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Transfer Thread Pt 2.....

Danni Williams has confirmed on her Instagram that she will be leaving Texas A&M:

 
If you are asking about Danni indicating which school she will transfer to, I think she handled her "goodbye" message to the A&M faithful with complete class; she obviously is very appreciative of her time there. I anticipate a separate social media announcement about her destination.

There were some posts on the Aggie message board that Anriel still has to attend the summer semesters at A&M to complete her undergraduate degree; so, won't be at new school until late August. But, Danni appears to be set to complete hers in a week or two; so, she can transfer to her new school for the first summer session.

For Danni, only UConn has been a confirmed visit. Only on the A&M board have I seen posts that she visited Texas. Unless she visits somewhere this weekend, she won't be able to make any visits between May 7-13 due to the new recruiting restrictions which came out yesterday.

Just my speculation, but the timing of her goodbye message yesterday tells me that she has made her decision on where she will transfer, and we will hear something any day now.
 
southie said:
If you are asking about Danni indicating which school she will transfer to, I think she handled her "goodbye" message to the A&M faithful with complete class; she obviously is very appreciative of her time there. I anticipate a separate social media announcement about her destination.

There were some posts on the Aggie message board that Anriel still has to attend the summer semesters at A&M to complete her undergraduate degree; so, won't be at new school until late August. But, Danni appears to be set to complete hers in a week or two; so, she can transfer to her new school for the first summer session.

For Danni, only UConn has been a confirmed visit. Only on the A&M board have I seen posts that she visited Texas. Unless she visits somewhere this weekend, she won't be able to make any visits between May 7-13 due to the new recruiting restrictions which came out yesterday.

Just my speculation, but the timing of her goodbye message yesterday tells me that she has made her decision on where she will transfer, and we will hear something any day now.
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Anybody that says "I'll always be an Aggie" will never transfer to Texas :D
 
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southie said:
If you are asking about Danni indicating which school she will transfer to, I think she handled her "goodbye" message to the A&M faithful with complete class; she obviously is very appreciative of her time there. I anticipate a separate social media announcement about her destination.

For Danni, only UConn has been a confirmed visit. Only on the A&M board have I seen posts that she visited Texas. Unless she visits somewhere this weekend, she won't be able to make any visits between May 7-13 due to the new recruiting restrictions which came out yesterday.

Just my speculation, but the timing of her goodbye message yesterday tells me that she has made her decision on where she will transfer, and we will hear something any day now.
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I'd be happy but very surprised if she chose UConn............they certainly could use her back court experience and scoring......
 
If she did choose Texas I wouldn't be surprised. They could use her experience and sharp shooting also.

I think I remember the announcers saying something during the season about her choosing A&M so her parents could watch her play. So Austin is only 1.5 hour drive to College Station.
 
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DallasBUFan said:
If she did choose Texas I wouldn't be surprised. They could use her experience and sharp shooting also.

I think I remember the announcers saying something during the season about her choosing A&M so her parents could watch her play. So Austin is only 1.5 hour drive to College Station.
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I'm pretty sure Danni Williams is from Clovis, New Mexico, which is an 8.5 hour drive from College Station, so going to UT would shave off about an hour drive time for them.
 
Danni averaged 35.8 minutes per game this season, and 37.2 minutes per game the prior season. Sounds like a player who loves the game and being on the court as much as possible.

I do think Danni would fit in well at Texas in our 3-guard offense and step in for the departed Ariel Atkins at the W/SF position. Texas did recruit Danni back in high school (under Coach Goestenkors, I think), and she made an unofficial visit. Think she committed to A&M fairly early in the process.

Danni Williams - 2017-18 Women's Basketball Roster - Texas A&M University Athletics Department
 
boreifs said:
180 miles is not close. East to west, TN is not a small state.
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Bristol (in the Northeast corner of the state) to Memphis is 502 miles.

Nashville to Windsor, Ontario is 535 miles.

Yes, we are a LONG state.
 
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CBus13 said:
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I'm pretty sure Danni Williams is from Clovis, New Mexico, which is an 8.5 hour drive from College Station, so going to UT would shave off about an hour drive time for them.
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That's correct.
 
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vowelguy said:
And yet they seem to have 8 players returning?

The article says 4 transfers:
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Ahh, so Alston, Johnson, & Nixon seem to have not officially announced (or gotten permission?) to transfer. Hence, still listed on the Ole Miss roster page, and no news stories I could find about them transferring.

