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Message: [QUOTE="CocoHusky, post: 2773676, member: 5823"] Celeste's disparity among Prospectsnation, ESPN, and Blue star is not significantly different from say Anaya Peoples or Charisma Osborne. There is no question that Blue Star ratings have a tendency to favor the Belles players specifically and some might argue North East players in general. There should also be no question that the Belles via Kevin and many others do a great job of preparing Belles players for the USA basketball trials. The Belles practices and workout utilize the exact same drills in the same sequence that are utilized at USA basketball=my personal own up. While Belles players might have an advantage in preparation the results would indicated that Celeste earned her spot. Celeste Taylor, Kylee Watson, Maddie Burke, Allison Campbell, & Amari DeBerry were all Belles invited players to the U17 trials and only Celeste made the team. BTW Kevin is not involved in the evaluations or USA player selections when Belles players are involved. If Catch is involved (and she is) in the selection, it will be done correctly. Mark Lewis is involved in the Blue Star rankings Mark is just as credible as Catch. Regarding Beal, she was ahead of the curve #2 in the class two years ago and since then quite a few players (Bell, Jones, Cooke, Oliver. Horston …) have caught up and surpassed her. Beal is still a terrific player. BTW same thing is happening to Kylee Watson in the 2020 class. Kenny is indeed reshaping VT. As I have said before Kenny is one of my favorite coaches and has actually sat in my house. Both Kenny and Mike Carey will make the best of the players they have recruited. My point though is a more direct one: Texas “routinely” pulls in top 10 players like Celeste. VT and WVU do not. [/QUOTE]

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