Non-UConn Recruiting Information

[CocoHusky]

Texas do not have anymore scholarships. That was there last one.

Two of the 5 (Now 6 with Collier) 2018 Texas commits will be politely asked to look elsewhere if CW says yes. White may also not return in 2018.

 

[stwainfan]

I guess this means Williams isn't going to Texas.

 

[HuskyFan1125]

I sense Raul is enjoying this:

1. Meanwhile, UConn joins Ohio State in having no commitments for 2018
   
2. Raoul‏ @Raoul_000 23m23 minutes ago
   Texas WBB now has 5 2018 commits: Audrey Warren 5-9 PG Joanne Allen-Taylor 5-8 SG Shae Routt 6-0 W Charli Collier 6-4 F Sedona Prince 6-7 C
   
   Raoul‏ @Raoul_000 33m33 minutes ago
3. WBB: Charli Collier, 6-4 F, Barbers Hill High (TX), has announced her decommitment from UConn and her commitment to Texas; espnW #2 in 2018.
   

Of course he is!!! Anytime he can toss a stone at the UCONN house he will.

 

[southie]

Texas do not have anymore scholarships. That was there last one.

Please stop acting like you know Texas' scholarship situation; you are a Baylor fan who does nothing but slam Texas and Coach Aston on the Baylor board. Earlier today, you were posting that the twins would still be around next season when one of them clearly will complete her senior season in 2017-18.

 

[Husky1964]

What did DeShields get Tennessee???

 

[southie]

Two of the 5 (Now 6 with Collier) 2018 Texas commits will be politely asked to look elsewhere if CW says yes. White may also not return in 2018.

Texas only has 5 verbals at the moment or 2018.

We have two redshirt juniors (Jatarie White and Khaleann Caron-Goudreau); I have no clue if either or both is set to return to Texas for their fifth year of eligibility. Khaleann's twin sister, Audrey-Ann is a senior this coming season, so she will definitely be departing.

Numbers are tight, no doubt.

 

[CocoHusky]

Texas only has 5 verbals at the moment or 2018.

We have two redshirt juniors (Jatarie White and Khaleann Caron-Goudreau); I have no clue if either or both is set to return to Texas for their fifth year of eligibility. Khaleann's twin sister, Audrey-Ann is a senior this coming season, so she will definitely be departing.

Numbers are tight, no doubt.

ESPN has you at 5 (without Collier). Prince, Allen-Taylor,Davenport, Routt, & Warren.
2018 High School Girls' Basketball Recruits - Texas - ESPN

 

[CBus13]

Between Bell, Horston & Cooke would not be surprised to see one end up at tOSU because Kevin can recruit. Player development is as you state-another matter entirely.

That's really nice of you to say, but I'm not sure he can recruit (outside his questionable tactics). More and more I'm thinking it was Joy Cheek's work. I'm hearing grumbles that not a lot of Ohio kids are keen on OSU at the present. So, I guess we'll see.

Gabby Hutcherson and Anyssa Jones are two other Central Ohio players (class of 2020) who are getting more D1 attention as of late. I think UCLA, Tennessee, Duke, and Florida State all came to their school recently to watch them play, so McGuff could get a solid enough collection of talent from Ohio alone in the next few years...we'll just see if the tides change.

 

[southie]

ESPN has you at 5 (without Collier). Prince, Allen-Taylor,Davenport, Routt, & Warren.
2018 High School Girls' Basketball Recruits - Texas - ESPN

Lolo Davenport de-committed in June:



Warren, Collier, Prince played on Cy-Fair Shock with Christyn Williams.

 

[TitleTown]

Well with Collier changing her mind, I think that will steer C. Williams away from Uconn. And ONO is not leaving the south. We may habe 0 recruits foe 2018

This is what happens when you have a class like UConn did this year with Walker, Coombs, Gordon, and Espinoza-Hunter. Most recruits don't want to go somewhere and sit on the bench for four years. The same thing happened after the class of Stewart, Jefferson, and Tuck when Chong was the only recruit we landed. The next year UConn landed Nurse, Williams, and Ekmark. Recruiting is cyclical and I look for Coach Auriemma and UConn to have a really good class in 2019. If UConn is able to land Brunelle. Jones, and Boston then nobody will even remember Collier.

