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UConnCat said:
Same. No reports of visits, nothing.

A paid recruiting site (w/ mixed reviews) said more than a year ago that UConn was pursuing Prosper. I've not read or heard anything since then.

Demling reported Louisville's high interest during the summer but sounds of silence since.

There was a report or two that Notre Dame and Stanford were recruiting her. Appears that is no longer the case for Stanford.

Maybe she'll shock everyone and join her brother at Marquette.
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Then we’re still an option!

Glass half full, Cat.
 
UConnCat said:
Same. No reports of visits, nothing.

A paid recruiting site (w/ mixed reviews) said more than a year ago that UConn was pursuing Prosper. I've not read or heard anything since then.

Demling reported Louisville's high interest during the summer but sounds of silence since.

There was a report or two that Notre Dame and Stanford were recruiting her. Appears that is no longer the case for Stanford.

Maybe she'll shock everyone and join her brother at Marquette.
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Notre Dame seems to still be in the running. One of their assistant coaches was in Ottawa in September to visit Capital Courts, Prosper's prep school program. Capital Courts had it posted on their Instagram site. With all due respect to Prosper's team mates, I don't see anyone on the current roster that could be on their radar based on how they have been recruiting.
 
I have no idea regarding Prosper except that we apparently had an interest in her at one time. Whether she ever had a serious interest in us is more a matter of speculation with so little actually revealed. Reading between the tea leaves, which is about all we can do, I thought that the pursuit of other 3 type players, and the signing of Q was probably an indication we were no longer serious contenders for Booker or Prosper. Since there is also nothing definitive or formal that we have been eliminated, I cling to a longshot hope but a very small one.
 
Oldhuskie, agree with your analysis, but does anyone have any news about the young lady from Egypt?I expect her to announce in the next 6 weeks, but even Louisville, who it seems is the main competitor, has been oddly quiet.
 
GEAinAustin said:
Oldhuskie, agree with your analysis, but does anyone have any news about the young lady from Egypt?I expect her to announce in the next 6 weeks, but even Louisville, who it seems is the main competitor, has been oddly quiet.
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I'm speculating again but I wouldn't be surprised if El Alfy (hope I got the name right) isn't the only remaining major 23 target that is still outstanding. She apparently is very good, and a true big. If we don't get her, I imagine the focus will turn to the 2024 class of bigs, where Tac could be our best bet. one of the other top 24 bigs, Blanca Thomas released a short list and we were not on it. Koval from Ukraine playing high school ball here might be interesting too.
 
GEAinAustin said:
Oldhuskie, agree with your analysis, but does anyone have any news about the young lady from Egypt?I expect her to announce in the next 6 weeks, but even Louisville, who it seems is the main competitor, has been oddly quiet.
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That is because she has already notified the schools that she has eliminated and the school she chose. ;)
 
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donalddoowop said:
That is because she has already notified the schools that she has eliminated and the school she chose. ;)
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To paraphrase Harrison Ford in one of his movies (Indiana Jones perhaps?) "I have a bad feeling about this"...but I have just the opposite - I have a good feeling about this young lady. :D
 
Anke said:
Looks like Allie Ziebell was in attendance at First Night
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Did she come with " KK " Kamorea Arnold? I check the mileage distance
between their home towns: Neenah for Allie and Germantown for "KK".
It is about 79 miles and 1 hour an 15 minutes on Route I - 41. Maybe..
could be a good recruiting connection...
 
Zarathustra said:
Did she come with " KK " Kamorea Arnold? I check the mileage distance
between their home towns: Neenah for Allie and Germantown for "KK".
It is about 79 miles and 1 hour an 15 minutes on Route I - 41. Maybe..
could be a good recruiting connection...
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I did a confirmation check on my research on Allie Ziebell sophomore stats:
This is from WSN Connect , records from the FOX VALLEY ASSOCIATION of
which Neenah H.S. is a member.
Games Played 28 PPG 30.2 ( that is correct, high games were 44, 43, 41 ( twice ))
FG % .551 Free Throw % .847 Three point % .469 with Rebounds 7.9 pg
assists 2.9 pg turn overs 1.9 pg steals 3.6 pg and blocks 0.7 NOT TOO SHABBY for
a sophomore season! Allie plays in a DIVISION I conference, her school has 2,300
students. She is also on the track team for the 400M and 800 M and on all the
Neenah H.S. track relay teams! She was one of two players in Division I who
competed in the " WISCONSIN STATE Three Point Challenge " ( I did not see
who won). . It will be interesting to see how this young lady does during
her JUNIOR basketball season! Last year Neenah lost to Appleton East
in the "sectional final" 57 - 36. GO NEENAH ROCKETS! Go Allie!
Forget about those recruiters from IOWA, Vanderbilt, Xavier ( B E ) etc. Listen
to KK!! Z
P.S. Allie was # 2 in the state in the Three Point Challenge. There
were 10 participants from ALL DIVISIONS ( largest to smallest) with ALLIE
getting 21 points in the final round. The winner Emily Jaenke , a Junior
from FOX VALLEY LUTHERAN scored 23 in her win. Kudos to EMILY and
Allie.
 
