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Message: [QUOTE="Carnac, post: 2500999, member: 5798"] A 28 rebound game is unconscious! :eek: Natalie Butler is to this GM team what [B][I]Elena Della Donne[/I][/B] was to Delaware. When Della Donne was with the Blue Hens, they were competitive, and they dominated their conference. I believe they even made the NCAA tournament. Once she left, they went back to being mediocre, and have not been heard from since. As I commented in another thread, programs like Delaware and George Mason, simply can't compete for the elite or blue chip players that the top 10 programs in Division 1 do. They suffer the same fate as other AAC schools not named UConn or USF do. They can't recruit anyone ranked in the top 100 of a class. Look at the [URL='http://www.espn.com/high-school/girls-basketball/recruiting/rankings/_/class/2016']last 2 classes (2016/2017) [/URL]and see if any of them went to GM or Delaware. I can save you the trouble, they didn't. They have to get the 3rd or 4th best players from various high school teams, JC transfers and those at the end of the bench on your non elite AAU teams. They are forced to play on an [I]uneven[/I] playing field, by trying to do more with less. Look at the talent up and down UConn's bench, and look at the talent on Tulsa's bench. BIG difference. Do you think Megan Walker for one second ever entertained a thought of going to a mid-major? :rolleyes: Butler is the kind of player that George Mason never would have gotten the first time around. They didn't get her the 2nd time around. To say that Butler is the class of the A10 conference right now based on her performance thus far would not be an unfair statement. So, to Natalie Butler I say: You go girl!!!! Enjoy every minute this season has to offer. You deserve it!! :D Here's the link to the George Mason WBB official website. [URL='http://gomason.com/schedule.aspx?path=wbball'][LINK][/URL] There are some upcoming women's games that can be watched through this website. [/QUOTE]

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