DoggyDaddy's Dailies 5/25/16

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It's no longer a maybe! Kentucky transfer Batouly Camara is coming to Connecticut!!

I have a few links in the UConn section.

This is a great pickup and adds another big to the 2017 team.

Camara gives UConn a player that can really carve out space in the paint. Big and strong, she is a great compliment to the other front court players. With three years, she adds size to the 2016 class.

Here is UConn's roster in 2017.

Point Guards

So 5'5"  Crystal Dangerfield

So 5'11" Molly Bent

Shooting Guards

Sr 6' Kia Nurse

Sr 6' Courtney Ekmark

Fr 5'10" Andra Espinoza-Hunter

Wings

Sr 5'11" Gabby Williams

Jr 6'3" Katie Lou Samuelson

Fr 5'11" Lexi Hunter

Power Forwards 

Jr 6'6" Azura Stevens

So 6'2" Batouly Camara

Jr 6'1" Napheesa Collier

So 6'2" Kayla Irwin

Center

Sr 6'5" Natalie Butler

The talent listed here is just mind-boggling.  

This is a pretty large roster for Geno. With 13, it's hard to believe that they would add any more. But with the No. 1 player of the 2017 class, Megan Walker, still very interested in UConn and Mikayla Coombs, 21st ranked player in the 2017 class, has an offer from Geno.

With the plethora of transfers in WCBB the last few years, it would be surprising if Geno ends up with 15 players on the 2017-18 roster.     

Looking at it by graduating class, it looks a lot different than it did a month ago.

2018 Graduating Class - Nurse, Williams, Butler, Ekmark
2019 Graduating Class - Samuelson, Collier, Stevens
2020 Graduating Class - Dangerfield, Bent, Irwin, Camara
2021 Graduating Class - Espinoza-Hunter, Gordon

I would bet Geno does add another 2017 recruit to even out the class a little. Lots of smiling faces in Storrs!

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Scores (links in the WNBA link section)

Atlanta Dream 85 New York Libery 79 OT 

Los Angeles Sparks @ Chicago Sky

Top Performers/UConn Performers (bold)

Angel McCaughtry Atlanta 15 points

Elizabeth Williams Atlanta 16 points

Tiffany Hayes Atlanta 27 points 11 rebounds

Tina Charles New York 29 points 10 rebounds 6 assists

Kiah Stokes New York 5 points 7 rebounds 2 blocks

Swin Cash New York 6 points 2 rebounds

  

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UCONN LINKS

Batouly Camara Joins UConn Women's Basketball Team UConn Team Site
Camara set to join UConn Jim Fuller
It's Official: Batouly Camara Joins UConn; Will Sit Out A Season Courant
Report: Ex-Cat Batouly Camara commits to UConn Kentucky Team Site

WCBB LINKS

Buffalo women's basketball coach rewarded with 5-year deal USA Today
Williams-Jeter Added to Women's Basketball Staff Penn State Team Site
Texas forward Hattis transfers to Arizona State Texas Team Site
Female Comeback Athlete of the Year: Shilpa Tummala Harvard Team Site
Veteran coach Lin Dunn joins Kentucky Wildcats as assistant ESPN
Women’s basketball Hall of Famer Lin Dunn joins Mitchell’s staff WYMT  
Waiting Game: Transfers Eager To Hit Court After Redshirt Year CUSA
Drummond, Wood leaving Bonnies Olean Times-Herald

 WNBA /USA TEAMS LINKS

Tina Charles’ Monster Game Not Enough for Liberty WNBA
Storm’s Breanna Stewart is learning from tough early losses in WNBA  Seattle Times
Mystics fall to 10th in WNBA Power Poll SB Nation
Hospice patient meets favorite basketball player Daily News Journal
Lynx-Mercury Preview Fox Sports
Moving on up: Amazing stat on UConn's big 3 American-Republic
Veteran Swin Cash re-signs with New York Liberty ESPN

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