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Message: [QUOTE="UcMiami, post: 2091658, member: 199"] It is interesting re AEH - she has had better national exposure than Saniya had with her move to NJ for HS and her making the U16 team, but her move back to Ossining dropped her profile a bit. And while all HS stars put up silly numbers because they are so clearly superior to the other players on the court in their HS seasons, Ricci seems to be a coach that truly rides his scorer - he did it with Saniya and this year AEH has been putting up the same kind of above category numbers. I think the combination of being dropped from the U17 team and the decrease in HS profile made it easy for selectors to look elsewhere - the almost comically good numbers she is putting up may have made it easier to discount what she is doing as well. ctdupree - thanks for the first hand account. As far as defense coming into UConn - very few HS players are ready including our current freshman who was in the running for all the HS NPOY awards. There are not many Kellys and Mayas coming out of HS. AEH has the advantage of having been around the UConn program since seventh grade and having a friend on the current team, so while it will be a challenge I don't think it will be a surprise. And I think her NJ stint and USA basketball experiences at least exposed her to perhaps better competition than was available this year. [/QUOTE]