Six in-state recruits (think a couple of walk-ons?) , a good recruiting class for the Gophers. Mara Braun ESPN #28, Amaya Battle ESPN #39, Mallory Heyer ESPN #55.
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Six in-state recruits (think a couple of walk-ons?) , a good recruiting class for the Gophers. Mara Braun ESPN #28, Amaya Battle ESPN #39, Mallory Heyer ESPN #55.
I vaguely remembered looking into Minnesota's ability (or lack thereof) to keep in-state players at home in recent years. A message board search confirmed it -- see the below link. 2022 is definitely the year they broke that trend.
(Tessa is missing from the post. I don't think I excluded her because she was uncommitted at the time -- I think it was because her high school doesn't have "(MN)" listed after it on the ESPN page so I overlooked her.)
Audi Crooks commits to Iowa State
What were the main differences between Paris and Lee? I thought Lee was a good comp. Lee is taller, Paris heavier.
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With a history of MN having trouble getting and keeping local recruits, that is a good class.
I haven't seen anything online for Kelsey Joens or Jalynn Bristow yet. Neither is super active on twitter.
Just saw that ESPN has this class of five currently ranked #11 in the country.
I really thought this might change after Aubrey left for lack of playing time. Obviously CBF knows what he's about, but I'm dubious on this one.
Aubrey was in a tough spot at ISU, she was always going to play behind Lexi and compete with MEM for minutes too. Throw in Denae being back and I'm sure she felt like her minutes were going to be less.
It's my understanding that this was 100% the issue. We have Lexi, Denae, Ny, Maggie, Ashley all in that 2-4 position and all ahead of Aubrey on the depth chart. Three of those five are in Aubrey's recruiting class or younger, and only one (Ashley) is definitely gone after this season.
When Aubrey announced she was entering the portal, the first person she thanked was CBF. I don't think there's any animosity on either side, although I'm sure CBF would have preferred somewhere outside the Big 12.
They had Iowa State ranked 10 earlier today and Texas ranked 8.. Now they've dropped to 11 and 10 respectively.
I spoke to her mother for an hour this summer.
She said ISU wanted her to “just be a shooter,”
Run to the corner and shoot threes.
She said she wanted to me more of a player than that.
I did not sense any hard feelings.
This is what her mother said.
I think playing time, as well as her role , we’re factors.
I don't blame her for wanting more playing time but I thought there were better places where she could have gone, i don't see her getting that much playing time at OU
There were times she looked kind of like she wanted to play more like Ashley, and she definitely had some of those skills. The problem is Ashley is 6'1" and Aubrey is 5'8".
Women's Basketball Welcomes Top-10 2023 Signing Class - Iowa State University Athletics
AMES, Iowa – For Iowa State women's basketball, making history is happening even beyond the court. Head coach Bill Fennelly and his staff announced on Wednesday
