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Buck stops here?
On Friday, UConn coach Geno Auriemma threw out the possibility of red shirting freshman forward/center Heather Buck who returned to practice earlier this week after a bout with mononucleosis.
Buck, a three-time Register State Girls' Basketball Player of the Year while at Stonington, was diagnosed with mono in mid-November. She was cleared to begin light activities late last month but it still not ready to get into a game for the top-ranked Huskies.
"She is breathing hard, her conditioning is not good - obviously sitting out all that time," Auriemma said. "Little by little she is getting better but I think when we get back from South Carolina (following a Dec. 28 game against the Gamecocks), as we get back into the New Year I think are trying to figure out if she is completely ready to start doing something or if so much time has gone by and let her spend the year getting ready and practicing. I don't know how you make up for all that lost time?"
If UConn goes the red shirt route, she would be the first player at UConn who would be cleared to play but held out in order to utilize a red-shirt season since Ashley Battle, who injured her elbow in the fifth game of the 2000-01 season.
Buck left practice early to take a final and was unavailable to the media following Friday's practice.
EYE ON THE FUTURE
With a week and a half in between games because of a break for final exams, the UConn coaching staff was able to check out some players in the Class of 2010.
Besides having assistant coach Shea Ralph on hand to watch the two players currently committed to UConn - 5-foot-11 senior guard Kelly Faris out of Heritage Christian of Indianapolis, Ind. and 6-1 junior wing Samarie Walker from Chaminade-Julienne in Dayton, Ohio.
The UConn staff also looked at other prospects in the Class of 2010 and it is clear that their focus was on recruiting size as they were in attendance at games at Stefanie Dolson a 6-foot-5 center at Minisink Valley High in Slate Hill, N.Y., Sherrone Vails, a 6-foot-3 forward/center from Arundel High in Gambrills, Md., Michala Johnson, a 6-foot-3 forward/center from Montini High in Lombard, Ill. and Orsi Szecsi, a 6-foot-3 wing from Oak Hill High in Mouth of Wilson, Va.
For those with a traveling fancy who wish to see the versatile Szecsi play in person, Oak Hill is scheduled to play in a tournament at Monmouth University on Jan. 10-11.
The Huskies are still interested in Norwich Free Academy guard Kastine Evans who ironically is plying this weekend in southern Connecticut.
NFA is playing in a four-team tournament at Masuk complete with Division I talent as Evans, Pomperaug junior Katie Cizynski, Masuk junior Kanika Cummings figure to draw interest from Division I teams in the coming months.
Buck, a three-time Register State Girls' Basketball Player of the Year while at Stonington, was diagnosed with mono in mid-November. She was cleared to begin light activities late last month but it still not ready to get into a game for the top-ranked Huskies.
"She is breathing hard, her conditioning is not good - obviously sitting out all that time," Auriemma said. "Little by little she is getting better but I think when we get back from South Carolina (following a Dec. 28 game against the Gamecocks), as we get back into the New Year I think are trying to figure out if she is completely ready to start doing something or if so much time has gone by and let her spend the year getting ready and practicing. I don't know how you make up for all that lost time?"
If UConn goes the red shirt route, she would be the first player at UConn who would be cleared to play but held out in order to utilize a red-shirt season since Ashley Battle, who injured her elbow in the fifth game of the 2000-01 season.
Buck left practice early to take a final and was unavailable to the media following Friday's practice.
EYE ON THE FUTURE
With a week and a half in between games because of a break for final exams, the UConn coaching staff was able to check out some players in the Class of 2010.
Besides having assistant coach Shea Ralph on hand to watch the two players currently committed to UConn - 5-foot-11 senior guard Kelly Faris out of Heritage Christian of Indianapolis, Ind. and 6-1 junior wing Samarie Walker from Chaminade-Julienne in Dayton, Ohio.
The UConn staff also looked at other prospects in the Class of 2010 and it is clear that their focus was on recruiting size as they were in attendance at games at Stefanie Dolson a 6-foot-5 center at Minisink Valley High in Slate Hill, N.Y., Sherrone Vails, a 6-foot-3 forward/center from Arundel High in Gambrills, Md., Michala Johnson, a 6-foot-3 forward/center from Montini High in Lombard, Ill. and Orsi Szecsi, a 6-foot-3 wing from Oak Hill High in Mouth of Wilson, Va.
For those with a traveling fancy who wish to see the versatile Szecsi play in person, Oak Hill is scheduled to play in a tournament at Monmouth University on Jan. 10-11.
The Huskies are still interested in Norwich Free Academy guard Kastine Evans who ironically is plying this weekend in southern Connecticut.
NFA is playing in a four-team tournament at Masuk complete with Division I talent as Evans, Pomperaug junior Katie Cizynski, Masuk junior Kanika Cummings figure to draw interest from Division I teams in the coming months.
posted by Jim Fuller at
6:10 PM
2 Comments:
I thought I read Johnson was out and would have work done on her knew?
Steve
Steve,
You are correct, Johnson is out with a knee injury. However, in the recruiting game being seen is half the battle so while members of the UConn staff were on their Midwest swing to see Samarie Walker and Kelly Faris, it was logical they would make the trip to see Johnson's team as well. They took in Germantown Academy games after Caroline Doty's injury as well. They leave few stones unturned which is why they have the recruiting success they do.
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