Kaitlyn Chen COMMITS to UConn Huskies 

Adding Chen is going to be great for UConn. She’s a proven winner and a baller. With one year left she can come in help take off some pressure of the freshmen and sophomore… they can learn from her as they progress. The young Huskies are the face of the future and playing behind experienced players as the vets move on will help them in the long run. There’s always a silver lining to everything. 🎉🎉

Long time listener, first time commenting. After hearing the comments from the previous video I had to comment. To anyone saying we dont need Chen must not have spent time watching her play. I remember a few years back when they played UCONN....Chen had like 18 points and few other players surrounded her did well and we only won by a few.... She IS special! Just wait yall until you see how quick she is and how she can take over a game. If she comes off the bench in November, she will be starting by December when the system clicks. Shes KK fast forward 2 years. KK is going to learn so much from her. We all know KK is our future PG and she will have learned from Muhl and Chen on floor leadership from WNBA bound talent. Lets go!!

Welcome to UConn Kaitlyn Chen, have a great time and enjoy the ride

We a great team to make a run for championship. Everybody keeps talking about needing Raegan which is not a need but a plus. We have 6’5 C with a long wingspan Jana el elfy who plays aggressive and is a hooper as she can extend it from the 3pt. We are loaded and stacked we are ready to play for that 12th natty!! let’s gooooo!! we have the one of the deadliest backcourts with these players shooting efficiency!!

I think this is good move for the lady huskies. Our injured players may not be readily available at the start of the season. Chen's leadership and experience will be valuable.

All we need now is Raegan Beers and we'll be all set. How's this for a dream starting lineup? Beers (Jana backup), Sarah (Ice backup), Paige (KK backup), Azzi (Ashlynn backup), Chen (Q backup)

You guys rock- great show!

Now Phil! Why don't you, Ryan and I make a visit to UCONN? I'll meet you at the UCONN ice cream parlor! I think the students make the ice cream! I was there last summer and OMG! It was just tooo wonderful!

Welcome Ms Chen , I can’t wait to see you in action!!!

This team is stacked! a revenge tour is incoming, the bench will be deep if everybody stays healthy.

Storrs is a beautiful campus! I miss it so much

There is going to be some serious competition during the pre-season. I'm looking forward to seeing the drama. Ha! Peace!

Many thanks. I had not heard.

Cream always rises to the top !

The UCONN Men's team was loaded with talent. Being able to rest players and replace a player having a cold night with someone who is just as talented, but might be hot?

Amari to Maryland is great! D-1 the Big 10 conference. Coach Freze. Sometimes, good things happen to good people. Wishing you an amazing young woman the very best. ❤

Just read that Beers commits to Oklahoma. I'm so happy for her 😊

I think Geno needs to spread the minutes around a little bit better this year or we may lose some of this incredible depth to the portal.

Good move UConn! Kaitlyn Chen should be a great addition!

Chen is a good move. Kk and her at point. Azzi and Ash at 2. Paige and one of the freshman at 3 or Q. Sara and Ice at 4. Jana at 5. Aubrey wont be ready until January. Caroline is up in the air. Patterson will back up Jana unless Beers is here. There will be a couple of injuries. So we are covered. Azzi might be on minute restrictions. Aubrey and Patterson also.

And Sarah Strong - you didn't mention her when you mentioned the other two Freshmen. How many years does Chen have to stay at UCONN?

Let's hope it's a injury free season. Can't complain about having no options especially at the guard position.

Imma go look at some Princeton 2023-24 games to see Chen play. How will she fit with UConn? It's hard to say before seeing her play, and even then she has to play some this summer with UConn players, so we can see the fit.

UCONN is just one big away from 2 solid starting lineups, if players stay healthy the practices are going to be EPIC, quality players will push the undergrads to push to become better players!!

Kaitlyn will be a starter and take over for Nika. She'll get all of Nikas minutes.