 

[Sluconn Husky]

 

[CBus13]

for those interested.

 

[nwhoopfan]

That's really nice of you to say, but I'm not sure he can recruit (outside his questionable tactics). More and more I'm thinking it was Joy Cheek's work. I'm hearing grumbles that not a lot of Ohio kids are keen on OSU at the present. So, I guess we'll see.

Gabby Hutcherson and Anyssa Jones are two other Central Ohio players (class of 2020) who are getting more D1 attention as of late. I think UCLA, Tennessee, Duke, and Florida State all came to their school recently to watch them play, so McGuff could get a solid enough collection of talent from Ohio alone in the next few years...we'll just see if the tides change.

I'm really surprised by McGuff's struggles at tOSU. He had a good thing going at Xavier and quickly turned around UW during his brief stay in Seattle. Neighbors continued to build on that but McGuff got them heading the right direction.

 

[HuskyFan1125]

I'm really surprised by McGuff's struggles at tOSU. He had a good thing going at Xavier and quickly turned around UW during his brief stay in Seattle. Neighbors continued to build on that but McGuff got them heading the right direction.

I think losing Joy Cheek hurt at tOSU.

 

[EricSD]

This is what happens when you have a class like UConn did this year with Walker, Coombs, Gordon, and Espinoza-Hunter. Most recruits don't want to go somewhere and sit on the bench for four years. The same thing happened after the class of Stewart, Jefferson, and Tuck when Chong was the only recruit we landed. The next year UConn landed Nurse, Williams, and Ekmark. Recruiting is cyclical and I look for Coach Auriemma and UConn to have a really good class in 2019. If UConn is able to land Brunelle. Jones, and Boston then nobody will even remember Collier.

I don't necessarily agree. Megan Walker is the only elite recruit in that class. Coombs may end up being very good (like Kalana Greene or Renee Montgomery), but the other 2 were not elite recruits.

Doesn't mean they won't become elite, or become great players for UCONN, but it's not like UCONN loaded up with Stewie, Tuck and Jefferson.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Aren't all of UConn's incoming Fr. guards/wings? I don't know how that would scare off a post player from committing. Or a true PG. I know there's a move toward positionless BB, but you still have to have some size on the court.

 

[CBus13]

I'm really surprised by McGuff's struggles at tOSU. He had a good thing going at Xavier and quickly turned around UW during his brief stay in Seattle. Neighbors continued to build on that but McGuff got them heading the right direction.

Neighbors was involved at Xavier as well, who has come out to be quite a good coach. So, he may have had a bigger hand on those programs improvements than previously thought.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Neighbors was involved at Xavier as well, who has come out to be quite a good coach. So, he may have had a bigger hand on those programs improvements than previously thought.

I'm waiting to see how he does at Arkansas. At UW he ran a system that worked really well with the players he had. Don't think he can really replicate that system without players like Plum and Osahor. Good luck to him finding anything similar, both were fairly unique. Will have to give him a few years to recruit there before judging his results. Would've been really interesting to see how well he would've done w/ the Huskies this year if he'd stayed--the roster is fairly depleted.

 

[TitleTown]

I don't necessarily agree. Megan Walker is the only elite recruit in that class. Coombs may end up being very good (like Kalana Greene or Renee Montgomery), but the other 2 were not elite recruits.

Doesn't mean they won't become elite, or become great players for UCONN, but it's not like UCONN loaded up with Stewie, Tuck and Jefferson.

What are you talking about? They are all in the Top 30 with Walker #1, Coombs #13, Espinoza-Hunter #16, and Gordon #29. That's not elite?

 

[TitleTown]

Aren't all of UConn's incoming Fr. guards/wings? I don't know how that would scare off a post player from committing. Or a true PG. I know there's a move toward positionless BB, but you still have to have some size on the court.

Who said it would scare off a post player?

 

[EricSD]

What are you talking about? They are all in the Top 30 with Walker #1, Coombs #13, Espinoza-Hunter #16, and Gordon #29. That's not elite?

It's a very good class, but not Stewie, Morgan and Moriah good. Nor is it Tamika, Ashja, Swin, Sue and Kiersten good. Nor is it Collier, Samuelson, and Boykin good. I guess you could throw around the "elite" status to include our incoming class, but when you have one top 3 kid, one top 15 kid, and a pair of kids who are in the top 20-30 range, it's just not elite to me (Prospects Nation has Lexi at 22 and Hunter at 32).

