ND Not on Brea Beal's Top 5 List

On Aug. 17th, Brea Beal announced her five finalists: Illinois, Duke, Louisville, S. Carolina and Michigan.

That ND is not on this list is not a total surprise: after attending her open house last summer, there was not any mention of visiting her HS games or Beal coming to ND. Perhaps the ND coaches saw enough when Brea played next Anaya Peoples on her AAU team.

As for the Irish, I'm pretty well convinced that for 2019 wings, it's Haley Jones or wait until 2020. Hopefully, this means that Irish braintrust must feel great about their chances for Ms. Jones or in the 2020 wing prospects they're scouting.

As for Ms. Beal, she and her dad are on record as stating how academics are important to her. Based on that (and the fact that Louisville and S. Carolina seem almost pro forma at this point), I see Duke and Michigan as favorites, with Nancy Fahey's Illini as a dark horse.