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Would SC or UConn fans want her on their rosters for the upcoming season? I'm interested in hearing since both sides have been linked to her during her initial recruiting process.
 
Reading her message I see that Sara has completed her junior year and talks about
her remaining years of eligibility [that's 'years' plural...makes you wonder whether she has
in her mind to play 2 years wherever she goes].
 
Extremely confident LEAD PG that can score.. sees the floor extremely well, makes players around her better... Hard not to like her... Forget about her physical stature (zero disrespect intended). She's a ball player...

 
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hoopsdiva said:
Okay, I didn't see Dawn's pre-game presser, but if she did hint at getting a transfer before that player's entry into the portal was announced, is that even legal? Isn't that some kind of interference with a player who technically still is part of another program?
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Dawn wasn't specific. Her reply to the reporter that asked about the portal was "why would I tell you?" Also we have no idea when Owusu entered the portal. The information is supposed to be confidential, and only coaches are supposed to have access, so the only way we would find out is if the player says something, or someone gains unauthorized access to the system and leaks it. I don't know that coaches would necessarily broadcast a player leaving their program. Players when entering the portal can choose to not be contacted as well preferring to be the ones to reach out to prospective schools. Do coaches respect that, again, who knows, and I wouldn't be surprised to hear there's a lot of back-channeling and re-recruiting players in the portal. The whole thing seems like it is susceptible to abuse.
 
Cockygirl said:
Who is to say she didn't enter her name in the portal a day or two before announcing it on social media?
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Let's be real here, there are accounts that pretty much report new portal entrants as they see them. Also, I highly doubt Dawn would say anything pertaining to Owusu before she announced her intention to transfer. That would make it look like a violation even if it wasn't.

Chantel Jennings of the Athletic pretty much said Owusu's name was not in the portal until today. Another Maryland player has also announced her intention to leave the program today which would seem to indicate Maryland did all the paperwork for it today.

Owusu can very much end at SC, but I think Dawn would be smart enough to not tweet something out that early.
 
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She’s not going to SC. She’s not their type of player.
Sargassoc said:
But she also had South Carolina in that list: "Owusu was the No. 10 prospect in espnW’s 'HoopGurlz Terrific 25' for the Class of 2019 when she committed to Maryland. At the time, she’d considered Penn State, UConn, West Virginia and South Carolina, which won its second national championship on Sunday."
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Huskiefan23 said:
She’s not going to SC. She’s not their type of player.
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Not sure why you would say that. Dawn would know her really well because she played on the FIBA team last summer that Dawn coached. I don't believe it is who Dawn tweeted about yesterday, but only because that's not who it rumored to be, but it would make sense to pick her up. Don't count Dawn out.
 
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Blakeon18 said:
Reading her message I see that Sara has completed her junior year and talks about
her remaining years of eligibility [that's 'years' plural...makes you wonder whether she has
in her mind to play 2 years wherever she goes].
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2 years works for me! She also shot 91.5% from the FT line, grabbed 4 RPB and had 2 APG and started all 33 games her team played. Me likey!!
 
Not sure if it's in the cards, but she'd be quite the banger with Coach Abe at UGA.
 
GoCardinal said:
Would SC or UConn fans want her on their rosters for the upcoming season? I'm interested in hearing since both sides have been linked to her during her initial recruiting process.
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If I'm a fan of either program, I'd probably pass on her to be honest. Owusu is extremely talented, an All American and was the engine behind some ridiculously good offensive teams (Maryland in 2020 and 2021), but chances are she'll be at her new school for just 1 year, and I don't think she fits well at either school. At UCONN she isn't beating out Paige and would probably need ample time to get up to speed in learning the offense and fine tuning defense. At SC, she isn't a Staley prototype. She's big but not a lock down defender, and they already have Johnson/Cooper waiting in the wings to play PG.

She'll be a great addition for whoever lands her but I'd imagine UCONN/SC have more specific player types they're targeting for 1-2 year transfers.
 
Blakeon18 said:
Reading her message I see that Sara has completed her junior year and talks about
her remaining years of eligibility [that's 'years' plural...makes you wonder whether she has
in her mind to play 2 years wherever she goes].
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It doesn't say she'll be a grad transfer, so it may very well take her two years to finish a bachelor's degree somewhere else.
 
hoopsdiva said:
Okay, I didn't see Dawn's pre-game presser, but if she did hint at getting a transfer before that player's entry into the portal was announced, is that even legal? Isn't that some kind of interference with a player who technically still is part of another program?
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She was speaking of losing players to the portal. She spoke of players not wanting to sit on the bench. And she's got quite a few that do.
 