I think this is a good pickup for UConn. I think it improves the backcourt. It is also not a surprise. UConn has been working on the Chen acquisition since at least February. I do think this puts a ton of pressure on Geno. He needs to rotate his guards. If Shade and/or KK lose a ton of minutes this season. It will be because Geno was not able to successfully balance an embarrassment of riches with his backcourt. UConn fans seem mixed on the add. I would say support her. She is a husky now. She is talented. She deserves support from the fans.

LOVE THIS ADDITION!! Experienced point who can really shoot. I can see her starting so Paige can b a 2 guard and Azzi a 3. POISON perimeter shooting w Shade off the bench to keep the 3s raining down. Get Beers in the fold & UConn would b ridiculously loaded. That last part WILL happen as Beers wants WNBA training & a natty. NEITHER will happen for her in Norman.

Kiki Iriafen committed to USC. They will be tough next season. I do like the addition of Chen with Caroline possibly not playing again and Azzi just getting back. I agree with everyone else that we still need one more big body to fill Aaliyah's void. I cannot wait to see Jana play

All those people who hated Chen signing, it's called insurance, st***d. Over the last four years, one thing that Geno learned was that you can't have enough quality bodies. Chen is Lou 2.0 and she is an upgrade and better than KK and Shade who still need to develop. KK and Shade were starters last year by default and certainly made contributions, however, due to fatigue and inexperience, their quality of plays was average to below average during the tournament. Competition is good and it's a good test of character for all the players except PB. Like South Carolina, UCONN needs bench players coming in and scoring a bunch of points.

Okay, Chen handles the ball pretty well, not unlike Bettencourt or K.K. She doesn't do a lot of impressive passing, but she doesn't make many mistakes either. She isn't so fast or tall, so her break-away fast break isn't as devastating as one would normally want. Her iso one-on-one offense is the mid-range shot, so finding open spaces a strong part of her skill-set. Her defense is good, but her speed and size are not so impressive. Don't expect her to be like Paige on defending a guard. Overall, decent, competent, consistently so, but not stellar.

Well guard heavy . It's gonna definitely going to limit kk and Ashley's playing time. But again they get beers they win the chip. That's what's missing.

What are your takes on El-Alfy's talent level? Geno said she would have been a top recruit after her performance in the U18 Tourney, but not having seen her play- I'm slightly concerned...

There seems to be a lot of fans saying, "We have too many guards." They are forgetting not only what Kaitlyn Chen brings, but the main thing they forget is that it is for only one year.

Phil n Ryan... I like the addition of Chen. But I would really like to see a player dominate the "boards" such as ex- huskie, Tina Charles...she was a BEAST!

Chen scored 18 against us last time they played us. She will not come off the bench.

Doesn't UCONN have enough guards? I would have preferred a half decent post player than another guard, but whatever, Geno should know what he's doing by now.

I am guessing that Reagan Beers will choose UCONN if a ring is important to her. She will not get a ring at Oklahoma.

Still not sure if I understand the portal correctly. I know that players have to enter their name in the portal by 1 May. What about players already in the portal, do they have to make a decision by 1 May also or can they drag it out? If they can drag it out that seems highly unfair. I.E. since us UConn fans are hoping for another big what if a player waits until after 1 May to make a decision. That means UConn players who are waiting patiently cannot enter the portal until the next period. Just doesn't seem fair. As for Chen, IMO to many fans are concerned about KK's minutes and the injured players coming back MPG. That is all for Geno and coaching staff to figure out. If Staley can manage minutes, Geno should certainly be able to also. I for one, to not feel that KK is ready to take over the #1. The Chen Commitment can only help KK and more importantly help the team which it is all about. Ash is also going to have to make an adjustment. Also to many of you giving up on Caroline. IMO if she was not coming back that announcement would have come out by now. Seems like to many have forgotten how she carried this team for a stretch before the concussion issue started.

So back to the portal.. Are players who were in the portal prior to 1 May still able to sign with a new home, while players who did not enter the portal by 1 May out of luck for this cycle. If I am right, completely unfair IMO

I think people are paying too much attention to "guard play" as a title. In women's college ball exceptionally tall players are a rarity (kamilla Cardoso). Most teams bigs on average are 6-2 to about 6-4. Paige has proven that a 6'0 player can play the 1-4 in women's ball. Geno will coach all the players with the exception of Paige, shade, kk, fudd and chen to be hybrid 2-4 position players. If this team stays healthy all season with this kind of offensive fire power they are going to average 90 points a game with ease.

