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Posted: 10/19/17 5:34 pm ::: |
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Ezi Magbegor
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She says whether she stays in Australia or goes to the U.S. "depends on whether I get offered a scholarship to the school in America I want to go to."
?????????? Rumors, please.
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That school is not UCONN .
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GlennMacGrady
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Posted: 10/19/17 5:43 pm ::: |
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GlennMacGrady wrote: |
Ezi Magbegor
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She says whether she stays in Australia or goes to the U.S. "depends on whether I get offered a scholarship to the school in America I want to go to."
?????????? Rumors, please.
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That school is not UCONN . |
UConn is recruiting her so I put her in this thread, but you could be right.
Her doubt about getting a scholarship seems unlikely to be about her basketball ability, which would seem to merit a scholarship from any coach. Therefore, it may be that the doubt is related to her getting academically accepted, which suggests a school with top academic standards. |
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Posted: 10/19/17 6:18 pm ::: |
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She says whether she stays in Australia or goes to the U.S. "depends on whether I get offered a scholarship to the school in America I want to go to."
?????????? Rumors, please. |
Her brother goes to the University of West Georgia. Sounds like UConn is interested.
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GlennMacGrady
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Posted: 10/22/17 8:10 am ::: |
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Christyn Williams, the No. 1 high school player in the Class of 2018, has narrowed her college choices.
. . . . she is choosing between UConn and South Carolina.
Her trip to UConn was last weekend, when she visited with post player Olivia Nelson-Ododa. . . .
Williams’ high school coach . . . said . . . that she would sign her letter of intent on Nov. 10 at her school. She will make her announcement at the 12:15 p.m. (Eastern time) ceremony.
. . . . Nelson-Ododa (6-4) is also expected to announce her decision during the early signing period . . . .
Nelson-Ododa is fifth in ESPN’s HoopGurlz Class of 2018 rankings. . . .
So Nelson-Ododa, who has been a top UConn target throughout high school, could fill the need for a post player. Williams, a physical shooting guard, is the best player in the class and has been a longtime UConn target. |
http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-womens-basketball/hc-sp-uconn-women-christyn-williams-1022-story.html |
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GlennMacGrady
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Posted: 10/29/17 9:25 am ::: |
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Undeclared and extraordinary, Olivia Nelson-Ododa healing, observing and mulling
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Her dad, Sebastian, was in the stands, telling himself that his daughter would get up and be fine.
Then he heard her scream. |
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Nelson-Ododa, a straight-A student who takes honors courses and wants to study medicine, has made official visits to Connecticut, Florida State and South Carolina. She will tour Duke next weekend. |
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Nelson-Ododa said all the schools have impressed her so far, but one part of one visit stands out.
During her trip to South Carolina's campus, she got to sit in on two knee surgeries. |
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GlennMacGrady
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Posted: 11/01/17 8:58 am ::: |
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Tonight's UConn exhibition game against Fort Hays State will be streamed for free at 7 pm ET HERE.
Game notes are HERE.
Freshman Batouly Camara will not be playing due to injury.
HERE is Geno commenting on Freshman Lexi Gordon, who is having trouble keeping up with the fast pace; and HERE on freshman Mikayla Coombs, who is not having trouble with the pace but with being too tentative. Both are typical freshman issues, according to Geno. |
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GlennMacGrady
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Posted: 11/03/17 1:28 am ::: |
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The Z Factor in resumed action:
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GlennMacGrady
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Posted: 11/03/17 10:25 pm ::: |
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ONO has a new entry on her blog.
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A lot of people talk about rankings and the thing that they say is that they don’t matter, but I don’t think that’s true to a competitor.
We all care on some level about our ranking so when I saw that I dropped from No. 1 to No. 5 it motivated me. |
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I’m down to five schools now: Duke, UConn, Georgia, South Carolina and Florida State. I have my fourth visit coming up this weekend to Duke and then I’ll see what I want to do after this one. I don’t know if I’ll take the last visit as of now. |
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These visits are so important to me because I, honestly, don’t know what I’m gonna do. |
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Posted: 11/05/17 5:22 pm ::: |
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Glad to see the only worthy PG start.
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GlennMacGrady
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Posted: 11/08/17 11:16 pm ::: |
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cthskzfn wrote: |
Glad to see the only worthy PG start. |
If Dangerfield is the only worthy PG, we'll probably see only a seven player rotation in big/close/contested games, assuming there are any.
Did you hear what Geno said about having a full bench? He said it was a mixed blessing, and compared it to having a full tool box at home. He then said a full toolbox is no more useful to him than a mostly empty toolbox, because he doesn't know how to use all the extra tools, and that he'd probably not even open a full toolbox. I don't think he was joking.
I'm currently hoping and hyping on behalf of Mikayla Coombs as a PG until she proves me wrong. Bent hasn't shown me magic at either guard position, and Gordon and AEH don't have PG handling skills. |
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Posted: 11/10/17 3:39 pm ::: |
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cthskzfn wrote: |
Glad to see the only worthy PG start. |
If Dangerfield is the only worthy PG, we'll probably see only a seven player rotation in big/close/contested games, assuming there are any.
Did you hear what Geno said about having a full bench? He said it was a mixed blessing, and compared it to having a full tool box at home. He then said a full toolbox is no more useful to him than a mostly empty toolbox, because he doesn't know how to use all the extra tools, and that he'd probably not even open a full toolbox. I don't think he was joking.
I'm currently hoping and hyping on behalf of Mikayla Coombs as a PG until she proves me wrong. Bent hasn't shown me magic at either guard position, and Gordon and AEH don't have PG handling skills. |
I hope Coombs (and all the frosh) become great Huskies.
