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Message: [QUOTE="Dillon77, post: 5353359, member: 6620"] In regards to [B][COLOR=rgb(41, 105, 176)]your question above, [/COLOR][/B][COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)]do you mean that Ivey has individually put more into the process or that the overall effort has been amped up? From an overall approach to recruiting, I've thought Ivey and her staff have always put in the work at the early stages of the process, in terms of going to AAU events, visiting prospects' schools and home, etc. (Can't vouch for the phone calls and social media, 😉 ) All of that is what I call the "wide and middle parts of the recruiting funnel." Ivey and her staff -- most notably Recruiting Coordinator Michaela Mabrey -- were coming up short since the stellar class of Hannah Hidalgo, Cass Prosper and Emma Risch. They were getting to the finalist or group of five or six, then coming up short. Who knows what was going on -- could've been factors ranging from NIL funding to the "sealing the deal" approach to, well, a 18-year-old kid deciding for who or what knows?? However, I've read/heard/intuited the following: [LIST] [*]Pat Garrity, a former ND and NBA player who worked for the Detroit Pistons, was brought in as a GM for both women's and men's basketball. I've got to think he, ND athletic director Kurt Bevacqua and others within ND's sports administrative department are working on NIL funding. [*]Speaking of Garrity, he himself was a mere "three star" recruit and worked his way up to becoming the player that went into the NBA. As such, he's a proponent of recruiting prospects who might take a few years to develop athletically, but buy into Notre Dame as an institution. The recruiting of Isabella Sangha, who was rated in the 80's by Hoopgurlz, might be an example of this approach. [*]Per the "sealing the deal on certain recruits," Coach Ivey was notably the lead on Jacy Abii -- who noted how much she got along with the HC -- the entire team flew to the last house visit for Byles. [/LIST] Ivey -- and ND -- needed this class to be productive, considering 2024 (Kate Koval) and 2025 (Leah Macy) produced only one signing. So, they're up to three -- Sangh, Abii and Isabella Ragone -- with a solid chance at Amari Byles. As noted, they're still in the running for both Addison Bjorn and Jenica Lewis. Stay tuned...we'll know about Byles Saturday and the other two soon enough. [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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