There was a time not too long ago when UConn rarely offered prior to the end of their sophomore years. UConn often entered the process late relative to other schools and may have lost a few because of it. The real drought has been no 5's for 4 years after Stewart arrived.
But I'm not dwelling on negativity. Lots of promise arriving for the next 2 years. No time for regrets.
I couldn’t agree more. Geno and his staff MUST hit some home runs like they did with the 2022 class (Patterson & Brady). No walks and no singles. I look at the scores of all the WCBB games every day.
There are several programs that have been dormant in recent years that have come to life. Programs like Arizona, Duke, Tennessee, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas (who knocked off Baylor yesterday), then there’s the regulars in Stanford, Maryland, South Carolina, Louisville, etc. Anyone of these teams can win a tournament game on any given day.
If UConn wants to keep their seat at the table reserved for the “”elites”, they must recruit and sign players that can and will play. A player DOES NOT have to be highly ranked to be effective. If you look at some of the names on the rosters of the top 15 teams, you’ll see that they are comprised of players that were ranked either bottom 50, or not ranked at all, yet they are doing well, get meaningful minutes and are productive. Being an elite player in HS is no guarantee that they will be elite in college.
How many Division 1 players have no hope of playing in the WNBA? Over 90% of them. As you know, only the cream of the crop move on to play at the next level. Very few late 2nd round, and hardly any 3rd round draftees make the cut. So we’re talking about 16 players out of all of the graduating seniors that are eligible for the drat every year. We’ve seen some players who were the best players on their team fail to hook on with a team in the W.
Then you have to fight to keep your roster spot every year from the new rookies coming into the league from college.
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