I would be ok with MR going to Louisville!
Jenny, does she have a connection to the Schimmel sisters out of Oregon as well??
I think a dominant post presence would be huge for Coach Walz.
I have no knowledge of there being anything other than the obvious...they all hail from there. I follow both MR and Stephanie Mavunga on twitter.( By follow I mean I have an account and follow a ton of basketball stuff, though I do not tweet. I actually think that makes me a creeper by kids lingo, but hey, they are open, public accounts. I digress.).
Anyway, these two call each other "twins" and they have taken a ton of visits together. According to HG, they are looking at the same schools(Louisville, TN, Duke) and they each have regional teams listed. Purdue for SM and Iregon and Wash. U I think for MR. I would not be surprised to see them end up together, they seem pretty tight.
One of our Assistants hails from Oregon too. FWIW.
I am thrilled to get them in YUM, in front of a likely 22,000+ fans. It is pretty exciting! Talk about launching a program. Certainly on my wish list, but only time will tell.
Agreed about the need for a strong post presence. We have some kids starting to show some promise in that area, but we have a ways to go. Our highest ever ranked recruits are the last two years, S. Schimmel and this year Bria Smith, both #8 in their class. I know # 1 recruits in the country are the rule, not the exception at UCONN. So excited for Coach Walz and our program with this strong possibility.
I am in no way saying she is ours, I just am very hopeful giving the chatter around this recruit suggests we are a very legit option from MR perspective.
Finally, MR's team has been at some tourney in Wyoming and she just tweeted they won it all, she had a triple double and broke the scoring record. Congrats to her on what sounds like a great tournament.
