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Message: [QUOTE="Dillon77, post: 2419712, member: 6620"] I just got home from a few meetings and was going to jump on board to congratulate The Boneyarders for another very nice catch with the force of nature known as O N-O. [I]First, heartiest congratulations and I hope Olivia has a great academic and athletic career in the northern part of your fair state.[/I] Switching to this bit of a trail, I noted that these 2018 class rankings were put together by a poster. BTW, Hoopgurlz's latest 2018 class rankings have the Irish at #5 and Prospect's Nation at #6. Yes, the Irish may drop a bit here or there based on UConn's latest signings, but I don't think they will be conspicuous by their absence...after all, the Irish do have four top 100 players signed, sealed and delivered (to South Bend). I look forward to seeing Katlyn Gilbert, Jordan Nixon, Danielle Cosgrove and the "flaming, fierce redhead," Abby Prohaska, don Irish uniforms. Plus, one of the top PG's in the 2019 class -- Anaya Peoples -- has already committed to the Irish and was the anchor of that mass gathering of 2019-2020-2021 possible recruits gathering in South Bend a few weeks back. Plus -- and this is becoming something of a mantra for me on any recruit rankings -- all of these are still subjective and, as such, I try to get a composite feel for/from all of them. But the one that matters most is that of the coaches, because they're recruiting people they think can best work within their specific coaching and teaching philosophies. Sometimes the players they want are highly ranked, like Oliva and Christyn. Sometimes they're not, like Mikayla Vaughn, our frosh center who was the last player listed on Hoopgurlz 2017 Top 150. I think some folks are going to rethink that ranking based on what she's done on the court up to this point. In any case, good luck.....look forward to seing all of these players and classes, regardless of rank -- on the court. [/QUOTE]

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