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Offers do get rescinded. Coaches make many more offers for each class than they know they will have spaces for, because they know that players have multiple offers as well. If a coach needs three guards, they may offer 11 or 12 girls for that position. But they prioritize who they want as well...

I haven’t seen her play incollege, but in high school she was all attitude. Sat next to her parents when we were playing against them, and they thought she was going to be a top 20 for that year. She never lived up to their expectations.

There could be various reasons, maybe something changed in her personal life. However, although she may be a good player in that league, this was a .500 team in the WAC. Even North Dakota was considered good in that conference before they left a few years ago.

I also remember that when Bailey Helgren was in ninth grade, she was playing up 2 years on the 11th grade MetroStars team…..

Caution, there are a lot of kids who look really good in fifth, sixth, and seventh grade. And then they stagnate by ninth or 10th grade. I have seen it over and over. When I was coaching many years ago, I went to a clinic and the head coach there told us that most kids who are stars on younger...

It looks like he has a smart philosophy, building on players’ talents. I have watched the Ohio team several times in the past couple years.

There are still a few gems on the board. One that I just saw was Destiny Thomas, from UCF. 6’2 Senior with some pretty decent rebounding and blocking stats, with 5 pts/game scoring.

I apologize, I realize you’re speaking of your daughter. I have watched Olivia several times. She has size, speed, and shooting and rebounding skills. She is a good player, and did well against the teams in the Summit not named South Dakota. Playing alongside Leet, Olivia was clearly the better...

I think they were trying to respond at me. Believe me, I totally respect mid-major players, I know there are some very good ones. I had good comments on several players above, and think there are quite a few out there that would be great additions to the Gophers. Yes, Olivia Lane has committed...

Actually, if you look at the part I quoted before my comment, this person was being very snippy about being corrected. So I just pointed out that there are other places they could comment on those other teams. Anyway, I do enjoy following all of the conversations, but like a lot of folks, we’d...

There are a lot of threads on this site. People click on one because they want information on that topic. People looking at a thread having to do with a Minnesota Transfer Portal prospects do not want to be reading about Iowa transfer portal prospects. That would probably go under the thread...

I just saw something about this yesterday. Coaches can call and ask questions of the former coach of a player in the portal. However, it can get dicey. If a player doesn’t get an offer, they may think that it is because of something the coach said, rather than if the school just decided they...

He is a complete tool in every game, against every team. But even moreso if the opposing coach is female.

It could work for the golfers if they’re careful with their choices. Like Grothaus or Hakes. But if they go back to picking players like Bailey Helgren, who was never even good in high school or her first college, then I’d say it works against us. Like Lane or Pratt.

Grothaus would be a good puckup. I watched a lot of her this year and she’s very consistent. Pratt would not - She looked OK on a low level mid-major team. But not good. Rachel Hakes was on my fantasy team this year, and I cut her midway through the year because she could not produce stats...

I’m not saying that Whalen has proven to be a good coach. But you need to separate the transfer issue from the coaching issue. Look at the transfer portal list - there are a couple dozen schools that have between five and eight girls transferring this year. Quite a few are power fives, and...

Beware - Jacks fans in Frost can be nasty. There are a lot of great people there, but there are some very nasty fans that give a bad name to their fanbase. They yell insults at the girls that have nothing to do with basketball. In addition, most of their players are classy, hard workers, but...

I think Coach Whalen needs to focus on getting some quality posts. She had the Bello sisters, but only one of them was really a D1 player. The other one was a hook. Bringing in transfers just because they played high school locally is not the answer. She obviously didn’t do her homework on LBK...

They’ve done a couple tournaments over the past few years, plus East Coast conferences seem to use them a little more than others. The stream is choppy and unreliable, and definitely not worth the $30!

SDSU’s posts are from South Dakota, but USD’s top 2 posts are both from the Twin Cities. One is even on the Naismith Watch List. There are quite a few very good Minnesota players not playing for the Gophers. Whalen is doing a better job of getting the local girls, and we are already seeing the...