In reply to: Latest Hoopgurlz 2018 Recruiting Class Rankings posted by RISteve
Except they don't turn pro, they just transfer.
You would think that some of these recruits might realize what's happening and consider that - I guess they just don't think it will happen to them.
Any recruiting class greater than 3 is encouraging the Transfer Syndrome that has hit women's college basketball, as you point out. UConn's class of 2 in the top 5 is ideal. Note that the transfers lost in the examples I gave below were just in that particular class. One would also want to check for transfers from previous classes to get the full impact.
However, as Domerduck pointed out, sometimes you need that big class to jumpstart a program, even though you realize there will be adverse side effects down the road.
Care to bet at least two will leave ND as All Americans?
-- Prospects Nation has us ranked #6 overall so both of these services have us in the relative same space
-- However, PN has Katlyn Gilber at #15 and Jordan Nixon at #16.
-- Hoopgurlz has lowered both Katlyn and Anaya Peoples since they committed and/or signed with ND. Hmmm...keep track of others?
-- After the top five of Baylor, UConn, Texas, Tennessee and Maryland, there's an ACC streak of Florida State,ND, Syracuse and Georgia Tech. And Louisville makes it a fifth ACC team at #15, so a third of the top 15 are from that conference.
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-- Yes, I agree with many of the comments here. Now, that the recruiting part of the proposition is done, let's see what the coaches do with the incoming talent. This is where MM and her staff roll up the sleeves.
although she is the star.
Here's a brief sample I just looked up of 5 or more person recruiting classes:
UConn 2014 - not really 5, but became 5 when Natalie Butler joined; lost 2 plus Natalie Butler
Mississippi State 2014 - 5 including the coach's daughter; lost 2
Louisville 2015 - 5; lost 3
Louisville 2016 - 6; lost 2
Oregon 2016 - 7 (we talked about this one); lost 2
Baylor 2013 - (in addition to 2018 and 2015) 5; lost 3
Maryland 2016 - 6; lost 2 at least
OK, we're starting to get the picture. If I had to rank the schools in 2018, I'd give UConn the number one ranking. The school that already had the best rated 7, gets another incredible class. No wonder they are claiming gloom and doom in recruiting. They lost one number one recruit.
1. Many of these are highly rated players who figure they are going to start
2. Players who would start, but want to play at a higher level or a possible champion
3. Players who would start but leave for personal reasons (coach, school etc.)
4. Players who leave for explainable reasons outside of the school, team .etc. (homesickness, caring for ill parent, or other reasons like that).
I would put Boley and Patberg in different categories as a guess since we don't know the stories.
Many highly ranked men transfer to the NBA after one or two years.