UH, OH... SI's prediction of where the unsigned top recruits will sign has no UCONN... including Cardosa

[JonathanXIV]

Thanks for allowing me to paraphrase my favorite movie line from Casablanca. “I’m shocked, shocked to find there’s speculation going on in the Boneyard.”

Yes, it is speculation. But I also believe it’s speculation based on information:

- Clearly, UConn’s coaching staff spent time recruiting Cardosa, visiting her and watching her play.
- Also as clear, UConn needs Bigs and would go hard after Cardosa based on her skill set
- UConn was a school that Cardosa was interested in up until recently.
- Per ESPN, Cardosa has not yet qualified for a scholarship.
- Per Cardosa’s HS Coach, she’s not planning to visit UConn.
- Just about the same time UConn and Cardosa lost interest in each other Piath Gabriel showed up on campus without ever once being mentioned as a UConn recruit, and one day after her visit she committed to the Huskies.

We are most definitely speculating on much of this. But this is the Boneyard. It’s what we do around here.

Where in your listing of information does it say that UConn lost interest in Cardosa, as opposed to Cardosa not planning to visit UConn?

 

[JonathanXIV]

Um. Geno is probably the most straightforward coach ever so if you listen to him speak, he tells you what is important. Through the years I have heard the coaches stress how important academics are, the intelligence of their players, graduation rates, and how successful adults they become so if a recruit has academic challenges then that is a red flag. It's amazing what a boneyarder can learn by just listening.

As opposed to reading.

 

[oldude]

Where in your listing of information does it say that UConn lost interest in Cardosa, as opposed to Cardosa not planning to visit UConn?

As I made perfectly clear, that’s my speculation based on the information available. It’s difficult for me to believe that Cardosa would cross UConn off her list when she’s yet to receive a scholarship offer that she can actually accept from a single college.

 

[JonathanXIV]

As I made perfectly clear, that’s my speculation based on the information available. It’s difficult for me to believe that Cardosa would cross UConn off her list when she’s yet to receive a scholarship offer that she can actually accept from a single college.

Sorry, I was working on your list of bullet points where you list UConn's lose of interest as information, not speculation.

 

[Dillon77]

Some people over at the Iowa boards seem to think ND withdrew their offer to Clark. I think it's all BS they don't have a source. I agree ND isn't far from Iowa, I hope that distance isn't the deciding factor.

I read two of those boards and the posts look remarkably similar -- short and with no attribution whatsoever. And the follow-up questions are not answered.

There is some trepidation on McGraw's Bench, as I posted above, because ND has a verbal commitment from Alasa Hayes, who is a combo guard. And Deja Kelly did visit this weekend, but Kelly -- given her penchant for noting each of her planned five OV's -- looks like she'll take her visits to Texas A&M and Duke before coming to a decision.

Once again, I'd say the proof is in the OV -- will Ms. Clark take her previously scheduled trip to ND this Friday? If not, feel free to start bets on Iowa vs. Iowa St. If she does come, stay tuned....

 

[Sluconn Husky]

- Just about the same time UConn and Cardosa lost interest in each other Piath Gabriel showed up on campus without ever once being mentioned as a UConn recruit, and one day after her visit she committed to the Huskies.

UConn had known interest in Gabriel starting in July.

 

[UConnCat]

UConn had known interest in Gabriel starting in July.

“They reached out before the summer and Coach Auriemma and his assistants came out and evaluated her,” Gabriel’s high school and AAU coach Scott Hazelton said.

 

[Sluconn Husky]

“They reached out before the summer and Coach Auriemma and his assistants came out and evaluated her,” Gabriel’s high school and AAU coach Scott Hazelton said.

Okay, so sooner. Interest obviously skyrocketed during the AAU period this summer.

 

[soxfan23]

Okay, so sooner. Interest obviously skyrocketed during the AAU period this summer.

Gabriel absolutely blew up during the AAU season, reportedly she was always a great athlete but recently decided to really put the work in and dedicate herself to basketball. She has the potential to be as good as ANY Big in the 2020 class!

 

[uconnfan68]

Hard to believe that some of these kids are picking schools based on the number of pros they have generated, and they aren’t considering UConn.

 

[CocoHusky]

Gabriel absolutely blew up during the AAU season, reportedly she was always a great athlete but recently decided to really put the work in and dedicate herself to basketball. She has the potential to be as good as ANY Big in the 2020 class!

You keep saying this. What team did she play for? Nike (EYBL) or Adidas? Are there any stats or video available?
Who was her competition?

 

[DaBball]

You keep saying this. What team did she play for? Nike (EYBL) or Adidas? Are there any stats or video available?
Who was her competition?

Adidas I believe. Adidas is not a very good league - they got much worse after Under Armour came to existence this season and swallowed up a few of their teams.

They have Timea Gardiner and Talia von Oelhoffen, but not sure who else.