I think that Allie is the second-best outside shooter on the team.........even Azzi has said that Allie is as good a three point shooter as she is if not better.........she simply hasn't shown it on the court in game action yet and I think that's more mental than physical..........if she gets more consistent minutes I think we will begin to see how good she really is.....
Since Williams surfaced as a possibility I've had the same take on the situation. However, I'm all in on signing her up because I know that Auriemma and his staff have carefully thought out all the possible ramifications of this structuring of the roster for the next couple of years. The presence of Heckel would be the one that creates the possibility of some tension about PT but I'm sure he and the staff have weighed this carefully. But it certainly would generate some serious competition for positions.
She may eventually be (the 2nd best 3 point shooter), but she wasn't last year. I'm guessing the increased competition, athleticism, skill, strength, etc. of college opponents may have had something to do with it, but then again, (from memory), most of her shots were good ones - open - and she just missed.
Shhh, that's a secret that a lot of people don't seem to know about. Some probably believe that top coaches actually pay attention to those rankings.
As for the PT situation I agree with most of those candidates except for Quinonez. I think she'll be good enough to control/create her own PT level based on her performance.You're right, I reread the article and in the paragraph where it talks about the offers she received, when UConn is mentioned, it does say interest. As for the unnamed softball player Geno mentioned in 2022, if memory serves. If it wasn't her, perhaps it was Michaela Williams, who also excelled at sofball. A few months later, she took the top spot (after the 3X3 world championship) in the ESPN rankings, before Juju Watkins again moved ahead of her.
She needs to work on her endurance and quickness but she has an excellent bball IQ and her offensive skills extend way beyond just three point shooting.......I also believe she had mentioned having a bit of difficulty adjusting to college life in general which could certainly have impacted her game.........I expect bigger and better things for her next season......
Mikayla Williams looks like she can really hit a softball, moreso than McKenna Wolizscko.
I think the rest of us have already seen the "2024-2025 Roster" and I hate to spoil the end of the movie but, they win the National Championship!
Mikayla Williams it is. Here is the short video evidence (according to the Youtube master of the information):
Tell me about it. I died last night because of this thread.
I'm sure there will be a new thread when/if she or they commit.
I vote for the former, though I am torn.
Let me try this again:
Where has this notion that Geno isn’t good at developing post players come from? Some of the greatest post players in history have come from UConn. Geno, Tara, Dawn: their former students are practically the hall of fame of post players, if there were such a thing. Outside of them, who?
I don't remember who said it, but someone said "Walter Johnson won 416 games with one pitch.Ok, a problem just occurred to me. In baseball, a fastball requires an offspeed pitch to be most effective. If all of your pitches are roughly the same speed, you’ll get tagged a lot.
Subbing Kayleigh for KK could be like throwing only fastballs.
Also, the "Bigs that are not-so-big" at UConn have nullified or contained some of the greatest "Bigs" and NPOY's of WCBB to gain the NC multiple times, and limited them to one NC, such as BG, Wilson, Fowles, Boston, Betts (0, so far). It would appear UConn NPOY's have a pretty good record in collecting NC's, even when the Bigs are not-so-big.
And the ones they do have - except Sarah - have all had injury problems - Jana, Ice, and Ayanna have all missed an entire season in one of the last two years. You could have said the same thing about Kaitlyn Chen last years, and yet, due to injuries, there weren't more players than minutes. I suspect the same thing WRT Serah Williams.
FYI, another rating agency had her even higher per this article I read this morning. The point is that she was one of the highest rated PGs which is great.
