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Message: [QUOTE="JoePgh, post: 2105462, member: 1131"] It's not in UConn's or any team's best interest to recruit solely players who are at the Walker - KLS - Napheesa level. You need 2 or 3 of those on an NC-contending team, but not 12 of them. That would be a recipe for unhappiness and possibly dissension on the team. Players like those mentioned above (Ashley Battle, Kalana Greene, and Kelly Faris), all of whom not only made WNBA teams but had multi-year WNBA careers, are definitely a significant factor for the second-level recruits whom UConn needs to draw to fill out their team, and who could go to another very respectable P5 team and be the star on her team. If Saniya (against the odds, even now) can catch on and play for a WNBA team, it will further enhance this recruiting story. And in three years, if either Molly or Kyla can do that (not totally improbable), even more so. [/QUOTE]