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Stephanie Mavunga granted release to transfer

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AnotherVolFan said:
I have NO idea. I can only speculate at this point, I'm guessing maybe the DeShields fiasco. That's just a guess cause I can't see any other reason behind it.
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Is it even legal to exclude one school? It seems singling out one school is somehow unconstitutional.
 
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cferraro04 said:
Is it even legal to exclude one school? It seems singling out one school is somehow unconstitutional.
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I think restricted releases are common- not sure how many schools are typically restricted. Indirect tampering could be common too.
 
I don't like how a coach can dictate to which schools a player can go to. I think that rule needs to be revised. Especially, if the school the player wants transfer to is not on your schedule.
 
I remember reading someone's blog that suggested that Mavunga would be next. If that was you, a tip of the turban to you. You called it. To borrow a phrase from Tony Kornheiser: "I believe I had that". I'll second the observation that another blogger made here with respect to the UNC women's basketball program: Turn out the lights, the party's over!!

The last big name and stand out player just left the program. It's back to square one. How will this exodus by all of her best players effect her incoming freshmen, and other verbal commits? It may be awhile (several years) before this and other athletic programs at UNC return to normal. When it rains, it pours.
 
John Glass said:
I think restricted releases are common- not sure how many schools are typically restricted. Indirect tampering could be common too.
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To start with, all in-conference transfers for most conferences are 'restricted' in that they add an extra year to the NCAA year of residency before eligibility. And a school can put any other restrictions on a release as well - typically it is only a few schools that may have direct connections (recent coach/assistant hires from the releasing school, or a suspicion of tampering is the usual reason given.) And of course other schools have been know to refuse to grant releases - but that is not a good PR move for the team or the school.
 
Tennessee is not one of my favorite teams by a long shot, but no coach should have the right to block a transfer to that team if a player wants to go there. Seems like there should be a rule change.
 
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connboy77 said:
Tennessee is not one of my favorite teams by a long shot, but no coach should have the right to block a transfer to that team if a player wants to go there. Seems like there should be a rule change.
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That's my issue as well, even if she was not considering Tenn, she should have the right to talk to any school she pleases, ESPECIALLY after this fiasco.
 
I'm sure Mavunga will look at Purdue b/c she considered them first time around, they are pretty big on accepting transfers, and she's from Indiana. I think Louisville would hit a home run if they landed her b/c while they have recruited well, their up-n-coming stars are mostly guards and wings so Mavunga gives them an elite interior player, and they were considered 1st time around. She did consider Stanford and was reported to be a good (but not off the charts student), but transfers to Stanford are very rare.

She also had UConn as a finalist, and besides Butler, UConn doesn't seems to have a ton of true posts. IIRC, UConn recruited her pretty hard, so you never know. But wouldn't Mavunga to UConn be a major way of countering all the recent buzz at South Carolina.
 
AnotherVolFan said:
That's my issue as well, even if she was not considering Tenn, she should have the right to talk to any school she pleases, ESPECIALLY after this fiasco.
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When the NCAA acts which is probably still a year away, they will likely grant free transfers to all athletes (including not having to sit out a year.) Until they act, UNC is still considered 'innocent' and is ruled by standard NCAA rules. And schools have always had control of how they grant releases. 'Tampering' is a pretty difficult thing to prove - so a school being able to specify a limited number of schools they will not 'release' is not that terrible.

That isn't to say that I don't think the letter of intent is a very one-sided document that pretends it is all about the scholarship, when it really is all about the athletics. Athletes are recruited by coaches and the team, and only occasionally swayed by the 'school'.
 