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donalddoowop, so your stating that El Alfy has chosen where she is signing. If that is correct, then that school is not U Conn. In years past, Auriemma would indicate he had information coming, as he has a tough time keeping a secret. A high profile international player, with a connected father in the coaching community would have bells and whistles at her announcement. Something isn't making sense , unless she is going to forgo college and go directly to the pros in Europe.
 
This news about Allie Ziebell visiting for 1st night would seem to be a major positive. Those numbers are incredible numbers and she's still just a sophmore. The 3 point percentage especially. From watching her play she seems to be a go getter. The shooting numbers are particularly impressive and I would think would put her in the league of anyone on the team. She's still got a lot of development but she can clearly shoot.
 
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TeamFirst! said:
This news about Allie Ziebell visiting for 1st night would seem to be a major positive. Those numbers are incredible numbers and she's still just a sophmore. The 3 point percentage especially. From watching her play she seems to be a go getter. The shooting numbers are particularly impressive and I would think would put her in the league of anyone on the team. She's still got a lot of development but she can clearly shoot.
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She's a junior.
 
Bone Dog said:
I'm disappointed to hear that about El Alfy and Thomas. But anyone who doesn't want UConn, we don't want. Aside from the academic draw of Stanford, Uconn is like every other school, and the primary plus of Geno's program is growing as a player and having a clear shot at a NC, and the primary minus is having to work really hard in practice to get minutes. That's the culture of the team, and players who think that minus is larger than that plus wouldn't fit in even if they did come. Not every teenager is mature enough to make such a difficult choice. The one's who can are the ones we want. I wish the others well wherever they end up.
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What did you hear about EL Alfy that disappoints? Fill us in on facts please.
 
GEAinAustin said:
donalddoowop, so your stating that El Alfy has chosen where she is signing. If that is correct, then that school is not U Conn. In years past, Auriemma would indicate he had information coming, as he has a tough time keeping a secret. A high profile international player, with a connected father in the coaching community would have bells and whistles at her announcement. Something isn't making sense , unless she is going to forgo college and go directly to the pros in Europe.
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UConn had commitments from some very highly ranked recruits and the BY did not hear about their committing until they signed. Also, did you notice the emoji at the end of my post?
 
TeamFirst! said:
The numbers were for her sophmore year though right? Could have been more precise in my comment.
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Yes. "she's still just a sophmore" is what I was responding to.
 
donalddoowop said:
UConn had commitments from some very highly ranked recruits and the BY did not hear about their committing until they signed. Also, did you notice the emoji at the end of my post?
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I don’t think everyone understands those emojis. :rolleyes:
 
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Mdoggie said:
What did you hear about EL Alfy that disappoints? Fill us in on facts please.
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I was only reflecting on what others here had said about her and Thomas, which was only speculation and tea leaf reading.
 
Bone Dog said:
I was only reflecting on what others here had said about her and Thomas, which was only speculation and tea leaf reading.
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With El Alfy I think it is as you say, speculating and tea leaf reading. In general, Uconn does not give an indication they are no longer in the hunt for someone they were pursuing. Sometimes we find out with certainty because a player releases their short list and we are not on it. That happened with Blanca Thomas (a 24 big). I saw somewhere her shorts list and it didn't include us. I have no idea about Azzi's former teammate named Thomas who I think has not yet committed.

