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I'm grateful that there are no games to talk about and my UConn/DePaul Pregame Report is done.
A long day with a beautiful baby boy!! Barrett was great today, and a lot of fun. But it's exhausting!!! And I know my daughter reads this so don't worry honey, I'll still be there tomorrow!
In a brief text to David last week I vented about posts on the UConn message board complaining about UConn's recruiting and how doomed the program is. I said to him, these people are just fans of winning and not fans of UConn. David, with his usual look at these things, put it into perspective:
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On the UConn recruiting front, Aubrey Griffin has sent her LOI to Geno!!! Ranked 33 by ESPN in the 2019 class, Griffin brings a ton of talent to this team next year. She was injured her entire sophomore season, so I think that impacted her rankings. But boy, did she ever make it up her junior year. She averaged 28.3 PPG, 8.3 RPG, 2.9 APG, 3.2 steals, and 1.6 blocks and was a finalist for the U18 national team. At 6'1" she has a game very similar to Swin Cash and I expect her to make an impact next year.
Her dad is Adrian Griffin, currently the top assistant coach to the NBA's Toronto Raptors. He had a great career at Seton Hall where he was a three year starter. He played in The League for 6 years. Not bad for a non-drafted player. I am telling you about him because it's a direct reflection on his daughter. I love having coaches kids. Now, while she did not play for him, you don't become an NBA coach without having great knowledge of the game and I'm sure he passed that along to Aubrey. And the hard working attitude? You can bet she has that.
She is one more player from Ossining HS in upstate NY. UConn previously had Chong and Espinoza-Hunter (who transferred to Mississippi State) on their roster.
Enjoy the video. I love her long arms!!!
Well, Wednesday is a huge day for UConn recruiting. Haley Jones, the No. 1 recruit in the class of 2019, will announce her college choice. She is down to UConn, Stanford, South Carolina and Notre Dame.
The sourpusses on the UConn message board say no way. She will go to Stanford. I was burnt by Boston last week choosing South Carolina. I think I'll just wait and see. I'm hopeful.
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A long day with a beautiful baby boy!! Barrett was great today, and a lot of fun. But it's exhausting!!! And I know my daughter reads this so don't worry honey, I'll still be there tomorrow!
So happy after a nap!!!
Having fun at Target!!!!
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In a brief text to David last week I vented about posts on the UConn message board complaining about UConn's recruiting and how doomed the program is. I said to him, these people are just fans of winning and not fans of UConn. David, with his usual look at these things, put it into perspective:
"If you are a fan of winning, all that matters is winning. Effort, heart and game circumstances are irrelevant. Anything short of winning is bad. It also matters how you win. Winning ugly is almost as bad as losing. It has to be perfect or you complain. There are lots of fans of winning who think they are fans of UConn. They are not..."
"If you are a fan of UConn, you always look first for the positives from any game. Winning is great, but effort, heart and the other team's play impact your outlook. You can expect to win, but you don't trash the team just because the Huskies lost. You remain grateful for the great play and winning is the icing on the cake. And there is always lots of cake & icing..."
David hit it on the head. Of course these folks would all deny this description of their fandom. Too bad!!! It's my blog!
On the UConn recruiting front, Aubrey Griffin has sent her LOI to Geno!!! Ranked 33 by ESPN in the 2019 class, Griffin brings a ton of talent to this team next year. She was injured her entire sophomore season, so I think that impacted her rankings. But boy, did she ever make it up her junior year. She averaged 28.3 PPG, 8.3 RPG, 2.9 APG, 3.2 steals, and 1.6 blocks and was a finalist for the U18 national team. At 6'1" she has a game very similar to Swin Cash and I expect her to make an impact next year.
Her dad is Adrian Griffin, currently the top assistant coach to the NBA's Toronto Raptors. He had a great career at Seton Hall where he was a three year starter. He played in The League for 6 years. Not bad for a non-drafted player. I am telling you about him because it's a direct reflection on his daughter. I love having coaches kids. Now, while she did not play for him, you don't become an NBA coach without having great knowledge of the game and I'm sure he passed that along to Aubrey. And the hard working attitude? You can bet she has that.
She is one more player from Ossining HS in upstate NY. UConn previously had Chong and Espinoza-Hunter (who transferred to Mississippi State) on their roster.
Enjoy the video. I love her long arms!!!
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Well, Wednesday is a huge day for UConn recruiting. Haley Jones, the No. 1 recruit in the class of 2019, will announce her college choice. She is down to UConn, Stanford, South Carolina and Notre Dame.
The sourpusses on the UConn message board say no way. She will go to Stanford. I was burnt by Boston last week choosing South Carolina. I think I'll just wait and see. I'm hopeful.
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By David in Naples!!!!!
Useless but interesting trivia.
* UConn plays DePaul on Wednesday night, which means Geno faces one of his best friends, Doug Bruno. The two have met 15 times and Geno has never lost. That's right, 15-0 against Bruno's teams. Not very friendly... 
* Napheesa Collier is averaging a double-double in points and rebounds (17.2 pts & 10 rebs.) For her career, she has 24 total double-doubles. Katie Lou Samuelson has 1 career double-double.
* Megan Walker wears uniform #3. Previous players who wore that number are Morgan Tuck, Tiff Hayes, Diana Taurasi, Tammy Arnold and Shea Matlock.
* Geno's first win was against Iona on November 23, 1985. He now has 1,027 wins.
* The state with the most players on the UConn roster is Georgia (2). Mikayla Coombs and Olivia Nelson-Ododa are those players.
* Katie Lou and Pheesa both have 34 baskets & Crystal and Megan both have 25 baskets. Christyn has 18 baskets.
* The Huskies have outscored opponents 113-52 in the first period. That 61 point difference comes out to 12.2 pts per game.
Go Huskies..!!
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