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Go/huskies said:
With ND bringing in a combo guard and a point guard, and also looking at two of the top 4 point guards in the 2020 class, I thought the 5’10 Peoples could be asked to play off guard, that’s why I wasn’t sure if they would be looking at Bell. I sorta like the comparison to Thomas for Bell, but I think she could play guard in college.
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Good instincts. Peoples is on record as saying "she'll do anything and play anywhere" she's asked to. While she's listed as a PG, she does just about anything for her HS team and on her AAU team; she and incoming ND frosh and teammate Katyln Gilbert swap roles frequently.

Looking ahead to 2020, ND and some top guard prospects very much have mutual interest in each other (Clark, Bueckers), so you'll have a lot of prospects who currently play and/or are listed as PG assuming other and/or multiple roles.

As for Bell, she took an unofficial to ND, but all appears quiet on that front now.
 
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Dillon77 said:
Good instincts. Peoples is on record as saying "she'll do anything and play anywhere" she's asked to. While she's listed as a PG, she does just about anything for her HS team and on her AAU team, she and incoming ND frosh and teammate Katyln Gilbert swap roles frequently.

Looking ahead to 2020, ND and some top guard prospects very much have mutual interest in each other (Clark, Bueckers), so you'll have a lot of prospects who currently play and/or are listed as PG assuming other and/or multiple roles.

As for Bell, she took an unofficial to ND, but all appears quiet on that front now.
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what happened to Campbell? Has she been pushed aside by the Beuckers love fest?
 
Charliebball said:
Talented Texas post headed to the Northwest


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That's a pretty big deal! I saw she was on an official visit this weekend but hadn't seen the commit yet. I was hoping that the post development of several players there in Corvallis would start to pay dividends w/ some closer to blue chip players coming into the program.
 
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nwhoopfan said:
That's a pretty big deal! I saw she was on an official visit this weekend but hadn't seen the commit yet. I was hoping that the post development of several players there in Corvallis would start to pay dividends w/ some closer to blue chip players coming into the program.
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It's actually the second year running. Coach Scott Roueck has two very tall posts coming in this fall: 6-9" Andrea Aquino (Paraguay) and 6-7" Patricia Morris. Aquino, btw, is ranked the 21st overall prospect and 4th center, while Morris is more of a project: 38th rated center. So there will be a number of posts for Coach Roueck to develop, which he's done very well.
 
Dillon77 said:
It's actually the second year running. Coach Scott Roueck has two very tall posts coming in this fall: 6-9" Andrea Aquino (Paraguay) and 6-7" Patricia Morris. Aquino, btw, is ranked the 21st overall prospect and 4th center, while Morris is more of a project: 38th rated center. So there will be a number of posts for Coach Roueck to develop, which he's done very well.
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surprising then that a third post would want to go there when clearly she had many schools to chose from..........somebody is going to be transferring in the next couple of years.........
 
Dillon77 said:
It's actually the second year running. Coach Scott Roueck has two very tall posts coming in this fall
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I know about the 2 incoming Fr. While Aquino is rated very high by some scouting services, I think it's based on long term potential. She's fairly new to playing basketball and somewhat of a raw talent still. Morris as you said is considered a project (with potential of course). I'm assuming that Jones is more polished at this point than either Aquino or Morris.
 
nwhoopfan said:
I know about the 2 incoming Fr. While Aquino is rated very high by some scouting services, I think it's based on long term potential. She's fairly new to playing basketball and somewhat of a raw talent still. Morris as you said is considered a project (with potential of course). I'm assuming that Jones is more polished at this point than either Aquino or Morris.
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CharlieBball and I have both seen Ms. Aquino play during the years she lived in Paterson, NJ. You can probably find our give and takes and I even wrote a scouting report on her during a game I saw her play her junior year, before she left for California. While the total years she's played are not that much compared to a typical American kid, she's been immersed in hoops since she got here. Sure there's a lot to work on, but she's surprisingly nifty and coordinated for a 6'9" player. And has a soft jump shot out to the foul line. If she progresses -- and she's got a year to acclimate to the college game before Jones shows up -- my biggest question is, can Jones play forward? Minor head scratcher for me....
 
