Non-UConn recruiting thread

[triaddukefan]

Agot Makeer…. You ARE a Gamecock!

There yall go again

 

[HuskyNan]

I found the actual post on Instagram

This is my shocked face.

 

[SCGamecock]

There yall go again

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Oh boy, not you again

 

[HuskyNan]

What is South Carolina’s scholarship availability?

 

[bballnut90]

What is South Carolina’s scholarship availability?

2025-26 roster:

Ashlyn Watkins-Sr
Maryam Dauda-Sr
Chloe Kitts-Sr
Tessa Johnson-Jr
Milaysia Fulwiley-Jr
Joyce Edwards-So
Adhel Tac-So
Maddie McDanuel-So
Ayla McDowell-Fr
Agot Makeer-Fr

Potentially returning: Raven Johnson, Sr

4 or 5 open scholarships for next year. I’m guessing Dawn picks up a couple of portal players especially considering Watkins is coming off an ACL

 

[TC22]

What is South Carolina’s scholarship availability?

We have plenty available. I believe we have 13 on the roster now and have 3 for sure graduates, possibly 5. Raven and Dauda are both draft eligible, but I really think both will stay for another year.

 

[southie]

 

[southie]

 

[Geew1992]

 

[southie]

Cha-ching

 

[Reypl21]

Cha-ching

Yikes... good for her obviously. But not a fan of this overall.

 

[WBBTakeover]

Yikes... good for her obviously. But not a fan of this overall.

So, she's going to be paid more than a star Texas volleyball player or a standout Oklahoma softball player? Am I wrong to expect Asjia O'Neal/Jocelyn Alo-level accomplishments?

She'd better deliver NATIONAL championships like those programs have done recently. That's "face of WBB" money.

 

[FormerCTrez]

So, she's going to be paid more than a star Texas volleyball player or a standout Oklahoma softball player? Am I wrong to expect Asjia O'Neal/Jocelyn Alo-level accomplishments?

She'd better deliver NATIONAL championships like those programs have done recently. That's "face of WBB" money.

Same sentiments here, and that’s why I’m wondering if this $1.5m is really true. I do wish her well, wherever she decides to go for school.

 

[WBBTakeover]

Same sentiments here, and that’s why I’m wondering if this $1.5m is really true. I do wish her well, wherever she decides to go for school.

Same--I wish her well. I'm also not against a young woman trying to get paid. It's the people willing to pay that have my head spinning.

Let's say Aaliyah chooses Texas. If she's worth $1.5 million, then how much is Madison Booker gonna command? Because if I'm Madison Booker and I've won POY awards in TWO conferences (as an underclassman), I'm not getting paid less than an unproven freshman.

 

[southie]

So, she's going to be paid more than a star Texas volleyball player or a standout Oklahoma softball player? Am I wrong to expect Asjia O'Neal/Jocelyn Alo-level accomplishments?

She'd better deliver NATIONAL championships like those programs have done recently. That's "face of WBB" money.

If we stick to hoops, neither Bueckers nor Clark delivered a national championship despite their large NIL deals.

 

[WBBTakeover]

If we stick to hoops, neither Bueckers nor Clark delivered a national championship despite their large NIL deals.

Bueckers still could. That said, Geno didn't promise her a bag to get her to sign with Connecticut.

Bluder didn't throw $1.5 million at Clark to get her to sign at Iowa.

A better comparison would be JuJu (WCBB's new face), but she has (in theory) three NCAA Tournaments to get it done.

 

[JstVisiting]

So, she's going to be paid more than a star Texas volleyball player or a standout Oklahoma softball player?

Yes?

1.5 sounds crazy, but I already assumed she would obviously be paid more than a star volleyball or softball player, for the same reason she’s going to be paid less than a star quarterback.

 

[TheFarmFan]

If we stick to hoops, neither Bueckers nor Clark delivered a national championship despite their large NIL deals.

Whoa whoa whoa. Unless you have Hermione's timeturner (in which case, can I bet on the ponies with you?), Bueckers still has a shot at a Natty this season!

 

[southie]

Bueckers still could. That said, Geno didn't promise her a bag to get her to sign with Connecticut.

Bluder didn't throw $1.5 million at Clark to get her to sign at Iowa.

A better comparison would be JuJu (WCBB's new face), but she has (in theory) three NCAA Tournaments to get it done.

And, you mentioning O'Neal and Alo falls into the same point which is why it made zero sense that you mentioned them originally. Neither of those volleyball or softball players enrolled in college at a time when NIL was used to recruit players out of high school. Neither probably got NIL until the latter parts of their college careers, and most likely not at the level these new star athletes are getting.

 

[southie]

Whoa whoa whoa. Unless you have Hermione's timeturner (in which case, can I bet on the ponies with you?), Bueckers still has a shot at a Natty this season!

No "whoa". My point is accurate based on present date. And, the poster mentioned "championships" (plural) . . .

 

[southie]

Yes?

1.5 sounds crazy, but I already assumed she would obviously be paid more than a star volleyball or softball player, for the same reason she’s going to be paid less than a star quarterback.

And, hoops is basically the biggest women's collegiate sport as far as television ratings.

 

[cancontent]

Whoa whoa whoa. Unless you have Hermione's timeturner (in which case, can I bet on the ponies with you?), Bueckers still has a shot at a Natty this season!

Just the ponies? This seems short sighted friend.

 

[BRS24]

 

[ISUnorth]

Bueckers still could. That said, Geno didn't promise her a bag to get her to sign with Connecticut.

Bluder didn't throw $1.5 million at Clark to get her to sign at Iowa.

A better comparison would be JuJu (WCBB's new face), but she has (in theory) three NCAA Tournaments to get it done.

Bueckers and Clark made their own NIL and built their own "name" and popularity for actual real companies to pay for their name. I think I'd throw JuJu into being close to that also. The million dollar stuff thrown around now is just pay-for-play from collectives.

 

[WBBTakeover]

Bueckers and Clark made their own NIL and built their own "name" and popularity for actual real companies to pay for their name. I think I'd throw JuJu into being close to that also. The million dollar stuff thrown around now is just pay-for-play from collectives.

That's my point. This "pay for play" nonsense for players unproven in WCBB is indefensible IMO, but I suppose the fan bases of those left in the "sweepstakes" will try their best.