CaNolee,
Regarding Camara, her surgery was in early November and we were told 6-8 weeks, meaning by the end of the month she should be ready:
https://www.courant.com/sports/ucon...0191104-ek6ywrhztbgvzhwmhxy42jloom-story.html
As far as I can see, the one weakness UConn has, which did not come into play yesterday but will later in the season against bigger teams like Baylor, Oregon and South Carolina, is a lack of size up front besides ONO, who still needs to get stronger. They need another player like Adebayo or Camara in the rotation, and this leaves me perplexed about why Geno has not played Adebayo more. If Oregon's 2 big girls put ONO into foul trouble, you can't suddenly put Adebayo in the game and expect much more than a body to absorb fouls. I think it is something they really need to do at least in the conference games- give her some run and have her ready. Otherwise it will be unfair to put her in suddenly like they did last year with Camara inserted to try and cover Baylor's 6'7" beast center, who fortunately has since graduated.
It also reminds me of a player named Wilnett Crockett who was on the 2003 championship team She was a greatly heralded power forward/center type, who was viewed as somewhat of an underachiever in comparison to high school accolades/rating, but in the Final 4 games in 2003 she got it done big time against the bigger teams UConn played. I recall her playing especially well in a close semifinal win vs. Texas. She was similar to Adebayo and Camara, but maybe an inch bigger than both of them. Very big girl in girth. She had some conditioning issues, like the similar but much more highly skilled Kaili McLaren. She improved as time went on, although she was not much or a scorer.
Adebayo doesn't really need to score. Her role is rebounding, and defense. She can be the Jamelle Elliott of this team.
