Final Fours vs. Top 10 Recruits

[CBus13]

Great work on compiling this. It's fun to see it all laid out like this, so thank you.

In regards to tOSU's recruit totals, I only thought Linnae and Kelsey were in the top 5 from Hoopgurlz and then the only other top 10 recruit was Tori McCoy, but she transferred out so wouldn't that remove her? Am I confused?

 

[Dillon77]

Dont forget Ruth Riley and Nieles Ivey 2001 NCs.

Another key ingredient to that NC team was Alicia Ratay, the sharpshooting guard from Illinois. Gosh knows what recruiting rankings were "supreme" back then, but here are some lines out of her ND bio:

"A 1999 Parade first-team All-America honoree ... rated the fifth best high school player nationally ... was a third-team All-America selection by USA Today ... played in the WBCA All-America Game, marking the second consecutive year Notre Dame was represented by an incoming player in that contest."