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Message: [QUOTE="Wally East, post: 2168039, member: 3065"] Okay, fair. Texas A&M was ranked 8 in the preseason when they won. Baylor was 8. Michigan State was 10. UNC was ranked 9 when they won. Texas Tech was 15. Unfortunately, that doesn't make exactly the point that you seem to want to make. Recruits commit much earlier than a pre-season poll. If a player signs in the early signing period, that's the start of her senior year, so a full year before a pre-season poll. If she verbals as a junior, it's even earlier. By the time she's a senior in college, a lot could've changed. When Rebecca committed, UConn hadn't been to a Final Four. When A'ja Wilsom committed, South Carolina had just been knocked out in the Sweet 16, which was their best finish. When Danielle Adams went from junior college to Texas A&M, A&M had finished the season at 9. When Crystal Langhorne signed with Maryland, they were nothing and they weren't any better the next year when Marissa Coleman signed with them. When Ruth Riley signed with ND, they hadn't been to a Final Four yet. Even Maya Moore signed with a UConn team coming off of finishes in the Sweet 16 and the Elite 8. Was it taking much of a risk to sign with a 5-time national champion? Maybe, because they'd suffered through two really rough (by UConn standards) seasons. They could've been on their way out and if Maya hadn't signed, that might've been true. There's nothing wrong with signing a top school. I mean, I'm a UConn fan, of course I think that :D Hats off to players who want to work hard for Geno. But. There's also nothing with thinking you can work to elevate a non-UConn school to a place where they can win a title. So, hats off to players who want to work hard to beat Geno. I mean, what if Rebecca decided to sign with Stanford because that was the obvious choice if she wanted to win a title? [/QUOTE]

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