UConn recruiting page

[CocoHusky]

Would like to see UConn find room for Citron. She could open up an awful lot of paint on offense with that shot just like KML did.

Plenty of room for UCONN to add Sonia Citron in 2021. But she'll have plenty of competition for a wing bomber position from Brooke Demetre, Caroline Ducharme, and my personal favorite Saylor Poffenbarger.
Poffenbarger has a nasty swag to her game- the good kind of nasty.

 

[Charliebball]

Plenty of room for UCONN to add Sonia Citron in 2021. But she'll have plenty of competition for a wing bomber position from Brooke Demetre, Caroline Ducharme, and my personal favorite Saylor Poffenbarger.
Poffenbarger has a nasty swag to her game- the good kind of nasty.

Plenty of room for UCONN to add Sonia Citron in 2021. But she'll have plenty of competition for a wing bomber position from Brooke Demetre, Caroline Ducharme, and my personal favorite Saylor Poffenbarger.
Poffenbarger has a nasty swag to her game- the good kind of nasty.

I see Poffenbarger is rated very highly by BlueStar but doesn't even get a mention on Hoopgurlz..........do you think that's just an oversight on their part or a differing opinion?

 

[CocoHusky]

I see Poffenbarger is rated very highly by BlueStar but doesn't even get a mention on Hoopgurlz.....do you think that's just an oversight on their part or a differing opinion?

Dan and ESPN staff will not rate (mention) a player until they have seen them play (sometimes multiple times). Likely ESPN have not seen her play yet. She's class of 2021 plenty of time.

 

[BobbyJ]

Plenty of room for UCONN to add Sonia Citron in 2021. But she'll have plenty of competition for a wing bomber position from Brooke Demetre, Caroline Ducharme, and my personal favorite Saylor Poffenbarger.
Poffenbarger has a nasty swag to her game- the good kind of nasty.

Agree. Really like P-Barger, she and Citron seem very similar. Would like either one along with Demetre. Is Demetre a good enough ballhandler to play on the perimeter or more of a stretch 4?

 

[CocoHusky]

Agree. Really like P-Barger, she and Citron seem very similar. Would like either one along with Demetre. Is Demetre a good enough ballhandler to play on the perimeter or more of a stretch 4?

From the very little that I have seen Demetre will need to become a better ball handler. Poffenbarger and Citron though are very advanced ball handlers and could play position 1-3 fluidly. Part of Poffenbarger nasty is her step back three.

 

[CocoHusky]

 

[UConnCat]

Horston expected to visit Tennessee with Cooke and Jackson the weekend of Aug 24.

 

[BobbyJ]

From the very little that I have seen Demetre will need to become a better ball handler. Poffenbarger and Citron though are very advanced ball handlers and could play position 1-3 fluidly. Part of Poffenbarger nasty is her step back three.

Hope they get at least 1 of the 2. They remind me of one of my previous favorites, Sammie Puisis. Really wanted her.

 

[BobbyJ]

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Great summary. Thanks.

 

[CocoHusky]

Horston expected to visit Tennessee with Cooke and Jackson the weekend of Aug 24.

I feel obligated to remind Jordan of her pervious statements on these matters and inquire as to why she is even visiting TN.

“I really like to pass the ball and get my teammates involved,” she said. “The best part of my game right now is probably my passing and defense."

“I want to play with other girls that are good players who have the same mindset,” she said. “I also want a coach that knows how to push me and help me become a better player. I’m always just trying to work on everything, but I don’t want to be the same player in college I want to get better.”

She's Got Game: Jordan Horston is the top basketball prospect in Columbus

 

[victor64]

What about Jillian Hollingshead for 2021?

 

[CocoHusky]

What about Jillian Hollingshead for 2021?

She will be included in the next episode.

 

[Charliebball]

I feel obligated to remind Jordan of her pervious statements on these matters and inquire as to why she is even visiting TN.

“I really like to pass the ball and get my teammates involved,” she said. “The best part of my game right now is probably my passing and defense."

“I want to play with other girls that are good players who have the same mindset,” she said. “I also want a coach that knows how to push me and help me become a better player. I’m always just trying to work on everything, but I don’t want to be the same player in college I want to get better.”

