So the Ogwumike sisters, Skylaar Diggins, Kayla mcBride, Jewel Lloyd and Briana Turner aren't top line players?
I think itsasport was talking about amassing so Ogwumike, Diggins and McBride, Loyd and Turner. But I agree with you ND is still pulling in pretty good talent. Maybe not quite as much as S. Carolina or Tennessee. Where I can agree with itsasport, what are they doing with them so far???
Next year I do expect TN and SCar to make it to the FF. Along with UCONN and ND. Now one of those 4 probably won't make it. Just because stuff happens.
Amassing was the word I was looking for- a comparison of the comparable strengths of the recruiting classes vs results and future expectations
Concerning the recruited classes, by team, from 2008 through 2014(so far), UConn ranked-(with dashes indication a low ranking)----2, _, 3, 2, 1, _, 4. The NCAA Tournaments have reflected those numbers.
For Tenn.---1, 12, 14, 1, 5, 3, 6. For Duke---5, 24, 1, 4, 7, 2, 3. For Rutgers---3, 9, _, 3, 3, 19, _.
For Notre Dame---21, 16, 8, 29, 4, 4, 5. For Stanford---6, 10, 4, 6, 23, 6, _. For Louisville---13, 23, 5, 7, _, _, 8.
If you compare the performances in the NCAA Tournament for the above two groups of teams, there is a conundrum.
Maryland, South Carolina and North Carolina have also soaked up a number of top recruits. The point is that no team with bad coaching is going to defeat UConn in the next two years.
It is an interesting question as to why so many top players are not choosing to go to the schools with the best coaching. But, as long as this continues, it will abet a long undefeated streak by UConn.
