2023 Recruiting

[Ignatius L Hoops]

Jasmine Brown is showered with more offers:

 

[Ignatius L Hoops]

Michigan State Women’s Basketball: 2023 four-star forward Jordan Wood commits to Spartans

The Michigan State Spartans women’s basketball team got exciting news on Monday evening, as 2023 four-star forward Jordan Wood gave her verbal commitment to MSU via Twitter. 100% committed ! @...

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Jordan Wood Commits to Michigan State:

The 6-foot-2 forward hails from Waukegan, Illinois and plays for Carmel Catholic High School in Mundelein, Illinois, located to the north of Chicago. Back in her freshman season, Wood averaged 14.5 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game.

Wood is described as an agile rebounder who can play as a finesse-four and attack in the transition game. She can stretch the defense with her play from the arc and has lots of potential as she continues to grow in her game.
[...]
Wood picked the Michigan State Spartans over plenty of Division I offers, including several fellow Big Ten programs. The Michigan Wolverines, Illinois Fighting Illini, Ohio State Buckeyes, Wisconsin Badgers and Minnesota Golden Gophers. Other schools outside of the conference were also interested, as DePaul, Marquette, UCLA, Florida State, Florida, Arizona and Arizona State all made offers to Wood, among others.

 

[gopher572]

 

[whalenfan]

 

[thatjanelpick]

Am I missing something? What is this? Offer? Commitment? Fondness for rodents?

 

[Frink]

Am I missing something? What is this? Offer? Commitment? Fondness for rodents?

Was wondering the same thing. Checked her actual Twitter and the word offered was cut out from this photo

 

[gopher572]

 

[whalenfan]

 

[bball_craz_31]

I would expect this means a FULL COURT PRESS on trying to get Taylor Woodson and Tessa Johnson in the state as today alone the #3 and #4 players in the class of 2023 committed out of state (Sanders at Colorado and NuNu at Stanford)

 

[Belzx009]

Shoot. I wanted that height,

 

[MNGirlsHoops]

ESPN Updated Top 25 Class of 2023. Here are updated players who made the list with known Gopher Offers.

Kamorea Arnold, 5’6 PG, Germantown (WI) ESPN Ranked #5

Sunaja Agara-Hopkins-6’2 Forward ESPN Ranked #20

Taylor Woodson-Hopkins-5’11 Forward ESPN Ranked #24

Little surprised not to see Tessa Johnson on there.

NuNu Agara off the board to Stanford

 

[Ragnor]

Kamorea Arnold Includes Marquette In Her Top 12

One of the first things Megan Duffy did after starting at Marquette is paying off with a top 10 prospect.

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This says you can take K. Arnold off the list as someone who might join the gophers.

 

[bball_craz_31]

Here is the updated 2023 known offers for the Gophers

2023:

Offered/In-state:

Taylor Woodson-Hopkins-5’11 Forward ESPN Ranked #27 (out of Super 60)

Tessa Johnson-St. Michael/Albertville-5’9 Guard

Out of State Offers:

Amiyah Reynolds, 6’0 G, Washington HS (IN) ESPN Ranked #22 (out of Super 60)

Kymora Johnson, 5’7 G, St. Anne’s-Belfield School (VA) ESPN Ranked 32 (out of Super 60)

Jasmine Brown, 5’9 G, Joliet Catholic HS (IL) ESPN Ranked #44 (out of Super 60)

Lisa Thompson, 5’8 G, Joliet West (IL) ESPN Ranked #45 (out of Super 60)

Sole Williams, 5’9 G, Princeton HS (OH) ESPN Ranked #52 (out of Super 60)

Eve Fiala, 6’4 C, Indiana HS (PA) ESPN Ranked #54 (out of Super 60)

Janae Kent, 6’1 W, Oak Forest HS (IL) ESPN Ranked #57 (out of Super 60)

Laila Hull, 6’1 F, Zionsville (IN) ESPN Ranked #58 (out of Super 60)

Audi Crooks, 6’3 P, Bishop Garrigan HS (IA) ESPN Ranked #59 (out of Super 60)

Jasmine Timmerson, 5’9 PG, North Allegheny (PA)

Sarah Rambus, 6’4 F/C, Flushing HS (MI)

Logan Nissley, 5’10 G, Century HS (ND) *Not 100% confirmed

 

[Belzx009]

I would love to see the 2 Minnesota girls and a big commit from this class.

