[TheFarm07]

Back to basketball, we aren't on Chou's final 5

Of course we aren't.  Though no longer surprising, still disappointing.

I given up on the Class of 2016 for top prospects (it's become an unfortunate recurrence).  What about Class of 2017, any shot at getting a difference maker there?  At this rate, we'll have to wait another 20 years to challenge UConn, N.D., South Carolina for a national title. 

Thanks for all of the discussions about the uncertainty behind GPA calculations, but my underlying point is that in my opinion (however uninformed and naive that it may be), that we shouldn't go through more than half a decade between All-American potential recruits with what we can offer.  It's hard to digest for the last 7 years, the top 5-10 girls' basketball players in the country don't have the qualifications and desire to attend Stanford given that we have made the last weekend of the college season 6 out of the last 8 seasons.  Even if we admitted only 3 of the last 70, that's still a smaller admit rate (4.3%) than our overall student body admit rate (5%).

Given the perfect combination of an unparalleled education and degree and a top tier program with a legendary coach (yes, only UConn, N.D. etc. should expect top 5 recruits every year, but shouldn't we be in the category as well-from a pure basketball standpoint with our credentials?), conventional wisdom would have more girls aiming to play for us from a young age and putting in the hard work necessary to become admitted once they start picking colleges and thus increase our potential to get a top-tier recruit. 

It's a testament to Tara's coaching abilities that she's had the continued success that's she had despite not having the recruits other schools have.

[TheFarm07]

Back to basketball, we aren't on Chou's final 5

Of course we aren't.  Though no longer surprising, still disappointing.

I given up on the Class of 2016 for top prospects (it's become an unfortunate recurrence).  What about Class of 2017, any shot at getting a difference maker there?  At this rate, we'll have to wait another 20 years to challenge UConn, N.D., South Carolina for a national title. 

Thanks for all of the discussions about the uncertainty behind GPA calculations, but my underlying point is that in my opinion (however uninformed and naive that it may be), that we shouldn't go through more than half a decade between All-American potential recruits with what we can offer.  It's hard to digest for the last 7 years, the top 5-10 girls' basketball players in the country don't have the qualifications and desire to attend Stanford given that we have made the last weekend of the college season 6 out of the last 8 seasons.  Even if we admitted only 3 of the last 70, that's still a smaller admit rate (4.3%) than our overall student body admit rate (5%).

Given the perfect combination of an unparalleled education and degree and a top tier program with a legendary coach (yes, only UConn, N.D. etc. should expect top 5 recruits every year, but shouldn't we be in the category as well-from a pure basketball standpoint with our credentials?), conventional wisdom would have more girls aiming to play for us from a young age and putting in the hard work necessary to become admitted once they start picking colleges and thus increase our potential to get a top-tier recruit. 

It's a testament to Tara's coaching abilities that she's had the continued success that's she had despite not having the recruits other schools have.