I have never seen anything from Geno or Cardosa or any other source that would support your hypothesis. Thee Only source that ever mentioned Cardosa and UConn together was World Exposure Report which has been proven 100% wrong on all of their portal predictions and is considered a joke.
It is my understanding that Cardoso’s transfer was coordinated through the Brazilian basketball federation, who contacted Geno, Dawn and perhaps some other coaches. After that, all I know is that she ended up at SC. Whether UConn was interested or not is unknown, at least to the general public.
Yea...I'm sure the girls on the team would not want Cardoso and so Geno passed on her....(insert sarcasm here).
This rhetoric about UCONN not playing freshman seriously needs an update because it is severely outdated. In the past 20 seasons UCONN has had a freshman starter or 6th woman in all but two seasons- (03-04 and 17-18). In 03-04 UCONN did not have any freshman on the roster. The list below also does not include Gabby Williams, Tiffany Hayes or Moriah Jefferson who were terrific contributors as freshman but did not rise to the level of 6th woman. It certainly depends on the player and the existing roster but IMO both of the Freshman coming in next season have the ability to press for starting position and be a regular part of the rotation.
I doubt she has a nice outside shot. Though if you are right- sure she can be. But if she did-, she would take it more. That would show you she has confidence in her shot and her coach is confident in her. That 5-11 she shot from 3 is outstanding,. So why wouldn't the team work to get her the ball more from there if that % was a stat that shows she is a good shooter especially if she is a good passer too? Five for 11 from 3 is equivalent to 68.18% from 2. And she is not a pg. I'd love to see Amihere play the pg vs UCONN. Maybe she did? In our 1st game was she playing pg? If she had good passing skills and was anything near capable of being a competent pg then she wouldn't have had 37 assists vs 57 turnovers. A good passer wouldn't be that bad. A good passer is a good passer, right? And as a PF she couldn't make good passes to players she was quicker than in order to have better assist to turnover numbers?
Outdated or incorrect? The freshman statement seems incorrect more than anything else to me. Also, wasn't it Aaliyah who won the Big East 6th Woman of the Year in 2021? That looks like a typo but I could be wrong.
So im guessing he turned down Aaliyah Boston too bc of harsh feedback LOL
I believe he takes into consideration the team chemistry and a fit with the other players, but I don’t believe he asks them their opinions before choosing a player.
Incorrect would be more accurate. As far as AE I listed her as a starter because by the end of the season she was a starter and playing her best basketball against Iowa and Baylor.
I think you misunderstood my question about Aaliyah.
AE did win that award but that not what I'm talking about. I should have explained better. Bolded names indicates that the player was a freshman starter for UCONN by the end of the season. . The 6th woman indicates that this player was the first player off the bench and applies to the UCONN player rotation for their Freshman season only.
Ah. Appreciate the clarification.
nice list - one update
I think what happened was Dorka came first. She entered the portal and was offered and accepted before Cardoso was known to be available. She entered the portal latter, only after most of the Syracuse team left. If both had been in the portal at the same time, and both indicated an interest in Uconn, it could have been the other way around where Geno chooses Cardoso and passes on Dorka. We will never know, but I suspect if Cardoso had committed before Dorka, that Dorka probably would have lost interest in us, but apparently Cardoso was willing to consider us even with Dorka onboard.
My question means exactly what it says about finding talent. There’s no suggestion there. If Geno isn’t trying to find the talent to win another title then please, disregard my question.
Syracuse was a dumpster fire making everyone's experience peculiar and forcing some very good players to get the hell up out there at season's end. Cardoso's skill set is not similar to Amari. Cardoso is a powerful low post force and a dominating rebounder who is rarely more than a few feet from the basket. Amari is finesse player with 42% (35 of 83) of Amari's shots this season coming from beyond the arc. Cardoso's next 3Pt FGA will only be the second of her career & probably out of desperation. That "foul prone" moniker attached to Cardoso is entirely urban legend. Her limited minutes at Syracuse was due to her having an idiot for head coach. Her limited minutes at SC was due to her playing behind the NPOY. BTW Cardoso is WNBA eligible Spring of 2023 (Next WNBA draft) and could be leaving with Boston-I hope.
That's correct. Dorka committed to UCONN on April 12th. Cordoso did not enter the portal until April 22nd.
Kamilla did herself a disservice going to Syracuse. Her PLAN is to stick around a year after Aliyah goes to the W. She and Raven Johnson played on the same AAU team (along with Ashlyn Watkins), are all good friends, and that’s the connection she had to SC so hopefully that will keep her around for at least 1 year after. She’s a terrific rebounder and is money on put backs and short shots. She finally started to learn to play defense toward the back half of the year. She played nothing but zone at Syracuse so that was an adjustment. I see her taking a major step forward next year.
Agreed. The same could be said about Engstler and we saw how effective she can be in a man-to-man situation. Give her another year with the system and the coaches. I'm looking forward to seeing her progress next season.
You may be right about the foul trouble. I watched about a half dozen of their games at Syr, and the pattern I saw was 2 fouls midway through the second quarter, and 4 fouls in the 4th. I haven't seen a stat on season averages though, so this may not be representative. Still, she only averaged 23 mins a game, and that wasn't by accident. But at Syracuse, they didn't have much to back her up with, so when she sat their game changed. Either way, this is the sort of things you hope she grows out of, just as we hope the same for AE.
100%! NC obligation affects every aspect of program in new transfer portal reality. If coaches not exploiting as warranted, their team at disadvantage following year, even as HS recruiting churns forward at highest level. Not either/or, zero sum proposition. Have to actively mine talent pipeline from both ends to ensure highest probability of reaching NC goal.
Fair point, CocoHusky. But I would argue that most freshman on your list that played ample min were not bigs in true sense (ideal position, not necessity). I whittled down above, accordingly.
I think you are 100% spot on here. I find it odd that the SC poster felt the need to ask you the questions about the Portal even though you specifically mentioned Geno talking to a lot of players on the Portal. Sure UCONN is gonna try.
Who is Coach Sam?