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Very sorry to hear it. At least she is not going to our only serious rival.
 

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National championship? Duke has had no shortage of talent, but the Blue Devils haven't sniffed the Final Four since 2006.
 

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Wbbfan1 said:
Coach P is the Teflon coach when it comes to recruiting. It doesn't matter how often her teams underachieve, more highly ranked recruits choose Duke. http://www.swishappeal.com/2014/9/14/6147377/angela-salvadores-commits-to-duke

Great Pickup for Duke. Angela is the type of player Duke needs to win the ACC and ultimately a National Championship

Duke is a top notch school - that's quite a draw. Duke wbb does fairly well although they don't get to the very top, and perhaps she's a recruit that thinks "here's a place where I can showcase my talent and perhaps bring this school to the heights that it needs to go"

just saying
 

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Duke is a top notch school - that's quite a draw. Duke wbb does fairly well although they don't get to the very top, and perhaps she's a recruit that thinks "here's a place where I can showcase my talent and perhaps bring this school to the heights that it needs to go"

just saying

Exactly. We shouldn't underestimate the allure of a Duke degree, including overseas. I'll be interested to see if she stays 4 years. She has signed to play with Euroleague team Rivas which doesn't affect her collegiate eligibility.
 

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Yahooooooo..........Duke lands a guard. Someone to feed all those post players ;););)
 
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Duke is a top notch school - that's quite a draw. Duke wbb does fairly well although they don't get to the very top, and perhaps she's a recruit that thinks "here's a place where I can showcase my talent and perhaps bring this school to the heights that it needs to go"

just saying
I'm not diminishing the allure of a Duke degree, but I'm always mystified why those recruits don't go to Stanford or Notre Dame, have the top-notch diploma AND get developed as a basketball player.
 
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I don't know if this has been posted before, but here is a clip of Salvadores in the U17 Championship game.

 
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1) She very likely will fizzle out at Duke. First of all, her fame is undeserved. The knuckleheaded US coach had her team playing zone for nearly the whole game. Let's see if Salvadores caan get 20 against UConn.

2) Develop as a player at Duke? How often does that happen in the wbb program?
 

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I'm not diminishing the allure of a Duke degree, but I'm always mystified why those recruits don't go to Stanford or Notre Dame, have the top-notch diploma AND get developed as a basketball player.


I can't answer that, other than Duke, in the last 10 years has won just as many National Championships as the other two. And, Duke is rated higher in this report than Notre Dame. To be fair, I don't know how old this list is, I could not find a date BUT:

We are not looking at the situation through the eyes of a teenager, never mind a teenager from Europe. We are simply looking.
 
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I'm not diminishing the allure of a Duke degree, but I'm always mystified why those recruits don't go to Stanford or Notre Dame, have the top-notch diploma AND get developed as a basketball player.

Duke is much stronger academically than ND.
ND is Catholic which might not be everyone' scup of tea.
If you're from the east or Europe, Duke is much closer to home than Stanford.
Weather differences between ND And Duke.
 
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A motivated person can do just as well in life and get just as good of an education at any state university as they can at Duke. Even dropouts can do just as well.
 

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A motivated person can do just as well in life and get just as good of an education at any state university as they can at Duke. Even dropouts can do just as well.

See vowelguy's post.
 

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Congrats to Duke. No offense to their fans, but it seems no matter what players they have, under Joanne McCallie, it seems like they are incapable of beating UCONN. But I'd like to see them really good so they can knock teams like ND and Tennessee down. Same goes for L'ville for me - I'd like to see them in the top 4 as well.

BTW i just checked her twitter account and was shocked there were no tweets on this - what happened to "Something special this way comes" etc etc...?
 

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Congrats to Duke. No offense to their fans, but it seems no matter what players they have, under Joanne McCallie, it seems like they are incapable of beating UCONN. But I'd like to see them really good so they can knock teams like ND and Tennessee down. Same goes for L'ville for me - I'd like to see them in the top 4 as well.

BTW i just checked her twitter account and was shocked there were no tweets on this - what happened to "Something special this way comes" etc etc...?


Life lesson # 24 - if you keep doing the same thing and keep getting the exact same unsatisfactory results, you need to re-evaluate and make some changes...is this one of Gibbs rules?
 

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I read that in a radio interview L'ville scout writer Jody Demling referred to Salvadores as the female version of a "one and done" player. I don't know the context in which this was said so I don't know exactly what he meant. Was he simply comparing her talent level? Or was the L'ville staff (his source for recruiting info) thinking her signing with Rivas might suggest she'll go pro early.
 

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Most of the players from Spain have already signed with a Club Team but retain their amateur status by not being paid. He's probably thinking Angela is talented enough to start getting paid next year prior to the Olympics.

I read that in a radio interview L'ville scout writer Jody Demling referred to Salvadores as the female version of a "one and done" player. I don't know the context in which this was said so I don't know exactly what he meant. Was he simply comparing her talent level? Or was the L'ville staff (his source for recruiting info) thinking her signing with Rivas might suggest she'll go pro early.
 

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Duke is much stronger academically than ND.
ND is Catholic which might not be everyone' scup of tea.
If you're from the east or Europe, Duke is much closer to home than Stanford.
Weather differences between ND And Duke.

Really good points! I'd add that my impression is that Stanford may be tougher to gain admission to for athletes than Duke because I've heard they don't get relaxed admission standards at Stanford.

It appears that sometimes players who go to Duke and were also considering Stanford may not have been accepted to Stanford so if academics are top priority they end up with no choice. I could be wrong on this particular case but find it interesting that 2015 Lambert chose Duke after saying all along she wanted Stanford (so badly that an ESPNW article claimed that was her nickname). Also some Duke basketball player grads from CA had HS GPAs below 3.5, which would definitely not warrant admission at Stanford. So, like everything else in life, it's complicated and about choices.
 
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. . . BTW i just checked her twitter account and was shocked there were no tweets on this - what happened to "Something special this way comes" etc etc...?

Isn't it the case that coaches are unable to comment about recruits until after they've signed their LOI?
Maybe that's why she hasn't tweeted.
 

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Once again, this demonstrates how great a country we live in. I find out breaking Duke news on a UCONN board. :p

Seems like I use this quote 2-3 times a year :p

Guess its more like 5-6 times :cool:

That being said

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Not sure how good this player is, dont know much about her .... I will have to google and surf youtube
 

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1) She very likely will fizzle out at Duke. First of all, her fame is undeserved. The knuckleheaded US coach had her team playing zone for nearly the whole game. Let's see if Salvadores caan get 20 against UConn.

2) Develop as a player at Duke? How often does that happen in the wbb program?


I've got that game on tape. It wasn't just a zone, she was making plays off the dribble as well. She played with a confidence you usually only see in much older players.
 
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