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Message: [QUOTE="CBus13, post: 2886599, member: 2999"] The 2018 haul question is a tough one to answer. I know they had a few recruits on campus who chose elsewhere. Emily Engstler, who chose to stay close to home at Syracuse (where former OSU player Kiara Lewis transferred to). They also had Nalyssa Smith and Honesty Scott-Grayson on campus. But they chose Baylor. OSU was also in on Valencia Myers (now at Florida State) but there are rumors that there was a break in communications during recruitment and many felt OSU was out of the running but then I heard rumblings that she was on campus for a visit (around the same time Kurt Miller of the Connecticut Sun was on campus) prior to her announcement. I don't know if Taylor Mikesell (Maryland) or Abby Prohaska (Notre Dame) ever had interest in OSU. I feel that Naz Hillmon (Michigan) was never interested in OSU and was from a UMich family of fandom. I think the complete whiff in 2017 hurt the recruiting for 2018 more than other things. They couldn't convince any players to come play alongside Mitchell and Co for their final season and the transfers of McCoy and Lewis maybe hurt reputation of things more so. I think I remember reading something from McGuff about how players wanted playing time but they wanted to know who they'd be playing with. So when they'd come on visits they wouldn't really meet many players who would for sure be on the team when they arrived. So the recruits didn't get a vibe of team chemistry when they'd come visit. Not sure this answers your question, but it just seems other schools had more to offer than Ohio State at that time. OSU may have been more so focused (an assumption) on the 2019 class with it being so Ohio talent heavy. I'd hope this isn't the case and that they overlooked an entire class but we may never know. [/QUOTE]

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