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Dillon77 said:
CharlieBball and I have both seen Ms. Aquino play during the years she lived in Paterson, NJ. You can probably find our give and takes and I even wrote a scouting report on her during a game I saw her play her junior year, before she left for California. While the total years she's played are not that much compared to a typical American kid, she's been immersed in hoops since she got here. Sure there's a lot to work on, but she's surprisingly nifty and coordinated for a 6'9" player. And has a soft jump shot out to the foul line. If she progresses -- and she's got a year to acclimate to the college game before Jones shows up -- my biggest question is, can Jones play forward? Minor head scratcher for me....
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I think we both agree she's going to be better then Nancy Mulkey...............if that helps
 
Charliebball said:
I think we both agree she's going to be better then Nancy Mulkey.....if that helps
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...speaking of Nancy Mulkey, she's eligible this year to join a whole slew of transfers -- the Ogwumike sisters, Nicole Iademarco -- as a Rice Owl, who went 23-10 last year.
 
Dillon77 said:
my biggest question is, can Jones play forward? Minor head scratcher for me....
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Rueck has employed a twin post lineup at times. Hamblin and Gulich were on the court together not that infrequently. This year Gulich and Grymek played together a little bit. While both can be described as forwards, neither Brown or Orum was a stretch 4 two seasons ago and one of those players was on the floor w/ Gulich just about constantly. I could see there might be an odd player out, but I could also see a 4 player rotation rather than 3 (Corosdale, Aquino, Morris and Jones).
 
CocoHusky said:
For what it's worth Martinez out played her teammate Kamilla Cardoso (#9 in 2020 class per ESPN) in the ESPN girls national tournament last month.
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Outplayed?? To me she was the best player on the floor for them. At that time she had only 1 college offer (San Diego State). Look what a little national exposure gets ya.
 
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HuskyFan1125 said:
Outplayed?? To me she was the best player on the floor for them. At that time she had only 1 college offer (San Diego State). Look what a little national exposure gets ya.
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Nah.. Elizabeth Balogun was the best player on that team and Jazmine Massengill was a close second. Martinez was the best of the post players though.
 
Charliebball wrote: "surprising then that a third post (Taylor Jones) would want to go there (Oregon State) when clearly she had many schools to chose from.....somebody is going to be transferring in the next couple of years...."

I don't necessarily see any of Oregon State's "bigs" transferring in the future from an overabundance of post players. The addition of 6'3" Taylor Jones (along with 2018 recruits 6'9" Aquino an 6'7" Morris) probably means she will be playing the 4 position and the double post at Oregon State. Jones is described as a "finesse 5" who plays facing the basket which sounds a lot like a 4 to me. OSU was/is kind of thin at the 4 spot already, with Washington and Thropay underperforming/struggling at it so far. Only Corosdale was solid (late) at the 4 for OSU. Besides, both Washington and Thropay will both be seniors by the time Jones arrives.

Oregon State is still in the running for yet another post player in 2019 (Kennedy Brown) . Brown even retweeted Jone's OSU commitment statement. This suggests Brown has a connection to Jones or OSU or both (OSU is still on her final seven list). If Brown commits to OSU, the Beavers will be solidly 2 deep at the 4 and 5 spots...a great "position" for the team to be in...allowing for foul trouble, injury, fatigue, to be much less of a factor or worry for the team in 2020-2022.
 
Francesca Belibi, 6-1 forward out of Colorado has committed to Stanford. This Denver post story says she chose the Cardinal over ND, Duke, Princeton, Harvard, South Carolina and Tennessee though I'm not sure how many of those schools she actually visited.

Regis Jesuit dunking phenom Fran Belibi commits to play college basketball

She's ranked #33 by HG. She joins G Hannah Jump in Stanford's 2019 class. Highly ranked 6-1 W Lexie Hull will join Stanford next season.
 