The remaining roster at the NoCar Website! The 3 Transfers and the 4 Graduated seniors are in RED

0 Cherry, Jamie Guard 5-8 Fr. Cove City, N.C. (West Craven)
1 Mavunga, Stephanie Forward 6-3 So. Brownsburg, Ind. (Brownsburg) TRANSFER
2 Coleman, Latifah Guard 5-9 Sr. Pageland, S.C. (Central) GRADUATED
3 Buckland, Megan Guard 6-0 Jr. High Point, N.C. (Bishop McGuinness)
10 Butts, Danielle Guard 5-10 Sr. Winterville, N.C. (South Central) GRADUATED
11 Rountree, Brittany Guard 5-9 Sr. Jacksonville, Fla. (The Potter's House) GRADUATED
13 Fuller, Hillary Forward 6-2 So. Jacksonville, Fla. (The Potter's House)
15 Gray, Allisha Guard 6-0 So. Sandersville, Ga. (Washington County) TRANSFER
22 Bryant, N'Dea Guard 6-0 Jr. Goose Creek, S.C. (Goose Creek)
24 Washington, Jessica Guard 5-8 So. Tulsa, Okla. (Jenks) TRANSFER
30 Summers, Hillary Forward 6-2 So. Fayetteville, N.C. (Village Christian Academy)
31 Johnson, Erika Forward 6-1 Sr. Seattle, Wash. (Holy Names Academy) GRADUATED
34 McDaniel, Xylina Forward 6-2 Jr. Columbia, S.C. (Spring Valley)

IMHO Jamie Cherry and Xylina McDaniel seem to be the two top players left on the roster!
 
kat0189 said:
I'm sure Mavunga will look at Purdue b/c she considered them first time around, they are pretty big on accepting transfers, and she's from Indiana. I think Louisville would hit a home run if they landed her b/c while they have recruited well, their up-n-coming stars are mostly guards and wings so Mavunga gives them an elite interior player, and they were considered 1st time around. She did consider Stanford and was reported to be a good (but not off the charts student), but transfers to Stanford are very rare.

She also had UConn as a finalist, and besides Butler, UConn doesn't seems to have a ton of true posts. IIRC, UConn recruited her pretty hard, so you never know. But wouldn't Mavunga to UConn be a major way of countering all the recent buzz at South Carolina.
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I was surprised when I recently read that UConn was on Mavunga's final list of schools as I did not remember that UConn had recruited her. I went back and read some of Jim Fuller's blog entries and it seems Geno had at one time recruited Mavunga (late 2011) but it seems he had stopped recruiting her by the time she made the decision to commit to UNC in May of 2012. Geno ultimately preferred Reimer over Mavunga.

Although UConn could certainly use another post player (Cox appears to be a long-shot), I doubt Geno would pursue Mavunga for a few reasons. First, Geno rarely pursues transfers (Butler is the exception and she actually initiated contact with the UConn staff). Second, I can see Geno and CD not wanting to be involved in what's going on with the UNC program. Finally, I'm not sure Mavunga really fits the type of player Geno and CD look to bring in to the program. I could see where some of the extra stuff she brings to the court -- some technicals for taunting, that ridiculous free-throw routine -- turning off Geno and CD. She's good and what I like about her game (over Reimer's) is how aggressively she pursues the basketball. Still, I don't see UConn getting involved.

Finally, I doubt Geno feels a need to counter any buzz surrounding SC.
 
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cferraro04 said:
Is it even legal to exclude one school? It seems singling out one school is somehow unconstitutional.
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I'm not a lawyer, but it is the NCAA... they do whatever they want, whenever they want. They even make up rules and apply them retroactively. Can't be more unconstitutional than that.
 
Also, I forgot to mention Purdue had a solid 2015 class: signing Hoopgurlz #30, #31, and #41 player, then a verbal from #32 of 2016. However, that doesn't compare to the talent she'd play with at the other places, like Louisville.

Also, you forgot to add Paris Kea, who transferred from Vandy to UNC recently, and is a good PG/G.
 
Finally, I looked up Texas's roster because they're a team with great guards on board/coming in, and seems just a young elite post player away from making noise, yet did not make Lauren Cox's latest list (though still seems to be in the mix for Joyner Holmes).

...and though they do have a verbal from #4 2018 6'7" Sedona Prince, but #3 6'3" Collier decommitted on her early verbal...well, there's a LOT of stuff with Texas, and 2018 is still a ways away, so I'm digressing....

BUT, anyhow, lol, although the Texas roster stands at 16, there are 4 seniors (though also a pair of 2016 verbals) and Texas seems to always find room on their roster, if you know what I mean.

Point being, given that Mavunga was a pretty good student and went for an (otherwise) academically strong big public school out of her region in UNC (while also seemingly seriously considering Stanford first time around), I could see Texas (based on pure speculation) being an option for her.

