Yeah I'm not sure why Hailey Van Lith having a deal with Adidas means she is constricting to Adidas only schools. If she landed there and it met all her other criteria but I think that's the last thing on her mind. She's a competitor.
And NIL is supposed to be separate from the school since players can't use school material in their marketing unless the school consents.
Kiki Rice is the starting PG at UCLA. Maybe SoCal, but probably not UCLA for Hailey Van Lith. I still think it’s IU or LSU, probably IU.
I agree it is pretty much know nationally at this point that Rueck runs half court offensive sets like you mentioned. Hailey Van Lith likely knows that and would not be happy there. I also see LSU as a high probability.
I believe she is also an Academic All-American; bright young gal.
Indeed, there was word of that going around after her freshman year.....the Viking Princess is indeed a bright young lady whose BF is the good friend of Paige Bueckers.
With WNBA roster spots limited, and until the league either expands via # of teams, or size of rosters, there are now other options for players - stay in school and earn NIL, get a grad degree for future use, play overseas, etc. And I think the day will come sooner than later for more players to realize that they can get a free education with an athletic scholarship, and after graduating, will move on, as for some, hoop is not the end goal.
Like free-agency in baseball
A few years back Jeff Walz practically held up the University of Louisville threatening to go elsewhere. The University upped his annual compensation to something over $2 million. While I have a number of concerns about the transfer portal, I don’t feel bad for the coaches at all.
Nor is she the team player Geno and CD refer.as i recall, in high school Hailey Van Lith was hoping to be a uconn husky ... paige dashed that possibility, of course.
is she now getting a second shot?
no, no, no. uconn MUST get another 'big' and hailey assuredly ain't one!
A college player cannot declare for the WNBA draft unless they meet certain requirement(s).
There was a lot of mutual interest early, but I think even before Paige committed it had started to cool a bit.
They changed the one year sit because of possible lawsuits that were coming down the pike and also some Congressional committee's looking into the freedom of movement in college sports.
Pretty sure they’ve been broken up for years.
Women's D1 volleyball is very popular and players have been able to transfer and play immediately. It has not hurt D1 volleyball.
Same with NCAA Softball.
It used to be that transferring within the same conference required a sit-out season; but, that conference rule was trumped by new NCAA transfer portal rules. That is why so many players in all sports now transfer within the same conference.
She likes to shoot the ball a lot, not the kind of player Geno recruits. It's team first at Uconn, not me first.
Of course free agency has been great for the sport as a whole. And I think the portal is great, it spreads out the talent. Good coaching is rewarded. Look at the men's Final Four.
I thought he was dating one of the Cavinder twins for a bit.
Geno wants his shooters to shoot. Case in point. In UConn’s Sweet 16 loss to tOSU, Azzi was 6/17. How does that compare with Hailey Van Lith? In Louisville’s loss to Iowa in the Tournament she shot 8/19. Not much difference there.
