Before we over-gloat, it is very possible that 5-6 of the top recruits in 2014 will all decide to go to UT...a repeat of this year, but with another group. I don't think this stuff is going to stop...
Will be interesting to see if it continues. Certainly the social media are here to stay and seem to have played a big role in the UNC clustercommit. This sort of flocking has been described elsewhere as immature. Putting that aside, there's reason to consider it a gamble.
The theory could be (1) find a formerly top program that's fallen on tough times, (2) go there together, and (3) be the saviors who play big minutes right away and bring the program back to the top. Sounds like fun and glory.
There are problems with this, of course.
The lack of leadership in the classes ahead of you, the very thing that gives you those big early minutes, may be a detriment to your expectations of beating the best competition.
And the classes coming behind a blockbuster may be a little sparse for a while. If you have an injury or two in your four or five-member one-class group, or somebody doesn't perform as predicted and/or transfers, you can't rely on newcomers to fill the gaps and could be sucking wind.
Then there's the reasons your target program fell on hard times in the first place. They may still be there, despite your illustrious presence. You, after all, are players -- not coaches, athletic directors, administrators, or trustees. Nor are you dictators of fan reactions to your presence in the face of whatever factors influence local attitudes toward women's basketball.
So I view this thing as an experiment. It worked out for TASSK, minus the social media element -- at least by their senior year, after being coached by the best and after sharing the court with a lot of other great players ahead and behind them. We'll see whether it's a trend or a unique phenomenon.
