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TheFarmFan said:
Agreed. I honestly think it says as much about the runway for "true Bigs" in today's game. There's basically about as many true centers in the W as well - among top players, I can think of the Joneses (Brionna and Jonquel), Griner, Shakira Austin, Cardoso and sorta/kinda Boston and Reese. Even Tina Charles regularly takes and makes treys these days.
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Reese is not a true 'big' at 6'3". She is a freakish rebounder more on the lines of a Dennis Rodman. She gets the ball and takes out the trash. I can't stand her, but she is a baller.
 
BRS24 said:
Yup. All three players.
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This stuff amazes me. I understand some kids get homesick and want to play more, but you knew the score when you signed up that you'd be playing behind some talented upperclassmen and likely not see much time when you have an experienced roster who is contending for a NC.

I can understand after year 2 if a player isn't getting any time and others are being brought in maybe exploring other options but one year isn't really enough time.
 
MSSportsGuy said:
This stuff amazes me. I understand some kids get homesick and want to play more, but you knew the score when you signed up that you'd be playing behind some talented upperclassmen and likely not see much time when you have an experienced roster who is contending for a NC.

I can understand after year 2 if a player isn't getting any time and others are being brought in maybe exploring other options but one year isn't really enough time.
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As a freshman, why would you sign until you see what transfer class will be coming in with you?
 
visitingcock said:
As a freshman, why would you sign until you see what transfer class will be coming in with you?
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Timing is off. As an incoming frosh, most folks sign their letter of intent in November. The transfers, by and large, announce and sign in April and/or May. They have no idea what's hitting them later in the school year. How did Kendall Dudley or her Sidwell Friends teammate
Zania Socka-Neguemen (who also just joined the portal) know Timea Gardiner and Janiah Barker were both going to join the Bruins?

Your question, however, does give me pause: Why not wait until the regular signing period (April), as a very few people did last and this year, to sign off? On the other hand, schools that were interested in them might sign transfers. It's a quandry.
 
Geew1992 said:
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That's the second frosh from Sidwell Friends to enter the portal.
Happened despite another Sidwell alum, Kiki Rice, being on the roster.
PT is the obvious answer here to the "why?" Most of those forwards ahead of her are not going anywhere and Betts' sister is coming in, too.
 
Dillon77 said:
Timing is off. As an incoming frosh, most folks sign their letter of intent in November. The transfers, by and large, announce and sign in April and/or May. They have no idea what's hitting them later in the school year.
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lol. I assumed @visitingcock was joking. But they needed an emoji or a gif or something.

But seriously speaking, this is another reason to consider shifting the portal window earlier in the season. Shift it to January or even earlier and then HS recruits would have a fuller picture of their prospects.
 
Bone Dog said:
lol. I assumed @visitingcock was joking. But they needed an emoji or a gif or something.

But seriously speaking, this is another reason to consider shifting the portal window earlier in the season. Shift it to January or even earlier and then HS recruits would have a fuller picture of their prospects.
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This brings up an interesting topic that I'll hold onto until we're really bored with no basketball a bit later this year. :D
 
MSSportsGuy said:
This stuff amazes me. I understand some kids get homesick and want to play more, but you knew the score when you signed up that you'd be playing behind some talented upperclassmen and likely not see much time when you have an experienced roster who is contending for a NC.

I can understand after year 2 if a player isn't getting any time and others are being brought in maybe exploring other options but one year isn't really enough time.
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My sentiments exactly! Are recruits allowed to attend a practice/ practices before making a commitment?? Asking for a friend. :rolleyes: I’ve attended a practice during the Dolson/ Stewie years and let me tell you…it was mind blowing. Drills, drills and more drills. Then they would disappear for a break then more drills then weight room then more drills. Considering that Coach Close attended some practices, she probably modeled hers the same as Geno’s. They’re probably harder than UCLA’s games. The recruits will get a better idea of what they need to do beforehand or they can make a decision that it’s not for them.
 
MSSportsGuy said:
This stuff amazes me. I understand some kids get homesick and want to play more, but you knew the score when you signed up that you'd be playing behind some talented upperclassmen and likely not see much time when you have an experienced roster who is contending for a NC.

