[MilfordHusky]

If she enters the portal for her 5th year…my thoughts Stanford and or ND will want her…Geno have your staff go after her…maybe a phone call to Carla might not be a bad idea either…

I believe that Stanford only gives up grad transfers and doesn't take them: Sniezek, Thompson, Dodson.

 

[Jingo]

A choice to go to an Ivy out of HS is a pretty clear choice for academic excellence. While I love Uconn and think it is a really good school, with good graduate programs, there are other schools with better academic grad programs and good basketball programs. I think she actually has two years of eligibility left so if academia is her career path she could get her masters paid for and be most of the way towards a PhD.

I suspect her choice will be based on academics if she enters the portal.

Why? Life is filled with academia .. basketball only comes round once, eh?

 

[sweetspot]

A choice to go to an Ivy out of HS is a pretty clear choice for academic excellence. While I love Uconn and think it is a really good school, with good graduate programs, there are other schools with better academic grad programs and good basketball programs. I think she actually has two years of eligibility left so if academia is her career path she could get her masters paid for and be most of the way towards a PhD.

I suspect her choice will be based on academics if she enters the portal.

Does the NCAA consider a year lost to academic shortcomings (or whatever word you want to use) similar to a redshirt? Because 2022-23 would technically be her sixth year since high school.

 

[Boreifs]

There are reports that Abby is or will be in the portal. She will graduate from Princeton in May, I believe. She would give us a tall, strong-shooting guard. She's a 2x Ivy POY. Any thoughts? I would want her--especially if she brings Chen with her.

She is already in the Portal. The Ivy League will not let anyone take the extra Covid year, so if they want to play they must transfer. Someone suggested she would look for a comparable academic program; my guess is that her decision would be a pure basketball one. She definitely has pro potential.

 

[stamfordhusky]

As a fellow Ivy league you should know best of all that both the Ivy league and the Patriot League encourage senior/graduates player to get on with life and not very accepting of graduate transfers or redshirt seniors. Ellie Mack was the Patriot League player of the year in 2020 and ended up transferring to Oregon State.

The patriot league unfortunately takes no stand at all on 5th year players (other than grad transfers). That is creating a wide disparity in different sports. For example, Loyola has a dozen fifth year players in lacrosse. American university next year expects to have five 5th year seniors in women’s basketball. In contrast, a school like Bucknell has exactly zero 5th year players in all sports combined.

Within the league, Boston University, American university, and Loyola have a huge advantage. Lehigh also has somewhat of an advantage.

 

[stamfordhusky]

Meyers and Chen are unbelievably good. Either one can be good for us. How can Carl Berube find those two?

Berube did not find Meyers. Meyers was already at Princeton.

 

[Bald Husky]

After the Columbia game I mentioned on a different thread that I didn't think Abby Meyers could help us. I WAS WRONG. Watching her yesterday was like seeing a totally different player, more aggressive offensively and defensively. I will formally give my endorsement to trying to get that young lady to Storrs, and as a Princeton grad, her intelligence will tell her that Conn. is the proper destination for her. Go Princeton, go UConn.

 

[warbler1055]

If Miss Myers wants a WNBA career then UConn is a pretty good destination.

 

[UConnCat]

I believe that Stanford only gives up grad transfers and doesn't take them: Sniezek, Thompson, Dodson.

Current Stanford player Jordan Hamilton is a grad transfer from Northwestern.

 

[CocoHusky]

Does the NCAA consider a year lost to academic shortcomings (or whatever word you want to use) similar to a redshirt? Because 2022-23 would technically be her sixth year since high school.

Yes. The NCAA does not care about the reason, all they need to know is she did not compete therefore she has remaining eligibility. Her extra year has nothing to do with her academic standing though. The entire Ivy League gave up sports for a full season due to COVID and that is where her extra year is coming from.

 

[CocoHusky]

After the Columbia game I mentioned on a different thread that I didn't think Abby Meyers could help us. I WAS WRONG. Watching her yesterday was like seeing a totally different player, more aggressive offensively and defensively. I will formally give my endorsement to trying to get that young lady to Storrs, and as a Princeton grad, her intelligence will tell her that Conn. is the proper destination for her. Go Princeton, go UConn.

