Kiki decides on Nov 4th 2021

[Mdoggie]

Well I’ll be, I was right.

 

[eebmg]

Oh well. Best of Luck

 

[JordyG]

UCLA? Education? Championships? Go figure.

 

[Amashutcha]

UCLA it is.

 

[Hayven]

Wow that came out of left field

 

[Purchase1]

UCLA it is they’ve been on a roll collecting guards.

 

[NYCHUSKIES]

She's going to UCLA

 

[nwhoopfan]

I heard she wanted to stay close to home. Is LA near the DC area?

 

[Kaizen]

UCLA, my god ... big surprise. I feel much better it is not Stanford

 

[hoopsfan22]

Uh.....so pretty much nobody saw that coming, right? Wow, big get for Close and UCLA.

Yeah if you're gonna go to the west coast why not Stanford? UCLA isn't winning a championship this year or any time soon.

 

[oldude]

Didn't see that coming.

To paraphrase the words from my friend Rocky, "Never invest in the recruiting of any recruit."

 

[TeamFirst!]

Complete surprise to me!

 

[Heytherego]

WOW. UCLA?! I’m honestly shocked. Congrats to Kiki, wish her nothing but the best in the future. Just don’t beat uconn.

 

[CTBballfan243]

This is good for WBB. Need to spread out the talent so more than 2 games a year are actually competitive.

 

[Mdoggie]

Not a basketball decision.

 

[bantamlaker]

A lot better for us than Stanford and proving once again that we spend far too much time trying to figure out what these kids will do.

 

[JoePgh]

Well, we kept her away from Stanford, if that was the objective.

I don't really get why she would choose UCLA over Stanford, especially given Stanford's need for a point guard.

 

[ucbart]

I'm happy for Coach Close. She was due for a big name kid like this to go UCLA.

Congrats to Kiki and best of luck.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Close can use her. We'll just have to see how well she uses her.

 

[ConnecticutBB]

Hope UCLA get more TV time than in the past…shame KiKi will not been seen by most basketball fans

 

[Mdoggie]

I’m hearing it’s UCLA. Well not really but can we talk about it?

 

[sivad40]

Close finally closed (pun intended) with a top 5 recruit after being a bridesmaid for so long. It sounds played the weather a factor in her choice too.

 

[hoops9092]

Stunned it's not Stanford given the academic and need for a PG but happy for Coach Close.

Although the notion that anything different is going to happen this time around than when Close brought in all those top recruits in 2014 (Canada, Drummer, Billings, Caldwell, Hayes, etc), which at best resulted in an Elite Eight birth would be a surprise to me.

 

[JordyG]

Well, we kept her away from Stanford, if that was the objective.

I don't really get why she would choose UCLA over Stanford, especially given Stanford's need for a point guard.

Someone on The BY once said reading the mind of a teenager is akin to reading tea leaves.

 

[Hayven]

Close can use her. We'll just have to see how well she uses her.

I mean she did have a nice recruiting class a few years ago, and look how that turned out

 

[TheGOAT23]

Congrats and Good Luck, Kiki!

On to the Next One ~ Swizz Beats

 

[oldude]

Someone on The BY once said reading the mind of a teenager is akin to reading tea leaves.

Not true. Tea leaves are considerably easier to read than the mind of a teenager……

 

[D J B]

Someone on The BY once said reading the mind of a teenager is akin to reading tea leaves.

I think it's much more murky than that.

 

[UConnCat]

I mean she did have a nice recruiting class a few years ago, and look how that turned out

#1 class in 2014.

 

[JordyG]

Not true. Tea leaves are considerably easier to read than the mind of a teenager……

I was hoping she'd see the light. I guess what she saw were the guys, the weather, and the campus.