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Now how about Blue Star and ASGR
A man/ape has to draw the line somewhere.
Now how about Blue Star and ASGR
It would be interesting to see a redo of the 2014 ESPN rankings. No offense Mr Org. .... but I would take #82 Alexa Hart over #21 Westbeld any day of the week.
Totally fair, although Westbeld was pretty good for a freshman. That's more of a case of Hart being underrated than anything.
Of course, there are many holes than can be poked in these ratings. For example, are there really 24 better players in the class of 2013 than Lindsay Allen?
Time to cut and run though. ESPN is feeling very vulnerable to the "unbundling" movement happening with cable & streaming. They're busy dumping cost and trying to figure out a new revenue model. In my amateur opinion you should take your profits now (hopefully your gains are L.T.) and be happy.
Kelsey Mitchell is very, very good. I don't dispute that.
I assume the HS AAs you are talking about are Chelsea Mitchell, Kianna Holland, and Makayla Waterman, none of whom were actually high-school AAs. Mitchell and Holland were unranked by ESPN. Waterman was ranked 99th.
And of course, neither Calhoun nor Mavunga are WCBB AAs. Calhoun was shooting 31.4% when she left Duke at midseason. Brianna Turner put up 29 pts, 18 reb, 7 blocks against Mavunga and North Carolina last year. Mavunga couldn't take minutes from Reimer (who everyone here said was terrible) at the Pan-Am Games.
Mitchell is great, Mavunga is good not great, Calhoun is an unknown quantity but has potential to be very good. Everybody else they have is way, way below the talent level of what ND has, besides Ameryst Alston who will be gone before Mavunga and Calhoun are able to play for Ohio State.
You do realize tOSU returns the B1G Freshman of the Year and nation's leading scorer, as well as 3 HS AA's that were injured last season and next year they bring in Sierra Calhoun and Stephanie Mavunga two WCBB AA's both rated higher than any one ND has signed.
The biggest problem tOSU has in passing the Irish is that they won't benefit from playing ND 3 or 4 times a season.
Hart also 'out-statisticked #4 ranked Taya Reimer. I'd take Hart in a hart-beat over Reimer on my team. Clearly the basketball experts missed the boat with these kids. And MANY others.
Obviously, numbers don't tell the whole story. Coaching, teammates, conference, and schedule all certainly matter. How to weigh those factors in, I do not know
Im just thinkin. Who is the ace in the hole. Cox??? McCoy not coming tells me UConn just may have someone in the wings. Maybe maybe not but I like what Im readin.
Not true. Tiff Hayes committed without having ever setting foot on campus.I thought I read on the Boneyard once that Geno only "offers" to players who visit UConn. Does anyone know if this is true or not? (since this post originally started with quesitons over McCoy /Cox were offered a scholly by Geno)
I was told by a very knowledgable and respected AAU coach that Stefanie Dolson would be a valuable role player for UConn but nothing more.I have been keeping an eye on her by attending games and talking to AAU and high schools coaches about Fee. There is growing consensus that she needs to make a giant leap to even be a UCONN contributor. Most would bet against it happening.
My youngest Daughter played against Stefanie's team in AAU 4 times at Boo Williams-2, Gym Rats,USJN and after watching I didn't see Stefanie contributing at UCONN either. I was dead wrong & I hope I am about Fee as well if she decides to come to UCONN.I was told by a very knowledgable and respected AAU coach that Stefanie Dolson would be a valuable role player for UConn but nothing more.
No reason for Geno to back off McCoy because of the knee injury. Geno has access to the best in the business for surgery and rehab-Amanda. Caroline Doty and Gabby are most recent best examples of this.Regarding Tori McCoy, who had ACL surgery just this past January 2015... maybe after all the difficult struggles Gabby and Morgan went through rehabbing their career-threatening knee injuries (two ACL's for Gabby and the even dicier Osteoarticular Transfer for Morgan) and the uncertainty of not knowing for certain if either would ever be able to play basketball again at an elite level, or at any level... it would be understandable if the mere sound of the words "knee injury" would give Geno nightmares and good reason to take a pass, even on a top rated player like McCoy.
There are going to be so many people on this board trashing her if she doesn't pick UCONN, I can already tell. SGamecock July 7th,2015.
Dear SGamecock,
In reference to your quote above and just in case you were unaware, Tori McCoy decided on August 5th that she will not be attending UCONN. That same day this thread was started on the Boneyard. 70 post into this thread and the trashing you so adamantly predicted has not materialize. I only remind you of this so that we can both accurately record that there is no trashing of McCoy on the Boneyard and there will not be any for Cox if she decides to go elsewhere. SC remains on McCoy’s list of possible schools and good luck to Dawn in landing her.
In swimming it is the upward and downward movement of the legs. On this board it is posting disparaging or hurtful remarks about a player or recruit or stuff you would NOT have the nerve to say to a player's face or to their parents.Define trashing
Holland was actually ranked in the top 40 in the nation. http://espn.go.com/high-school/girls-basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/121912/kianna-holland
Holland was Class of 2013, so that might be why you did not see her listed on ESPN.
There are going to be so many people on this board trashing her if she doesn't pick UCONN, I can already tell. SGamecock July 7th,2015.
Dear SGamecock,
In reference to your quote above and just in case you were unaware, Tori McCoy decided on August 5th that she will not be attending UCONN. That same day this thread was started on the Boneyard. 70 post into this thread and the trashing you so adamantly predicted has not materialize. I only remind you of this so that we can both accurately record that there is no trashing of McCoy on the Boneyard and there will not be any for Cox if she decides to go elsewhere. SC remains on McCoy’s list of possible schools and good luck to Dawn in landing her.
When Coach Staley refused to insert Cox into the USA games at crunch time told me that there is something missing in her game...I do not know enough about her to make any judgements....I wish her well wherever she goes to school.....
I had been wondering about Tori.