[81alum]

The number given by the broadcasters was "6" and is entirely believable for this reason:  most recruits who "turn us down"
 do so before applying, or if they apply and then accept an offer elsewhere their application probably gets pulled before being acted on.  It would be a very rare recruit who was so genuinely undecided that they would stick it out all the way through the application process, get accepted to Stanford, and only then jump ship.

I don’t know what to say, I just gave you quite a bit more than six names and those are just from the last few years. It was a bullshit lie of a talking point.

It was a deceptive talking point, I agree, since very few people understand how admissions for athletes works.  There may have been many who have turned us down in the conventional sense.  And yet the number 6 could well be correct in a technical sense.  It might well be Shaw himself who "pulls" the application the minute he knows the recruit is going somewhere else, so the recruit is technically not admitted and technically does not "count."

We know of 3 WBB players who were admitted and decided to go elsewhere over the last decade or so.  But I also remember hearing/reading that a coach had "pulled" an application at one point, meaning that coaches have discretion over whether Admissions reviews an athletic recruit's application for early/preferred status.  (Presumably they can always apply normally like anyone else in which case a coach would not have such discretion.)  Since a coach can therefore "pull" an application at any point, I presume they always do so the minute they know a recruit is no longer interested.  This creates the fictional narrative referenced by the announcers.

[81alum]

The number given by the broadcasters was "6" and is entirely believable for this reason:  most recruits who "turn us down"
 do so before applying, or if they apply and then accept an offer elsewhere their application probably gets pulled before being acted on.  It would be a very rare recruit who was so genuinely undecided that they would stick it out all the way through the application process, get accepted to Stanford, and only then jump ship.

I don’t know what to say, I just gave you quite a bit more than six names and those are just from the last few years. It was a bullshit lie of a talking point.

It was a deceptive talking point, I agree, since very few people understand how admissions for athletes works.  There may have been many who have turned us down in the conventional sense.  And yet the number 6 could well be correct in a technical sense.  It might well be Shaw himself who "pulls" the application the minute he knows the recruit is going somewhere else, so the recruit is technically not admitted and technically does not "count."

We know of 3 WBB players who were admitted and decided to go elsewhere over the last decade or so.  But I also remember hearing/reading that a coach had "pulled" an application at one point, meaning that coaches have discretion over whether Admissions reviews an athletic recruit's application for early/preferred status.  (Presumably they can always apply normally like anyone else in which case a coach would not have such discretion.)  Since a coach can therefore "pull" an application at any point, I presume they always do so the minute they know a recruit is no longer interested.  This creates the fictional narrative referenced by the announcers.