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The Elite Eight
With four high school seniors having already committed to UConn, the focus will be on the remaining four players who are on the Huskies' recruiting radar.
Bria Hartley, a 5-foot-10 guard from Babylon, N.Y., has long been the top point guard in the Huskies' sights and nothing has changed. Hartley, a studious, leave no stone unturned type of kid, is in no rush to make a commitment but UConn is still very much in the running for her services.
A new name has emerged, Daisha Simmons, who plays for Gill St. Bernard's School. Simmons, who was on the UConn campus on Thursday, averaged 26.2 points, 8.6 rebounds, 5.9 assists, 4.5 steals and 1.4 blocks per game and had five triple-doubles as a junior according to a story in the Newark Star-Ledger.
Before anybody tries to read too much into another guard being pursued by the Huskies as an indication that things aren't going well in the recruitment of Hartley, the word I am hearing tells me nothing could be further from the truth. A recruiting source said that UConn would take both Hartley and Simmons if they both choose to commit.
The story is the same with the two uncommitted post players the Huskies are going after.
Chiney Ogwumike, a 6-foot-3 forward from Cypress, Tex., has long been considered a strong lean to Stanford but the information I have is that she is still receptive to the Huskies' recruiting pitches. Cassie Harberts, a 6-foot-2 forward from San Clemente, Calif., is also being looked at both Stanford and UConn. While it is hard to figure out exactly how many scholarships Stanford has remaining since the Cardinal have three red-shirt juniors who could opt to graduate with their class and thus open up scholarships. If everybody comes back, Stanford would have one scholarship remaining.
The Huskies could conceivably take nine players but will likely max out the class at seven meaning three of the four would join wing Samarie Walker, center Stefanie Dolson, guard Lauren Engeln (an AAU teammate of Harberts) and forward Michala Johnson as part of UConn's next recruiting class.
Bria Hartley, a 5-foot-10 guard from Babylon, N.Y., has long been the top point guard in the Huskies' sights and nothing has changed. Hartley, a studious, leave no stone unturned type of kid, is in no rush to make a commitment but UConn is still very much in the running for her services.
A new name has emerged, Daisha Simmons, who plays for Gill St. Bernard's School. Simmons, who was on the UConn campus on Thursday, averaged 26.2 points, 8.6 rebounds, 5.9 assists, 4.5 steals and 1.4 blocks per game and had five triple-doubles as a junior according to a story in the Newark Star-Ledger.
Before anybody tries to read too much into another guard being pursued by the Huskies as an indication that things aren't going well in the recruitment of Hartley, the word I am hearing tells me nothing could be further from the truth. A recruiting source said that UConn would take both Hartley and Simmons if they both choose to commit.
The story is the same with the two uncommitted post players the Huskies are going after.
Chiney Ogwumike, a 6-foot-3 forward from Cypress, Tex., has long been considered a strong lean to Stanford but the information I have is that she is still receptive to the Huskies' recruiting pitches. Cassie Harberts, a 6-foot-2 forward from San Clemente, Calif., is also being looked at both Stanford and UConn. While it is hard to figure out exactly how many scholarships Stanford has remaining since the Cardinal have three red-shirt juniors who could opt to graduate with their class and thus open up scholarships. If everybody comes back, Stanford would have one scholarship remaining.
The Huskies could conceivably take nine players but will likely max out the class at seven meaning three of the four would join wing Samarie Walker, center Stefanie Dolson, guard Lauren Engeln (an AAU teammate of Harberts) and forward Michala Johnson as part of UConn's next recruiting class.
Labels: Bria Hartley, Cassie Harberts, Chiney Ogwumike, Daisha Simmons, Lauren Engeln, Michala Johnson, Samarie Walker, Stefanie Dolson
posted by Jim Fuller at
1:15 PM
1 Comments:
Jim,
THANK YOU, THANK YOU for finally giving us an update on UCONN's recruiting.
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