Non-UConn recruiting thread

[Iluvacc2]

Kave Koval Commits to the Irish!
Never said a word about what schools, just took off her jacket and there was a green long-sleeve T shirt!
Woo Hoo! First bona fide center for the Irish since Jess Shepard

This is a “big” get for the Irish, pun intended

LSU will be fine, they have Del Rosario, ol Kimmie was just being greedy

Hidalgo and Koval will be a great pg to post combo.

 

[Coler]

ADR truthfully isn’t good. She looks like Hannah Gusters part 2 if anyone actually watched her play before. LSU will portal post players over her…

 

[Dillon77]

Kave Koval Commits to the Irish!
Never said a word about what schools, just took off her jacket and there was a green long-sleeve T shirt!
Woo Hoo! First bona fide center for the Irish since Jess Shepard

Hey @TheFarmFan -- Tara got Kennedy Umeh! Niele's turn

 

[Coburn]

per LSU insider, it’s now Strong, Cambridge, Edwards or bust for 2024 recruiting.

Kim pushing all in for the top 3

 

[SECbbfan24]

per LSU insider, it’s now Strong, Cambridge, Edwards or bust for 2024 recruiting.

Kim pushing all in for the top 3

Sounds like a dumb strategy for a coach who historically can never close the deal on such highly rated recruits, and Joyce is essentially a lock to SC so you are down to two..

LSU the new Tennessee? No HS recruits and only portal kids? Sad program

 

[TheFarmFan]

Hey @TheFarmFan -- Tara got Kennedy Umeh! Niele's turn

Happy to trade you then.

 

[ConnMotors]

Sounds like a dumb strategy for a coach who historically can never close the deal on such highly rated recruits, and Joyce is essentially a lock to SC so you are down to two..

LSU the new Tennessee? No HS recruits and only portal kids? Sad program

Didn’t she sign one of the top five players last year?

 

[SECbbfan24]

Didn’t she sign one of the top five players last year?

Mikaylah a Louisiana product doesn’t count

I think recruiting will become an issue in the future if she doesn’t adjust. She doesn’t have the luxury of instate talent like at Baylor. It’s gonna get worse for LSU with Texas and OU joining the SEC…

 

[EricSD]

Didn’t she sign one of the top five players last year?

Mikayla Williams #2 and Aaylah Del Rosario #7. I think ADR is rated too high, but we will see. Saw her play in about 5 games for Team USA. Not a starter. Solid but not special. Williams should be the real deal.

 

[SECbbfan24]

Mikayla Williams #2 and Aaylah Del Rosario #7. I think ADR is rated too high, but we will see. Saw her play in about 5 games for Team USA. Not a starter. Solid but not special. Williams should be the real deal.

ADR is not in shape and shoots free throws shots at a 44% clip in HS. How she was even a top 50 or top 75 recruit remains a mystery. She will be recruited over the next two years and I won’t be shocked if she hit the portal. I stand by the Hannah Gusters comparison except Gusters is way better than her…

 

[darrell]

Sounds like a dumb strategy for a coach who historically can never close the deal on such highly rated recruits, and Joyce is essentially a lock to SC so you are down to two..

LSU the new Tennessee? No HS recruits and only portal kids? Sad program

I wouldn’t count them out yet. Jaloni Cambridge and Sarah Strong could very well still end up there, as well as 32nd ranked Me’arah O’Neal.

Having a #1 class has it’s benefits, but the downside is that a lot of recruits won’t want to spend 3 years playing behind the class ahead of them.

 

[SECbbfan24]

I wouldn’t count them out yet. Jaloni Cambridge and Sarah Strong could very well still end up there, as well as 32nd ranked Me’arah O’Neal.

Having a #1 class has it’s benefits, but the downside is that a lot of recruits won’t want to spend 3 years playing behind the class ahead of them.

LSU folks officially confirmed they won’t attempt to bring O’Neal in for a visit, they haven’t been in contact since may. She will be somewhere other than lsu. Florida won’t surprise me as she gets to play in the SEC and close to family down there plus playing time is a factor per one of her interviews

 

[visitingcock]

Hey @TheFarmFan -- Tara got Kennedy Umeh! Niele's turn

Congrats to ND.There are Bigs and big Posts. She looks like the best big Post prospect of this year. Maybe since Boston (who was the #3 prospect in her class). We'll see.

Do you HAVE to have a Post to win a championship? No, but I think it helps if one of your Bigs is a true Post who can dominate with her back to the basket.

 

[Creature]

She says that Maryland and SCar didn't even "recruit" her. No sure that's true, but we apparently never offered. She says UConn "recruited" her but she wants to beat UConn rather than play for them. Kinda' negates on old article that claimed that she had an offer from Dawn when she spent the one year playing for a private school in Darlington, SC.

She seems to have a lot of talent. Makes one wonder why the "powers" of wbb seemed uninterested.

5ft5

 

[Creature]

I you took this Cpt. will vidoe as gospel information-then god bless your heart.

 

[Rooster C.]

As far as I know you are only allowed 15 scholarship players on a team correct? So while you can offer as many players as you like, if you have 12 spots taken heading in to next year you can only add 3 players to next year's roster right?

