All the players who I came out to Colorado Springs to talk to for stories and blogs survived the first cuts at the U-17 trials with one exception.

UConn commits De'Janae Boykin and Katie Lou Samuelson lead the list of players vying for the 12 spots along with UConn recruiting targets Asia Durr, Lauren Cox, Arike Ogunbowale, Erin Boley and Sabrina Ionescu.

As for Connecticut kids, two of the three made the cut as Capital Prep's Kiah Gillespie and Avon's Abby Laszewski came back for the afternoon session but Capital Prep's Desiree Elmore did not make the cut.