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2019/20 UConn Recruiting

Charliebball said:
very possible but I could envision her getting one of the two and just saying that it was a big "unexpected surprise" to her..
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Could be her choice of words. Possible that she is including other acceptances that have not been publicly announced.
 
It was a brutal recruiting outcome for my team, I agree.
-I think it is a combo of factors:
The back-to-back scandals w/ the men’s program certainly shines an unwelcome light on the department.
-As a result of said scandals, the AD Tom Jurich also loses his job. For all Jurich’s flaws, he was a strong advocate and huge supporter of women’s sports. Losing him really threw a cloud not only over the whole department, but worried folks about the uncertainty of who would take over and their level of dedication to the women’s programs.
- All the while we have a massive scandal with the President of the University, who is pushed out. An interim President who is a yes-man to our whacky Governor also drew huge concerns for our University.
- Did I mention our whacky Governor? While his home is in louisville, he and his politics don’t really reflect the Louisville area. He has continually undermined the University, he fires the entire Board, and started replacing them with handpicked like-minded folk, again who don’t really mesh with the greater Louisville mindset. Due to his illegal firings of the Board, Louisville’s accreditation was was threatened, put on probation. While the political circus has slowed down and stability is starting to rule again, there is still recovery needed.
- Now we have football drama.

Meanwhile, a really great AD has been hired. He hit a home run with the basketball hire, he has extended contracts with sports with great success and support ( Walz, our men’s soccer and baseball coaches) and he has had to make some hard coaching decisions, followed by great hires in volleyball, softball and women’s lacrosse. It has been a tumultuous 2 years for the Department on the whole , with lots of fantastic things happening under the new AD. Talk of a great football hire is all the buzz now. All of that is to say it has been very, very difficult, even with great things happening with WBB.
- a fantastic President has been hired who is taking our city by storm, she is getting high, high praise across the board ( read stability and putting the past scandal to rest). She is also bringing donors back to the school, who understandably, had left the last few years.
-With all that has gone on, the negative press with Walz around the officiating in the F4 game and subsequent 1 game suspension ( NCAA tourney game) couldn’t have helped anything.

We are ready for normalcy to return. We are getting there, and if we can get our whacky Governor out next November, that is likely to be the last of the nonsense. We hope.

So, while the outcome of this recruiting season is brutal, it is nothing compared to the circus the men’s program, politics and firing and interim appointments have been.
We’ll be fine, I am just so bummed for our coaches who have worked their tails off, with all of this going on, to have such a difficult result/outcome. I firmly believe we are ok, as a University, and certainly the women’s program.
 
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Dillon77 said:
Well, writer Anthony Anderson feels the same way about it:
"Of course, in all likelihood, Jones or Boston would still be heartily welcomed if either did choose the Irish."

- seeing how often MM and/or post coach Carol Owens visit Queens and Christ the King HS to see Natalija Marshall and/or Mainland H.S. in southern NJ to visit Kylee Watson. (Remember, ND is not on the finalists list of either Hannah Gusters and/or Angel Reese).
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surprised to see how much UConn interest Marshall has shown recently...........I always thought she was an ND lean...........
 
OoImFancy said:
So they aren’t accepting anymore letters of intent? Meaning Boston nor Jones will be attending??
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More like she's not expecting any more LOIs. She said "we're done" and then said she "thinks we're done."

Decisions still to be made or maybe Muffet reads the Boneyard.
 
jennyo70 said:
It was a brutal recruiting outcome for my team, I agree.
-I think it is a combo of factors:
The back-to-back scandals w/ the men’s program certainly shines an unwelcome light on the department.

So, while the outcome of this recruiting season is brutal, it is nothing compared to the circus the men’s program, politics and firing and interim appointments have been.
We’ll be fine, I am just so bummed for our coaches who have worked their tails off, with all of this going on, to have such a difficult result/outcome. I firmly believe we are ok, as a University, and certainly the women’s program.
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I tend to think the issue is more likely Jeff W's over recruiting.................offering so many players leads to questions about positional duplication and playing time plus a fair amount of transfer activity leading to a perception of program instability...........since there are no allegations against the Louisville WBB program that I'm aware of I find it less likely that high school players would worry too much about the status of the board or the athletic director et al...........

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jennyo70 said:
It was a brutal recruiting outcome for my team, I agree.
-I think it is a combo of factors:
The back-to-back scandals w/ the men’s program certainly shines an unwelcome light on the department.
-As a result of said scandals, the AD Tom Jurich also loses his job. For all Jurich’s flaws, he was a strong advocate and huge supporter of women’s sports. Losing him really threw a cloud not only over the whole department, but worried folks about the uncertainty of who would take over and their level of dedication to the women’s programs.
- All the while we have a massive scandal with the President of the University, who is pushed out. An interim President who is a yes-man to our whacky Governor also drew huge concerns for our University.
- Did I mention our whacky Governor? While his home is in louisville, he and his politics don’t really reflect the Louisville area. He has continually undermined the University, he fires the entire Board, and started replacing them with handpicked like-minded folk, again who don’t really mesh with the greater Louisville mindset. Due to his illegal firings of the Board, Louisville’s accreditation was was threatened, put on probation. While the political circus has slowed down and stability is starting to rule again, there is still recovery needed.
- Now we have football drama.

