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LadyVols_WBK said:
Geno did recruit Arike omg do y'all not remember???
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That wasn't in reference to you, but the post you were addressing. I have no idea if Geno recruited her, but if NO said he didn't then I'm pretty confident he in fact did try to recruit her, which your post seems to confirm. Smells like more BS...
 
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GameTime said:
It means nothing....
New season....
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I want that sign. Where can I get it
 
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Besides the person with the positive COVID test, the bigger issue is that the State of Conn. has enacted a mandatory 14-day quarantine for people traveling to Conn. (residents of NY/NJ/RI are exempt). Most northeast states have a similar policy, although sometimes the 14 days can be reduced to 7 days plus a negative test. I don't see how UConn is going to be able to host many games this season, unless they can find a lot of opponents from CT/NY/NJ/RI.
 
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Andra Espinoza-Hunter (5-11 SR guard, Ossining, NY) has entered her name into the portal, out of Mississippi State WBB, as a grad transfer. She announced in August she was opting out of the 2020-21 season; started her college career at UConn.
 
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djtee said:
Andra Espinoza-Hunter (5-11 SR guard, Ossining, NY) has entered her name into the portal, out of Mississippi State WBB, as a grad transfer. She announced in August she was opting out of the 2020-21 season; started her college career at UConn.
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If she and Schaefer got on well I’ll bet she finishes out at Texas. Had a lot of potential but she seems like she might be a bit of a head case.
 
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VolBall09 said:
Nope and that hasn’t ever gotten much better. She’s pretty much a set shooter.
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Her issue was that last season, she wasn't making the shots she made her first year. Her 3-pt FG% was pedestrian and she missed a ton of open shots. If she's not making those shots, there's no reason that she should be on the court instead of Matharu whenever Danberry needed a break. If she regains her shooting touch, she would be starting for most top 25 teams.

On a team with a dominant post presence, she could light it up. 8 threes in the SEC Championship game when she had McCowan drawing everyone's attention. Teams like Oregon or Oregon St. would love to have a shooter like her.
 
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Amb3096 said:
Her issue was that last season, she wasn't making the shots she made her first year. Her 3-pt FG% was pedestrian and she missed a ton of open shots. If she's not making those shots, there's no reason that she should be on the court instead of Matharu whenever Danberry needed a break. If she regains her shooting touch, she would be starting for most top 25 teams.

On a team with a dominant post presence, she could light it up. 8 threes in the SEC Championship game when she had McCowan drawing everyone's attention. Teams like Oregon or Oregon St. would love to have a shooter like her.
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Oregon State would be a good fit for her. I don’t ever see her being capable of playing the brand of team basketball Oregon does. Passing has not been a strong suit for Andra lol.
 
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VolBall09 said:
Oregon State would be a good fit for her. I don’t ever see her being capable of playing the brand of team basketball Oregon does. Passing has not been a strong suit for Andra lol.
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I don't recall her being particularly good or bad at it. But now that you mention it, it does seem that Oregon has had 2 exceptional passing guards playing together for the past couple of years and they are down to none...unless Paopao is a stud from Day 1.
 
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Funny how Uconn team & South Carolina looks similar but Uconn coach constantly talk about how his team is very young...That's not young when they have 3 juniors on their team.
 
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sisaq said:
Funny how Uconn team & South Carolina looks similar but Uconn coach constantly talk about how his team is very young...That's not young when they have 3 juniors on their team.
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For Uconn this is a young team. What would be this year's senior class at the school transferred out and Walker left early. Westbrook didn't play last year and there are 5 freshmen, including who is the likely floor general on day one in Beuckers (sp).

They aren't the only young team out there but Geno hasn't had a team this young in several years.
 
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Amb3096 said:
Look, it's a public forum and you can say whatever you want...no matter how crazy it might be. But since you see relevance in your comparison of a P5 Head Coach and a part-time pee wee AAU league coach, I might as well play along.

I'm sure you understand the challenges Kellie is facing trying to compete with all the top schools for the best recruits. After all, I understand you consider yourself something of a recruiting whiz...as demonstrated by the tight relationships you build with recruits when they follow you back on Twitter and respond politely to your bizarre "yOu shOuLd coMe pLAy FoR tEnNesSeE, KiDdO!" DMs. I'm sure Kellie is working just as hard as you are.

Kellie is under a lot of pressure to earn her $750k salary. I'm sure you can relate...after all there's the seventy five dollars you get paid for your occasional weekend gigs coaching 13-year olds from the local middle schools...plus I'm sure there's an all-expenses paid Little Caesar's "Pizza Pizza" team lunch as added incentive if your team does well. Those things matter for sure! So...I guess you can say that it's practically the same thing as what Kellie is facing, right? Glad Kellie is working up to the same standard as you. If she worked a little harder, maybe she would even score an upgrade to Olive Garden or TGIF's or something?

Anyway, I'm glad that Kellie is being held to such high standards and that you are personally (whatever that even means) holding her accountable. I'm glad that she is under such strict supervision. You practically have the same job as Phil Fulmer, now that I think of it.
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It’s Wednesday
 
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sisaq said:
Funny how Uconn team & South Carolina looks similar but Uconn coach constantly talk about how his team is very young...That's not young when they have 3 juniors on their team.
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Yes, they have 3 juniors but one hasn’t played in 2 years. They have 2 sophomores and SIX freshmen.

South Carolina has 1 senior, 4 juniors, 5 sophomores and only 1 freshman.

If you assign points for each class, 4-senior, 3-junior, 2-sophomore and 1-freshman, it’s not really close.

UConn - 19 points
SC - 27 points

What is similar between the two rosters?

What teams have younger rosters? I suppose there might be a team or two.
 
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