Welcome to the Abby Meyers for UCONN bandwagon . Good thing I save you a seat. Full speed ahead!

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Given our guard corps, I doubt Meyers would be drawn to UConn and would want a team that needed a mucho minutes starter.

 

[Zarathustra]

I was very impressed by Ms. Meyers . She is the "glue"
for the Tigers;
just like Maddy Siequist is "glue " for Villanova. I think
people have Maryland with the inside track in this race.

 

[Zarathustra]

I suppose you would consider Rhyne Howard if she chose to stay another year? i.e. the grad portal??

 

[Charliebball]

I'm thinking Wilt Chamberlin..............

 

[oldhusky]

Given our guard corps, I doubt Meyers would be drawn to UConn and would want a team that needed a mucho minutes starter.

This is the main question as I see it. Uconn has many advantages in the pursuit of Abby, but a true staring role is certainly not a lock. We have just 4 guards and should find another whether it is Abby or not. If that player (preferably more of a 2/3) is just a pretty good backup they will likely settle in as the 5th guard getting some backup minutes behind Azzi and Caroline, but be in competition with Nika for those minutes as well, although Nika is better at the point.

Abby could be so much more than that, with an upside of starting at the 3 and maybe being the team's third best starter behind Paige and Azzi. The downside or worst case for her would probably be playing 15-20 minutes as both Azzi's and Caroline's principle backup, and be a super-sub. Either way she would be a great addition for us.

Abby is the star of her team, and the player of the year in her conference. Many pretty good teams could not only insure a starting position for her, but potentially make her the star of that team, like she was at Princeton. Part of me hopes that since she has already been a star on a pretty good team, been there done that so to speak, that a year of the Uconn experience with the chance to start, but at worst a super-sub, would be very attractive. It also would not decrease her exposure to scouts for a professional career.

We need to look at other 2/3 options in case we can't land Abby, but it seems clear to me that she should be by far the number 1 target this off-season.

 

[CocoHusky]

This is the main question as I see it. Uconn has many advantages in the pursuit of Abby, but a true staring role is certainly not a lock. We have just 4 guards and should find another whether it is Abby or not. If that player (preferably more of a 2/3) is just a pretty good backup they will likely settle in as the 5th guard getting some backup minutes behind Azzi and Caroline, but be in competition with Nika for those minutes as well, although Nika is better at the point.

Abby could be so much more than that, with an upside of starting at the 3 and maybe being the team's third best starter behind Paige and Azzi. The downside or worst case for her would probably be playing 15-20 minutes as both Azzi's and Caroline's principle backup, and be a super-sub. Either way she would be a great addition for us.

Abby is the star of her team, and the player of the year in her conference. Many pretty good teams could not only insure a starting position for her, but potentially make her the star of that team, like she was at Princeton. Part of me hopes that since she has already been a star on a pretty good team, been there done that so to speak, that a year of the Uconn experience with the chance to start, but at worst a super-sub, would be very attractive. It also would not decrease her exposure to scouts for a professional career.

We need to look at other 2/3 options in case we can't land Abby, but it seems clear to me that she should be by far the number 1 target this off-season.

UCONN is graduating both CW (34 MPG) and Evina (29 MPG). The latter is UCONN's current 6th man and the former is a 4 year starter. Abby is potentially a better player than both CW and Evina because of her ability to shoot the deep ball and defend on the perimeter. Why couldn't Abby start or get significant minutes for UCONN next season? As far as being the star of the team that is not going to happen while Paige is still breathing.

 

[HuskyNan]

A choice to go to an Ivy out of HS is a pretty clear choice for academic excellence. While I love Uconn and think it is a really good school, with good graduate programs, there are other schools with better academic grad programs and good basketball programs. I think she actually has two years of eligibility left so if academia is her career path she could get her masters paid for and be most of the way towards a PhD.

I suspect her choice will be based on academics if she enters the portal.

She can take weekend classes at Yale