JerryYeagley23

For high-profile recruits and transfers this is now par for the course. Much like any of us would negotiate terms with an employer or leverage multiple job offers to see who valued you the most. This is the new norm. Actually, it’s the old norm, because it’s happened for decades, it’s just in the open now and expected from both player and program to be a major talking point.

I know it was just part of your hypothetical argument, but it’s worth stating that Dennis is well known as a high character young man and consummate teammate. Believe he won a conference sportsmanship award or some kind of recognition. And generally, guys who win defensive player awards have a certain degree of selflessness to them to dedicate their focus and energy to doing the dirty work for their team in lieu of offensive stats. There’s risk involved in most personnel decisions, but in this case it’s minimal he wouldn’t have a positive impact on and off the court.

The extra few weeks actually give us valuable time to get our house in order to put our best foot forward. His visit will likely be as much about our first proposal of the details of our NIL package as things basketball related.

No.

Ha. Full credit to Chris for breaking the story. Just adding my “crystal ball” pick with high confidence after a dinner conversation today.

I’m feeling confident Trayce is coming back and expect an announcement of some kind will come soon.

Shaheen Holloway named HC at Seton Hall. Maybe one of the most obvious hires in recent memory. Has been assumed for weeks even while his team was still playing.

Thoughts with former IU forward Dema Kovalenko. https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/how-ex-mls-midfielder-dema-kovalenko-helped-his-family-escape-war-torn-ukraine

Thank you Ali, Alaska and Nicole. Great season. You’ve done so much for this program. Keep your heads high, we’re proud of you.

Grace is a phenomenal player. I love her game. But she needs to extend her range out to the three point line. Story of this game though, is we need more length. Height in the woman’s game is becoming a huge differentiator.

I’ve watched a lot of women’s games this year. Credit to UCONN, who has far better talent, but this is as badly as we’ve played all year. Really uncharacteristic.

That escalated quickly.

Yikes.

They’ve been to 13 straight Final Fours. Unfortunately we’re not gonna outrecruit UCONN any time soon, at least until Auriema retires. Even then, I’m sure Dawn Staley will take over. They’re 60’s/70’s UCLA.

Well, didn’t play well and only down 4 “on the road.” Make some adjustments at the half TM. Gotta rebound the basketball and take care of the ball on offense and get Grace going.

Big shot Gulbe! Stripes need to stop looking at the uniforms and call the game evenly. It’s bad enough we have to play UCONN practically at home, but we have to listen to Rebecca Lobo pretend to be unbiased. (Mack with a big block on their big - Lobo “incredible pass by Buekers to get that inside”)

Wow. You know it’s bad when both teams stop because we got fouled but the refs don’t blow the whistle.

Sloppy passing and giving up offensive rebounds.

My lord, something had the be done about these tv timeouts. 10 seconds of play and back into timeout. It’s affecting the flow of the games

NCH needs to slow down. Offensive foul goign baseline into nothing and then trying to dribble through three people. Can’t turn the ball over and give UCONN extra possessions.

Agreed. Yeah, they’re UCONN, and have all Americans on their bench. But they don’t necessarily scare me. They rely on outside shooting. It’s teams that have two 6’5” bigs that we struggle with.

Ugh. That turnover by Grace was big. Just come down with it and let the defense clear. Instead gets turned over and they hit a three. Should have been up 5 with the ball.

Good defense to start the game. Need to get Grace involved in the game. Maybe slow the pace a little bit because we’re not going to out athlete UCONN.

Everybody ready? Feels like we have a smaller following on the board today with the early tip.

Let’s go ladies!