I don't know if negative recruiting is as prominent in women's college athletics as men's, but it must exist. I'm sure the "Tara won't be coaching there forever" angle has been attempted in recent years, but it doesn't seem to be working much. Good get for Stanford. While several other Pac 12 schools have drastically improved recently, Stanford isn't exactly disappearing.
 
UConnCat said:
Francesca Belibi, 6-1 forward out of Colorado has committed to Stanford. This Denver post story says she chose the Cardinal over ND, Duke, Princeton, Harvard, South Carolina and Tennessee though I'm not sure how many of those schools she actually visited.

Regis Jesuit dunking phenom Fran Belibi commits to play college basketball

She's ranked #33 by HG. She joins G Hannah Jump in Stanford's 2019 class. Highly ranked 6-1 W Lexie Hull will join Stanford next season.
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Looks like @Go/huskies called this one correctly. I think @Dillon77 may have mentioned that Belibi did visit ND.
Go/huskies said:
I think she would be a good fit at Stanford.
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UConnCat said:
Francesca Belibi, 6-1 forward out of Colorado has committed to Stanford. This Denver post story says she chose the Cardinal over ND, Duke, Princeton, Harvard, South Carolina and Tennessee though I'm not sure how many of those schools she actually visited.

Regis Jesuit dunking phenom Fran Belibi commits to play college basketball

She's ranked #33 by HG. She joins G Hannah Jump in Stanford's 2019 class. Highly ranked 6-1 W Lexie Hull will join Stanford next season.
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So, Stanford gets Jump and The Jumper (Belibi is raw, but has dunked in a game). Interesting! Thanks!
 
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CocoHusky said:
Looks like @Go/huskies called this one correctly. I think @Dillon77 may have mentioned that Belibi did visit ND.
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Coco: Belibi visited ND in April, but I never got the impression before or after that she was viewed as a top choice at her position (that would be Amihere). Still, MM and staff must've like what they'd seen to bring her to the Bend. All power to Fran and good luck at the Farm....seems like a good fit, both in hoops and academics, given her interest in medicine. And based on the article I read, she and her family certainly did their research.
 
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nwhoopfan said:
I don't know if negative recruiting is as prominent in women's college athletics as men's, but it must exist. I'm sure the "Tara won't be coaching there forever" angle has been attempted in recent years, but it doesn't seem to be working much. Good get for Stanford. While several other Pac 12 schools have drastically improved recently, Stanford isn't exactly disappearing.
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Negative recruiting is very prominent in women's basketball. Old article, but I can see how it still applies today.

Going Behind the Back
 
UConnCat said:
Francesca Belibi, 6-1 forward out of Colorado has committed to Stanford. This Denver post story says she chose the Cardinal over ND, Duke, Princeton, Harvard, South Carolina and Tennessee though I'm not sure how many of those schools she actually visited.

Regis Jesuit dunking phenom Fran Belibi commits to play college basketball

She's ranked #33 by HG. She joins G Hannah Jump in Stanford's 2019 class. Highly ranked 6-1 W Lexie Hull will join Stanford next season.
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As an aside, ESPN/Hoopgurlz' rankings are a snapshot of the rankings prepared by Dan Olson. On his own site (Collegiate Girls Basketball Report), his rankings are updated constantly. ESPN only has the rankings updated 2-3 times per year.

Here are the current recruiting rankings for Francesca Belibi (May 22, 2018)

Blue Star: #9
Dan Olson/Collegiate Girls Basketball Report: #32
Prospects Nation: #41
 
UConnCat said:
Francesca Belibi, 6-1 forward out of Colorado has committed to Stanford. This Denver post story says she chose the Cardinal over ND, Duke, Princeton, Harvard, South Carolina and Tennessee though I'm not sure how many of those schools she actually visited.

Regis Jesuit dunking phenom Fran Belibi commits to play college basketball

She's ranked #33 by HG. She joins G Hannah Jump in Stanford's 2019 class. Highly ranked 6-1 W Lexie Hull will join Stanford next season.
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Am so disappointed that the title of the article wasn't
"You better Belibi, dunking phenom commits to Cardinal"
 
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