Lauren Betts in the Portal

[darrell]

I thought since we had an Aneesah and Sedona thread, I’d add this. Wow!

 

[CTtoSanDiego]

Any chance she gives us a look? and vice versa?

 

[choclate45]

Wow. I would love for Uconn to get her. I know we were on her final list of schools.

 

[huskeynut]

This is a surprise. She has 3 years left. This could be very interesting.

 

[oldhusky]

I thought since we had an Aneesah and Sedona thread, I’d add this. Wow!

You beat me to it. No questions here, have to go for it, forget about Aneesah and Sedona for now and find out if we have a chance here. She put up huge numbers considering her limited minutes behind Brink. Kind of at the level of Cardosa behind Boston. Since she has only played one year, she would impact more the playing time of Ice and Jana down the road, but they can play the 4 as well and Aaliyah presumably departing after this year.

Unless I am missing something you have to go hard for Betts.

 

[darrell]

Any chance she gives us a look? and vice versa?

One could hope. 3 years eligibility and no true Centers that have shown interest in UConn for the next couple classes. I’d go for it!

 

[Reypl21]

Oh my! I had a feeling she would enter even though everyone says Stanford is immune to transfers. Hmm, hoping she will want to reunite with some USA teammates

 

[meyers7]

Ok, now this one, definitely worth a look.

And this could really affect Stanford next year. Geno might do some catching up to Tara.

 

[darrell]

With only one roster spot left, it seems like the Coaching staff are being very meticulous IF they are looking to fill it. Lauren would be that person for me (unless Cameron Brink joins also).

 

[jonack]

Sign her up, right now!

 

[UcMiami]

This is the first BIG in the portal I am excited about! She played under 10 minutes per game as a freshman and so wouldn't be demanding 30. She is a player who could grow into her role on the team alongside Ice and Jana.

 

[Hayven]

Would love for her to commit to UConn. But the Stanford to ND pipeline is hard to ignore. So I won’t be holding my breathe with this one

 

[bovwa10]

UConn and ND are the most likely landing spots for her imo

 

[MilfordHusky]

Get her and ask questions later!

 

[Nolefan]

I would donate a kidney for this to happen ..

 

[BRS24]

So, calling on Stanford fans - what did you see this past season with Betts' production, development, etc, that showed a marked difference from her HS years? That's what I'd be interested in knowing - her growth this past year.

Her finalists were ASU, Baylor, UCLA, UConn, L'ville, ND, OR, S Carolina.

WEB (I know, I know) twitter has a poll listing AZ, CO, SC, LSU, UConn, UCLA

 

[bovwa10]

Ok, now this one, definitely worth a look.

And this could really affect Stanford next year. Geno might do some catching up to Tara.

Stanford will still have Brink next year. This could really affect them after she graduates though

 

[choclate45]

When was the last time a number one recruit transferred? Besides Elena.

 

[jbc021592]

Lauren’s younger sister visited ND (the only one she visited besides Stanford—that I know of…) ND needs a BIG BAD. With the options of Morrow, Prince, and Betts (possibly with younger sister-play together for 1 year), ND has some options.

I could DEFINITELY see Iowa in the mix (for all 3 of those I listed). Who wouldn’t want to play with Clark?! LOL.

UCONN as well, but you have Patterson and Edwards still (with one more year after this one possibly). We shall see…

 

[BRS24]

When was the last time a number one recruit transferred? Besides Elena.

EDD in 2008, however you can argue that she didn't transfer, she w/d, then played VB at Delaware then back to hoops.

 

[oldude]

I had wondered about Betts, who didn’t get a lot of PT at Stanford this season. Betts should absolutely be a target for UConn if she is interested.

 

[jonack]

My prediction: ND

 

[IArick]

Lauren’s younger sister visited ND (the only one she visited besides Stanford—that I know of…) ND needs a BIG BAD. With the options of Morrow, Prince, and Betts (possibly with younger sister-play together for 1 year), ND has some options.

I could DEFINITELY see Iowa in the mix (for all 3 of those I listed). Who wouldn’t want to play with Clark?! LOL.

UCONN as well, but you have Patterson and Edwards still (with one more year after this one possibly). We shall see…

Iowa currently has a former High School teammate on their roster. In High School Addi O'Grady played the 4 and Betts played the 5.

 

[diggerfoot]

Betts is the most attractive to me as well, with a caveat.

I never used to watch any high school footage until Bueckers came along. I still do not watch much, but I watched a little of both Brady and Betts. Out of those two I thought Brady was more skilled. I understood Betts being #1 due to her height, but Brady really seemed to know what she was doing.

We have one spot left and I can see using it on Betts, but not to the detriment of developing Brady. One way or another I suspect Brady will be a major contributor for us, with or without adding Betts.