Competition in girls high school period is not good. This girl can flat out shoot the ball has the IQ. Any player who averages 40 ppl needs to be rewarded. Everyone was routing for Heathers Buck and Connecticut high school basketball isn't all that great. Besides do Uconn has any competition in AAC play. Lol she can play there if Molly bent going there
I see a young girl with good, not great speed. Good form on her shot. Nice variety of shots. Nice range. Good handle with a nice little euro-step. But high school basketball is about showcasing your scoring skills. Can she play defense? Can she handle the physicality of play when better teams body up on her? Can she read her teammates setting them up for baskets? How does she respond to instruction? To criticism? Is she a team player? How will she respond when she goes 0-10 with 4 turnovers? Does she want to win more than she wants to score? There's so much more to BB than scoring against inferior opposition. Time will tell.
Both of these girls are my Huskies dream duo for 2017. Would love a big off guard for "17 as well.
p.s. - get excited about things like this:
Newly offered 2017 Texas wing Lexi Gordon's twitter feed is COVERED in tweets and reweets about UConn and her visit. Trip to NYC with newly offered 2018 Arkansas guard Christyn Williams....both decked out in UConn gear and there together. Even Lexi's sister was in UConn gear.
Slu,
Almost a year ago there were some posters on here that indicated that UCONN was interested in Harris. "Bruinbball" ?? was a big advocate of Harris and there was a poster with the word "knucke" ?? in the name that said there was definite UCONN interest. Of course that was before UCONN signed Molly.
I really thought you raised some seriously thoughtful and credible concerns about package deals. I think Geno and other coaching staffs would want to decide on the makeup of their teams and to have someone even suggest otherwise would certainly be highly problematic.
Interesting thoughts on the rankings - certainly an AAU team with five highly rated D1 prospects playing together would tend to make them all look better. But I think the coaching debacle at TN makes it really hard to judge player quality. I suspect for example that Graves stock has fallen deep into the second round of the WNBA draft and a team that 'takes a flier' on her might be getting someone who will blossom removed from the TN environment - no guarantee, but she seems to be a team player who has been mired for four years on a team with me first guards especially, and one that has never been a great passing or shooting team. For a post player that is a recipe for disaster and frustration.
Worse she's been mired on a team whose offensive teachings/philosophy is predicated on the creativity of the guards and their pinpoint entry passes to a double post. All against a packed in 2/3 all with long arms. Silly, and hardly advantageous to a team player. Certainly difficult for a forward to demonstrate her variety of skills, and difficult to hone new ones.