Owusu can play off the ball if need be. I don't know where she sees herself at the next level, but she did win the "best shooting guard" award as a sophomore.
 
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sweetspot said:
Owusu can play off the ball if need be. I don't know where she sees herself at the next level, but she did win the "best shooting guard" award as a sophomore.
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So did Christyn.
 
bballnut90 said:
If I'm a fan of either program, I'd probably pass on her to be honest. Owusu is extremely talented, an All American and was the engine behind some ridiculously good offensive teams (Maryland in 2020 and 2021), but chances are she'll be at her new school for just 1 year, and I don't think she fits well at either school. At UCONN she isn't beating out Paige and would probably need ample time to get up to speed in learning the offense and fine tuning defense. At SC, she isn't a Staley prototype. She's big but not a lock down defender, and they already have Johnson/Cooper waiting in the wings to play PG.

She'll be a great addition for whoever lands her but I'd imagine UCONN/SC have more specific player types they're targeting for 1-2 year transfers.
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She would be a great addition for Uconn. That is exactly what they are missing and a good defensive scoring point guard like Beckers . Let's go Geno let's not drag our feet on this.
 
I don’t think she’s the most logical addition for Uconn, but if she landed here, I certainly wouldn’t be upset. She has her defensive liabilities, but has the capability of being a dynamic scorer. With our starting backcourt returning, one I believe will challenge for the best nationally next year, I wouldn’t mind having her for 20 minutes a game off of the bench.

Our issue is that we have a ton of post depth, but most of it is unproven. And we have very little guard depth, but the ones we have are proven. There’s hope one or more of our posts will develop, but we need another guard to protect ourselves from injury.
 
TC22 said:
Not sure why you would say that. Dawn would know her really well because she played on the FIBA team last summer that Dawn coached. I don't believe it is who Dawn tweeted about yesterday, but only because that's not who it rumored to be, but it would make sense to pick her up. Don't count Dawn out.
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Owusu knows the amount of playing time she would get there with the people ahead of her. She's transferring because of family issues not because she wants to play at a top program.
 
Sargassoc said:
But she also had South Carolina in that list: "Owusu was the No. 10 prospect in espnW’s 'HoopGurlz Terrific 25' for the Class of 2019 when she committed to Maryland. At the time, she’d considered Penn State, UConn, West Virginia and South Carolina, which won its second national championship on Sunday."

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Correction: “…At the time, she’d considered Penn State, West Virginia, South Carolina and UCONN which will win its 12th championship next season!”
 
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Question: Are there stats out there that break-down portal players by year, by numbers, by ie, movement to top 25 women's basketball programs, those now being (drafted or given a scholarship)?

If, the current number in the portal is 800 ?, how many continue with a scholarship at another school in the top 10? top 25? Has the NCAA published this and where???
 
Rblack335 said:
I don’t think she’s the most logical addition for Uconn, but if she landed here, I certainly wouldn’t be upset. She has her defensive liabilities, but has the capability of being a dynamic scorer. With our starting backcourt returning, one I believe will challenge for the best nationally next year, I wouldn’t mind having her for 20 minutes a game off of the bench.

Our issue is that we have a ton of post depth, but most of it is unproven. And we have very little guard depth, but the ones we have are proven. There’s hope one or more of our posts will develop, but we need another guard to protect ourselves from injury.
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Geno was very pleased when they got healthy enough to play 4 guards, I agree a guard is a higher priority from the portal.
 
Rblack335 said:
I don’t think she’s the most logical addition for Uconn, but if she landed here, I certainly wouldn’t be upset. She has her defensive liabilities, but has the capability of being a dynamic scorer. With our starting backcourt returning, one I believe will challenge for the best nationally next year, I wouldn’t mind having her for 20 minutes a game off of the bench.

Our issue is that we have a ton of post depth, but most of it is unproven. And we have very little guard depth, but the ones we have are proven. There’s hope one or more of our posts will develop, but we need another guard to protect ourselves from injury.
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I agree with you. I doubt that she wants to play 15-20 mpg in a rotation to showcase herself for the WNBA. A 35 mpg Mulkey deal would probably be attractive to her and give Mulkey an extra year to get a long term PG up to speed.
 
I've said it before, we don't want another guard for more than one year. K.K. Arnold and Ashlyn Shade come in 23 to join Paige, Nika, Azzi, and, if needed, Caroline. The best scenario is a grad transfer, such as Abby Meyers.
 
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