Re the toolbox bit, I understand problems can arise from having a long, capable bench. I'd rather have two tools too many than two too few.
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GlennMacGrady
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Posted: 11/13/17 11:20 am ::: |
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Interesting Geno interview covering Christyn Williams, intensity and cockiness in players, recruiting in general now and then, the real America, okey-dokey, cheating, KLS, how it will be more difficult this season for KLS and Collier:
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Posted: 11/14/17 4:31 pm ::: |
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Some comments on the excessive Azurá Stevens hype coming out of ESPN and Connecticut. Stevens is a very good player who may become even better at UConn, but some of the hype about her is too premature and over the top.
Let's start with this hagiography by Graham Hays:
Is Azurá Stevens the best Husky of them all?
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Now a roster that features three returning All-Americans (Napheesa Collier, Katie Lou Samuelson Gabby Williams) and a Canadian Olympian (Kia Nurse) includes a 6-foot-6 player with a soft touch and the potential to be the best of them all. The best in Storrs, Connecticut. The best in America. |
Sorry, Mr. Hays, but Azurá Stevens has done nothing yet in high school or college that proves her worthy of carrying A'ja Wilson's sandals.
In high school, no one evaluated Stevens as a top star. She was ranked: No. 57 (Prospect Nation), No. 55 (Blue Star), No. 27 (ASGR), No. 23 (Girls Basketball Report/HoopGurlz). These rankings fall far, far short of the Oort Cloud #1 ranking heights of A'ja Wilson or, at different times in different services, Stevens' own teammates, Katie Lou Samuelson, Gabby Williams, Crystal Dangerfield and Megan Walker, or the #5 ranking of Napheesa Collier. Did all these high school rankers miss the fact that Stevens was the best player in America?
What has Stevens done in college? She scored a nice but not eye-popping 938 points in two years at Duke, on teams that compiled a mediocre two-year record of 19-13 in the ACC. Then she sat for a year at UConn.
So, let's not burden the beginning of Stevens' UConn career with the unsupportable label of "best player in America". That said, if she's played intelligently and plays intelligently, and gets the minutes, it wouldn't surprise me if Stevens' height and skills allow her to score more than one or both of her much shorter post-playing teammates, Collier and Williams. But, even if so, that still wouldn't make her better than A'ja Wilson. |
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Posted: 11/15/17 2:27 pm ::: |
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UCONO . . . as expected . . . which is why she was always in this thread. |
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GlennMacGrady
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Posted: 11/15/17 3:27 pm ::: |
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Olivia Nelson-Ododa announcement PHOTO
Now that UConn has signed #1 Christyn Williams at guard, whom Geno has called the best high school player in America, and Olivia Nelson-Ododa, who was the former #1 before injuring her ACL and who is the best 6-4 high school player in America, UConn fans on Wooster Street in New Haven are already reported to be lamenting the tedious team they will have to endure this season until they can get to the exciting team of next season. |
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Posted: 11/15/17 3:36 pm ::: |
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Olivia Nelson-Ododa announcement PHOTO
Now that UConn has signed #1 Christyn Williams at guard, whom Geno has called the best high school player in America, and Olivia Nelson-Ododa, who was the former #1 before injuring her ACL and who is the best 6-4 high school player in America, UConn fans on Wooster Street in New Haven are already reported to be lamenting the tedious team they will have to endure this season until they can get to the exciting team of next season. |
But there are at least two restaurants where they can find an interim cure if not to satisfy their seemingly rapacious appetite with arguably the best pizza in the world.
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GlennMacGrady
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Posted: 11/15/17 4:03 pm ::: |
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GlennMacGrady wrote: |
Olivia Nelson-Ododa announcement PHOTO
Now that UConn has signed #1 Christyn Williams at guard, whom Geno has called the best high school player in America, and Olivia Nelson-Ododa, who was the former #1 before injuring her ACL and who is the best 6-4 high school player in America, UConn fans on Wooster Street in New Haven are already reported to be lamenting the tedious team they will have to endure this season until they can get to the exciting team of next season. |
But there are at least two restaurants where they can find an interim cure if not to satisfy their rapacious appetite with arguably the best pizza in the world. |
No fooling the apizza lovers.
Now if you also love the taste of tea leaves, note that in the video of Geno I posted above, at about 9:05, he said he was waiting on "one more" recruit in the fall after Christyn Williams AND there "could be more down the road, who knows, in the springtime". I don't think I've ever heard Geno even suggest he might have a spring recruit. Who is it? Only Frank, Sally and the Shadow know. |
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Posted: 11/15/17 4:21 pm ::: |
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Oldfandepot2 wrote: |
GlennMacGrady wrote: |
Olivia Nelson-Ododa announcement PHOTO
Now that UConn has signed #1 Christyn Williams at guard, whom Geno has called the best high school player in America, and Olivia Nelson-Ododa, who was the former #1 before injuring her ACL and who is the best 6-4 high school player in America, UConn fans on Wooster Street in New Haven are already reported to be lamenting the tedious team they will have to endure this season until they can get to the exciting team of next season. |
But there are at least two restaurants where they can find an interim cure if not to satisfy their rapacious appetite with arguably the best pizza in the world. |
No fooling the apizza lovers.
Now if you also love the taste of tea leaves, note that in the video of Geno I posted above, at about 9:05, he said he was waiting on "one more" recruit in the fall after Christyn Williams AND there "could be more down the road, who knows, in the springtime". I don't think I've ever heard Geno even suggest he might have a spring recruit. Who is it? Only Frank, Sally and the Shadow know. |
Heard tell we are the last state to use that word, if not generation, apizza.
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