 

[bball_craz_31]

Here is the updated 2023 known offers for the Gophers

2023:

Offered/In-state:

Taylor Woodson-Hopkins-5’11 Forward ESPN Ranked #27 (out of Super 60)

Tessa Johnson-St. Michael/Albertville-5’9 Guard

Out of State Offers:

Amiyah Reynolds, 6’0 G, Washington HS (IN) ESPN Ranked #22 (out of Super 60)

Kymora Johnson, 5’7 G, St. Anne’s-Belfield School (VA) ESPN Ranked 32 (out of Super 60)

Jasmine Brown, 5’9 G, Joliet Catholic HS (IL) ESPN Ranked #44 (out of Super 60)

Lisa Thompson, 5’8 G, Joliet West (IL) ESPN Ranked #45 (out of Super 60)

Sole Williams, 5’9 G, Princeton HS (OH) ESPN Ranked #52 (out of Super 60)

Eve Fiala, 6’4 C, Indiana HS (PA) ESPN Ranked #54 (out of Super 60)

Janae Kent, 6’1 W, Oak Forest HS (IL) ESPN Ranked #57 (out of Super 60)

Laila Hull, 6’1 F, Zionsville (IN) ESPN Ranked #58 (out of Super 60)

Audi Crooks, 6’3 P, Bishop Garrigan HS (IA) ESPN Ranked #59 (out of Super 60)

Jasmine Timmerson, 5’9 PG, North Allegheny (PA)

Sarah Rambus, 6’4 F/C, Flushing HS (MI)

Logan Nissley, 5’10 G, Century HS (ND) *Not 100% confirmed

Amiyah Reynolds commits to Maryland

 

[whalenfan]

 

[bball_craz_31]

Noticed that a couple of players have released final lists or top lists without the Gophers on it. Here is the to date known offers for Minnesota in 2023. I would once again assume Tessa and Woodson are the main two targets.

Offered/In-state:

Taylor Woodson-Hopkins-5’11 Forward ESPN Ranked #27 (out of Super 60)

Tessa Johnson-St. Michael/Albertville-5’9 Guard

Out of State Offers:

Kymora Johnson, 5’7 G, St. Anne’s-Belfield School (VA) ESPN Ranked 32 (out of Super 60)

Jasmine Brown, 5’9 G, Joliet Catholic HS (IL) ESPN Ranked #44 (out of Super 60)

Eve Fiala, 6’4 C, Indiana HS (PA) ESPN Ranked #54 (out of Super 60)

Janae Kent, 6’1 W, Oak Forest HS (IL) ESPN Ranked #57 (out of Super 60)

Laila Hull, 6’1 F, Zionsville (IN) ESPN Ranked #58 (out of Super 60)

Audi Crooks, 6’3 P, Bishop Garrigan HS (IA) ESPN Ranked #59 (out of Super 60)

Jasmine Timmerson, 5’9 PG, North Allegheny (PA)

Logan Nissley, 5’10 G, Century HS (ND) *Not 100% confirmed

Alyssa Latham, 6’1 F, Homewood-Flossmoor HS (IL)

 

[Ignatius L Hoops]

 

[GopherHole Staff]

Hopkins Junior Taylor Woodson Talks Recruitment - GopherHole.com

Taylor Woodson, a 6-foot junior guard from Hopkins (MN) High is ranked as the second-best junior in Minnesota by Prep Hoops and is the #27 player in the country in the Class of 2023, according to ESPN. Woodson has scored in double figures in seven of eight games this season and is averaging...

gopherhole.com

 

[gopher572]

This was already mentioned in the general recruiting thread, but Audi Crooks was on an unofficial visit.

 

[bball_craz_31]

Taylor Woodson to Michigan. Final two were Michigan and Gophers.

 

[bball_craz_31]

Here is the good and bad (for now) for class of 2023.

In teams of in-state

Bad:
three of four top players in the class have committed out of state.

