Both.
No way can you say it was all Geno. That would sort of be insutling. Jana had to execute.
But no way can anyone say little-to-nothing either.
I'm also counting the player's whom Jana competed agaianst as "part of Geno." because it's his practices that set the drills and other competitions etc.
She is clearly very talented and was well taught by her father but she is also much improved since arriving at UConn. Her father said she was almost unrecognizable! I think that says it all! I’m getting pretty excited about this young lady! Between her, Ice, and Aaliyah, there’s going to be some brutal days for our opponents! Now if only Ayanna and Amari step up and show what they are capable of, it may become almost unfair!
I know people are complaining that some of us are overstating the potential of this team but I have to say, if everyone on this team stays healthy, I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a team this talented throughout the entire roster! Of course, I realize this is all on paper so to speak, (most of it). However, We do have a pretty solid expectation for some of them. Paige, AalIyah, Azzi, Caroline, Aubrey, and Nika objectively range from NPOY/AA-very good. Each of those six players, if healthy, would likely start on 98-99% of all teams across the country!
The rest; Ice Brady-McD‘s AA #5 ranked player, Ayanna Patterson-McD‘s AA, #4 ranked player, Indiana Miss Basketball, 2 Player of the year awards, KK Arnold, #7 ranked player, McD‘s AA, 2 time Gatorade Wisconsin POY, #2 PG in her class, (#6 Hannah Hidalgo), Ashlynn Shade, #15 ranked player, McD’s AA, Gatorade Indiana girls POY, Amari DeBerry, #15 ranked player, McD’s AA, #2 Post in class (Maryam Dauda), Quadence Samuels, #31 ranked player, Jordan Brand Classic National Team Member, Jana ElAlfy, Egyptian National Team Member, Current points per game leader in FIBA U19 World Cup, Top/highly sought after foreign recruit for 2023, Ines Bettencourt, Played for Portugal on U18 FIBA European Championship where she led her team and ranked fourth in the tournament with 14.4 ppg, 3.7 reb, 3.6 ast, 4.6 stl
Again, I realize all this mean exactly squat until they actually produce on court, but I’d like to hear if anyone can come up with a more talented roster (on paper) than this one?