Brianna Turner Verbals to Notre Dame

[Wbbfan1]

Huge Get - Link

Big Loss for Baylor and Huge for ND.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Wow. Maybe the most athletic big for ND ever. A huge blow to Baylor and Texas.

 

[EricLA]

Wow. Maybe the most athletic big for ND ever. A huge blow to Baylor and Texas.

Agree. ETT must be totally bummed. ND is certainly setting themselves up for being the biggest contender for a NC besides UCONN. There is nothing positive for Baylor in all of this.

After landing Griner, Baylor didn't really land any true legit top 5/10 type of players with the exception of Simms. I know some Baylor fans think Prince is a super star, and she may well be, but she's not a top 5 kid in her class.

Really rough loss for Baylor.

 

[John Glass]

This will make Notre Dame more attractive to Calhoun..... Lloyd, Reimer, and Turner is a great nucleus.

I stand corrected... McBride will be gone

 

[HGN]

WOW..........Huge pick-up for ND. I wonder does this get for ND enhances A'ja Wilson to verbal early and/or push UConn higher up on A'ja 's list , since ND was one of her choices?

 

[VAMike23]

Monster get !! Muffet just keeps reeling them in !

 

[VAMike23]

WOW..........Huge pick-up for ND. I wonder does this get for ND enhances A'ja Wilson to verbal early and/or push UConn higher up on A'ja 's list , since ND was one of her choices?

They do seem like similar players - long, hyper-athletic wing/forwards --- hopefully this pushes ND down the list.......

 

[HGN]

North Carolina has a #1 recruiting class coming in in 2013.........They better win a ACC crown quick because with ND's pickup of Turner the following season the ACC is going to be a battle ground between ND , UNC , and the Dukies. With ND with a slight edge IMHO.

 

[John Glass]

North Carolina has a #1 recruiting class coming in in 2013.........They better win a ACC crown quick because with ND's pickup of Turner the following season the ACC is going to be a battle ground between ND , UNC , and the Dukies. With ND with a slight edge IMHO.

UNC will be rebuilding, they lost their 3 best players. Freshman rarely do a good job of replacing Seniors, no mater how high they are ranked.

 

[triaddukefan]

Uh oh !

 

[UConnCat]

This will make Notre Dame more attractive to Calhoun..... McBride, Lloyd, Reimer, and Turner is a great nucleus.

McBride won't overlap with Turner (or Calhoun).

 

[blake]

Interesting... I didnt know A'ja was considering Notre Dame.

WOW..........Huge pick-up for ND. I wonder does this get for ND enhances A'ja Wilson to verbal early and/or push UConn higher up on A'ja 's list , since ND was one of her choices?

 

[doggydaddy]

Uconn wasn't one of the schools she considered?

 

[alexrgct]

This will make Notre Dame more attractive to Calhoun..... McBride, Lloyd, Reimer, and Turner is a great nucleus.

KML, Breanna, MoJeff, Tuck, Kiah, and Briana are a greater one.

 

[doggydaddy]

KML, Breanna, MoJeff, Tuck, Kiah, and Briana are a greater one.

Plus Chong.

 

[UConnCat]

Uconn wasn't one of the schools she considered?

UConn made Turner's final 5 announced a few months ago but was replaced by Texas somewhere along the way.

Interesting statement from Turner:

These schools [Duke, Stanford, Baylor and Texas] did nothing wrong in my process, no coaching changes nor past player commentary affected my decision.

So she's saying her decision has nothing to do with Griner's recent comments or the assistant coaches leaving Baylor.

Huge loss for Baylor.

 

[Kevin G]

Congrats to ND! I like the combination of Lloyd, Reimer, and Turner. Great 3som (2 posts, 1 guard). The only 3som to trump that one would be Stewart, MoJeff,....and Wilson!

 

[easttexastrash]

Agree. ETT must be totally bummed. ND is certainly setting themselves up for being the biggest contender for a NC besides UCONN. There is nothing positive for Baylor in all of this.

After landing Griner, Baylor didn't really land any true legit top 5/10 type of players with the exception of Simms. I know some Baylor fans think Prince is a super star, and she may well be, but she's not a top 5 kid in her class.

Really rough loss for Baylor.

Not a surprise. I said in another thread that I believed ND to be the leader. All this recent drama at Baylor was probably the deciding factor. Kim has some messes to clean up.

Time to focus on McCowan.

 

[HGN]

UConn made Turner's final 5 announced a few months ago but was replaced by Texas somewhere along the way.

Interesting statement from Turner:

These schools [Duke, Stanford, Baylor and Texas] did nothing wrong in my process, no coaching changes nor past player commentary affected my decision.

So she's saying her decision has nothing to do with Griner's recent comments or the assistant coaches leaving Baylor.

Huge loss for Baylor.

Griner's comments may not have hurt Baylor with Turner , but they may not have helped. One has to wonder did Griner's comments help Turner to make up her mind. Which is what Mulkey may have been afraid of.

 

[johnnyc]

Wow.....great pick up for ND...they will continue to be tough.

 

[easttexastrash]

Griner's comments may not have hurt Baylor with Turner , but they may not have helped. One has to wonder did Griner's comments help Turner to make up her mind. Which is what Mulkey may have been afraid of.

Add BG's comments to the fact that Mulkey has released two assistants, and will possibly be losing a third. Mulkey has apparently created a mess that may have ruined her chances with Turner.

I am very disappointed in the way the Griner situation was handled and this may be the punishment. I'm having a hard time being supportive of Mulkey and Baylor at the moment.

 

[John Glass]

KML, Breanna, MoJeff, Tuck, Kiah, and Briana are a greater one.

I agree, however most highly ranked recruits are looking for an opening to start as a freshman.

 

[UCONNfan1]

I agree, however most highly ranked recruits are looking for an opening to start as a freshman.

Disagree. Most highly ranked recruits who go to other schools don't have nearly as much talent ahead of them. Neither Diana nor Maya started right out the gate as freshmen. Neither did Stewie, Mo, or Morgan. Now, if those kids went to any other school in American, they most likely would have started from day 1.

 

[John Glass]

Disagree. Most highly ranked recruits who go to other schools don't have nearly as much talent ahead of them. Neither Diana nor Maya started right out the gate as freshmen. Neither did Stewie, Mo, or Morgan. Now, if those kids went to any other school in American, they most likely would have started from day 1.

That is what I said...... the conversation was about Calhoun having a better chance of starting at ND than at UConn

 

[Fightin Choke]

Disagree. Most highly ranked recruits who go to other schools don't have nearly as much talent ahead of them. Neither Diana nor Maya started right out the gate as freshmen. Neither did Stewie, Mo, or Morgan. Now, if those kids went to any other school in American, they most likely would have started from day 1.

Actually, Breanna Stewart started the first 9 games of the season for UConn this season. And while Morgan Tuck seemed to mature quickly, it appeared Jefferson needed more seasoning, so I doubt Mo would have started on many top 10 teams last season. There were plenty of better PG choices out there at the start of last season for many teams.