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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 2714592, member: 2117"] Gotta feel for her since it sounds like she had a horrible experience. By all basketball measures, she was extremely successful in her 3 years at Notre Dame and she made huge strides as a player. It does appear to be an isolated incident since we haven't heard of anyone else with negative experiences, and as another poster mentioned, there's been overwhelming support for the program by other black players who've played there. I also think recruits need to pay more attention to the school they'll be choosing and give more consideration to factors outside of basketball. It seems most players pick schools based on the coaching staff and how they get along with teammates during camps and visits. More emphasis needs to be placed on geographic region, the school's culture, and the academics at a given program. It's no secret that Notre Dame is one of the most prestigious academic schools in the country, and it's also a conservative Catholic school in small town Indiana. For Loyd, if she struggled academically and liked being in a more diverse setting, ND wasn't the best choice for her in the grand scheme of things. Couple that with not meshing with teammates or coaching staff how she thought she would, and she ends up having a pretty awful experience. It's hard to rank the different factors in terms of importance when picking a school as a 16-17 year old, but generally speaking, greater emphasis should be made on factors outside of just basketball IMO. Probably a better example of this is Griner struggling at Baylor when she felt forced to stay closeted. As an LGBT person myself, I feel bad for her and understand her struggle, but at the same time, she 100% should have known Baylor isn't a gay friendly university so she shouldn't have been surprised that she'd likely run into issues being open at a very conservative university. I'm guessing she likely doesn't go to Baylor in the first place if she researches the university's attitude toward the LGBT community before stepping foot on campus. Same with Taya Reimer being taken aback by the negative reactions regarding the "I can't breathe" shirts. She's at a conservative school in small town Indiana, she shouldn't be shocked that not everyone would support her making that statement. I'm not saying what either player did was in anyway wrong or that either is at fault, but both should have been more prepared for negative feedback than it appears they were. These may not be the best examples to relate to the Jewell Loyd situation, but in general more emphasis needs to be made on players taking many different factors into account before settling on their school. [/QUOTE]

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