The only player Geno ever told she would be starting when she arrived at UConn was Paige, and Heckel is no Paige. Surely she knew that Geno would not guarantee her a starting position when she expressed an interest in UConn, particularly after she attended Kelsey Plum’s camp with KK who was recognized as the “top dawg” in the camp.
How is Kayleigh better than Kaitlyn??? Chen was and is WAY ahead of where Heckel is.
When it counted the Huskies utterly dismantled them. I don't think it is a stretch at all, but we all have our opinion.
DEpup- - -K. Heckel was taking finals at USC last week so she had a lot on the stove so she should make her decision pretty soon after the weekend!
According to USC’s academic calendar, finals are this coming week for the spring semester.
Who allowed an adult into the room? LOL
oldude- - Thanks I was given bad info!
It would be a surprising move in my mind. An ACL is a year long in basketball injury usually so if JuJu comes back next year at all it will be towards the end of the season. So you play but not on a likely FF team. The right move, the smart move, is to become a Huskie.
Interesting conjecture, but I seriously doubt that Geno does "a wait and see" with players who decide to transfer. I also doubt that he lets the fate of a possible transfer hinge on whether a previous player finds a home.--if this is the case, if I were Kayleigh, I wouldn't be too high on coming to UConn...My hunch is that all roads lead to Q. Geno probably told Q she can come back to UConn if she can't find a suitable landing place in the portal, so actually, there isn't a scholarship available for Kayleigh. This creates a bottleneck for all other schools who desperately wanted Kayleigh signed and they themselves are saving one for her (except Notre Dame, they have enough for 2 squads, lol!). .
Until Q finds a place there will be no news from Kayleigh. Just my guess, but I think it is a pretty good one
I have no argument with what you are saying. I am wondering about what the thoughts of the coaches were before Kayleigh visited Storrs. I really agree that KK is fantastic coming off the bench but what was the plan if Kayleigh wasn't in the picture? I'm guessing that the coaching staff already had the scenario covered for 2025-2026 and our PG situation is in good hands.
Similar defensively, Somewhat better handle (more creative anyway), pushes the ball up court more aggressively), takes it to the rim similarly, when circumstances permit, similar mid-range shot and somewhat better 3 point shot, similar reluctance to shoot but takes what the defense gives. Th only reason I say "potential" is that Chen had a reliability tsted by the fires, while Heckel not so proof tested yet
Nonsense, I think
If you do your comparative between Heckel and Chen with Chen as the finished product and Heckel as a freshman, yes, but Heckel perhaps has more upside than Chen--remember Heckel was highly rated coming out of HS--an All-American and was highly sought after. Heckel is superior in that regard.
USC was potentially on-track to final 4 when JU-JU went down and beat Uconn when JU-JU was up (earlier in the year). That is the context, of my being dismissive of the tiresome overreach that Uconn is at 'a whole higher level' than everybody else, seriously
And Chen was honorable mention all-American at Princeton the year before she came to UConn. You are comparing apples and oranges; Chen was recruited as the starting PG and Heckel is being recruited as a backup PG. To compare them is a useless venture; if she comes, let's see her on the court first after she has acclimated to the system.
Her other visits were reportedly to Vanderbilt, Michigan St and ND. She could always return to USC so long as Lindsay Gottlieb accepts her back.
