It's a nice convenient side trip for them since their HS team, Ontario Christian is playing this weekend right up the road in Springfield MA. They should bring teammate Tatianna Griffin a 6-0 guard with them. She's possibly the best freshman in the country. The recruiting and NIL battle for those 3 between UCLA and USC will be insane.
Been to a couple of them myself. Saw Charles also. I went to watch a UCONN recruit (can't remember her name right now, maybe Gay?, ok yes that's it Carrem Gay). She was a Sr and ended up at Duke. But there was this Jr there, Charles. I thought forget recruiting this Sr, let's get this Jr. (and we did)
Wolizko didn’t list UConn among her final 12. Alas, she won’t be playing, McKenna Wolizko recently tore her ACL
In the Collier mode is great already, but 6’5 as 15 year old? More, please!
Kaleena and the Bean sounds like a 70s sitcom name.
Napheesa Collier's alma mater, Incarnate Word Academy, is playing on Monday at 8:00 CT. They have won 140 consecutive games, the longest winning streak in girl's high school basketball history. Their opponent is Etiwanda. (sp)
I'm not sure USC and UCLA will be viewed as favorably after the fires. LA will be in tough shape for years now.
I'm thinking that she's thinking that she can be "far beyond" what your thinking, regardless that Geno looks like her Grandfather
From the 2023 annual report
Were thy there? I didn’t hear anyone mention their presence in the pregame show or commentators during the game. Did I miss something.
I was at game near Uconn bench. Row behind bench had a likely coach and a couple kids but not sure if they fit the description. Taller girl did not seem 6.5" but hard to say. Gampel badged personnel were interacting. Also with a smaller girl who seemed to be with parent(s) a couple rows further up. I realize that this is useless info so hoping somebody else has better story. Post game CD on radio interview was not asked and did not offer anything on this topic
I have no idea why you would jump to that generalization. My son has property very near UCLA and in northern Malibu. while his LA home had a little scare, the fire was no closer than 5 miles away and there was zero effect on his infrastructure. Both UCLA and USC were perfectly fine. Yes, smoky. But fires are all over the state every year and have clearly not affected recruitment so far. The big impact in CA is property insurance not being offered which will also screw up lending. Why any of that would affect athletes or other students from considering LA area colleges I can’t see. Time will tell I suppose.