She's Got Game: Jordan Horston is the top basketball prospect in Columbus

Tennessee is one of the only programs I'm aware of where most players actually get worse during the course of their four years.......

 

[Golden Husky]

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Very enlightening. Thank you.

 

[BroadwayVa]

Been a busy couple of months for recruiting. Just to organize the minutia Here are the major updates:

Addition to 2020:
Elauna Eaton 5’11” AR SG. Lefty from AR with a scoring mentality. Sound familiar? Recovering from knee injury, played well at USA basketball U17 trials.

Additions for 2021:
Olivia Miles 5’8” NJ Scoring PG. Projected to be no lower than 4th in the 2021 class when rankings are announced. UCONN is watching closely and Philly Belles are in pursuit for her to join that AAU program.
Destiny Adams 6’1” NJ Wing- UCONN has seen her play multiple time and are still looking.
Saniya Rivers 5’10” NC SG- Uber athletic & pretty much running things in the South.
Sonia Citron 6’1” NY Wing Pretty pretty stroke. Major interest from Maryland University, Notre Dame, & UCONN.
Updates.
Aubrey Griffin NY- UCONN staff watched her play at Run For The Roses 5 July 2018 and officially offered. Griffin reportedly considering Louisville Connecticut, North Carolina, Mississippi State and South Carolina.
Caroline Ducharme-Geno watched her play in Chicago at Nike Nationals where she had a good showing. Still wearing a knee brace though.
Kylee Watson- Add UCLA as a possible destination. Un-official visit to UCLA on 27 June 2018
Correction:
Amari DeBerry- previously reported to have visited UCONN-Not correct. Amari attended the Maryland vs UCONN game on 19 November 2017 at the XL center and was pictured with Geno post game.

Thanks Coco! Do you know what HS Ms Eaton attended in Arkansas? Thanks.

 

[CocoHusky]

Thanks Coco! Do you know what HS Ms Eaton attended in Arkansas? Thanks.

Annie Camp HS.
Speaking of HS, I was saving this tidbit for the next update. Saniya Rivers attends the same HS in NC that Michael Jordan went to.

 

[Gus Mahler]

Plenty of room for UCONN to add Sonia Citron in 2021. But she'll have plenty of competition for a wing bomber position from Brooke Demetre, Caroline Ducharme, and my personal favorite Saylor Poffenbarger.
Poffenbarger has a nasty swag to her game- the good kind of nasty.

Some great names in that group.

 

[Tonyc]

Heres where we are in recruiting. In the ole days its was between UConn and Tenn for the top players. Today the top players are coached by their HS and AAU coaches to list the top schools and wait and wait to see who goes where and where they can go and play either right away or a year later. I would expect over the next few years you will see girls transfer if for example two top players go to a school and a third player announces before the player ahead of her commits. Coaches will have to grant playtime if they want top 10 players and they will have to find time to keep them there. Its like playing cards. The days have gone for the most part to get top players and double down on positions. Many girls want to play to get professional contracts. I would guess that UConn has more non starters playing professional then and other college team in the USA. However girls want playtime and at some colleges they wont get it in big games. The connections that some of us had in the past dont have the answers as quickly as they did in the past because players wait it out. For example if EDD and Maya committed to UConn there would be a bunch of kids committing somewhere else because they know they wouldnt start over them. Make sense. Things have changed and the top players still want to play for the top teams but dont wanna sit for more then a year some dont wanna sit at all and thats where it all begins. UConn is loaded and will be always loaded as long as Geno is there. The transition will be when Geno leaves and will he still have a voice in what goes on and how the program is run . The key is Geno for UConn and if he stays on to help develop teach and train the incoming classes. Geno is to valuable to UConn and the State of CT. He brings in revenues in TV the NCAAs tournaments TV sales of UCONN WCBB clothing parking restaurants etc. He is a valuable asset to the State of CT and they will not let him go they will want to cash in on his draw.

