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Waiting on Kayleigh Heckel

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Hayven said:
I would imagine she comes to a decision soon. Since summer semester starts in a few weeks
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Or maybe a decision has been made but just not announced publicly. She could still be in LA but if she has decided to come to UConn, she may want to announce or have UConn announce once she returns home to NY.
No one here knows but we will keep posting our opinions on her and a variety of other related concerns.
But you are most likely correct in that the coaching staff would expect her to be in Storrs when the summer semester starts.
 
Skeets said:
That is a one-way street governing the school, not the kid. The NCAA has absolutely no authority over HS kids. If someone tried to prohibit my kid from visiting a school or corresponding with whoever she so chooses, I would be in a lawyer's office immediately.
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There is no rule at all preventing the kid from visiting the school or sending a text or email. Just a rule that the coaches cannot respond in any way during that week. That rule, btw, was put into place at the request of many coaches, who felt like they never even have a second to breathe. If they took a day off they felt like other coaches were passing them by on the recruiting trail. And the ones who felt so much pressure that they never took a day off wished that they could. Thus the one-week shutdown.
 
Skeets said:
That is a one-way street governing the school, not the kid. The NCAA has absolutely no authority over HS kids. If someone tried to prohibit my kid from visiting a school or corresponding with whoever she so chooses, I would be in a lawyer's office immediately.
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I love people like this. They end up giving lawyers money for no real purpose.

You are correct -- the NCAA has no authority to make a HS kid do or not do anything. What the NCAA does have authority to do, however, is let what a HS kid does or does not do effect their eligibility to play collegiate sports. Just like a college can't tell a HS kid they're not allowed to commit felonies, but can use the commission of a felony as a reason to deny the kid admission.
 
connboy77 said:
I might be in the minority, but I don't believe Heckel is coming to UCONN. She wants to start and that will not happen at UCONN. It is my belief that she is going to ND and that is just fine with me because I much rather have Kate Harping from the 2026 class.
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How do you know what she wants?
 
Regarding Harpring I get why many would prefer her over Heckel. If you knew you get get either I would react the same way. But reality is different, and I think the options beyond Heckel and Harpring are extremely limited.

If you think there is a 50% or better chance we get Harpring maybe I would role the dice, but from what I can tell we are just on a long list of teams that are interested, without much of an indication we are even high on her list. Worse there are no very highly rated PG's after Harpring in the 2026 class, or even some rated as high as Heckel was the prior year.

Either Heckel this year, Harpring next year, or a portal PG next year, Regardless even if Harpring is the best player of those options it has to be weighed against the probability of getting her, and IMO that would need to be pretty high to pass on Heckel.

But that decision has already been made by Geno from what info we are getting. He wants Heckel but whether she wants Uconn remains to be seen. If he gets her, could it potentially cost us Harpring? maybe, but we don't know if we were likely to get her anyway.
 
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VaConnFan11 said:
Why do you do this? It serves not purpose.

Even as a general statement, he will be correct 99.9% of the time. What person playing a team sport doesn't want to start? You don't have to have first hand knowledge of something to know it to be true, or to be 99.9% true.
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The game at the top level had changed. The best teams are stacked with recruits and portal players. I think minutes are the new metric, lineups are going to be flexible to maximize team play. It has already happened at UCONN and SC. Geno is really good at this new element of the game.
 
CL82 said:
Do you know what she's doing? Is she visiting other schools? Doesn't she know that she's holding up a half dozen future starting five threads? Sure, it's an important decision andher life, but it's the summer and we need things to talk about!
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If we're running with the hypothesis (unsubstantiated, mind you, but a hypothesis nonetheless) that she won't announce until she's taken final exams at USC, her exam week just began today (May 7-14):

USC Schedule of Classes

classes.usc.edu classes.usc.edu
 
VaConnFan11 said:
Why do you do this? It serves not purpose.

Even as a general statement, he will be correct 99.9% of the time. What person playing a team sport doesn't want to start? You don't have to have first hand knowledge of something to know it to be true, or to be 99.9% true.
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Some are more concerned about being contributer more than a starter. If the common goal is to win, players find ways to make their impact even if they're not a starter. There are too many examples out there that prove this point.
 
Plebe said:
If we're running with the hypothesis (unsubstantiated, mind you, but a hypothesis nonetheless) that she won't announce until she's taken final exams at USC, her exam week just began today (May 7-14):

USC Schedule of Classes

classes.usc.edu classes.usc.edu
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So it seems the schools interested in Heckel will not hear anything until after May 14…just another week.
 
