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U17 and U18 recruiting target observations

CocoHusky said:
I disagree. UCONN will be the favorites next year Gabby, KLS, Napheesa, Kia, Azura, and Natalie will all be upperclassmen.
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UCONN will certainly one of the favorites, but I think if South Carolina wins the championship next year (16-17), they essentially will bring back everyone for the 17-18 season. If ND wins, they lose Lindsay Allen, but bring back everyone else. If Baylor wins, they lose a lot in Jones and Davis, so will be hard to see them as favorites. If UConn wins again, they will be heavy favorites then. The next 2 years should be really competitive and interesting.
 
ju6381 said:
My guess is Geno will be making another stop in Texas to see Sedona Prince
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Prince would be a great get. Even at 6'7" she's mobile and has a nice touch.
A class of Williams, Prince and one othe big (Smith, Nelson-Ododa, Collier)
would be fine by me.
 
Wait, SC will lose Coates after next year. Scratch that. Anyway, next 2 years will be VERY interesting, particularly 17-18. Throw in Ohio State with a senior Kelsey Mitchell, Mavunga, Calhoun, Harper, sophomore Tori McCoy, etc, Louisville will have seniors Hines-Allen, Mariya Moore and Junior Asia Durr plus their 16 class will be sophomores, UCLA's class of Canada, Billings, Drummer, etc will be seniors. Of course, where ever Megan Walker decides to go will play a big role. I think if she goes to Texas, she'll play with McCarty, Atkins, Higgs in the back court and a 2nd year Holmes. Don't think they will be able to win that year, but could be dangerous. Her going to UConn or ND will certainly put them among the favorites.
MarieYLee said:
UCONN will certainly one of the favorites, but I think if South Carolina wins the championship next year (16-17), they essentially will bring back everyone for the 17-18 season. If ND wins, they lose Lindsay Allen, but bring back everyone else. If Baylor wins, they lose a lot in Jones and Davis, so will be hard to see them as favorites. If UConn wins again, they will be heavy favorites then. The next 2 years should be really competitive and interesting.
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MarieYLee said:
Wait, SC will lose Coates after next year. Scratch that. Anyway, next 2 years will be VERY interesting, particularly 17-18. Throw in Ohio State with a senior Kelsey Mitchell, Mavunga, Calhoun, Harper, sophomore Tori McCoy, etc, Louisville will have seniors Hines-Allen, Mariya Moore and Junior Asia Durr plus their 16 class will be sophomores, UCLA's class of Canada, Billings, Drummer, etc will be seniors. Of course, where ever Megan Walker decides to go will play a big role. I think if she goes to Texas, she'll play with McCarty, Atkins, Higgs in the back court and a 2nd year Holmes. Don't think they will be able to win that year, but could be dangerous. Her going to UConn or ND will certainly put them among the favorites.
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We lose Coates, but gain Jennings. Jennings isn't as dominant inside but her offense is much more polished. She can actually score outside the paint. With the lost of Coates we lose our rebounding advantage in just about every game. Our young bigs in Harrigan and Williams will be very important.. K. Davis (if she's still here) should be solid in her second year as a 3-4 player.

We won't be favorites but we should still be a threat. Most of this year's team will have a year's worth of experience playing with one another. That chemistry is important. It worked when we've had far less talented teams.
 
Volup1 said:
Danielle Patterson was scheduled to visit ND on Sept.9-11.
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There was some discussion about this before - the real visit date for Patterson at ND is October 29. ND has a home football game against Miami that weekend.

 
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Charliebball said:
Tenn is a finalist for a number of highly ranked players, wonder how many they will get?

From Raul: Updated list of finalists for 20 top 100 WBB prospects in 2017 class (with about 7 weeks to early signing period), arranged by espnW ranking

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Of the 9 players who have Tenn on their list, it would be interesting to estimate, just mathematically speaking, what the probability would be of them getting x number of players. Any statisticians out there up for the challenge?
 
ju6381 said:
My guess is Geno will be making another stop in Texas to see Sedona Prince
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Sedona committed to Texas yesterday.

Geno is looking at Charli Collier, NaLyssa Smith, and Olivia Nelson-Ododa. I'm not sure if we are on Olivia's list, but I sure hope so.
 
You can add Dorie Harrison, younger sister of Isabelle Harrison, to the above list of players that have Tennessee on their lists. I have no idea how many we will land, but we will have room for 4-5 players from this class and another 4-5 from the Class of 2018. The dominoes will begin to fall this coming Tuesday when Dana Evans announces her choice.
 
