There was also some indications of a split among the team based on a series of post Reimer tweets. Parents and players (Patberg) were involved. Regarding the coaches don't think there were any issues there because she was talked into staying at ND after her initial time away from the team.
Brenda has always sold the MD program as a “family” environment. I guess that’s true if you consider it to be a dysfunctional family. We’ve seen one year mass transfers at some programs, and a steady stream of transfers from top programs like ND and even UConn for players in search of PT. But MD appears to lose more front line starters to transfer than any other top team, along with the more typical departure of players in search of PT.
Demonstrably and emphatically false!
Geno is not that type of coach you are correct. There is a flip side to that equation though, Geno also challenges his players to do things that they are not comfortable with doing & always for the benefit of the team. If Austin truly wants to expand her game, there is no better coach.
In WCBB isn't that coach-to-parent speak for "I am straight and have a husband and children"?
I have heard that said. But beyond that, if you ever watched "Under the Shell" (I think it was called) even 10 years ago you would see that the "family" environment is what Brenda preaches. She also sells to the team that they are "disrespected" and "under-evaluated" (I can't think of her word, it wasn't evaluated, taken from a televised pre-game locker room talk this season). What she was saying was patently untrue, and IIRC Vera Jones poked a bit at it in her commentary, but if it sells to the team . . . I will admit that CVS has always preached to Rutgers players that they are the underdog, while Geno I always thought was summed up by his quip in an old WBB hall of fame exhibit "they (Villanova, I think, in the example) wish they had our problems" - in other words, pointing out that UConn was the much better team and needed to prove it.
I honestly don't think Geno thinks in terms of a weakness, that's more of a BY thing. As I've said before, If Geno things she can help the team & will work hard he will take her.
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Maybe she just wants to be a UConn type PF in the Stewie, Tuck, and Collier mold where they operate all over the floor. Whaf I heard from the father is she wanted to expand her which to me doesn't mean she wanted to play exclusively on the perimeter.
Really? Now you're trying to gaslight everyone.
Wow, are we dating ourselves!
I’m sorry to disappoint but my school, Yale, gave out athletic scholarships. Every school does. They were just not always called athletic scholarships.
My dating days are well over! Ask my loving wife.
All Ivy scholarships are need based only. They require applicants to file a financial aid form, which includes copies of parents tax records. Scholarship packages typically include 3 components: direct aid, student loans & work-study. The nice thing about the Ivies is that with their huge endowments, every student who is accepted, regardless of their financial status, is provided with a financial aid package sufficient to cover their tuition, room & fees after accounting for the amount their family must contribute. Athletes and non-Athletes are all treated the same when it comes to the Ivies.
In specific terms of money, you are clearly more informed than me. But the complicating factor is that athletes are eligible for the money because they are athletes the school wants.
Two different things. If you are a star HS football or basketball player, that is one criteria that can positively impact your acceptance to an Ivy League school. But the same thing is also true if you’re a talented musician.
Z was the tallest player on the team at the time, and really had to play center out of necessity, she was still allowed to fire away from deep, drift out on to the wing, and listed as a Forward/ Guard on the UConn roster, the only thing she didn’t do here was bring the ball up court I believe. Austin would be playing next to a true center in Liv at UConn, something Maryland doesn’t have, and with Reece coming in who will slide right into the four where Charles was playing, would have kept Austin in the post.
I was contemplating the same situation. Only 1 player is going to be in the low post on most possessions. That could be Liv.
I think UConn is a good fit for the same reasons. Imo, she is not an imposing, immovable dominant 5 like Tina Charles was in her UConn days, Dolson, or an Alaina Coates or Griner or Brown type player. At times I watched Maryland, she would miss chippies and layups or just not appearing to be strong on the inside. She’s more of a 4 with good shot blocking skills. My only concern is this perimeter playing she wants, I haven’t seen her shoot any outside shots
Two different parts in play here, Offense and Defense.