Brian Ethridge said:

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Adriacus Peratuun said:

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74Bear said:

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Decheetah, AP, Slimecap...or anyone that keeps up with these recruits: who would you say is our 3 to 5 most likely to get commited to BU?

IMO, We sure need one big name soon to get the ball rollkng.

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My understanding is that the Top Two focuses in recruiting are:

1) mobile posts

2) length on the wing

based upon that wishlist, think SaMyah Smith may be first. We are a great geographical fit for her [close to home, close to family farm].

Definitely recruiting several "long" [think 6'0 to 6'2] wings. Any of them might be "the one".

A third recruiting priority is outside shooting. Pure floor spacer. But think that want is definitely behind the first two needs.

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I don't see it with Smith to BU, see Tech or LSU or Arizona.

2022 icould be difficult as relationships were built the past 3 years with them, not 3 months ago.

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Smith was coming to BU before Kim left. Sure hope CNC can find a way to get her to Waco.

Brian Ethridge said:

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Adriacus Peratuun said:

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74Bear said:

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Decheetah, AP, Slimecap...or anyone that keeps up with these recruits: who would you say is our 3 to 5 most likely to get commited to BU?

IMO, We sure need one big name soon to get the ball rollkng.

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My understanding is that the Top Two focuses in recruiting are:

1) mobile posts

2) length on the wing

based upon that wishlist, think SaMyah Smith may be first. We are a great geographical fit for her [close to home, close to family farm].

Definitely recruiting several "long" [think 6'0 to 6'2] wings. Any of them might be "the one".

A third recruiting priority is outside shooting. Pure floor spacer. But think that want is definitely behind the first two needs.

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I don't see it with Smith to BU, see Tech or LSU or Arizona.

2022 icould be difficult as relationships were built the past 3 years with them, not 3 months ago.

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It could be difficult. I would be surprised if a single recruit has walked away from a visit with CNC and staff and not been impressed. I think it's more about the unknown,,,what's does a CNC's program look like on the court at this level.

What can you share about recruiting? I also see Smith elsewhere.

Brian Ethridge said:

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baylor1984 said:

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Brian Ethridge said:

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Adriacus Peratuun said:

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74Bear said:

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Decheetah, AP, Slimecap...or anyone that keeps up with these recruits: who would you say is our 3 to 5 most likely to get commited to BU?

IMO, We sure need one big name soon to get the ball rollkng.

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My understanding is that the Top Two focuses in recruiting are:

1) mobile posts

2) length on the wing

based upon that wishlist, think SaMyah Smith may be first. We are a great geographical fit for her [close to home, close to family farm].

Definitely recruiting several "long" [think 6'0 to 6'2] wings. Any of them might be "the one".

A third recruiting priority is outside shooting. Pure floor spacer. But think that want is definitely behind the first two needs.

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I don't see it with Smith to BU, see Tech or LSU or Arizona.

2022 icould be difficult as relationships were built the past 3 years with them, not 3 months ago.

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Smith was coming to BU before Kim left. Sure hope CNC can find a way to get her to Waco.

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And I hope we can land her. Quit looking for something that isn't there.

Mykayla Wiiliiams is the top recruit in the class of 2023, and is exceptional. She is about as near a program changer as one player can be, but as we know, basketball is a team sport. I have no idea whether she has an interest in Baylor, but she is a Wow! player.

I agree with the breakdown that Adriacus has outlined about need, as well as the difficulties which lie ahead for this staff. The current roster is severely out of balance, loaded at the top but woefully thin in the bottom two classes. The changeover in coaching staffs means that we will be starting behind the other programs, so we will have to turn to the transfer portal next Spring. This will be a very important year for us, as others have pointed out.

74Bear said:

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Decheetah, AP, Slimecap...or anyone that keeps up with these recruits: who would you say is our 3 to 5 most likely to get committed to BU?

IMO, We sure need one big name soon to get the ball rolling.

