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Message: [QUOTE="BobbyJ, post: 4158740, member: 4250"] On the bolded part, I don't think you're necessarily wrong. But there's a couple of things to consider. 1) Probably 90% of those rankings are done by "evaluators" at those summer camps and AAU tournaments. They don't see kids that aren't playing in them. Also, compared to the boys, there are many fewer girls that are talented enough to play D1 college BB. There just is. And those girls somehow tend to find a way to get to those competitions to show their ability. Again, there's very few highly skilled girls who just appear out of the woodwork. Piath Gabriel would be an example of an under the radar kid who has gotten a shot, and a lot of that is because of her size. The college coaches do their own scouting and have trusted friends and HS coaches they use to find kids. They don't rely on these "evaluators' nearly as much as some people think. Lower D1, D2, and D3 schools tend to use them more because of smaller recruiting budgets that restrict their ability to travel as much. [/QUOTE]