Perhaps it is the fact that I don't see Tina Charles on a regular basis during the summers like I did when she played for the Connecticut Sun but watching her play both with the New York Liberty and with the U.S. national team left me wondering if a great former UConn player has ever improved as much as Charles after turning pro.
When you look at the great players to come out of UConn, they do many of the things in the WNBA that they were able to accomplish at UConn. Players like Diana Taurasi, Maya Moore and Sue Bird have similar roles with the pro teams that they did at UConn and have all made tremendous strides to make an impact at the next level.