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Berube's Recruiting Class

Waquoit said:
Since when is recruiting at an Ivy a big advantage? Must have missed that.
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In think the point is that it's not much of a disadvantage that the Ivies do not offer "athletic scholarships" because they offer grants and other incentives.
Perhaps they offer admission to some athletes who wouldn't be admitted otherwise.
 
Carla has obviously had great success so far in her career, but let's remember
that she inherited a very good team at Princeton. Four years into her tenure at
Princeton her team will be all her recruits and will give a better indication of
what to expect going forward.
 
Waquoit said:
Since when is recruiting at an Ivy a big advantage? Must have missed that.
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Again, for a particular recruit paradigm that has elite basketball talent but also is an exceptional student who places a premium on academics, top institutions like Princeton & Stanford with proven coaches that win in their league hold significant sway.

As Bella Alarie recently proved, you don't have to play for the likes of UConn, South Carolina, or any other perennial powerhouse-- or even nationally ranked-- program to get to the W.

More games are broadcast or streamed than ever before. More schools are investing in their women's teams. More coaches are building legit programs. It's a brave new world & a much more level playing field.
 
Speaking of Carla Berube recruits, one of her star prospects, Madison St. Rose, is in a marquee H.S. match this Sunday. Her St. John Vianney (top team in NJ and #3 nationally) is playing #1 Sidwell Friends, with Kiki Rice, and the double D's (Jadyn Donvan and Kendall Dudley). It will be played in Holmdel Arena, the mecca of Jersey Shore Women's Hoops. Wonder if ND's Michaela Mabrey, who leads recruiting efforts for Niele Ivey, will be present? ND's got the weekend off and Mike was a star in the Jersey Shore when she attended Manasquan High School. In any case, there will be tons of fans there....

St. John-Vianney vs Sidwell Friends | Girls Basketball | 2/20/2022

View pregame, in-game and post-game details from the St. John-Vianney (Holmdel, NJ) vs. Sidwell Friends (Washington, DC) non-conference girls basketball game on Sun, 2/20/2022.
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Dillon77 said:
Speaking of Carla Berube recruits, one of her star prospects, Madison St. Rose, is in a marquee H.S. match this Sunday. Her St. John Vianney (top team in NJ and #3 nationally) is playing #1 Sidwell Friends, with Kiki Rice, and the double D's (Jadyn Donvan and Kendall Dudley). It will be played in Holmdel Arena, the mecca of Jersey Shore Women's Hoops. Wonder if ND's Michaela Mabrey, who leads recruiting efforts for Niele Ivey, will be present? ND's got the weekend off and Mike was a star in the Jersey Shore when she attended Manasquan High School. In any case, there will be tons of fans there....

St. John-Vianney vs Sidwell Friends | Girls Basketball | 2/20/2022

View pregame, in-game and post-game details from the St. John-Vianney (Holmdel, NJ) vs. Sidwell Friends (Washington, DC) non-conference girls basketball game on Sun, 2/20/2022.
www.maxpreps.com www.maxpreps.com
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It says the game is a home game for Sidwell.
 
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Waquoit said:
Since when is recruiting at an Ivy a big advantage? Must have missed that.
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I think the point is that if a recruit is interested in attending an Ivy and playing basketball, the main choice is Princeton. Penn and others have good years, but Princeton is the standard and has been for several years. Smart move by Berube to take this job - took a good program and has made even better.
 
MilfordHusky said:
It says the game is a home game for Sidwell.
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I went to St. John Vianney's website. This game was originally supposed to be played at the Gaucho Gym in the Bronx in January but was postponed. The Lancer's have it listed as being played at The Ursuline Academy in New Rochelle, NY, which is most certainly a neutral site. So, yes, Sidwell Friends seems to be the home team.

BTW, The Ursuline Academy is where one Sonia Citron played her HS ball.
 
sun said:
I hope that UConn gets to play a game against Princeton someday.
UConn has never played them before.
Maybe Geno & Carla can work it out like when UConn used to regularly play games against UHartford.

uconnhuskies.com

University of Connecticut Athletics Women's Basketball History vs University of Hartford

The official University of Connecticut Huskies Women's Basketball History vs University of Hartford
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I'd love to see that as well as against Vandy (Shea) and Wisconsin (Marisa). Have I left anyone out? BTW - Against a well coached Princeton team there's always the risk of another Villanova result. Princeton actually beat Villanova 59 - 42 in both teams season opener.
 