Meanwhile, a really great AD has been hired. He hit a home run with the basketball hire, he has extended contracts with sports with great success and support ( Walz, our men’s soccer and baseball coaches) and he has had to make some hard coaching decisions, followed by great hires in volleyball, softball and women’s lacrosse. It has been a tumultuous 2 years for the Department on the whole , with lots of fantastic things happening under the new AD. Talk of a great football hire is all the buzz now. All of that is to say it has been very, very difficult, even with great things happening with WBB.
- a fantastic President has been hired who is taking our city by storm, she is getting high, high praise across the board ( read stability and putting the past scandal to rest). She is also bringing donors back to the school, who understandably, had left the last few years.
-With all that has gone on, the negative press with Walz around the officiating in the F4 game and subsequent 1 game suspension ( NCAA tourney game) couldn’t have helped anything.

We are ready for normalcy to return. We are getting there, and if we can get our whacky Governor out next November, that is likely to be the last of the nonsense. We hope.

So, while the outcome of this recruiting season is brutal, it is nothing compared to the circus the men’s program, politics and firing and interim appointments have been.
We’ll be fine, I am just so bummed for our coaches who have worked their tails off, with all of this going on, to have such a difficult result/outcome. I firmly believe we are ok, as a University, and certainly the women’s program.
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@jennyo70 thanks as always for your insight and perspective. I did not realize that there were so many negative factors impacting not just the WBB team but Louisville the University at large. Hopefully Jeff remains engaged with USA basketball and lands a better recruiting with the 2020 class-minus the UCONN targets of course. :D:D
 
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Charliebball said:
I tend to think the issue is more likely Jeff W's over recruiting.......offering so many players leads to questions about positional duplication and playing time plus a fair amount of transfer activity leading to a perception of program instability......since there are no allegations against the Louisville WBB program that I'm aware of I find it less likely that high school players would worry too much about the status of the board or the athletic director et al......

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I agree with Charliebball on this one.

I mean Baylor has had more than it's fair share of scandals in the past and recently. Yet it yielded Baylor the fab 5 last year. I can see how when you offer practically every top 20 player an offer an issue. Why do I wanna play on the team that seems to want anyone.

I do think he is a good coach. I mean if he were bad he wouldn't have had the success he had had in the past. Just maybe take notes on recruiting from Ashton and she could take notes on coaching with him. Since she seems to get a lot of the talent she recruits, but hasn't had the success on the court that Waltz has.
 
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recent Mark Lewis write up



Hannah Gusters – 2020 – Post – Duncanville– Size and frame…Continues to evolve…Got good looks but struggled with finishing on day one…Makes herself an option…Understands posting angles and position…Keeps it high on the catch…Good awareness of defenders…Surprising agility and rotations defensively…Adds to her game each time we see her…Limits are only those she allows
 
JordyG said:
I don't know about you, but I haven't responded to his statements because I'm holding on to my "I told you so's". Then I'm going to cartwheel into the room.
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Guess you are not going to be "cartwheeling into the room" anytime soon, huh?
 
With Boston going to South Carolina we will need an inside player transfer next year.
 
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MTC said:
With Boston going to South Carolina we will need an inside player transfer next year.
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We are not Notre Dame, there is NO way the NCAA will grant an immediate eligibility waiver to help us. The 5th year transfer options are always "meh" at best.
 
TitleTown said:
What was puzzling about it? He did what he always does, the recruits just chose to sign with other schools, it happens. It is just 1 year and Coach Auriemma and UConn will be back with a solid class next year,
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LOL! :eek:
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What a bummer with Haley Jones going to Stanford and it looks like they get next year's #1 also. Notre Dame has so many recruits that they are turning some down. Some one needs to give me some good news.
 
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Been out of commission internet-wise for a while so expect some later(r) news on players including another write-up on Hannah Gusters:


Hannah Gusters-post (Duncanville) on just about every major programs wish list and at 6’4, already shows she can dominate yet still has upside

Pre Thanksgiving Trifecta
 
Paige Bueckers had 26 points and 7 rebounds last Saturday for Hopkins with Lindsay Whalen in attendance.

Paige had 18 and 24 in her two games prior.
 
Sluconn Husky said:
Hailey Van Lith's season debut was this past Tuesday:

28 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, 9 steals


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King's HS is literally minutes away from me!.....unfortunately the game is in Cashmere. :oops: I should probably go watch her play, but the drive is a bit prohibitive. They do play at Leavenworth, which is about 20 minutes closer. Still gotta drive over a mountain pass that has been getting plenty of snow recently.
 
BobbyJ said:
That's all??
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Did you hear the part about her outscoring the other team by herself? The level of competition she's playing against, it's like shooting fish in a barrel. She doesn't need to go out and score 50 points every game, but she probably could come close to that.
 
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