 

[visitingcock]

As far as I know you are only allowed 15 scholarship players on a team correct? So while you can offer as many players as you like, if you have 12 spots taken heading in to next year you can only add 3 players to next year's roster right?

We have 11 only so we can certainly add 4. Kamilla will almost certainly turn pro after this year. So, Reduce us to 10 veterans going into next year.

Add Maddy and the roster is back up to 11. . That means we could theoretically add 4 more to the ‘24 class.

We won’t sign 4 in addition to Maddy. Maybe two for a total class of three. That would bring us to total roster of 14 if Kamilla comes back. 13 if she goes pro.

 

[SCGamecock]

We have 11 only so we can certainly add 4. Kamilla will almost certainly turn pro after this year. So, Reduce us to 10 veterans going into next year.

Add Maddy and the roster is back up to 11. . That means we could theoretically add 4 more to the ‘24 class.

We won’t sign 4 in addition to Maddy. Maybe two for a total class of three. That would bring us to total roster of 14 if Kamilla comes back. 13 if she goes pro.

Pao Pao could leave after this year as well.

 

[visitingcock]

Pao Pao could leave after this year as well.

True!

 

[Dillon77]

So, as we come up to "the clock is ticking" on a few very important 2024 prospects and the National Signing Period,
does anyone know/guess of impending official visits (OV's)?

Speaking for The Bench, I know of no impending OV's (or unofficial visits for that matter), but if Coach Ivey and Recruiting Director Michaela Mabrey have any planned, Oct. 14th and the USC (that would be the University of Southern California Trojans) come to South Bend for a night game. If Marcus Freeman's football team can beat Louisville on Saturday, that could have some glam factor.
The only possible 2024 were prospects that expressed a heretofore unknown or late interest in the Irish: Joyce Edwards or MacKenly Randolph.

Randolph wants to leave California, based on her finalists, while I think it would be a tall order to get Ms. Edwards out of the southeast (you know, that "other" USC). Maybe Edwards and ND frosh Hannah Hidalgo hit it off to merit a trip to South Bend. Stat tuned.

So, to repeat: Anyone else got information on other schools and prospects?

 

[YoDore]

Vandy is on the final-7 list for two top-40 players, both 5'11 guards. Mikayla Blakes (ESPN #10) visited last weekend, so no further visits from her. She has also visited Indiana and Rutgers and has Tennessee, Wisconsin, UCLA and Stanford on her finalist list. She said she is basically making visits to take a second look at the schools.

The other is 5'11 guard is Eris Lester, #39. She has visited five SEC schools and still has Vandy and Florida State on the list. Hopefully, she'll make it to Vandy soon. As far as I know, these are the only two players still at play for coach Ralph for '24.

 

[Charliebball]

Sounds like a dumb strategy for a coach who historically can never close the deal on such highly rated recruits, and Joyce is essentially a lock to SC so you are down to two..

LSU the new Tennessee? No HS recruits and only portal kids? Sad program

she somehow inked Mikayla Williams and del Rosario who were hardly lowly rated high school recruits.......

 

[Cockygirl]

Joyce is visiting Stanford this weekend, Texas A&M the next and SC 10/28. She already visited LSU and Florida. I’m not aware of any others but I feel like she will visit Clemson as well.

 

[cancontent]

she somehow inked Mikayla Williams and del Rosario who were hardly lowly rated high school recruits.......

I think our friend @SECbbfan24 was being sarcastic.

 

[SECbbfan24]

Joyce is visiting Stanford this weekend, Texas A&M the next and SC 10/28. She already visited LSU and Florida. I’m not aware of any others but I feel like she will visit Clemson as well.

I think Joyce silently visited Clemson previously but will finish up with A&M/SC then announce.

Jaloni Cambridge supposedly might not announce her decision until 2024...

 

[Charliebball]

I think our friend @SECbbfan24 was being sarcastic.

you just don't know these days.......lotta hate out there.......

 

[cancontent]

you just don't know these days.......lotta hate out there.......

Fair. And sometimes sarcasm doesn't come across as intended when read as text.

 

[Charliebball]

Fair. And sometimes sarcasm doesn't come across as intended when read as text.

exactly........unless you read the whole thread you might not pick it up.......I obviously didn't

 

[Rooster C.]

We have 11 only so we can certainly add 4. Kamilla will almost certainly turn pro after this year. So, Reduce us to 10 veterans going into next year.

Add Maddy and the roster is back up to 11. . That means we could theoretically add 4 more to the ‘24 class.

We won’t sign 4 in addition to Maddy. Maybe two for a total class of three. That would bring us to total roster of 14 if Kamilla comes back. 13 if she goes pro.

Thank you! Although I was thinking more about LSU to be honest.

 

[visitingcock]

exactly........unless you read the whole thread you might not pick it up.......I obviously didn't

It’s not really sarcasm. It’s poor mouthing.I understand it because I do a little of it to hide my exuberance ; thereby protecting myself from razzies when things go bad. I said I do it some. @SECbbfan24 takes it to “a whole nother level.”