About an hour from #1 overall Juju WATKINS commitment announcement.
Which assembly of top ranked players will she spearhead next season?
South Carolina:
#2 (2021) - Raven JOHNSON 5'8 PG
#4 (2021) - Sanya FEAGIN 6'3 PF
#5 (2020) - Kamilla CARDOSO 6'7 C (2021 transfer from Syracuse)
#12 (2022) - Ashlyn WATKINS 6'3 C
#13 (2023) - Milaysia FULWILEY 5'6 PG
#14 (2021) - Aubryanna HALL 6'0 SF
#17 (2023) - Chloe KITTS 6'2 PF
#18 (2022) - Talaysia COOPER 6'0 SG/PG
#25 (2023) - Tessa JOHNSON 5'10 SG
#40 (2023) - Sahnya JAH 6'1 SF
Stanford:
#1 (2022) - Lauren BETTS 6'7 C
#3 (2020) - Cameron BRINK 6'4 PF
#10 (2023) - Courtney OGDEN 6'1 SF
#11 (2021) - Brooke DEMETRE 6'3 SF
#19 (2021) - Okikiola IRAFEN 6'3 PF
#20 (2022) - Indya NIVAR 5'10 SG/PG
#37 (2023) - Sunaja AGARA 6'2 PF
#39 (2023) - Chloe CLARDY 5'9 SG
#71 (2022) - Talana LEPOLO 5'7 PG
#78 (2021) - Jzaniya HARRIEL 5'10 PG
USC:
#8 (2022) - Aaliyah GAYLES 5'9 SG
#11 (2018) - Kadi SISSOKO 6'2 SF/PF (2022 transfer from Minnesota/Syracuse)
#21 (2021) - Clarice OKUNWAFO 6'6 C
#27 (2021) - Rhaya MARSHALL 6'4 PF
#29 (2021) - Taylor BIGBY 6'1 SG (2022 transfer from Oregon)
#49 (2023) - Malia SAMUELS 5'6 PG
#63 (2019) - Koi LOVE 6'0 SF/PF (2022 transfer from Arizona/Vanderbilt)
#72 (2019) - Kayla WILLIAMS 5'7 PG (2022 transfer from UC Irvine)
Analysis:
Even without WATKINS, both South Carolina and Stanford will be pre-season
Top 5 teams next season. However, if one of them gets WATKINS,
that team will easily be the pre-season Top favorite (along with UConn).
On the other hand, USC without WATKINS won't even be a Top 25 team
next season. However, with WATKINS, they probably become
a Top 15 team next season - definitely a boost of immense proportion
to a long stagnant program.
Which assembly of top ranked players will she spearhead next season?
South Carolina:
#2 (2021) - Raven JOHNSON 5'8 PG
#4 (2021) - Sanya FEAGIN 6'3 PF
#5 (2020) - Kamilla CARDOSO 6'7 C (2021 transfer from Syracuse)
#12 (2022) - Ashlyn WATKINS 6'3 C
#13 (2023) - Milaysia FULWILEY 5'6 PG
#14 (2021) - Aubryanna HALL 6'0 SF
#17 (2023) - Chloe KITTS 6'2 PF
#18 (2022) - Talaysia COOPER 6'0 SG/PG
#25 (2023) - Tessa JOHNSON 5'10 SG
#40 (2023) - Sahnya JAH 6'1 SF
Stanford:
#1 (2022) - Lauren BETTS 6'7 C
#3 (2020) - Cameron BRINK 6'4 PF
#10 (2023) - Courtney OGDEN 6'1 SF
#11 (2021) - Brooke DEMETRE 6'3 SF
#19 (2021) - Okikiola IRAFEN 6'3 PF
#20 (2022) - Indya NIVAR 5'10 SG/PG
#37 (2023) - Sunaja AGARA 6'2 PF
#39 (2023) - Chloe CLARDY 5'9 SG
#71 (2022) - Talana LEPOLO 5'7 PG
#78 (2021) - Jzaniya HARRIEL 5'10 PG
USC:
#8 (2022) - Aaliyah GAYLES 5'9 SG
#11 (2018) - Kadi SISSOKO 6'2 SF/PF (2022 transfer from Minnesota/Syracuse)
#21 (2021) - Clarice OKUNWAFO 6'6 C
#27 (2021) - Rhaya MARSHALL 6'4 PF
#29 (2021) - Taylor BIGBY 6'1 SG (2022 transfer from Oregon)
#49 (2023) - Malia SAMUELS 5'6 PG
#63 (2019) - Koi LOVE 6'0 SF/PF (2022 transfer from Arizona/Vanderbilt)
#72 (2019) - Kayla WILLIAMS 5'7 PG (2022 transfer from UC Irvine)
Analysis:
Even without WATKINS, both South Carolina and Stanford will be pre-season
Top 5 teams next season. However, if one of them gets WATKINS,
that team will easily be the pre-season Top favorite (along with UConn).
On the other hand, USC without WATKINS won't even be a Top 25 team
next season. However, with WATKINS, they probably become
a Top 15 team next season - definitely a boost of immense proportion
to a long stagnant program.