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Hi 74Bear,
Always good to see you!
With the early NLI signing date of Nov 11 approaching,
some of the 2022 recruits I am tracking are:

Ruby Whitehorn SG 6-0 Detroit Edison Public School Academy Detroit MI
#19 HoopGurlz
Reported offers include
.. BIG 12 Baylor & Oklahoma
.. ACC Clemson, Duke, North Carolina, Pitt & Virginia Tech
.. BIG EAST DePaul, Marquette & Xavier
.. BIG TEN Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State & Rutgers
.. SEC Auburn, Florida, LSU, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Texas A&M & Vanderbilt

Darianna Littlepage-Buggs Wing 6-1 Classen HS Oklahoma City OK
#24 HoopGurlz
Top 10 posted on Twitter Aug 10, 2021
.. BIG 12 Baylor & Texas
.. ACC Clemson
.. BIG EAST Villanova
.. BIG TEN Penn State
.. SEC Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Ole Miss & Texas A&M

Kyla Oldacre Post 6-5 William Mason HS Mason OH
#26 HoopGurlz
Reported offers include
.. BIG 12 Baylor
.. ACC Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, UMiami FL,
North Carolina State & Pitt
.. BIG TEN Maryland, Ohio State & Purdue
.. SEC Auburn, Tennessee & Texas A&M
.. NON-P5 Dayton

Mya Petticord PG 5-8 Ypsilanti Arbor Preparatory HS Ypsilanti MI
#45 HoopGurlz
Reported offers include
.. BIG 12 Baylor
.. ACC Georgia Tech, North Carolina, Pitt, Virginia & Virginia Tech
.. BIG EAST DePaul, Marquette & Xavier
.. BIG TEN Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State & Penn State
.. SEC Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State & Vanderbilt

Christeen Iwuala Center 6-3 Reagan HS San Antonio TX
#70 HoopGurlz
Reported offers include
.. BIG 12 Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas & Texas Tech
.. ACC Louisville
.. BIG TEN Northwestern
,, PAC 12 UCLA
.. SEC Alabama, Kentucky & Mississippi State

Kyla Abraham Forward/Center 6-5 Choctawhachee HS Fort Walton Beach FL
#74 HoopGurlz
Top 5 reported on Sept 1 Twitter
.. BIG 12 Baylor & Oklahoma
.. ACC Georgia Tech & UMiami FL
.. SEC Mississippi State
Previous reported offers included BIG 12 West Virginia, ACC Virginia Tech, SEC Auburn and NON-P5 Cincinatti, East Carolina, Houston & UCF

Ysabella Fontleroy Wing 6-1 Kickapoo HS Springfield MO
#88 HoopGurlz
Brandon Clay reported "She is playing like a potential All-American. Arkansas, Arizona & Baylor watched her at BCS Elite 32 earlier."
More than 35 reported offers include
.. BIG 12 Baylor, Kansas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas & Texas Tech
.. ACC Louisville, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Virginia & Virginia Tech
.. BIG TEN Ohio State
.. PAC 12 Arizona, Arizona State & Stanford
.. SEC Alabama, Arkansas, Florida & Missouri
.. NON-P5 Missouri State (legacy recruit: both parents played basketball)

Although word on the street is
that they are leaning toward other schools
I am continuing to track
HoopGurlz #13 Grace VanSlooten
HoopGurlz #23 Tonie Morgan
UPDATE 17 Sept Morgan to Georgia Tech
HoopGurlz #42 Sa'Myah Smith

Brian Ethridge said:

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baylor1984 said:

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Brian Ethridge said:

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Adriacus Peratuun said:

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74Bear said:

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Decheetah, AP, Slimecap...or anyone that keeps up with these recruits: who would you say is our 3 to 5 most likely to get commited to BU?

IMO, We sure need one big name soon to get the ball rollkng.

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My understanding is that the Top Two focuses in recruiting are:

1) mobile posts

2) length on the wing

based upon that wishlist, think SaMyah Smith may be first. We are a great geographical fit for her [close to home, close to family farm].

Definitely recruiting several "long" [think 6'0 to 6'2] wings. Any of them might be "the one".

A third recruiting priority is outside shooting. Pure floor spacer. But think that want is definitely behind the first two needs.

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I don't see it with Smith to BU, see Tech or LSU or Arizona.

2022 icould be difficult as relationships were built the past 3 years with them, not 3 months ago.

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Smith was coming to BU before Kim left. Sure hope CNC can find a way to get her to Waco.

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Exactly. She may have wanted to play for Kim - after years of recruitment and establishing a relationship. That's the point Brian and others have made. CNC - and any other coach in her shoes - doesn't have that benefit. You made it seem (intentionally or not) that Smith was already coming to Baylor, so CNC should be able to bring her in easily.

LitigiOSO said:

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Brian Ethridge said:

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baylor1984 said:

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Brian Ethridge said:

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Adriacus Peratuun said:

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74Bear said:

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Decheetah, AP, Slimecap...or anyone that keeps up with these recruits: who would you say is our 3 to 5 most likely to get commited to BU?

