2025 Recruiting

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bball_craz_31 said:
Mara Braun when healthy is the best guard the Gophers have had since the Days of Keke Bell, Rachel Banham, and Carlie Wagner. Oh, BTW ALL OF THOSE were drafted or (Banham) still in the league. Mara Braun is viewed as a future WNBA player.

Also, can we start being REALISTIC?! This is still a program on the rise and has to build up. No one in the big ten is winning the conference outside of UCLA or USC for the next couple of seasons. Making the tournament is the next step and a needed step to attract "WNBA LEVEL" players. Iowa literally had to build with the likes of Megan Gustafson, Kathleen Doyle etc before they got their superstar in Clark. You are not getting superstars without the stars like Mara, Mallory, Amaya building up the program. Plain and simple.

But also ... literally the top recruiting class in the history of the program....and now we saying not good enough. MN Fans will be the reason why some players don't wanna deal with staying home.
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Mara Braun is not viewed as a future WNBA player. That is crazy talk. The Gophers are a lower tier BIG10 team where Mara is in a great situation to shoot way more than she should because the team needs her scoring. Players that go to the WNBA are the top players on sweet sixteen teams.
 

CoachJD said:
Mara Braun is not viewed as a future WNBA player. That is crazy talk. The Gophers are a lower tier BIG10 team where Mara is in a great situation to shoot way more than she should because the team needs her scoring. Players that go to the WNBA are the top players on sweet sixteen teams.
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Glad to know you’re an expert in your own mind.
 

CoachJD said:
Mara Braun is not viewed as a future WNBA player. That is crazy talk. The Gophers are a lower tier BIG10 team where Mara is in a great situation to shoot way more than she should because the team needs her scoring. Players that go to the WNBA are the top players on sweet sixteen teams.
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I agree that Braun is not WNBA caliber now. However, she has two more years and I am hoping that she can improve her game enough to get into the WNBA. She needs to improve her ability to get to the basket and her defense. I see some similarities with Scalia, who didn't get into the WNBA this season but I think have I read that she is playing overseas. With some more seasoning, maybe Scalia will get a shot at the WNBA.
 

CoachJD said:
Mara Braun is not viewed as a future WNBA player.
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This may not be directly relevant to Braun’s WNBA chances, but, when you exclude pre-BIG recruits for Maryland and Rutgers, there are surprisingly few BIG players in the W. This is especially true among starters. I must be missing someone, but other than Kelsey Mitchell and Caitlin Clark, I’m hard-pressed to think of a BIG starter in the W (excluding the pre-BIG Rutgers and Maryland players).
 


CoachJD said:
Mara Braun is not viewed as a future WNBA player. That is crazy talk. The Gophers are a lower tier BIG10 team where Mara is in a great situation to shoot way more than she should because the team needs her scoring. Players that go to the WNBA are the top players on sweet sixteen teams.
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Like Rachel Banham who never played in an NCAA tournament game?

Kah Copper or Laney from Rutgers? Alysha Clark from Middle Tennessee?

Need any more examples to disprove your off-base theory?
 






CoachJD said:
Mara Braun is not viewed as a future WNBA player. That is crazy talk. The Gophers are a lower tier BIG10 team where Mara is in a great situation to shoot way more than she should because the team needs her scoring. Players that go to the WNBA are the top players on sweet sixteen teams.
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- Kah Copper ( MVP)
- Laney (a very soild role player for the Liberty)
- Clark ( who won as championship with Vegas and Seattle)
- Banham ( a solid role player)
- Courtney Williams played at USF.. been in the league for 10 years
 



rwlarson said:
Texas has money, but they also have Vic Schaefer. Look what he did recruiting and winning at relative backwater Mississippi State.
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And he's in a league where he's up against SC and LSU so he is definitely keeping up with the Jones. With Harmon back I have them pencilled in as a Final Four team this next season unless they have more injuries (had some bad luck with that the last couple of years).
 







gopher572 said:
Offer for Henley West. She is a 6-4 center from Oklahoma.
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Henley West has offers from Illinois St, Idaho St, SWOSU, Stephen F Austin, Missouri Southern, Brown, Texas Arlington, Central Arkansas, West Texas A&M, Fort Hays St,
Central Missouri AND Minnesota.
A poor mans Sophie Hart. Similar game.
 

60's Guy said:
Henley West has offers from Illinois St, Idaho St, SWOSU, Stephen F Austin, Missouri Southern, Brown, Texas Arlington, Central Arkansas, West Texas A&M, Fort Hays St,
Central Missouri AND Minnesota.
A poor mans Sophie Hart. Similar game.
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Perhaps Coach P sees something in her that could be developed by working with Ariel, Aaron, and Jason. I believe they are great developers of bigs.
 
