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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 2774107, member: 2117"] Brunelle will be an excellent player under Muffet, regardless if she finishes being ranked #1 overall or not. The last several years have not had an obvious #1 recruit like we saw with Stewart in 2012 and KML in 2011. In 2013 we saw Diamond and Russell split some top rankings. 2014 had Wilson and Mitchell, and Wilson didn’t separate herself from the pack until her junior year. Turner was every bit as good as A’ja when they were freshmen, but Turner has been injury prone and Wilson has also made huge strides. All that said, Mitchell was the consensus NFOY in 2014-15, so not the best year to use as an example of a standout #1 recruit. 2015 was KLS by most of the main sources IIRC, 2016 had both Holmes and Cox at the #1 spot, 2017 seemed to have Westbrook and Walker both in the mix, and 2018 seemed split between Williams and Collier, with ONO being the early favorite prior to injury. 2019 appears to be more fluid, too. Same for 2020 possibly. As others have noted, how a player fits in their system is more important than accumulation of raw talent. Brunelle will be much needed at ND with the graduation of 4 senior starters. Players coming to UCONN should have more time to assimilate with Walker/CD/Williams/ONO likely cementing big minutes in 2019-20. [/QUOTE]