The other 5 have been removed from the roster list.
So, as of now, 8 players return, but could be down to 5 soon.

(Year listed below is their class for 2018-19).

NO NAME YR-EXP HT POS HOMETOWN (Last School)

25 Alissa Alston SR-3L 5-8 G New Haven CT (Upper Room Christian Acdmy)
_1 Bree Glover JR-2L 5-10 G Glasgow, Ky. (Glasgow H.S.)
12 Barbara Johnson SR-1L 5-8 G Toronto, Ontario (Chipola College)
44 Torri Lewis SR-3L 5-11 G Olive Branch, Miss. (Homeschool)
10 Cecilia Muhate SR-3L 6-2 F/C Madrid, Spain (Arturo Soria)
_0 Chyna Nixon SO-1L 5-9 G Philadelphia, Pa. (Neumann Goretti)
11 Mimi Reid RS FR-HS 5-8 G Bronx, N.Y. (The Patrick School)
23 Shandricka Sessom RS SR-4L 5-10 G Byhalia, Miss. (Byhalia H.S.)


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Would she even play if she picked UConn? As a grad transfer you obviously want to try to better chances to win a National Championship, wouldn't a player like Williams want to see a lot of court time?

At Texas I know she would see playing time, especially since they are so young at her position.
 
stwainfan said:
Ole Miss has 8 transfers. That's going to be tough for a new coach to start off.
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It's not unusual for players to transfer when there is a coaching change but this is more than I've seen before. The Ole Miss program was very successful in the 80s and and early 90s under Van Chancellor. The program had 5 E8 appearances, but the most recent was 2007 when an Armentie Price led team lost to eventual champion UT after shocking Maryland in round 2 and Oklahoma in the S16. Before then, the last Ole Miss team to play beyond the first weekend of the tournament was in 1992 when they also made the E8 and went 29-3.

It's been a tough few years in Oxford. Carol Ross, former player and Florida coach, left after that 2007 season and the program had Renee Ladner for 5 seasons before she was terminated. Then came Adrian Wiggins but he never actually coached a game due to some shady activities with player academic records. He and his assistants were terminated before the season started and it was an uphill battle in 2012-13. Insell came in as a young coach and I'm sure the university hoped he carried his father's ability but it never seemed to come together. I didn't think they were that bad the last few years, they just didn't have enough pieces to really compete. What hurt Ole Miss lately is the success of MSU and how they've been in the national spotlight, which it remains to be seen if it continues.

Regardless, the new coach has a big job ahead. It will be tough to pull them out of the bottom of the SEC but they have a great facility and the right atmosphere could change what's been the culture the past several years.
 
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vowelguy said:
McGwire from Oregon transferring to Boise st
Soph, C
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That's interesting! Leaving a preseason top 5 team and being a part time starter (19 of 38 Games) to play at Boise State?
 
CocoHusky said:
That's interesting! Leaving a preseason top 5 team and being a part time starter (19 of 38 Games) to play at Boise State?
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Yeah and the starting 5 played a lot of minutes, so seems like there would be time to go around.
On the other hand, Boley and possibly Sabally's younger sister are going to be grabbing a lot of those available front-line minutes.

And Boise? Neither a BB nor academic power to say the least.
 
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CocoHusky said:
That's interesting! Leaving a preseason top 5 team and being a part time starter (19 of 38 Games) to play at Boise State?
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You bet. She also got a similar number of starts her freshman year.

Maybe Coach Graves is slightly altering the plan of attack to have that one true post (Ruthy Hebard), with forwards (the Sebally sisters, ND transfer Erin Boley) and Ms. McGwire saw her main chance at playing time to be Hebard's back-up.

Still, to go from National Title Contender to -- no offense -- Boise State? Hmmm.

BTW,that's three transfers this year: remember, forwards Sierra Campisano and Anneli Maley also transferred, which one might also attribute to the Sabally/Boley effect. And Aina Ayuso will play professionally in her native Spain, while Maley has landed at TCU. Campisano has not announced a "landing spot" at this time.
 
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CocoHusky said:
That's interesting! Leaving a preseason top 5 team and being a part time starter (19 of 38 Games) to play at Boise State?
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That's a big drop for somebody that looked to be a pretty capable second center last season for a top ten team
 
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