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uconnfan68 said:
I haven’t seen more than a few highlight clips of her, but did see Christyn start all year as a freshman. Geno has raved about Griffin’s potential, so I surmised it might be possible for her to start also. Geno’s offense really requires balance. It just doesn’t look right when someone can’t or won’t shoot.
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It's not her ability or talent. She has loads of that. The thing that may hinder her is her effort and tendency to take plays off. Those parts of her game needs a lot of work to reach UConn standards. She may start but, I would be very surprised.
 
dogged1 said:
A very entertaining debate on next years 5th starter. I love it when the heavyweights go at it, oldude and Coco. @stick you did well against some of the best the boneyard has.
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Thanks for the compliment. I'm more welterweight or middleweight even after a good meal. :D
 
CocoHusky said:
Q: Do we even know if she would be eligible next season?
A: We do not know.

Q: If not, when will we find out?
A: Here are next steps and rough timeline.
1) Evina has to be accepted by UCONN and put on scholarship. Any day now.
2) Evina will be enrolled in one or both of the Summer sessions at UCONN. (June 3 - August 16, 2019)
3) UCONN submits request for immediate eligibility on day one of Evina's enrollment-June 3rd, 2019
4) Revisions, rewrites, tweaking of the waiver request. (June- September 2019)
5) NCAA will make a final decision ~ October, 2019 based on the Jessica Shepard timeline.
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Apologies CocoHusky, I can't resist this:

5) NCAA staff member reviewing transfer waiver for student-athlete E. W. calls M.E. for guidance on waiver decision:
Staffer: I have a request fro waiver for E.W., her coach got fired and she wants another school now.
M.E.: Is she going to ND or UNC?
Staffer: Unnnh, no.
M.E.: Well that makes it tougher, but possible. It depends on the circumstances. What school does she want?
Staffer: Unnnh, you know, that one you used to work for before they pushed you out for incompetence, UConn.
M.E.: WT*! Unprintable, unprintable, NEVER! You call me about a UConn waiver again, you'll be looking for a job.
Staffer: Yes sir. Waiver denied.

If we are lucky enough that Westbrook decides to come here, and a waiver is granted, I will publicly apologize to the NCAA here on the boneyard.
 
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donalddoowop said:
It's not her ability or talent. She has loads of that. The thing that may hinder her is her effort and tendency to take plays off. Those parts of her game needs a lot of work to reach UConn standards. She may start but, I would be very surprised.
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I would think her effort and attitude will be changed by the time she gets to her first practice.
 
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There are UT fans that love Westbrook so much, they say she is potentially as good as Holdsclaw and Parker.

They believe that Westbrook’s high number of Turnovers were because of bad coaching, and because her less talented teammates simply were not capable of handling her passes.


They also believe that if Westbrook had played for Notre Dame or UCONN, they would have won the national championship.

They believe also that Westbrook exhibited good leadership for publicly calling for her coach to be fired.
 
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01Neaggrad02 said:
Because her current coach was fired and is being replaced I believe that makes it so that she can transfer and play immediately. At least in the past when coaching changes have occurred that is how it has worked.
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Did she decide to transfer (enter the portal) before Holly was fired? If so, that should make a difference.
 
dogged1 said:
Except to point out the truth, the blatant double standard, the hypocrisy that the NCAA and Mark Emmert have demonstrated on innumerable occasion.
I see that other posters have written similar; but damn, sometimes it does feel good to vent @RockyMTblue2 .
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You got a witness!!! ;) I stepped out of character and vented right after the tournament ended. Damn it felt good!! :) I cleansed my heart and soul of all of my pent up frustrations. ;) I’m fine now.
 
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01Neaggrad02 said:
Because her current coach was fired and is being replaced I believe that makes it so that she can transfer and play immediately. At least in the past when coaching changes have occurred that is how it has worked.
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Not really, no real pattern on transfer eligibility, almost looks like crap shoot but I think it depends on losing school agreement in regards to waiver but I admit I really do not understand the logic of the NCAA for transfer eligibility.
 
Jmsdawg said:
Not really, no real pattern on transfer eligibility, almost looks like crap shoot but I think it depends on losing school agreement in regards to waiver but I admit I really do not understand the logic of the NCAA for transfer eligibility.
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You used the contradictory words "logic" and "NCAA" in the same sentence. :rolleyes:

I would expect that whichever school Westbrook ends up at will petition the NCAA for immediate eligibility. Who knows what will happen with Westbrook? In her favor: her coach was fired and she can produce substantial documentation highlighting extensive abuse on social media from Volnation, Twitter, Facebook, etc.
 
dogged1 said:
Apologies CocoHusky, I can't resist this:

5) NCAA staff member reviewing transfer waiver for student-athlete E. W. calls M.E. for guidance on waiver decision:
Staffer: I have a request fro waiver for E.W., her coach got fired and she wants another school now.
M.E.: Is she going to ND or UNC?
Staffer: Unnnh, no.
M.E.: Well that makes it tougher, but possible. It depends on the circumstances. What school does she want?
Staffer: Unnnh, you know, that one you used to work for before they pushed you out for incompetence, UConn.
M.E.: WT*! Unprintable, unprintable, NEVER! You call me about a UConn waiver again, you'll be looking for a job.
Staffer: Yes sir. Waiver denied.

If we are lucky enough that Westbrook decides to come here, and a waiver is granted, I will publicly apologize to the NCAA here on the boneyard.
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Mark Emmert = The Antichrist.
 
Just a question for the masses here, would Westbrook come to UConn knowing the Tenn/UConn series will start up again next year and play against her old team?
 
mbr33ct said:
Just a question for the masses here, would Westbrook come to UConn knowing the Tenn/UConn series will start up again next year and play against her old team?
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Don't know if Westbrook will even be eligible to play next year, but if she ends up at UConn and does gain a waiver from the NCAA to be eligible to play, I figure she'll go off for 50 against her former team....;)
 
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ThetaZoo said:
Are you saying that the NCAA and Emmert would act more kindly toward UConn if Shabazz did not call them out? I don't think so.
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Yeah, that horse was already WAY outta the barn prior to Napier's remarks. In fact, Napier's comments directly led to the NCAA changing its policy regarding meals for student-athletes. He publicly shamed them into doing something about it.
 
lebronfan23 said:
The comment under her farewell Instagram post from Walker has me now pretty confident that she’s coming to UConn.
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What was it?
 
lebronfan23 said:
The comment under her farewell Instagram post from Walker has me now pretty confident that she’s coming to UConn.
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I think you are reading a little too much into a smiley face emoji
 
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mbr33ct said:
Just a question for the masses here, would Westbrook come to UConn knowing the Tenn/UConn series will start up again next year and play against her old team?
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Don't know why she would care. I wouldn't, how about you?
 
To this point no one knows if she'll commit to UConn or not. What's interesting to me though is I haven't heard of her visiting any other D1 school to get a look-see. If she has I'm sure someone would have put it on blast.
 
JordyG said:
To this point no one knows if she'll commit to UConn or not. What's interesting to me though is I haven't heard of her visiting any other D1 school to get a look-see. If she has I'm sure someone would have put it on blast.
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My only caveat is that with the end of the academic semester at TN, Westbrook will be heading back home to Salem, OR. Eugene is just down the road. She could pop in and meet with Kelly Graves. I sincerely hope I’m wrong.
 
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