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.
Errrr. I am confident that Nurse is a top quality player, a warrior and a leader. UCONN could hardly have done better in signing, " a late surprise." Natalie is not in the same category. I see little potential for her against quality players and teams. Sure, she may do well when we are up 40 against SMU or East Carolina, but she would have been a liability against South Carolina, Oregon St., Texas, Notre Dame, etc. I mean; she does not have good hands, and is clumsy. So she can foul out in about 15 seconds. We need a miracle if she is going to be an important and productive player.
Excellent read thanks for posting.
Nah, at 6'6" Ivanna Stepovaya is much betta.
Nailed it in your final question - and of course, we all know that should they choose Uconn the sky is the limit on their development whereas those that go elsewhere are throwing away all the HS potential they ever showed!
Thanks. Then they really aren't scouting reports, are they? more like puff pieces of the most visible and recruitable players.Nailed it in your final question - and of course, we all know that should they choose Uconn the sky is the limit on their development whereas those that go elsewhere are throwing away all the HS potential they ever showed!
