2013 Forward chooses Cal over Tennessee

#38 ranked Kendall Waters.

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Doggy, she chose California, not USC.

Thanks Cam....

Oy....some day you will be old and feeble minded too.

Berkeley, California over Knoxville, TN?

Kind of a no brainer, IMO, but then again I have been to Berkeley, which I love, but never to Knoxville. Plus Cal has far superior academics.

Eh they are both out on the west coast.....same thing.

Don't worry, doggy ... somebody up there likes you.

The good thing about this is
1)She stays out west
2)I dont have to join some premium board to find it out.......and then listen to everyone B_tch and moan about losing another player.
The-Boneyard............you get a bang for your buck!!!

As they say in very southern Kentucky. The Boneyard is good for nothing.

Other than playing in front of large crowds, and playing for a traditional winner...... cant think of much reason for a women's player to choose the Vols over Cal, Stanford, Duke, UNC, UVA, Vanderbilt, Ohio State, Michigan, Texas... .... and about 50 other Division I schools... I've been to Knoxville.... its a nice enough city.... and I guess if a kid enjoys being close to the Mountains and/or man-made lakes.... I could see the appeal.... but not for 4 years worth of college.

Can't count on "large crowds" and "traditional winner" for many more years, the way things are going in Knoxville.

Well... to be fair, Tennessee has recruited very well. Heck, they have classes that most other teams would kill for.

from 2010, Simmons is probably a top 10 kid
2011 - Massengale and Burdick are top 10 kids
2012 - Graves is a top 10 kid and Tennessee fans will tell you Carter will be one as well as her torn ACL heals
2013 - Tucker is a top 10 kid.

The problem for Tennessee is that they aren't getting ANY of the recruits who are rated 98 or above per Hoopgurlz (for an easier understanding of the truly elite vs. just the elite players). And the other problem for them is that even when they had those uber elite kids (Stricklen and Johnson as seniors), they still weren't able to get out of the elite 8.

If they end up landing Russell, that would go a long way in putting them back in the discussion of teams landing the truly elite players (like Stanford with Ogwumike, ND with Diggins, Baylor with Simms and Griner, Duke with Gray, Williams, and Jones, aTm with Bone - altho the jury's still out on her, UNC with Deshields, whoever lands Davis, and UCONN with KML, Stewart and Jefferson).

Still, it makes me smile when i see kids choosing other schools over tennessee. they lost out on a couple JUCO's, and had a bunch of kids from 2013 either take them off their list as a finalist, or make the decision to choose another school.

Yes... despite the fact that they offered me a full academic scholarship, they are considered a very good academic school.


Its the only school I root for in the SEC... in any sport..... gosh I hate that conference so much.

#humblebrag?

had to google that word, but

I think boneyard guests should get 1 of those a year...... Im done until 2013

2)I dont have to join some premium board to find it out.......and then listen to everyone B_tch and moan about losing another player.

Why would any sane person do that?

Lenten penance.

I believe she was 26th on Hoopgurlz. Not in the top 10 in ASGR. I don't know about Bluestar.

And after a pretty good freshman year, she certainly didn't play like a top 10 recruit last year.