Bestiarius said:
Of the 9 players who have Tenn on their list, it would be interesting to estimate, just mathematically speaking, what the probability would be of them getting x number of players. Any statisticians out there up for the challenge?
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I'm not sure that mathematics would answer that question.........talk to their parents and AAU coaches!!!!
I would hazard a guess that Tenn get 2-3 out of the nine................
 
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Carnac said:
Mitchell has got a "patchwork" roster this year. At one point, he was down to 6 active players on his roster. If he tries to fit that square peg (Calhoun at the point) into a round hole, he may be creating even more problems than he already has.

If Mitchell can post a .500 record this season, after the investigations, and the mass exodus of players over the last two years, I'd view this season a moderate success. I don't expect Duke to get an at large bid to the NCAA tournament. Maybe an NIT bid. We'll see.
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Sierra Calhoun will play for Ohio State this year.
 
Does this mean Dana Evans to Louisville??!?


Dominoes will begin to fall!!
 
HuskyFan1125 said:
Does this mean Dana Evans to Louisville??!?


Dominoes will begin to fall!!
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They could both go to Tennessee, one is more of a PG and one is more SG. Tennessee doesn't have the guard situation that Louisville has so both would get playing time at Tennessee.
 
HuskyFan1125 said:
Does this mean Dana Evans to Louisville??!?


Dominoes will begin to fall!!
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I was also wondering about that. I thought Tennessee would get one of them. We will find out on Tuesday.
 
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mtsuraider06 said:
They could both go to Tennessee, one is more of a PG and one is more SG. Tennessee doesn't have the guard situation that Louisville has so both would get playing time at Tennessee.
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Serious question?

Seeing that Tennessee will likely get all the Hayes sisters now, how will effect recruiting of guards?? Will future recruits be turned away knowing they have 3 more guards coming?
 
HuskyFan1125 said:
Serious question?

Seeing that Tennessee will likely get all the Hayes sisters now, how will effect recruiting of guards?? Will future recruits be turned away knowing they have 3 more guards coming?
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I'm of the opinion you can never have too many guards/ballhandlers. Most schools recruit multiple guards each class, so I don't see there being a big issue.
 
Tennessee will have Hayes and Cooper both next year.
SCGamecock said:
Nice get for Tennessee. I like Hayes a lot. I think y'all will get Evans as well, and maybe a big.. Hayes and Evans will bring stability to that backcourt. Both can score IN BUNCHES.
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Tennessee also has Cooper back next year.
 


So immediately after Westbrook's official, ND's coaches flew out to visit her in Oregon. Curious.

Then again, Maryland was recently out to Oregon to see her as well and has an official coming up. I get the sense that it is important for Westbrook that her family be comfortable with her school of choice.
 
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Bestiarius said:
Of the 9 players who have Tenn on their list, it would be interesting to estimate, just mathematically speaking, what the probability would be of them getting x number of players. Any statisticians out there up for the challenge?
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Three, maybe four, including Hayes. So two or three more IMO.
 
Orangutan said:


So immediately after Westbrook's official, ND's coaches flew out to visit her in Oregon. Curious.

Then again, Maryland was recently out to Oregon to see her as well and has an official coming up. I get the sense that it is important for Westbrook that her family be comfortable with her school of choice.
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@CoachBill, Saw where Brett McCormack had Westbrook #1 in the class over Megan Walker. Would be interested if you saw it the same way?
 
cocohusky - Bret announced it on my "Ladies Night " Podcast . we obviously shared some thoguhts following

I definitely defer to Bret's high volume of exposure to both kids in person. I only had the Boo Williams EYBL event back in the Spring as an in person evaluation opportunity

going by what I studied of both players during games at that Event... my choice is Walker.
in fact.. as I said at the time, for me Walker would have been my choice for #1 player in last 2-3 classes.
studying with the eyes of a college coach...I came away VERY impressed with everything I saw / scrutinized with Walker. Including her role as a PG , Primary ballhandler, Playmaker a lot in those games.
Her efficiency ( Mental, Physical, Production ) ... being engaged consistently Defendively, was distinguishable. Especially compared to every other highly rated kid i saw at event.


but Again... Bret McCormick has seen these kids a ton over last year ..and invested a lot of thought into his decision/ choice.
for Bret, it came down to overall versatility ( balance of Playmaking, Scoring,etc ) that led to his decision to put Westbrook ahead of Walker.

for me... I saw all that from Walker in the scrutinized sample I had. but it was just 1 event.
 
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