I can understand after year 2 if a player isn't getting any time and others are being brought in maybe exploring other options but one year isn't really enough time.
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I’m not sure why you are amazed
The two UCLA players were very highly recruited players who got minimal playing time as a freshman
All of the players ahead of them are returning
So they’re going to take another season and not play?
Your comment that they should’ve known the score seems pretty foolish to me
imho the large roster size (up to 15) pretty much ensures lots of players will leave because of lack of playing time
due to injuries up until this year uconn has managed to have playing time for most of the roster
 
Dillon77 said:
Timing is off. As an incoming frosh, most folks sign their letter of intent in November. The transfers, by and large, announce and sign in April and/or May. They have no idea what's hitting them later in the school year. How did Kendall Dudley or her Sidwell Friends teammate
Zania Socka-Neguemen (who also just joined the portal) know Timea Gardiner and Janiah Barker were both going to join the Bruins?

Your question, however, does give me pause: Why not wait until the regular signing period (April), as a very few people did last and this year, to sign off? On the other hand, schools that were interested in them might sign transfers. It's a quandry.
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agree with you but it works both ways
the players are not tied to the letter of intent
anymore and could certainly gone to another school
not the ideal situation but in this case the blatant
recruiting over players by coach Close is notable
 
Zonepress said:
I’m not sure why you are amazed
The two UCLA players were very highly recruited players who got minimal playing time as a freshman
All of the players ahead of them are returning
So they’re going to take another season and not play?
Your comment that they should’ve known the score seems pretty foolish to me
imho the large roster size (up to 15) pretty much ensures lots of players will leave because of lack of playing time
due to injuries up until this year uconn has managed to have playing time for most of the roster
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As I see it the players knew who was in front of them (more or less) when they decided to attend and came anyway. If a freshman wants to play big minutes, there are plenty of programs who aren't FF caliber programs to join. I feel the same way about the talented USC freshmen who are leaving. It takes a special freshman to come in and get minutes right away when someone like KiKi Rice or JuJu Watkins is a known commodity and will likely be the top players on the squad.

I have no problems with players who want to play but it seems some of them have unrealistic expectations. There are plenty of schools who will take these ladies but why sign in the fall until you have a better idea who is going to be around you?
 
High school seniors have an incredible amount of pressure on them to sign, because if they don’t, they might end up without a school or at one they really don’t want to attend. I think that puts a lot of pressure on them to sign in the early signing period. It’s not really feasible to change schools in the spring, because most of the good programs will have locked up their players for next year. That means that you’re going to see a lot of transfers at the end of freshman year.
 
MSSportsGuy said:
This stuff amazes me. I understand some kids get homesick and want to play more, but you knew the score when you signed up that you'd be playing behind some talented upperclassmen and likely not see much time when you have an experienced roster who is contending for a NC.

I can understand after year 2 if a player isn't getting any time and others are being brought in maybe exploring other options but one year isn't really enough time.
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Dudley and Socka-Nguemen both signed prior to Gardiner and Barker coming via the portal. I believe all 4 player similar positions too. The roster of what they committed to was very diffferent from the roster they ended up being on.
 
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Puppy Love said:
High school seniors have an incredible amount of pressure on them to sign, because if they don’t, they might end up without a school or at one they really don’t want to attend. I think that puts a lot of pressure on them to sign in the early signing period. It’s not really feasible to change schools in the spring, because most of the good programs will have locked up their players for next year. That means that you’re going to see a lot of transfers at the end of freshman year.
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No one can forecast the future, particularly not HS juniors/seniors who think that they have what it takes to star at whatever school they are considering. Add in their parents (who almost uniformly think their kids are better than they are), and even the college coaches who need to recruit for both next year, the year after that, and to insure against the inevitable injuries that will occur and you are talking about a huge mess of ill-considered probabilities.

So, almost everyone is getting a bucket of water to the face after they arrive in a program. The transfer portal is the inevitable reaction to that. Unfortunately, the byproduct of this game of musical chairs is that both programs and players will find themselves without a chair.
 
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