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Message: [QUOTE="EricLA, post: 3766587, member: 26"] True but let's look at the competition. Muffet missed out on Caitlin Clark, so Nielle Ivey comes in and lands #8 Olivia Miles from 2021. She also landed #16 Sonia Citron Kara Lawson comes in and promptly lands #18 Shay Bollin from 2022. And she's a Tennessee grad, out-recruiting her Alma Mater from day 1. Even worse, Courtney Banghart has been at UNC the exact same amount of time as Harper at Tennessee (both started 2019). She got off to a great start in 2020 landing Deja Kelly (#10). Then, Banghart's 2021 class is among the top 3-4 in the entire nation headlined by #9 Teonni Key (oh, her sister went to Tennessee) and McPherson, Wiggins and Adams (17, 18 and 20). Did Vic Schaeffer land 2020 #6 Moore and #10 Harmon? Not to mention #24 Hunter. And Vic just started in 2020. So bottom line I'm not buying "give her time". If Tennessee was still a destination school, or Harper was a better recruiter, she'd have done something similar to ANY of the above mentioned coaches. UNC has some decent history, but nothing like the legacy of Tennessee, and Banghart is rebuilding that program from scratch. At least Harper has Davis, Burrell, and Horston at Tennesse - certainly a great core to play with the past 2 seasons and build off for recruiting. At least Holly landed top recruits. LOTS of them. [/QUOTE]