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Hoopsmom said:
Perhaps Coach P sees something in her that could be developed by working with Ariel, Aaron, and Jason. I believe they are great developers of bigs.
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Not saying she can't be All Big Ten. Basically, Monika Czinano has the same attributes as Sophie and Henley. It all comes down to scheme, utilization and development. Obviously, they have a vision for her.
 


I saw the attached article on SI.com which indicated that if MN could land Parchment they would have one of the top 2025 recruiting classes in the B1G. That would be pretty impressive for Coach P and her staff if they can get that done in only their 2nd recruiting class.

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Top-40 basketball recruit deciding between Gophers, 3 other schools

Canadian 2025 forward Cearah Parchment has cut her college choices down to the Gophers and three other schools.
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99Gopher said:
I saw the attached article on SI.com which indicated that if MN could land Parchment they would have one of the top 2025 recruiting classes in the B1G. That would be pretty impressive for Coach P and her staff if they can get that done in only their 2nd recruiting class.

www.si.com

Top-40 basketball recruit deciding between Gophers, 3 other schools

Canadian 2025 forward Cearah Parchment has cut her college choices down to the Gophers and three other schools.
www.si.com www.si.com
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While a commitment from Parchment would give them two top-50-rated players, I say this respectfully, but careful taking advise or listening to this author. He gives little to no actual attention to the WBB team. Everything he said is going off service level or searched tweets. I promise you he couldnt pick any of the two commits out of a lineup.
 

bball_craz_31 said:
While a commitment from Parchment would give them two top-50-rated players, I say this respectfully, but careful taking advise or listening to this author. He gives little to no actual attention to the WBB team. Everything he said is going off service level or searched tweets. I promise you he couldnt pick any of the two commits out of a lineup.
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To be fair, whichever B1G team gets her will then have one of the top recruiting classes in the B1G.
 

bball_craz_31 said:
While a commitment from Parchment would give them two top-50-rated players, I say this respectfully, but careful taking advise or listening to this author. He gives little to no actual attention to the WBB team. Everything he said is going off service level or searched tweets. I promise you he couldnt pick any of the two commits out of a lineup.
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I appreciated his WBB coverage when he was writing for the Daily. He's done some articles for Gopher Hole (I think). I have no opinion on his scouting effort.
 

If distance is a factor we are Parchment's farthest destination by a fair amount. Michigan is 4 hrs 58 minutes , Maryland 6 hours 49 minutes
and Champaign 9 hrs
Gophers 16 hours.... Ferry route has me a bit skeptical at 14 hours 17 min...alternative 14 hour 25 min route too
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I started my search not knowing where exactly Fort Erie Ontario was...hoping we were the closest. Wrong side of the province.
 
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This is a couple of days old and I don't recall seeing any interest from the Gophers, but Sam Wills has committed to Harvard.

Of top Minnesota prospects who are still uncommitted in the class of 2025 I think we just have Addi Mack. Kendall McGee is still listed as a top prospect by a couple of the scouting sites but I don't know how realistic that is at this point. I don't think she's played a game since the state tournament her sophomore year when she was injured. She sat out the last two AAU seasons.
 

MN GBB Fan said:

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This is a couple of days old and I don't recall seeing any interest from the Gophers, but Sam Wills has committed to Harvard.

Of top Minnesota prospects who are still uncommitted in the class of 2025 I think we just have Addi Mack. Kendall McGee is still listed as a top prospect by a couple of the scouting sites but I don't know how realistic that is at this point. I don't think she's played a game since the state tournament her sophomore year when she was injured. She sat out the last two AAU seasons.
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Addi Mack sounds like is down to 3 teams for her recruitment. If i'm a betting man, I think Michigan is the favorite for her.

Kendall just came back from her knee injury this last weekend. she was originally planning to try and come back this AAU season this last summer but wanted to make sure she is at 100% for this high school season. All coaches told her they supported her waiting till high school season. I know she has had talks with Gophers but I don't have a confirmation if she has a Gopher Offer.

I think the biggest name they are going after hard is Kaelyn Carroll for 2025.
 

bball_craz_31 said:
Addi Mack sounds like is down to 3 teams for her recruitment. If i'm a betting man, I think Michigan is the favorite for her.

Kendall just came back from her knee injury this last weekend. she was originally planning to try and come back this AAU season this last summer but wanted to make sure she is at 100% for this high school season. All coaches told her they supported her waiting till high school season. I know she has had talks with Gophers but I don't have a confirmation if she has a Gopher Offer.

I think the biggest name they are going after hard is Kaelyn Carroll for 2025.
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Hopefully the Gophers' early interest in Carroll will pay dividends. South Carolina came in late after missing on earlier targets, and she was scheduled as of Oct. 2 to visit South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia Tech and Ohio State before making a decision.

Edit: Carroll has rocketed up the recruiting rankings this fall (with a late South Carolina offer).
ESPN now ranks her # 15 in the country. If she commits to Minnesota, would she be the highest rated Gopher commit ever? Banham was ESPN # 19.
 
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