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Message: [QUOTE="UcMiami, post: 1993739, member: 199"] Given that if lucky, 10 of the [U][B]HS[/B][/U] top 20 prospects get drafted out of college, and of those, maybe 5 have more than a thee year WNBA career ... And non-starter WNBA players and non-WNBA players while they can pursue overseas careers, are not making great money and living generally nomadic lives - can be fun if you end up in a fun city/country for a few years, but ... I think you have to look at education and environment more than basketball because those are going to end up being more important in the long run. Yes, the odds of a good pro career are a little better at some of the bigger programs, but they are still terrible even at Uconn - drop out the top ten prospects from the WNBA roll of Uconn alum and it gets pretty sparse - DT, Tina, Maya, Morgan, Moriah, Breanna and I am assuming you aren't talking about that type of talent. If you look at the results from other top tier programs it isn't going to look as good as Uconn with 5 or 6 non top ten talents playing in the W. We can all name coaches we don't like much or don't respect as developers of talent, but even there it is a crap shoot with players still rising above their coaching. Princeton and Harvard, Stanford and Duke stand out on the academic front, followed by ND, UNC (I know! but they do.), and Cal probably head the second level. Coaching wise, Stanford and ND of those above stand out - I would add Princeton, but I think their coach may leave soon for a bigger school. And after that, there are some other schools whose coaches seem attractive - Washington State and Oregon State, I like Barnes Arico at Michigan, OK and FSU as well, but others would have their own lists. And I think region and actual school location are probably more important as well as how the recruit responds to the whole coaching staff. And of course George Washington is always an option academically, location, and coaching! :) I can't think of any positional preferences as far as coaching being weighted to one position over another - women's basketball is so team oriented that the integration of team play is more important than how well guards or forwards develop their individual skills and from outside it is really hard to judge. [/QUOTE]

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