Other Recruiting NEW, Jan 6 Women's Basketball Recruiting

[BosCard]

Thanks for the info, Hulk. How does that square with three of our four current offers out going to post players? (Nnaji, Gardiner, and Betts.) Do we have five offers out and one is just not known? I had thought Tara never extended more offers than she has open slots?

I think we offered Jackson.  Otherwise, I'm not clear why she would have listed us among her finalists.
Similarly, I feel confident that Tara does not want both Gardiner and Nnaji,
because they appear to be mirror images (big forwards), and those two plus 6-7 Betts creates an imbalance in the roster.

With Kiana and Anna leaving, Tara must want another true point guard to supplement Van Gytenbeek--e.g, Rice, who probably can defend three positions.
And I assume Tara wants a three point shooter in this class--with Kiana and Anna leaving and Lexie with only one year left.
That shooter has to be Londyn Jones.

I also think Tara covets both Rice and Jones for leadership reasons,
and likes that they've both spent practiced and played for weeks with Gardiner and Betts.
And I assume Gardiner knows Van Gytenbeek, Prechtel and Belibi very well,
from years in Colorado AAU and high school ball.
Adds to the chances of assembling a very cohesive team, fast.

Or so this all seems to me.

I agree with Hulk01 that our recruiting priorities are likely 2 bigs, 1 PG and 1 shooter.  We have lots of wings or players who can play wing in our '20 and '21 classes with Emma-Nnopu, Bosgana and Demetre.  Seems like we have a great pool of 3 potential bigs and hopefully Rice for the PG role.  I'm less sure if we have a strong connection to Jones.  I hope so because it doesn't seem like there are that many other shooters in this class that we are connected to.

Not sure how connected we are to Londyn Jones, but
1.  she lists us with other "elite" schools as one of her finalists;
2.  she's the only excellent three point shooter on our extended list;
3.  she can defend and play the point, and penetrate--she's versatile, albeit 5'5";
4.  she seems like a great teammate.

5. she has a 4.0 GPA per her USA basketball profile

[TheRicker]

Bump to request update to reflect Betts commit.

[BostonCard]

Awesome!

BC

[BosCard]

Awesome!

BC

Interesting to see Kiki Rice's mom and Timea Gardiner's mom congratulating Betts on twitter.  Seems like the families are close and perhaps they all want to spend four years playing basketball together.

[Hulk01]

I think Rice could play in the Pac 12 right now.
She has a terrific sense of the game and is a glove on defense who, with her quickness and length, can defend three positions.
Think of a shorter Haley Jones but quicker on defense.
Haven't seen evidence of a three, another similarity.

Yes, it does look more and more like Gardiner is coming.

[jonnyss]

omg! i just noticed that bob has ebele mbagwu on his list of '23 recruits for us. i'm so excited!

https://www.kivodaily.com/sport/14-year-...ball-team/

i posted this video about her last year. i hope i may post it again.



and here's a more recent video from her freshman year. she reminds me of olivia miles.



gpa of 3.8 in gate classes. only problem is that she's 5'4"; at age 15, she may stop at her current height.