Thats the mistake Frank Maguire made 40 yrs ago. When you create an elite Basketball program- it raises the level of competition at the high school level that did not exist before. Ty Corbin and Xavier McDaniel were in state kids who were not recruited by USC . Yet USC was the spark that inspired them to be great.
Dawn offered Milaysia and Ashley before they were teenagers. Oh btw... Fulwiley is 3 Nationally at Watkins will move up beyond her current 13th ranking. They are Natl. recruits and important for sustained success.
No little girl should have to leave SC to play basketball.
McGuire left the ACC, got old, and stopped being able to land the best players in NYC.
that's the mistake he made.
I would like South Carolina to sign most of the instate kids, but the key is signing national level recruits.
I'm not sure the local kids are particularly key to remaining relevant. There are similarly ranked players in other places that Dawn has shown she can land. And those players may actually be better fits for winning national titles than the local kids.
But, sure let's sign Watkins, Fulwilely, perhaps Cooper and Edwards, and keep an eye on Stack, Groot, Vance, and Tuthill.
