[2006alum]

I liked the article by Dan Olson ranking the top 10 prospects in high school regardless of class.  I imagine he limited it to just US players because I have to believe that Laeticia Amihere would be a must have on that list.  There is a Vice magazine article that calls her the future of women's basketball.  If we add Amihere then its 5 potential recruits out of the top 11.  This is highly abnormal for us.  We usually only have a shot at 1 super top tier recruit across multiple class years.  If one or more chooses Stanford, it could be our chance to return to the national championship chase.  And yes we did great last year but I am talking about the Ogwumike years where a final four was an expectation and anything less than a national championship was a disappointment.

Isn't part of this the fact that a lot of them are underclassmen? I think during their sophomore years we would have been among the top schools for KLS, Diggins, Ionescu, etc. I guess I just think given our admissions hurdles, whether or not freshmen and sophomores SAY they want to come here doesn't necessarily mean it'll work out that way several years down the road. I am excited about Amihere because she's a junior, so there's probably more reason to think it's plausible.

But, all that caution aside, it'd be AWESOME if we could even get 2 or 3 of these 11. Could totally change our trajectory. I don't want to jinx it, but I have a weird good feeling about Fudd. It just seems like it's in the stars.

[2006alum]

I liked the article by Dan Olson ranking the top 10 prospects in high school regardless of class.  I imagine he limited it to just US players because I have to believe that Laeticia Amihere would be a must have on that list.  There is a Vice magazine article that calls her the future of women's basketball.  If we add Amihere then its 5 potential recruits out of the top 11.  This is highly abnormal for us.  We usually only have a shot at 1 super top tier recruit across multiple class years.  If one or more chooses Stanford, it could be our chance to return to the national championship chase.  And yes we did great last year but I am talking about the Ogwumike years where a final four was an expectation and anything less than a national championship was a disappointment.

Isn't part of this the fact that a lot of them are underclassmen? I think during their sophomore years we would have been among the top schools for KLS, Diggins, Ionescu, etc. I guess I just think given our admissions hurdles, whether or not freshmen and sophomores SAY they want to come here doesn't necessarily mean it'll work out that way several years down the road. I am excited about Amihere because she's a junior, so there's probably more reason to think it's plausible.

But, all that caution aside, it'd be AWESOME if we could even get 2 or 3 of these 11. Could totally change our trajectory. I don't want to jinx it, but I have a weird good feeling about Fudd. It just seems like it's in the stars.