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oldude said:
You are assuming that professors or their TA’s will grade finals immediately?
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“Faculty are reminded that grades are due 96 hours after the university-scheduled final examination day and time.”

So the urgent assignment, now, for anyone with inordinate free time and stalkerist tendencies is to find out the exact day and hour of Kayleigh's last final exam.
 
Plebe said:
If we're running with the hypothesis (unsubstantiated, mind you, but a hypothesis nonetheless) that she won't announce until she's taken final exams at USC, her exam week just began today (May 7-14):

USC Schedule of Classes

classes.usc.edu classes.usc.edu
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I don't know the nuances of this, but it seems to me that there's no particular reason for Kayleigh to wait for final grades, or even for the exams, if she doesn't want to. Her classmates didn't wait for exams or grades. The fact is, she's already entered the portal and is on the way to some other destination, whether it's been determined yet or not. If she's really nervous about her grades, I can see taking one's time about deciding on the destination school. But this would be a problem for her even if she somehow decided to stay at USC. I think athletic scholarships come with a minimum grade requirement even apart from questions about portal rules. I think it's a 2.3 GPA. I'd be really surprised if grades are an issue for her. She seems like a smart focused kid.

What all this says to me is that she's taking her time, maybe because of grade anxiety, maybe because she's simply frazzled by the end of semester noise, maybe she's the type of kid who likes to get all her ducks in a row (classic PG-style thinking), or maybe she just wants to spend a few days at home with her parents after the exams are over to talk it all out.

If by any chance she's already made up her mind, I suspect Geno already knows what she's going to decide. Probably Niele and Shea do too. I doubt any of them would pull a Mulkey and try to force her hand with a premature hint. But maybe she hasn't made up her mind. Who knows?
 
Jibariqua said:
People can prioritize winning over starting.
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I think that the idea of "winning" > "starting"
just had a big endorsement this year in a location called Storrs!!!!!
Next up: "A BAKER'S DOZEN". Or in UCONN case enough
to share with all 15?? in a very talented and unselfish family.
 
CTBballfan243 said:
I can see Geno moving Sarah Strong to the 3, maybe point forward. Similar to DT, I suspect she will be moved around the floor as needed. Where ever she plays, she won’t be coming off the floor much until the game has been decided.
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Let's enjoy Sarah Strong..........best all-around player in the country. PB deserved all the attention she received but SS was the primary differentiator this year. As you said, she was able to do anything that was required to win on the court.
 
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Bone Dog said:
I don't know the nuances of this, but it seems to me that there's no particular reason for Kayleigh to wait for final grades, or even for the exams, if she doesn't want to. Her classmates didn't wait for exams or grades. The fact is, she's already entered the portal and is on the way to some other destination, whether it's been determined yet or not. If she's really nervous about her grades, I can see taking one's time about deciding on the destination school. But this would be a problem for her even if she somehow decided to stay at USC. I think athletic scholarships come with a minimum grade requirement even apart from questions about portal rules. I think it's a 2.3 GPA. I'd be really surprised if grades are an issue for her. She seems like a smart focused kid.

What all this says to me is that she's taking her time, maybe because of grade anxiety, maybe because she's simply frazzled by the end of semester noise, maybe she's the type of kid who likes to get all her ducks in a row (classic PG-style thinking), or maybe she just wants to spend a few days at home with her parents after the exams are over to talk it all out.

If by any chance she's already made up her mind, I suspect Geno already knows what she's going to decide. Probably Niele and Shea do too. I doubt any of them would pull a Mulkey and try to force her hand with a premature hint. But maybe she hasn't made up her mind. Who knows?
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Bone Dog- - - IMHO Kayleigh, who is an honor student, wants to get her finals squared away before all the hoopla hits the fan with her transfer news!
I would guess she'd want to get the best grades possible to eliminate any questions in the grades switch!
As she was there when Serah Williams was, she also saw UConn in the same light Serah did so I would feel she is leaning toward UConn! But then again I have to look at my Drivers License each morning to remember who I am!
 
RSHERMVIKES said:
Bone Dog- - - IMHO Kayleigh, who is an honor student, wants to get her finals squared away before all the hoopla hits the fan with her transfer news!
I would guess she'd want to get the best grades possible to eliminate any questions in the grades switch!
As she was there when Serah Williams was, she also saw UConn in the same light Serah did so I would feel she is leaning toward UConn! But then again I have to look at my Drivers License each morning to remember who I am!
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I was thinking that Kayleigh's decision may come after exams and
after she has "Gotten Out of Dodge (City, Kansas)" aka: L.A. ???
 
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