Kiki decides on Nov 4th 2021

[Vowelguy]

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

Well that's guaranteed for anyone on the PAC12 network.

 

[eebmg]

They will be another fun team that no one can see on TV.

This year, only 2 UCLA games are on the ESPN family and that is clearly because the games are Stanford and UConn

 

[jchusky]

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

Sny I don't get

 

[Vowelguy]

Sny I don't get

Outside NY/CT, games are on Fox Sports App.

 

[UConnCat]

she's going to a great school in a great conference but if winning National Championships is her goal she won't be staying there long.........

UCLA is an excellent school.

 

[Reypl21]

Hmm, did not expect this. This makes things interesting for the 2023 class for UCLA. Where many folks think Cunningham and Watkins could end up.

 

[enigmatic]

Shocked that she selected UCLA but congratulations and best of luck to her. Like I said before, I'm content with Brady and Patterson. Now we can start the sweepstakes for Mikaylah Williams and I still want Madison Booker also.

 

[ConwayGmck]

They will be another fun team that no one can see on TV.

This year, only 2 UCLA games are on the ESPN family and that is clearly because the games are Stanford and UConn

An old Chinese proverb says, "you can't get down the road without taking a few steps....."

OK, it is not exactly an old Chinese proverb - I just said that to give it some street cred, but you know what I'm saying. Maybe one day people will be watching UCLA WBB games on TV because of Kiki.....

 

[Zanzman]

An old Chinese proverb says, "you can't get down the road without taking a few steps....."

OK, it is not exactly an old Chinese proverb - I just said that to give it some street cred, but you know what I'm saying. Maybe one day people will be watching UCLA WBB games on TV because of Kiki.....

Only if the pac 12 network folds

 

[Kevin G]

Well now that’s done with I predict within a couple of hours the majority of people here would forget Kiki and start the fascination on Mikaylah Williams.

 

[Kaizen]

So why Ms. Close unfollowed Kiki's IG last night? If this is true.

 

[MilfordHusky]

#1 class in 2014.

That 2014 class included #4 Jordin Canada, #8 Lajahna Drummer, #19 Recee Caldwell, #26 Kelli Hayes, and #38 Monique Billings.

 

[MilfordHusky]

I remember about 40 years ago driving through LA in the summertime on the freeway and downtown was only about 2 miles away. You couldn't see it.

That was before the Clean Air Act.

 

[Ex Nutmegger]

I’m delighted(albeit amazed) she is going to UCLA and not Stanford. UCLA has a modicum of the same features as Stanford - almost as good weather, an OK campus, and pretty good academics. A new up and coming coach, but not with Tara’s coaching chops reputation yet. Maybe UCLA can beat Stanford a couple of times in the next few years and help Geno catch Tara.

 

[visitingcock]

Hey, if I had a choice between cold Connecticut, dorky Duke and stuffy Stanford I'd choose the women, weather and scenery of UCLA too. But academics? Championship? That ain't happening.

UCLA has excellent academics

 

[Adesmar123]

That was before the Clean Air Act.

The same smog is still there but now it's from smoking pot

 

[MilfordHusky]

I'm surprised, but not shocked. Academically, UCLA is now the #1 public university, I believe, and only a little behind Duke.

I don't buy that UCLA will be competing for multiple championships, but Close is accumulating talent. The championship banners at Pauley Pavilion are for the men.

The Pac-12 has 7 of the top 10 recruits in 2022. The other 3 chose UConn and Georgia. UCLA will be competing against the Trees and the Oregon schools. Is the SEC slipping?

This doesn't really affect the balance of power at the top, unless Cori adds a lot in the next 2-3 years.

Congrats to Cori and Kiki!

 

[JordyG]

UCLA has excellent academics

But why go to the west coast and not Stanford? I for one, as well as many here on the BY, thought she was going to Tara and not Geno. Why not Stanford where you can have both academics and a chance for championships?

 

[Paul1969]

Cori Close is my favorite coach outside of Geno. She's classy, well spoken, humble and positivity.

 

[Kaizen]

UCLA has excellent academics

UCLA is #1 public school in USA (This is the fifth year in a row UCLA has been ranked No. 1).

UCLA ranked No. 1 public university for fifth straight year by U.S. News & World Report

Since Gene Block became chancellor in 2007, UCLA has risen from the No. 4 public university to the top of the U.S. News rankings.

newsroom.ucla.edu

 

[nwhoopfan]

The same smog is still there but now it's from smoking pot

Or wildfires.

 

[uconnever]

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

Yeah she will just be a good player for the next four years on a good team. Nothing more or less.

 

[UConnCat]

Kiki Rice, the No. 2 recruit in the Class of 2022, chooses UCLA

Kiki Rice, a No. 2 recruiting prospect, narrowed her college choices to UCLA, Duke, Stanford, Arizona and UConn.

theathletic.com

Her mom is from LA.

“All the coaches that I’ve talked to were great and I developed great connections with all of them, but I think, at UCLA, it was my gut feeling and it was the place that I thought would really bring the most out of me,” Rice says.

From when I stepped foot on campus and throughout the whole weekend, I just felt like that could be somewhere where I could have tons of success and be pushed and really enjoy my college experience,” Rice says.

 

[D J B]

That was before the Clean Air Act.

Really? You don't say. How did I miss that?

 

[cacoastfan]

What a get for Close, and congrats to both her and Kiki! The battle in the Pac continues to thicken - it will be interesting to see how Close uses her considering the influx of guards she has coming in.