I can. You're a basketball player. Play against the best.Can't argue with an Ivy League education
I can. You're a basketball player. Play against the best.Can't argue with an Ivy League education
I love basketball. But her time playing is limited to about four years. An Ivy League education can convey advantages for a lifetime ... and she still can play the game.I can. You're a basketball player. Play against the best.
I just get tired of CU fans justifying it every time a recruit commits to a military academy of Ivy League school. Honestly, if the player's focus is that direction then I'm glad the player did not commit here.I love basketball. But her time playing is limited to about four years. An Ivy League education can convey advantages for a lifetime ... and she still can play the game.
I agree with you. They should go where they want to be. And CU is better off with players that want to be there. My comments were not intended as a 'justification". There is nothing to justify ... someone just made a choice that they felt was best for them.I just get tired of CU fans justifying it every time a recruit commits to a military academy of Ivy League school. Honestly, if the player's focus is that direction then I'm glad the player did not commit here.
I just get tired of CU fans justifying it every time a recruit commits to a military academy of Ivy League school. Honestly, if the player's focus is that direction then I'm glad the player did not commit here.
If this decision was already made, as it sounds from CUoldtimer's posts, I wonder why they bothered to post a top 4. Why not just post the top 2 as Yale and Princeton??
No go on Nwoke. She's committed to DukeWith Swartz and Tuitele on board for this class my guess is the last target is Nwoke. She visited at the same time as Tuitele and my hunch is both were/are the primary targets. Thus my theory is that should the Buffs land Nwoke she will complete this recruiting class, at least for the fall signing period.
JR & Co may look at a transfer (juco or 4 year) in the spring or perhaps another foreign player.
No go on Nwoke. She's committed to Duke
Um . . . Best guess is that there are no more options for post players at this time - so perhaps the Buffs will find a foreign player or a transfer with immediate eligibility in the spring. And they should already be looking at post players in the class of '19 with Bunn and Curtis being seniors next season.Looks like Buffs have gone 0-for post players in the 2018 class unless there are some that we have not heard anything about so far.
I just get tired of CU fans justifying it every time a recruit commits to a military academy of Ivy League school. Honestly, if the player's focus is that direction then I'm glad the player did not commit here.
Really? How about putting some names on all that "Litter".As you know, the CU WBB program's history is littered with good local CO HS players who chose to go out of state. Seems like it's more the rule than the exception.
Really? How about putting some names on all that "Litter".
That would be a good idea. Has it happened in recent years?
Really? How about putting some names on all that "Litter".
Some names of Colorado high school seniors who went out of state: From Prospects Nation top 150 high school seniorsThat would be a good idea. Has it happened in recent years?
Some names of Colorado high school seniors who went out of state: From Prospects Nation top 150 high school seniors
class of 2014:
Mikayla Reese #82 overall, #10 guard
Justine Hall #116 overall #18 guard
class of 2015: none in top 150
class of 2016:
Kylee Shook #46 overall, #7 post
class of 2017:
Michaela Onyenwere #18 overall #3 forward
class of 2018
Camilla Emsbo #44 overall #16 forward
Over that same period of time, number of Colorado high school seniors ranked in ProspectNations top 150 who stayed in state and went to CU: Zero
And going back further the two really big names that I recall that stood out are Ann Strother and Abby Waner who not only didn't come to CU but took her sister Emily, who had come to CU as a freshman, with her.
I just get tired of CU fans justifying it every time a recruit commits to a military academy of Ivy League school. Honestly, if the player's focus is that direction then I'm glad the player did not commit here.
I can kind of understand it in the case of WBB and the Ivy League. There's not much money in the WNBA jobs and the odds of playing there anyway are astronomically slight. I do WISH that the high level local talent would sign with CU, but I get why an Ivy League offer is very tempting.
Let's make it easier and more pertinent. How about just during the Lappe/JR era, or since 2010 and just the players who either started or made significant contributions to another BCS school, because the quality of the players who play for CSU, Wyoming, SMU are NOT going to be an improvement over what we have seen here. Yes, there are some exceptions but for the most part a girl who is not a star for a mid-major would not have been worth recruiting here or in any other PAC12/SEC, ACC, etc school.
Of the ones mentioned above, Justine Hall and Kylie Shook would count. So would the girl from Florida who graduated two years ago, Carlie Needles. If I don't count Shae Kelly it is because I have heard too much speculation about that whole affair and the only thing I know for sure is that the former coaches who spirited her off to some obscure JC in Florida both parlayed that chip into a job there and, in the case of Tom McConnell, into a job at Old Dominion. And even she, who had serious BCS talent, wasted 3 years in a losing and obscure program at OD before she hitched on to Minnesota and Amanda Zau to finally play up to her potential.
The fact is, up until this resurgent AAU program, Colorado has had a long dry spell of mediocre talent from the early 2000s until now. Yes, I know about the Waner girls and Strother but let's face it, you are talking about losing girls to UConn and Duke and we just ain't ever going to win those wars.
I passed over the most recent two girls simply because it is too early to judge JR and CO. for missing anyone here. They made me happy with some of the moves they made, including Peyton, who I think will really do well here and may certainly aid in local recruiting.
I hope no one will take offense because it clearly is not intended. It is just that this same subject keeps coming up and the evidence is strong that the talent was just not there. However, saying that, I have always felt that there is a strong undercurrent of dissent among some in state folks concerning the WBB program here at CU and I don't really understand it. I may be wrong, since I don't live here but maybe someone else would like to discuss that sometime.
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