#2 Instate- Taylor Woodson- Michigan
#3 Instate- NuNu Agara- Stanford
#4 Instate- Kennedy Sanders- Colorado

Good:

The #1 player in the state, Tessa Johnson, is still on the board and heavily considering Gophers. She is close with 2022 commits Mara Braun and Amaya Battle so some feel Gophers are the favorite to land her, however as we have learned as Gopher fans, nothing is official till it's official.

Audi Crooks recently visited, a fantastic post player in the midwest. It has been stated she is not wanting to travel a far distance from Home, and her HS is about 3 hours from Williams Arena so not exactly a distance that could remove them from consideration.

Here is the known offers/still out there for class of 2023. Overall guessing a 2-3 player class, maybe even 1-2 and leaving openings for transfer portal.

Offered/In-state:

Tessa Johnson-St. Michael/Albertville-5’9 Guard

Out of State Offers:

Kymora Johnson, 5’7 G, St. Anne’s-Belfield School (VA) ESPN Ranked 32 (out of Super 60)

Jasmine Brown, 5’9 G, Joliet Catholic HS (IL) ESPN Ranked #44 (out of Super 60)

Eve Fiala, 6’4 C, Indiana HS (PA) ESPN Ranked #54 (out of Super 60)

Janae Kent, 6’1 W, Oak Forest HS (IL) ESPN Ranked #57 (out of Super 60)

Laila Hull, 6’1 F, Zionsville (IN) ESPN Ranked #58 (out of Super 60)

Audi Crooks, 6’3 P, Bishop Garrigan HS (IA) ESPN Ranked #59 (out of Super 60)

Logan Nissley, 5’10 G, Century HS (ND)

Alyssa Latham, 6’1 F, Homewood-Flossmoor HS (IL)

 

[MNGirlsHoops]

The Crooks gal would be a HR. She is big, mobile and a better HS player then Ciziano or the kid from Byron at this stage.

 

[whalenfan]

The Crooks gal would be a HR. She is big, mobile and a better HS player then Ciziano or the kid from Byron at this stage.

Ive only seen her play a few aau games but I came away really impressed with her, shes also a really good passer. She's the type of player this program really needs.

 

[gopher572]

St. Michael-Albertville's Johnson excels after overcoming injury

STMA's Tessa Johnson overcame a gruesome leg injury to lead her team in scoring.

www.kare11.com

 

[whalenfan]

 

[gopher572]

 

[GopherHole Staff]

Iowa Junior Center Audi Crooks To Make College Choice Thursday – Minnesota Makes Final Five​

By Chris Monter

Iowa Junior Center Audi Crooks To Make College Choice Thursday - Minnesota Makes Final Five - GopherHole.com

Audi Crooks, a 6-foot-3 junior center from Algona (IA) Bishop Garrigan, is one of the top post players in the country. She is ranked as the #58 player in the country by ESPN in the Class of 2023. Crooks will make her college choice Thursday. Crooks averaged 23.5 points, 12.5 rebounds and 3.3...

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[bball_craz_31]

And then there was six (maybe)

With Audi off the boards.. Here is the remaining known offers for class of 2023. At this point, unsure what the goal is with this class. Maybe take what they can get and hit portal hard till 2024. Who knows. But here is the known offers for 2023

Offered/In-state:

Tessa Johnson-St. Michael/Albertville-5’11 Guard

Out of State Offers:

Kymora Johnson, 5’7 G, St. Anne’s-Belfield School (VA) ESPN Ranked 32 (out of Super 60)

Jasmine Brown, 5’9 G, Joliet Catholic HS (IL) ESPN Ranked #44 (out of Super 60)

Eve Fiala, 6’4 C, Indiana HS (PA) ESPN Ranked #54 (out of Super 60)

Laila Hull, 6’1 F, Zionsville (IN) ESPN Ranked #58 (out of Super 60)

Alyssa Latham, 6’1 F, Homewood-Flossmoor HS (IL)

 

[JellyBean2144]

Congrats to ladies picking the Gophers or going elsewhere. Coach Whalen and her staff are out there working hard and doing their best. We get who we get and wish the rest the best of luck at their school of choice.

Go, Gophers!