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CocoHusky said:
Longer "Unguarded" profile of Natalija Marshall.
Grounded, hard working kid, looking to use basketball as a platform to change things for the girls that are coming up behind her. Says she is down to 10 schools that she is remains in contact with. Really hoping UCONN is not only among the 10 schools but ends up getting her. Great kid!
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She does seem like a nice kid and you can't teach 6-5, but she sure makes ONO look like Hulk Hogan. Skills wise she seems similar to ONO at that age but probably a better shooter.
 
Several thoughts after reading the recent posts in this thread.

1. Though they have similar builds, ONO and Marshall have games that would work well together.

2. If Hailey Van Lith's shot is mechanically flawed, the results show that it may not need to be fixed.

3. I am not sure I agree with the decision to give Hailey Van Lith this much exposure. She is already wanted by every top school in the country.

4. I wonder if Hailey Van Lith makes a decision similar to Haley Jones. She wants to go UCONN but Oregon and Oregon State are approaching status that is comparable and a lot closer. Graves and Rueck both do a really nice job.

5. I immediately thought that when Louisville offered Kapinus later than expected, it was because when your philosophy is to offer every possible prospect, it takes a long time to get to the K's.

6. I read about the level of Hailey Van Lith's high school competition. Her game will more than hold up at the next level. She will have an impact right away. I also think that she and Bueckers could easily play on the floor together.

7. I know Marshall has UCONN in her top ten. How high are they on her list? Top two?
 
victor64 said:
5. I immediately thought that when Louisville offered Kapinus later than expected, it was because when your philosophy is to offer every possible prospect, it takes a long time to get to the K's.
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BobbyJ said:
She does seem like a nice kid and you can't teach 6-5, but she sure makes ONO look like Hulk Hogan. Skills wise she seems similar to ONO at that age but probably a better shooter.
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actually if you go back and look at ONO's high school videos she is a more more athletic the Marshall with a nice soft touch from outside and pretty decent ball handling skills.......
 
victor64 said:
7. I know Marshall has UCONN in her top ten. How high are they on her list? Top two?
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@Orangutan & @Dillon77 might want to chime in hear.
Some people seem to think that Marshall is a ND lean. The other 9 schools under consideration are UConn, Duke, Maryland, Tennessee, Texas, South Carolina, Stanford, Syracuse and UCLA.
Have no idea where UCONN stands in her list but UCONN saw Marshall play on Feb 13, 2019 against St John Vianney. Marshall has improved and she says will "probably" commit in May. That likely means Official visit in April.
 
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Charliebball said:
actually if you go back and look at ONO's high school videos she is a more more athletic the Marshall with a nice soft touch from outside and pretty decent ball handling skills..
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I agree. I think its more a recency bias since we all see ONO now as a freshman in college and that is our most recent memory, and compare it to Marshall against high school kids. I don't know if Marshall is a bonafide impact player at UConn, Stanford, Notre Dame type of program. I think her frame will make it tough for her to establish good post position to get high percentage shots and I don't think she's some dead eye shooter you can't leave open. Probably a good rotational player who brings energy, blocks shots and runs the floor well, but that next step of being a really good offensive player if I had to project down the line I feel Gusters or Cardosa have more potential there.
 
Charliebball said:
actually if you go back and look at ONO's high school videos she is a more more athletic the Marshall with a nice soft touch from outside and pretty decent ball handling skills..
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The only action video of Marshall I saw were I believe during her soph. summer so still kind of raw. I agree on ONO. I've said she's quick, athletic, and has very good hands. I was comparing them at that age. I think the combination of missing most of a year in HS and seemingly getting only minimal offensive post coaching set her back. Her lack of HS competition size wise didn't force her to learn how to extend on all her paint shots, but because of her superior athleticism and current coaching, she'll start to really come on now. Next year should see a major difference. If Marshall can get some national and international competition and add some weight and strength, she could be very similar to ONO coming out of HS.
 
CocoHusky said:
@Orangutan & @Dillon77 might want to chime in hear.
Some people seem to think that Marshall is a ND lean. The other 9 schools under consideration are UConn, Duke, Maryland, Tennessee, Texas, South Carolina, Stanford, Syracuse and UCLA.
Have no idea where UCONN stands in her list but UCONN saw Marshall play on Feb 13, 2019 against St John Vianney. Marshall has improved and she says will "probably" commit in May. That likely means Official visit in April.
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I recall that she seemed to react very positively to ND's NC win last April (liking lots of tweets about it, etc.)

I've also seen her be chummy with the Mabreys on social media. I believe the connection there is through the Exodus AAU program.

There's nothing like the mountain of evidence Sam B provided indicating she was leaning towards ND before her commitment, but what little clues I can pick up do seem to point to ND.

So yeah, no hard evidence or inside info, but ND seems to have a good shot with Marshall.
 
Orangutan said:
I recall that she seemed to react very positively to ND's NC win last April (liking lots of tweets about it, etc.)

I've also seen her be chummy with the Mabreys on social media. I believe the connection there is through the Exodus AAU program.

There's nothing like the mountain of evidence Sam B provided indicating she was leaning towards ND before her commitment, but what little clues I can pick up do seem to point to ND.

So yeah, no hard evidence or inside info, but ND seems to have a good shot with Marshall.
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as long as UConn gets DeBerry in '21 I won't be that upset if Marshall goes elsewhere..................
 