 

[victor64]

Heres where we are in recruiting. In the ole days its was between UConn and Tenn for the top players. Today the top players are coached by their HS and AAU coaches to list the top schools and wait and wait to see who goes where and where they can go and play either right away or a year later. I would expect over the next few years you will see girls transfer if for example two top players go to a school and a third player announces before the player ahead of her commits. Coaches will have to grant playtime if they want top 10 players and they will have to find time to keep them there. Its like playing cards. The days have gone for the most part to get top players and double down on positions. Many girls want to play to get professional contracts. I would guess that UConn has more non starters playing professional then and other college team in the USA. However girls want playtime and at some colleges they wont get it in big games. The connections that some of us had in the past dont have the answers as quickly as they did in the past because players wait it out. For example if EDD and Maya committed to UConn there would be a bunch of kids committing somewhere else because they know they wouldnt start over them. Make sense. Things have changed and the top players still want to play for the top teams but dont wanna sit for more then a year some dont wanna sit at all and thats where it all begins. UConn is loaded and will be always loaded as long as Geno is there. The transition will be when Geno leaves and will he still have a voice in what goes on and how the program is run . The key is Geno for UConn and if he stays on to help develop teach and train the incoming classes. Geno is to valuable to UConn and the State of CT. He brings in revenues in TV the NCAAs tournaments TV sales of UCONN WCBB clothing parking restaurants etc. He is a valuable asset to the State of CT and they will not let him go they will want to cash in on his draw.

I fear Tonyc that this won't get the exposure it deserves. It should be in the 2019/20 recruiting thread. It will get more discussion there. Great post by the way.

 

[BroadwayVa]

Heres where we are in recruiting. In the ole days its was between UConn and Tenn for the top players. Today the top players are coached by their HS and AAU coaches to list the top schools and wait and wait to see who goes where and where they can go and play either right away or a year later. I would expect over the next few years you will see girls transfer if for example two top players go to a school and a third player announces before the player ahead of her commits. Coaches will have to grant playtime if they want top 10 players and they will have to find time to keep them there. Its like playing cards. The days have gone for the most part to get top players and double down on positions. Many girls want to play to get professional contracts. I would guess that UConn has more non starters playing professional then and other college team in the USA. However girls want playtime and at some colleges they wont get it in big games. The connections that some of us had in the past dont have the answers as quickly as they did in the past because players wait it out. For example if EDD and Maya committed to UConn there would be a bunch of kids committing somewhere else because they know they wouldnt start over them. Make sense. Things have changed and the top players still want to play for the top teams but dont wanna sit for more then a year some dont wanna sit at all and thats where it all begins. UConn is loaded and will be always loaded as long as Geno is there. The transition will be when Geno leaves and will he still have a voice in what goes on and how the program is run . The key is Geno for UConn and if he stays on to help develop teach and train the incoming classes. Geno is to valuable to UConn and the State of CT. He brings in revenues in TV the NCAAs tournaments TV sales of UCONN WCBB clothing parking restaurants etc. He is a valuable asset to the State of CT and they will not let him go they will want to cash in on his draw.

Great stuff Tony!!!!
There no doubt the Women players , as do the men, want PT. Heck I wasn't much but I wanted to play the game. If I wanted to watch I'd be a fan or out on the pole shooting hoops. I can't blame them and I won't. These Women have a lot more talent than 15 or so years ago and talent doesn't do well sitting. Too bad the JV system is extinct that system would work wonders for the Geno's in the game. Top kids always got moved up others got a year to learn the system. Geno does that but his kids don't get the JV PT of daze gone bye and that's hard on the ego's and backside..

 

[BostonFan]

Let's face it. It's Boston or BUST with regards to the 2019 future class. UCONN has not been winning titles lately because of their lack of size & physical play when it really counts. Notre Dame will only get better in this regard. Uconn needs Boston to compete for championships going forward.

 

[CocoHusky]

Let's face it. It's Boston or BUST with regards to the 2019 future class. UCONN has not been winning titles lately because of their lack of size & physical play when it really counts. Notre Dame will only get better in this regard. Uconn needs Boston to compete for championships going forward.

How/where is ND getting better than UCONN in the post in the future? UCONN has ONO in the post for the next 4 years, ND has?

 

[Charliebball]

How/where is ND getting better than UCONN in the post in the future? UCONN has ONO in the post for the next 4 years, ND has?

That question will be answered after MS Boston makes her decision..................Boston and ONO up front together would be quite formidable................without her not nearly as much.............should she choose ND from a low post standpoint, advantage ND

 

[Shorty Dee]

Thank you Nan!!