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sun said:
I hope that UConn gets to play a game against Princeton someday.
UConn has never played them before.
Maybe Geno & Carla can work it out like when UConn used to regularly play games against UHartford.

uconnhuskies.com

University of Connecticut Athletics Women's Basketball History vs University of Hartford

The official University of Connecticut Huskies Women's Basketball History vs University of Hartford
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Concur. Also wouldn’t hurt Abby Meyers grad transfer prospect, if even viable, if they ended up in same Tourney pod next month.
 
nomdoux said:
The Athletic's Vanderbilt beat writer's opening comment from its recent piece on Shea Ralph's hire from both programs' perspectives:

"Rexrode: ... I was told an interesting story this week by a Vanderbilt source in reference to a recent recruiting battle involving Stanford and UConn. Stanford won, and Stanford winning any recruiting battle in this sport should be no surprise. But apparently, the decisive factor for this particular recruit was academics. This came up in Ralph’s interview, the point being, maybe that’s the kind of battle she wins in the future at Vanderbilt..."

I wonder the recruit in question: Haley Jones, Lauren Betts?

Shea has a chance to carve out another rarified academic option for top recruits with high priority academic aside from Stanford & Notre Dame, to a lesser extent. I expect her to lock horns with Kara Lawson for such kids in future years, especially those with regional ties of 3/4 star HS ranking caliber.
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… underscoring my point vis-a-vis elite academic institution recruiting advantage for such qualifying, prioritizing talents.
 
HopJim said:
I think the point is that if a recruit is interested in attending an Ivy and playing basketball, the main choice is Princeton. Penn and others have good years, but Princeton is the standard and has been for several years. Smart move by Berube to take this job - took a good program and has made even better.
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Berube as of today is 25-0 in the Ivy League. Can't do any better than 100%. She has talent coming back from this year's team and two good recruits coming in: maybe in time Princeton will be the Stanford of the East Coast.
 
mudcat said:
Berube as of today is 25-0 in the Ivy League. Can't do any better than 100%. She has talent coming back from this year's team and two good recruits coming in: maybe in time Princeton will be the Stanford of the East Coast.
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Hmmm. Going undefeated in the conference. Must be a UConn thing.
 
Ex Nutmegger said:
If you have the mind to make it academically at Princeton and Princeton wants you they will take care of you money wise. This no scholarship thing is basically a myth. Yes, some of it will be loans; but, at a post Princeton Degree income loans get paid off pretty quickly. (Full disclosure - my son went to Princeton. He wasn’t good enough to make the varsity soccer team but did play four years on the Princeton Club Soccer Team against the Rutgers Club, the Qunantico Marines Club and several others; had a great time and still found time for a job at school and Summers).
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I have to agree with ex-N. I've commented here before when the topic of the expense of the Ivies comes up that Ivy League schools meet the financial needs of all students so that no one leaves owing much if any money after achieving their undergraduate degree.

My daughter was recruited to an Ivy and chose to go there and we were asked to pay what we could afford (which in the end was less than what it cost per year than what we had to spend on a state school for my youngest). Although other schools offered her a full scholarship we felt happy to contribute to her getting the education that she did.

My other children also played college sports and none received full scholarships but they attended schools that set them on the path to careers that they have enjoyed. Berube is looking for those kids. You can be sure that there will be some girls who will weigh the opportunity to go to Princeton against what might be more attractive financial offers and join her. Many others won't. Princeton won't be a national power but Carla can make them competitive and relevant against most of the teams that her girls will face.

Stanford will always be stiff competition for any Ivy hoping to snag a top recruit but Carla is hoping that a percentage of the qualified HS athletes out there will take the challenge of playing for her and building her program.
 
I didn't want to start a new thread and this one seemed to fit. You know how every conference has a commercial they show during televised games? I just caught the new Ivy League one while watching the hockey game and there was Carla! You know you're doing OK when they use you for marketing purposes.
 
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