It may be splitting hairs, but I would call the classes of Stewie, Bird, and KLS all "elite". Every one of those recruits were top 10. ALL of them. Except for Sue, who was rated about 20 because she spurned playing for Mike Flynn's AAU team and he "punished" her by ranking her lower. And I think Kiersten Walters was around 15.

The class we have coming in is a great class, one of the best in the nation. But not on par with the other 3 classes I mentioned. IMHO.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Who said it would scare off a post player?

This is what happens when you have a class like UConn did this year with Walker, Coombs, Gordon, and Espinoza-Hunter. Most recruits don't want to go somewhere and sit on the bench for four years. The same thing happened after the class of Stewart, Jefferson, and Tuck when Chong was the only recruit we landed.

You didn't say it would scare off a post player, but you suggested recruits would be hesitant to go to UConn following the '17 class. I could see 2 guards or small forwards looking elsewhere for a few years, but otherwise PT should be available over the next 2 years as Gabby, Nurse, Stevens, Collier and KLS move on. UConn actually should be very attractive to post players in the near future.

 

[TitleTown]

It's a very good class, but not Stewie, Morgan and Moriah good. Nor is it Tamika, Ashja, Swin, Sue and Kiersten good. Nor is it Collier, Samuelson, and Boykin good. I guess you could throw around the "elite" status to include our incoming class, but when you have one top 3 kid, one top 15 kid, and a pair of kids who are in the top 20-30 range, it's just not elite to me (Prospects Nation has Lexi at 22 and Hunter at 32).

It may be splitting hairs, but I would call the classes of Stewie, Bird, and KLS all "elite". Every one of those recruits were top 10. ALL of them. Except for Sue, who was rated about 20 because she spurned playing for Mike Flynn's AAU team and he "punished" her by ranking her lower. And I think Kiersten Walters was around 15.

The class we have coming in is a great class, one of the best in the nation. But not on par with the other 3 classes I mentioned. IMHO.

Honestly, this year's class in very similar to the Samuelson, Collier, and Boykin class. Both have consensus #1 players, Collier was #6 but Coombs #13 and Espinoza-Hunter #16 even that out, and Boykin #23 and Gordon #29 are close.

 

[nwhoopfan]

To clarify my earlier posts, I'm not intending this as any kind of commentary on Charli Collier's decommit.

 

[Sluconn Husky]

Honestly, this year's class in very similar to the Samuelson, Collier, and Boykin class. Both have consensus #1 players, Collier was #6 but Coombs #13 and Espinoza-Hunter #16 even that out, and Boykin #23 and Gordon #29 are close.

In hindsight Collier probably should've been ranked #1 which is something I suggested at the time.

 

[Alydar]

I can see how the recent disaster in Texas could have factored into Collier's decision-making. She was by her own posts involved in relief efforts. And it's generally true that after such a devastating event there is widespread despair and feelings of helplessness that are pervasive. Community and family concerns get magnified, especially to the young.


All the best to Collier. Texas is a fine institution.

 

[TitleTown]

In hindsight Collier probably should've been ranked #1 which is something I suggested at the time.

I agree, I am just basing this on rankings prior to UConn.

 

[Sluconn Husky]

I agree, I am just basing this on rankings prior to UConn.

I know. Just saying UConn might've gotten the two best players in the '15 class. Maybe that'll happen this year but the odds aren't super high. Going to be hard to match KLS and Collier.

 

[j66kicker]

I can see how the recent disaster in Texas could have factored into Collier's decision-making. She was by her own posts involved in relief efforts. And it's generally true that after such a devastating event there is widespread despair and feelings of helplessness that are pervasive. Community and family concerns get magnified, especially to the young.

All the best to Collier. Texas is a fine institution.

Agree will all you said, except for your last statement. Texas sucks, and needs to be taught a lesson. January 15. Be there.

 

[Alydar]

Agree will all you said, except for your last statement. Texas sucks, and needs to be taught a lesson. January 15. Be there.

I was referring to the school as an institution of learning. As far as athletics I get nauseous every time I hear "The Eyes of Texas" or see the "Hook em Horns" gesture.