IMO, We sure need one big name soon to get the ball rollkng.

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My understanding is that the Top Two focuses in recruiting are:

1) mobile posts

2) length on the wing

based upon that wishlist, think SaMyah Smith may be first. We are a great geographical fit for her [close to home, close to family farm].

Definitely recruiting several "long" [think 6'0 to 6'2] wings. Any of them might be "the one".

A third recruiting priority is outside shooting. Pure floor spacer. But think that want is definitely behind the first two needs.

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I don't see it with Smith to BU, see Tech or LSU or Arizona.

2022 icould be difficult as relationships were built the past 3 years with them, not 3 months ago.

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Smith was coming to BU before Kim left. Sure hope CNC can find a way to get her to Waco.

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Exactly. She may have wanted to play for Kim - after years of recruitment and establishing a relationship. That's the point Brian and others have made. CNC - and any other coach in her shoes - doesn't have that benefit. You made it seem (intentionally or not) that Smith was already coming to Baylor, so CNC should be able to bring her in easily.

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I used the word hope. Hope doesn't in any way express that it will be easy for CNC to bring in a recruit. We are a premier program 60 miles from one of the top HS basketball programs in the State of Texas with one of the top players in the State so again I hope we can find a way to pull Smith to BU. This was a player who had major interest in BU before the coaching change and again I HOPE CNC can somehow get her to Waco. I also personally would like to see her here as it's the HS I attended many moons ago.

At one point it was anticipated that Sammie Wagner would narrow her list around this time. Any new news on this or where she is leaning? Maddie Cox is very quiet on her recruitment. I didn't hear much on her during the AAU season,,,good season? Has Maddie met with CNC? These two have always seemed the main focus, for we fans anyway, for obvious reasons.
On a related note,,,Some posters are certain that we get neither of these two. Where does that come from?

I hope the additions of UCinn and UCF help us with K. Arnold, K.K. Bransford in Ohio and Abraham, T. Morgan and C. Kitts and others in Florida. Might help with the Michigan players too.

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At one point it was anticipated that Sammie Wagner would narrow her list around this time.
Any new news on this or where she is leaning?

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Hi BUatbirth,
Could possibly be longer.

September 1st can’t come fast enough!@Sammie2023 opened up her commitment and it’s super time consuming being her switch board operator☎️

— SA Finest Basketball (@SAFinestbball) July 30, 2021

Brandon Clay All-American Training Academy Tour

Oct 1-2 Dallas

Elite 25 ‘23 W Sammie Wagner (TX) has a whole slate of visits scheduled this fall including one today at Southern California.

We’ll be on the floor again next month.

INFO: https://t.co/vTyxJdYHmA pic.twitter.com/hGp4sFfNqi

— B r a n d o n C l a y (@BrandonClayPSB) September 4, 2021

That's her 2nd visit to USC since summer

Dcheetah said:

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Brandon Clay All-American Training Academy Tour

Oct 1-2 Dallas

Elite 25 ‘23 W Sammie Wagner (TX) has a whole slate of visits scheduled this fall including one today at Southern California.

We’ll be on the floor again next month.

INFO: https://t.co/vTyxJdYHmA pic.twitter.com/hGp4sFfNqi

— B r a n d o n C l a y (@BrandonClayPSB) September 4, 2021

That's her 2nd visit to USC since summer

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Do we need to roll out an NIL for her?

I think that's what swung Lattimore to lady cows--remember all those bizarre pics of her with Nike shoes on her ut visit?

Dcheetah said:

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Brandon Clay All-American Training Academy Tour

Oct 1-2 Dallas

Elite 25 ‘23 W Sammie Wagner (TX) has a whole slate of visits scheduled this fall including one today at Southern California.

We’ll be on the floor again next month.

INFO: https://t.co/vTyxJdYHmA pic.twitter.com/hGp4sFfNqi

— B r a n d o n C l a y (@BrandonClayPSB) September 4, 2021

That's her 2nd visit to USC since summer

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SAMMIE WAGNER
SA Finest Club Basketball


DESIREE CALDWELL
USC Senior
Daughter of Ray Caldwell, SA Finest club coach

It was said by someone on Sicem365, that Sammie's initial visit to USC was a favor to the SA Finest coach.
Seems she found USC to her liking.

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At one point it was anticipated that Sammie Wagner would narrow her list around this time. Any new news on this or where she is leaning?