I don't think this has anything to do with needing another pg or replacing a lesser sg... I think this is about the leadership group within the team.. By "losing" Nika and to an extend Aaliyah the team lost most of its leadership , effectively its just Paige (I know Azzi and Aubrey are seniors as well, but they are not leadership personalities).. So I think Chen is there as a deputy to Paige and someone for PB to lean on...

She's gotta start at PG.😢for the rest of the league. We coming!

This pickup only makes sense to me if the rehab of Fudd, DuCharme and Patterson isn’t progressing as well as they hoped. Truly the need for more capable size up front is a priority to me. If UConn loses El Alfy for whatever reason you’re back to playing small ball. Even with all the talent Edwards had it was not easy especially outside the Big East. My hope is UConn isn’t over looking for one.

Chen is a poy and senior guard that avg 20 points/5 assist against top teams and ncaa tournament.. she dropped 18 against UConn.. you want that next to paige as main pg and the second scoring option.. the same affect paopao had at sc..

When Geno finally gets stretchered out, I suspect Carla Berube is next in line.

Chen is ours, support her! And yes, we need a Big, big, big, time!😂

BREAKING NEWS: approximately 2:30 pm. Raegan Beers commits to Oklahoma. Boooooooo. ...........You heard it here first. Oregon State transfer Raegan Beers has committed to Oklahoma. The 6-foot-4 forward has two years of eligibility remaining.

She better be able to play defense for Geno or she will not start.

We don't need another guard! We don't need Chen! This is greed at its finest. She will play, and that will affect the development of the guards it will affect the minutes the bigs will get. So Paige is not going to run the point? Does she play defense as well as Aubrey and KK? Can she shoot as well as Azzi, Ash, and Caroline. Chen arrives via the postal if coach doesn't play her it will make it difficult to pickup future postal players. Chen is a good player however she isn't needed. The set offense that the Huskies run doesn't require your traditional point guard. Heck Jana with her skills can bring the ball up court. 😮

Uconn had to make this move. Too many players returning from injury with unknown abilities. Uconn has to be able to field a team regardless of how well the injury returns do. So at bare minimum uconn needs direct replacements for Muhl and Edwards.

Uconn would have to honor the scholarship offer they made to Rodriguez as well, would they not?

She isn't going to replace Nika at ALL - Not the way that Nika plays defense..She might be a better shooter - But she isn't a good defender...Looking for Beers to commit - Uconn has enough guards as is..Don't like this at all..She is just going to be a backup..

I'm a bit concerned about who is going to defend Juju and Hildago.

How does Geno expect the current freshman/sophomore guards to develop if they put on another guard to eat minutes for one lousy year. WE NEED BIGS. WE NEED BIGS. I'd rather see the youngsters gain experience. We can't shoot a bullseye in the transfer portal all the time like we had done with Lovely Lou and Dorka. Hoping Raegan Beers comes to UCONN for a Natty and celebrate with a Coors...

I’m really baffled about this segment. Neither one of you guys mentioned AZZI,what is up with that????? I hope it’s only a touch of amnesia. REALLY????

Chen is a PG not a Guard,,, she is replacing Nika and sharing time with the other PG... KK

Sarah Strong needs to get fit They don't need Chen

If Chen help like LOU LOPEZ SÉNÉCHAL then how good is that.

Whose to say we have too many guards, Dan Stealey prove to everybody that you can never have too many. When are we people going? Shut up and pay attention on what proven winners do , DAWN STALEY showed you what too much talent can produce

I don’t like the move. We are stacked with guards. She’s not all that great of a shooter. Ave from 3. We needed 2 experienced bigs.

UConn has way too many guards!!!! Her talents will be wasted, Sarah Strong can play guard too.

Nika Muhl 2.0+