And as an aside, while looking at the Texas roster, I noticed one of the Canadian twins who left Vanderbilt's team wound up at Texas, but the twin sister is not on the roster. A bit odd.
 
kat0189 said:
Finally, I looked up Texas's roster because they're a team with great guards on board/coming in, and seems just a young elite post player away from making noise, yet did not make Lauren Cox's latest list (though still seems to be in the mix for Joyner Holmes).

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And as an aside, while looking at the Texas roster, I noticed one of the Canadian twins who left Vanderbilt's team wound up at Texas, but the twin sister is not on the roster. A bit odd.
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Texas had only one scholarship left for 2015-16, so the other twin is going to a juco for a year and then joining Texas in 2016-17.
 
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kat0189 said:
Also, I forgot to mention Purdue had a solid 2015 class: signing Hoopgurlz #30, #31, and #41 player, then a verbal from #32 of 2016. However, that doesn't compare to the talent she'd play with at the other places, like Louisville. Also, you forgot to add Paris Kea, who transferred from Vandy to UNC recently, and is a good PG/G.
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Louisville would be a great landing spot for her but they are in the ACC so I'm not sure they are a possibility.
 
UConnCat said:
I was surprised when I recently read that UConn was on Mavunga's final list of schools as I did not remember that UConn had recruited her. I went back and read some of Jim Fuller's blog entries and it seems Geno had at one time recruited Mavunga (late 2011) but it seems he had stopped recruiting her by the time she made the decision to commit to UNC in May of 2012. Geno ultimately preferred Reimer over Mavunga.

Although UConn could certainly use another post player (Cox appears to be a long-shot), I doubt Geno would pursue Mavunga for a few reasons. First, Geno rarely pursues transfers (Butler is the exception and she actually initiated contact with the UConn staff). Second, I can see Geno and CD not wanting to be involved in what's going on with the UNC program. Finally, I'm not sure Mavunga really fits the type of player Geno and CD look to bring in to the program. I could see where some of the extra stuff she brings to the court -- some technicals for taunting, that ridiculous free-throw routine -- turning off Geno and CD. She's good and what I like about her game (over Reimer's) is how aggressively she pursues the basketball. Still, I don't see UConn getting involved.

Finally, I doubt Geno feels a need to counter any buzz surrounding SC.
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sounds like she would fit best at Louisville - which sounded strange at first to me but who else would put up with the technicals for taunting? I first assumed she could go to Notre Dame but the Turner/Reimer show might not need her...
 
I seem to remember that when DeShields withdrew her verbal to Tenn and picked UNC there were several Tenn "insiders" who posted that the LV staff was upset by what they referred to as "underhanded" and "unethical" tactics by UNC. Maybe UNC sees something underhanded with Cooper and DeShields suddenly both kicking UNC to the curb and going to Tenn? Or maybe UNC didn't appreciate the nasty accusations 2 years ago coming out of Knutsville?

What goes around comes around.
 
Huskies Rule said:
Mavunga is a beast inside with a great motor, plays solid defense, scores enough and is a team-first player.
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She is very good but she has some real deficiencies, too. Turner put up 29 pts, 18 rebounds, and 7 blocks against UNC this year, and Mavunga is only a 50% shooter, which is poor for a center.

I think she'd be an asset for any team but her best role might be as a complementary player.
 
Alydar said:
I seem to remember that when DeShields withdrew her verbal to Tenn and picked UNC there were several Tenn "insiders" who posted that the LV staff was upset by what they referred to as "underhanded" and "unethical" tactics by UNC. Maybe UNC sees something underhanded with Cooper and DeShields suddenly both kicking UNC to the curb and going to Tenn? Or maybe UNC didn't appreciate the nasty accusations 2 years ago coming out of Knutsville?

What goes around comes around.
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You seem to be remembering wrong....when did Diamond even verbal to UT to withdraw it??? :rolleyes:
 
AnotherVolFan said:
You seem to be remembering wrong....when did Diamond even verbal to UT to withdraw it??? :rolleyes:
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I think they meant Davis. Honestly, relative to the 2013 class anyone could get it all confused!
 
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