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Sammie Wagner on USC campus this weekend
2nd from left 2023 Sammie Wagner #11 HoopGurlz
4th from left 2023 Breya Cunningham #4 HoopGurlz
5th from left 2023 Judea "JuJu" Watkins #1 HoopGurlz

https://instagr.am/p/CTaaQzchWnp

It's best not to wander away from the campus, out there.

ABC BEAR said:

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It's best not to wander away from the campus, out there.

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As someone who spent several years living in LA - extremely true. LA is great, and offers tremendous NIL opportunities (though women's basketball isn't a huge draw), but my roommate worked on campus and it was ROUGH.

bawitdaball said:

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ABC BEAR said:

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It's best not to wander away from the campus, out there.

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As someone who spent several years living in LA - extremely true. LA is great, and offers tremendous NIL opportunities (though women's basketball isn't a huge draw), but my roommate worked on campus and it was ROUGH.

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My first roommate was from Compton. When he went back for Christmas, someone emptied a shotgun into an elderly lady who lived across the street on his first night home. He just gave up on the place that night.

Some new rankings for 2023 - some make sense, some not so much. Chloe Kitts at 91?

Honored!! Now that is a list of ballers. Glad to be included. https://t.co/TxoiAF2GuP

— RyLee Grays (@DunkingBeauty) September 10, 2021

There was an official visit yesterday. Does anyone know who it was?

Do not but wouldn't they be at the game today taking in the festivities?

Brandon Clay All-American Training

Sept 18-19 Iowa
Oct 1-2 Dallas

Potential All-American ‘22 Bella Fontleroy (MO) has a 5 visits set:

Arizona
Arkansas
Baylor
Texas Tech
VA Tech

She’s in Arkansas this weekend. We’ll train in Dallas.

INFO: https://t.co/vTyxJdYHmA @Bansheefam pic.twitter.com/ekvHirAJJX

— B r a n d o n C l a y (@BrandonClayPSB) September 10, 2021

According to WBB Blog,,,

Yesterday (9/10), Grace Vanslooten announced her top 3,,,Gonzaga, LSU, Oregon.

I'm not sure how much of a target she was to CNC.

Baylor has been off her list for a while so it definitely wasn't her.

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There was an official visit yesterday. Does anyone know who it was?

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Maybe 2022 Tonie Morgan ?

Official visits taken North Carolina State & Ole Miss
Unofficial visit taken Georgia Tech
Morgan said she will likely take official visits to "probably" Baylor, North Carolina and Georgia Tech.

- David Johnson, Ole Miss Spirit, 15 June 2021

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Prolly Jeff Walz did it

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Who I don't consider a "great person," but that's just me…

Mya Petticord at Pitt this wknd so not her.

Presumed finalists for top-100 ranked 2022 WBB prospect Ysabella Fontleroy, 6-1 W, Kickapoo HS (Springfield, MO): Arizona, Arkansas, Baylor, Texas Tech, Virginia Tech https://t.co/xi1r0zM6lv

see also: https://t.co/qY690J2frp pic.twitter.com/joS5SxIrcg

— Raoul (@Raoul_000) September 14, 2021

Per Ark Dem Gazette 9-13-21

Bella visited Ark last wknd, VTech next wknd, then Arizona next wknd after, then TTech and Baylor. We are in home with Bella this Wednesday!

Brian -

Sunday morning, before heading home after the football game, I saw CNC having breakfast with whom I think was a recruit and her mom. She was wearing a t-shirt with the name "Scott" on the back. As they were finishing eating, the staff showed up (Tari, Tony and Chloe) along with Jaden. Any idea who that may be? Thanks.

Probably not Tonie Morgan although I guess she could have been here on weekend and GT Mon and Tuesday.

ATL??👀Enjoyed my official visit with @GTWBB‼️Thank you for showing my family and I a great time!!🤩@NellOnWheels @TashaButts @blanchealverson @CoachPagina #officialvisit #GoYellowJackets pic.twitter.com/f1pMLkWINA

— Tonie Morgan (@t2live5_) September 14, 2021

Probably not Tonie Morgan although I guess she could have been here on weekend and GT Mon and Tuesday.

ATL??👀Enjoyed my official visit with @GTWBB‼️Thank you for showing my family and I a great time!!🤩@NellOnWheels @TashaButts @blanchealverson @CoachPagina #officialvisit #GoYellowJackets pic.twitter.com/f1pMLkWINA

— Tonie Morgan (@t2live5_) September 14, 2021

We did not make her earlier posted top 8. She has already officially visited NC State, Ole Miss, and now GT.