Really? With all the under this or that teams along with AAU circuits and camps, do you think she doesn't already know the UConn players? Please.
Really. I would like to see Geno win without talent. Heck he gets Paige Becker now getting Fudd. I expect him to win. Give that talent to Cori maybe she will win everything. You need talent to win, Wooden won because he Kareem, great coaches win with talent. Lots of teams have not won everything so everyone should go to Conneticut?
The extra year that a player chooses won't count against the limit. It could come down to whether schools are willing to put up the cash for those extra scholarships after the financial hit they've taken.
The NCAA has specifically NOT made any ruling about extra scholarships for people choosing to stay five years. At this point the 15 scholarship limit for women's teams is still in force and counts regardless of whether someone is staying an extra year.
Add in Brunelle if she gets her conditioning in check...
Since we're in supposition and speculation mode I'll just throw this out there:
You may be onto something here. But Miles and Westbeld are about all the blue chippers I see.
RF, you completely missed the point of my narrative, the crux of which was that UCLA (and Cori Close) IS NOT as attractive to recruits as other programs. Just because it's a high profile (and low 12.3% acceptance rate - 2020) school in an upscale part of town close to the ocean does not make it a place players want to go to. UCLA is not as culturally diverse as some other top ranked schools.
I really miss players who sign their letters of intent on the hood of their car and fax it in at their dad's office.
These three come to mind as recent Bruin grads in the WNBA. Burke is not an "impacter" yet, but I think one can say Canada has become a solid part of the Seattle rotaton.
Thought about and I still think they will be a barely top 25 team at best.? I’ve watched them play and they just aren’t any good, even individually, the talent level is definitely not where it needs to be.
Some coaches with lots of talent win more than other coaches with lots of talent! Why? Because they are simply better coaches. Do you actually believe that Cori would have come close to Geno’s record if she had been hired by UConn instead of him?
Even if those players pan out as they potentially could, no one really knows how good of a head coach Ivey will be. While possible, it is certainly not probable that ND will win a NC or even be a final four team in the next four years. UConn, on the other hand....
Talent is relative. Not all talent is created equal. And no I do not think Cori is as good a coach as Geno. I just think getting the top recruit in multiple years is not the same as Cori having one good recruiting year and expecting her to make it to win a championship. Geno has gotten the top recruit in California pretty much when he wants, Cori gets what’s left over after Stanford picks next. She gets good talent but not good enough to win a championship. I think it has nothing to do with the schools or the previous history of those schools and more to do with Cori not really been a good recruiter because she may not be relating to the recruits, my opinion.
UConn will definitely win at least 2 with Paige and Azzi. And as far as Notre Dame, I respect your opinion because you are very ahead of the game as far as knowing the women before college, but I usually, not always but usually can tell if a player is a good piece to the puzzle at least and I just didn’t see that this year. Maybe one or two seemed like keepers and that’s not enough nowadays. Also for some reason they all seemed out of shape. I watched at least 8 full games of them and they don’t look good. Saying I would keep two of them, is reaching. Nothing like the ND teams of old. I think they will be back but it’s gonna take awhile. If they get Patterson it will be the start, not the finish.
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