HuskyMJ said:
I agree. I think its more a recency bias since we all see ONO now as a freshman in college and that is our most recent memory, and compare it to Marshall against high school kids. I don't know if Marshall is a bonafide impact player at UConn, Stanford, Notre Dame type of program. I think her frame will make it tough for her to establish good post position to get high percentage shots and I don't think she's some dead eye shooter you can't leave open. Probably a good rotational player who brings energy, blocks shots and runs the floor well, but that next step of being a really good offensive player if I had to project down the line I feel Gusters or Cardosa have more potential there.
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You almost can't have too many inside players anymore to go along with good shooting guards. Marshall has good footwork and CD will make her into a very good player.
 
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CocoHusky said:
Have no idea where UCONN stands in her list but UCONN saw Marshall play on Feb 13, 2019 against St John Vianney. Marshall has improved and she says will "probably" commit in May. That likely means Official visit in April.
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Orangutan said:
There's nothing like the mountain of evidence Sam B provided indicating she was leaning towards ND before her commitment, but what little clues I can pick up do seem to point to ND.

So yeah, no hard evidence or inside info, but ND seems to have a good shot with Marshall.
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Coco, Orangutan:

Will just add a bit to what both of you have posted on this thread and what is also over on the Non-UConn thread.

- Ms. Marshall was one of the attendees to the mass unofficial visits to ND in Fall 2017 ("recruitapalooza" or "Nielefest"). That's actually the first time she was on my radar screen.

- In an ESPNw profile from January 2019, Walter Villa reported that:
"Marshall said she will start taking visits this spring. Notre Dame and Stanford are the two schools she is sure she will tour, and Marshall hopes to make her final choice by late May."
Natalija Marshall, emerging as one of New York's finest, leads Christ the King into Hoophall Classic

In everything I've read/heard/perused/discussed, Ms. Marshall is the one name that consistently comes up as an ND-targeted "big" prospects of 2020. And ND most certainly needs to land a few of them in 2020 and 2021.
 
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Dillon77 said:
Coco, Orangutan:
Will just add a bit to what both of you have posted on this thread and what is also over on the Non-UConn thread.
- Ms. Marshall was one of the attendees to the mass unofficial visits to ND in Fall 2017 ("recruitapalooza" or "Nielefest"). That's actually the first time she was on my radar screen.
- In an ESPNw profile from January 2019, Walter Villa reported that:
"Marshall said she will start taking visits this spring. Notre Dame and Stanford are the two schools she is sure she will tour, and Marshall hopes to make her final choice by late May."
Natalija Marshall, emerging as one of New York's finest, leads Christ the King into Hoophall Classic
In everything I've read/heard/perused/discussed, Ms. Marshall is the one name that consistently comes up with discussions of targeted "big" prospects of 2020. And ND most certainly needs to land a few of them in 2020 and 2021.
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Brink is already in place for Stanford. Marshall is a doppelganger of Brink if there were such a thing which favors ND I would think. UCONN was at Marshall's game on 13 Feb. Got to also believe that UCONN is aware of her May commitment time frame. So the next tea leaf to look for his where Marshall takes official visit which can start on April 9th.
 
I wouldn’t blame her for choosing Stanford from the standpoint that academics are vrry important to Natalija and her family, but she would potentially be behind Brink for 4 years, Prechtel, Belibi, and Jones for 3 years, and Lacie and Lexie Hull for 2 years. Lots of talent.
 
CocoHusky said:
Brink is already in place for Stanford. Marshall is a doppelganger of Brink if there were such a thing which favors ND I would think. UCONN was at Marshall's game on 13 Feb. Got to also believe that UCONN is aware of her May commitment time frame. So the next tea leaf to look for his where Marshall takes official visit which can start on April 9th.
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And/or Home Visits in March.
(P.S. Totally agree with the Brink analogy.)
 
2/19

Taylor Bigby scored 19 points in three quarters sending Centennial to the state playoffs.
 
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I really like Imani Lester. She is a 6'4 freshman and has been playing varsity since the 6th grade. She had multiple triple doubles last year as an 8th grader playing varsity.

 
Sluconn Husky said:
They in fact do. They play next on Thursday at Middleburg Academy.
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I think that’s St Johns in VA. Azzi Fudd goes to St Johns College High School. They are in the WCAC and the do have a playoffs but I don’t think the schedule is out yet.



Edit: Schedule is out they play Saturday in the Quarterfinals. Semis and Finals are Sunday and Monday.
 
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CocoHusky said:
That's the problem! @Scrutiner asked a legit question.
The answer to that question based on the stats is "no". Two subsequent post stated the opposite-WITH NO SUPPORTING DATA.
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Inquiring minds want to know and I figured where else could I get the full lowdown from all the experts.
 
Jibariqua said:
I think that’s St Johns in VA. Azzi Fudd goes to St Johns College High School. They are in the WCAC and the do have a playoffs but I don’t think the schedule is out yet.



Edit: Schedule is out they play Saturday in the Quarterfinals. Semis and Finals are Sunday and Monday.
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Please post the time and location if you have that info.
 
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MilfordHusky said:
Please post the time and location if you have that info.
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Saturday is 1:45pm at Dematha. Should be against the #8 seed which I think is Good Counsel, but I will double check that part. Semis and Finals are at American Univ.
 
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