Sabrina Ionescu

[jonson]

smells like...she was set to go to Oregon (which some of us suspect was the case all along, especially once her brother decided) and then UW got in the mix either because of (1) the Final Four run (and let's face it, a kid from the East Bay may prefer Seattle to Corvallis), (2) a chance to play with Natalie Romeo -- something tells me a roster slot would open up, or (3) both.

Just as a FYI, UO is in Eugene, OSU is in Corvallis. The population of the former is around 150K (250K for the metro area); I think Corvallis has a population somewhere between 40 and 50K.

 

[ochoopsfan]

Eugene has Voodoo Doughnuts. How could anyone possibly go anywhere else
http://voodoodoughnut.com/index.php

 

[hussybulldog]

She did go beyond her own deadline for picking a school on 4 different occasions.

• October 2015 she announced- she will decided on a school at the completion of official visits with the last visit being in time for the early signing period in November
• November 2015 She announced via twitter and an interview with her coach that she will not be in a position to make a decision and needed more time
• January 2016 she announced that Texas no longer in the running but OSU, Oregon, Cal &??? were still in consideration and that she would be announcing by the next signing period-April
• April 2016 during McDonalds AA game interview she re-confirmend the schools she was looking at and said that she would make a decision by April
• May 2016 still undecided OSU and Cal out and added Washington back in

If you Google her name with school selection you will find articles verifying all of the above.

It just proves that she (and her family) are very undecisive. Passing her own deadlines does not constitute to violation of any NCAA rules. If it does create problems for potential candidate schools, they can decide to drop her and withdraw their offers. Again, commitment is really two-way.

 

[Gate81]

Just as a FYI, UO is in Eugene, OSU is in Corvallis. The population of the former is around 150K (250K for the metro area); I think Corvallis has a population somewhere between 40 and 50K.

yes I know. I live out West. I was saying that she added UW as opposed to the other West Coast Final Four team this year.

 

[JordyG]

Guess if you really thought about it, you coulda come up with a few more questions. Eh?

Nope.

 

[Wally East]

Not fair to the coaches that are still in the running.

Aww, poor coaches

 

[ochoopsfan]

There is a lot of "chatter" on some Pac 12 forums that UW might offer Sabrina Ionescu's HS and AAU coach an assistants job at UW, to secure Ms. Ionescu's services for the next 4 years.
2 of UW's assistants have recently left for head coaching jobs at Arizona and Eastern Michigan. This leaves UW in need of 2 assistants and fast.

More to follow

 

[southie]

There is a lot of "chatter" on some Pac 12 forums that UW might offer Sabrina Ionescu's HS and AAU coach an assistants job at UW, to secure Ms. Ionescu's services for the next 4 years.
2 of UW's assistants have recently left for head coaching jobs at Arizona and Eastern Michigan. This leaves UW in need of 2 assistants and fast.

More to follow

Not surprised; I posted as much here a couple of days ago . . .

 

[MarieYLee]

There is a lot of "chatter" on some Pac 12 forums that UW might offer Sabrina Ionescu's HS and AAU coach an assistants job at UW, to secure Ms. Ionescu's services for the next 4 years.
2 of UW's assistants have recently left for head coaching jobs at Arizona and Eastern Michigan. This leaves UW in need of 2 assistants and fast.

More to follow

Even without Ionescu, its probably a good hire. Sopok is a good coach, and with his AAU contacts, would be very good for recruiting.

 

[HuskyFan1125]

Even without Ionescu, its probably a good hire. Sopok is a good coach, and with his AAU contacts, would be very good for recruiting.

I was thinking the very same thing. Regardless of the situation that is not a bad hire.

 

[UcMiami]

Even without Ionescu, its probably a good hire. Sopok is a good coach, and with his AAU contacts, would be very good for recruiting.

And it isn't like there is a manufactured vacancy either with two assistants being hired as HCs. I also think Neighbors is not likely to hire someone he doesn't want to work with just to get a HS commitment - seems to be serious about his staff requirements.

 

[Gate81]

And it isn't like there is a manufactured vacancy either with two assistants being hired as HCs. I also think Neighbors is not likely to hire someone he doesn't want to work with just to get a HS commitment - seems to be serious about his staff requirements.

Neighbors learned from a pro -- Kevin McGuff (former UW now Ohio State).

 

[Goodgood]

Just pick a school and go away...too much drama for me. I wished more would sign theirLOI on the hood of their car like Stewie did and be done.

 

[HuskyNan]

It seems to me that Ms Ionescu's gravest sin has been to be an irritant to impatient message board posters.

And yet people feel free to take her to task for not choosing a school in the proscribed (by UConn fans, apparently) period of time, even predicting transfers and inferring selfishness. These are the threads that make me