according to whom? ESPN? - Prospectsnation had Jackie Young as #2, Arike at #5, Sam Brunelle as #5, Anaya Peoples at #8, Mabry #6
***WBB: 2020 Recruiting Thread***
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according to whom? ESPN? - Prospectsnation had Jackie Young as #2, Arike at #5, Sam Brunelle as #5, Anaya Peoples at #8, Mabry #6
Ah, misread it earlier, was for this year. Should have thrown a breaker in my brain but it didn't.
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Caitlyn's decision is going to have nothing to do with Coach Meyer's coaching days in Nevada. Coach Meyer would never, ever leverage her relationship with Caitlyn to push her toward any University or coaching staff.
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You make it sound like she is waiting for an offer. She has an offer from Notre Dame and is still weighing if she wants to play that far from home. The reason Iowa is being more heavily considered than Iowa State is she wants it to be easier for her family to attend all of her games and not just her home games.
She is trying to decide if playing for a championship is more important than her family being able to attend more of her away games.
Take it for what it's worth, but I've heard thru the grapevine Bluder is offering Caitlin Clark "free rein" should she select EIU, possibly in slight panic over a sparse recruiting group for 2020 (though she still has plenty of time to remedy that). ISU already has four top-100 verbals in the class, including a highly touted PG who would provide direct competition for immediate playing time. ND obviously has a deep and competitive squad. It's not hard to understand why CC would be seriously considering Iowa...
Disclaimer: I have no inside information, other than living in Iowa City and having friends who are season ticket holders for women's basketball. Yes, a friend of a friend of a friend knows Lisa Bluder...
This could be the case. But, I think she is 90% sure where she is going and has no reason to announce until go time. With Paige Bueckers going to UCONN, and even if not, there would still be room for her on ND's roster. Only other Top 20 possible guard recruit ND has connections with is 5'7" Deja Kelly.
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I take your source for what it's worth and agree. Even more sadly she actually put us in her final three as a "feel good." Honestly, I think we got as good of players coming in. Lexi for one.
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If she does not go to ND I will be surprised. I think that was her first choice from the beginning and unless UCONN called she was going there.
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She must be feeling a pull to Iowa otherwise she would have committed to ND by now. Only my own speculation tells me her brain is telling her ND but her heart is telling her Iowa. She comes from a family centric home and playing as many games in front of them is very important. ISU has too much talent coming in for her to have the keys, which makes Iowa a much better fit for her.
I agree with this - as was mentioned early the Iowa selling pitch has been it will be her team and they will revolve everything around her for four years, at ISU she MAY have to fight just to be in the starting lineup! ND would be an even tougher sell from the competition for playing time stand point.
She will start for any of the three teams.
Opting for Iowa over Notre Dame? I am going to wait this out, absorb her final selection, and comment then.
If this is the reason she would chose Iowa over ISU then I would not want her as I want players who are willing to fight for a spot in the starting line up. I have never thought she is the kind of player who would walk away from competition.
Honestly if her heart is set on Notre Dame, she should go there. Making it easy for parents to attend games IMO is a crappy deciding reason to choose a university.
They could always move to South Bend.
Their son is on the Iowa State football team.
I think the ISU connection is stronger than people think. If the Clark's are letting on as pollard4life suggests, then it is a shame because Bill is still holding a scholarship for her that can be freed up for a 2021.Their son is on the Iowa State football team.
That would make for a rare (for us) full house of 15 scholarships assuming no one transfers.
mred's most awesome chart:
https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/threads/wbb-recruiting.220927/page-16#post-6639986
Will be interesting divvying up playing time this season. We may have 11 or 12 players that look to be good enough to play Big 12 hoops and be worthy of PT but we can't play that many. Already four freshman, counting the redshirts, looking for PT with three starters returning.
BTW, not meaning to feed the playing time is an issue with Clark next year even with 4 or 5 new players coming in. She'll probably start anywhere she goes. Five star PG's don't sit or need to develop like a five star post going to a blue blood program.
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