As for tea leaf reading, I sometimes look to a shift in recruiting where Uconn is going after players at the same position further down the ranking list than others they initially pursued. The 2023 wings might be a good example. We knew we were pursuing Booker early on, and Prosper a little later, but then a couple of other wings/SF's further down got some interest from us and we signed Q. That doesn't necessarily mean we are completely out of the hunt for Prosper, who could also probably play the 2 and 4, but I didn't think it was a good sign for our chances when we signed Q.

As for El Alfy I remain hopeful. She is likely the last chance to get a very good big in the class of 2023. I haven't heard much buzz about 2024 bigs yet, but it looks like a so so crop at that position, and Blanca is already off the table, so if we were out of the running for El Alfy I might look for more signs of active recruiting of 2024 bigs like Tac or Koval. Not seeing that yet, makes me think we still have a chance at El Alfy.
 
UConnCat said:
What information you have on UConn pursuing Prosper?
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Maybe pursuing is too strong a term, and I don't recall where exactly, but I believe there were some posts indicating Uconn was in the house at some of her games or following her. I don't remember any references to a formal offer but in many ways she made sense for us, and quite a few posters were commenting on her, and the Canadian connection (Aaliyah and Kia) seemed to give us a possible edge.

Also since she shot up the rankings list, even to number 1 in one case, testing to see if there was any reciprocal interest made complete sense to me. Can I prove they pursued Prosper? No, and I'm not going to look back to older posts looking for evidence, but others might help me in that regard, but regardless based on what I recall from reading on this site, I believe they tried for her.

I still cling to the possibility we are still in the hunt, but believe the odds are much lower than when her name was first coming up. Time will tell.
 
oldhuskie said:
Maybe pursuing is too strong a term, and I don't recall where exactly, but I believe there were some posts indicating Uconn was in the house at some of her games or following her. I don't remember any references to a formal offer but in many ways she made sense for us, and quite a few posters were commenting on her, and the Canadian connection (Aaliyah and Kia) seemed to give us a possible edge.

Also since she shot up the rankings list, even to number 1 in one case, testing to see if there was any reciprocal interest made complete sense to me. Can I prove they pursued Prosper? No, and I'm not going to look back to older posts looking for evidence, but others might help me in that regard, but regardless based on what I recall from reading on this site, I believe they tried for her.

I still cling to the possibility we are still in the hunt, but believe the odds are much lower than when her name was first coming up. Time will tell.
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Okay. The earliest post about Cassandre Prosper on this board was August 2021. There are no posts about any coaches watching her play. Unlike Kia and Aaliyah, there were no reports of a UConn coach watching her play for Team Canada. No visit to her high school has been posted. She is not on social media so no coaches can follow her. I believe Morgan follows someone connected to her AAU team.

I follow UConn recruiting pretty closely and the only reference to a connection between UConn and Prosper I've read was a reference to UConn's interest by BallOutMedia back in August 2021. (Accuracy of that site is questionable).

While there is a dearth of information on UConn and Prosper, the same is true for every other school except Notre Dame (a couple of articles reporting ND's interest and a coach's visit to her HS) and Louisville (reports coaches were watching her AAU games).

That adds up to a whole bunch of nothing for UConn. If there is something going on it's well under the radar.
 
UConnCat said:
Okay. The earliest post about Cassandre Prosper on this board was August 2021. There are no posts about any coaches watching her play. Unlike Kia and Aaliyah, there were no reports of a UConn coach watching her play for Team Canada. No visit to her high school has been posted. She is not on social media so no coaches can follow her. I believe Morgan follows someone connected to her AAU team.

I follow UConn recruiting pretty closely and the only reference to a connection between UConn and Prosper I've read was a reference to UConn's interest by BallOutMedia back in August 2021. (Accuracy of that site is questionable).

While there is a dearth of information on UConn and Prosper, the same is true for every other school except Notre Dame (a couple of articles reporting ND's interest and a coach's visit to her HS) and Louisville (reports coaches were watching her AAU games).

That adds up to a whole bunch of nothing for UConn. If there is something going on it's well under the radar.
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Ala Delaney Thomas.
 
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oldhuskie said:
With El Alfy I think it is as you say, speculating and tea leaf reading. In general, Uconn does not give an indication they are no longer in the hunt for someone they were pursuing.
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UConn never discusses specifics regarding recruiting because that would be an NCAA violation. It’s ok for Genoto say “We’re looking for post players” but he can’t mention a recruit’s name until she’s signed.
 
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