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A great picture of Paige with Liza Karlen before Paige decided not to be "OLIVE OIL" and
became "MUSCLES BUECKERS"
Perspective:
These two players played in the same conference, played the same power forward position, 2024 Stats:
Liza Karlen 17.7 Pts/game, 7.9 Reb/game, 2.1 AST/game, FG% 49.7
Aaliyah Edwards 17.6 Pts/game, 9.2 Reb/game, 2.1 AST/game, Can’t find %!!!
Fear not, a lot of people, including me, understood your wry humor because you used the emoji.Ya, I picked the most prominent center in the women’s collegiate game, and failed at what I thought was an obvious joke about ‘a reliable source’ telling some schlub like me insider information. Betts is certainly not going to leave Hollywood, although yes, I do agree that it would be nice to have her on the team!
Cheers!
A great site for statistical comparisons with advanced stats that everyone should use because it is free. Herhoops.com also excellent but with a subscription.Karlen's a nice player. Edwards was an AA.
Liza Karlen College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Liza Karlen - Stats, Game Logs, Splits, and much morewww.sports-reference.com
Aaliyah Edwards College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Aaliyah Edwards - Stats, Game Logs, Splits, and much morewww.sports-reference.com
Dauda is a much better fit at UConn. She would be my first choice.Can UConn women’s basketball still land a transfer portal post player? Three potential targets
After missing on Oregon State forward Raegan Beers, UConn women’s basketball has limited options as it looks for a transfer post player.www.courant.com
Barker, Dauda, and Karlen listed. I'd take them in that order.
I would reverse that order, mostly because of one year vs two, but regardless at this point I don't think we can be that picky. If any one of those three is ready to commit you take them. Without knowing details on the player's preferences, or who we are competing with, except that Dauda was supposedly contacted by 20 schools, we can't be sure we will get any of them.Can UConn women’s basketball still land a transfer portal post player? Three potential targets
After missing on Oregon State forward Raegan Beers, UConn women’s basketball has limited options as it looks for a transfer post player.www.courant.com
Barker, Dauda, and Karlen listed. I'd take them in that order.
Ya, I picked the most prominent center in the women’s collegiate game, and failed at what I thought was an obvious joke about ‘a reliable source’ telling some schlub like me insider information. Betts is certainly not going to leave Hollywood, although yes, I do agree that it would be nice to have her on the team!
Cheers!
Good point on 1 vs 2 years. Barker was born in 2003, so technically, she could declare for the draft in 2025. Dauda redshirted in 2021-22, so she may also be a 2003.I would reverse that order, mostly because of one year vs two, but regardless at this point I don't think we can be that picky. If any one of those three is ready to commit you take them. Without knowing details on the player's preferences, or who we are competing with, except that Dauda was supposedly contacted by 20 schools, we can't be sure we will get any of them.
In some ways getting the next tier player could be harder than pursuing Beers or Iriafen. They didn't have to worry about playing time or starting, and knew that wherever they went they would be on a championship contender. With this group the championship contender is a given with us, but their role is likely to be less than it was, and many players don't want that. The well is almost dry, so I just hope we get one of them and we see a Skim picture of a husky soon.
I like her rim protection.Dauda is a much better fit at UConn. She would be my first choice.
Must have use Hartley units.Interesting fact, They measured the players height, in the final four, & some of the tall players, did not matched their reported heights !
I would be too. I don't think we know if there is any mutual interest or not, which is concerning.I’d be more optimistic if I knew that either Dauda or Karlen had made contact with the UConn staff expressing interest in coming here.
I’m not convinced we need them. But I think any one of them could be important contributors in Storrs. I also wonder which of them is prepared to take a backseat to Jana. She is the future of the program, and I expect Geno will prioritize her getting at least rotation minutes if not being the primary starter for much of the season. And all of them still need to learn his system, though perhaps Karlen least of this group, while Jana has had some experience of it in practices.Can UConn women’s basketball still land a transfer portal post player? Three potential targets
After missing on Oregon State forward Raegan Beers, UConn women’s basketball has limited options as it looks for a transfer post player.www.courant.com
Barker, Dauda, and Karlen listed. I'd take them in that order.
If UConn had wanted any of them, they could’ve recruited them coming out of HS. They weren’t unknowns. But they didn’t.Between Barker, Dauda, and Karlen, you would think we could recruit one. No?
I do think we need an experienced big. Aubrey will be coming back from injury even though she’s really a 3/4, Jana also coming back from injury and no experience playing college ball, Ice looks more like a 4 and seems like she needs a little more time to grow and adjust.I’m not convinced we need them. But I think any one of them could be important contributors in Storrs. I also wonder which of them is prepared to take a backseat to Jana. She is the future of the program, and I expect Geno will prioritize her getting at least rotation minutes if not being the primary starter for much of the season. And all of them still need to learn his system, though perhaps Karlen least of this group, while Jana has had some experience of it in practices.
Maybe I like Liza the best just because she may be the most mature. Barker is a superb athlete, but perhaps not yet an entirely formed basketball player, and that’s a distinction that really matters to Geno.
Does that go for Chen as well?If UConn had wanted any of them, they could’ve recruited them coming out of HS. They weren’t unknowns. But they didn’t.
No Dauda 'bout it.Dauda is a much better fit at UConn. She would be my first choice.