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Message: [QUOTE="Dillon77, post: 3049908, member: 6620"] Tony: As a Notre Dame-based contributor to The Boneyard, I've got to give you credit for always looking at issues in a glass half-full attitude. And the glass is filled with water that is UConn blue! :cool: That said, I'll take a crack at this from an Irish perspective. :D I think Muffet, Niele Ivey, et al, are recruiting Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers hard primarily because they'd like to have (one of) them attend Notre Dame. They're extraordinary talents who would both fit into MM's way of running a team and their singular talents would help propel others on the team. But they're after both, in part, because numerous fine programs are also pursuing Clark and Bueckers. And I can bet that MM does not want to be caught holding the proverbial empty PG bag come next fall. That also explains why Deja Kelly visited an ND game this season. To my viewpoint, UConn is taking a somewhat similar tack with Paige and Hailey Van Lith. It's not "coming to UConn" or "coming to Notre Dame"; it could be "going to Minnesota or Stanford" or "Iowa, Drake or Oregon/Oregon State." Along those lines, here's a very in-depth article on Caitlin Clark's recruiting. While there are a few schools mentioned I hadn't seen up to now (Duke), the Iowa schools, Oregon universities and Notre Dame are all specifically mentioned. The fact that Drake is nearby and their young HC, Jenny B., is also a Dowling HS alum is worth noting. Glad to see Clark has been to ND twice; the most recent a summer workshop, that 2020 ND commit Alli Campbell also attended. [URL]https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/high-school/recruiting/2019/02/21/national-recruitment-pg-caitlin-clark-dowling-iowa-iowa-state-drake-texas-notre-dame-oregon/2909724002/[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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