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Don't Recall Any "Mutual Interest" Between Evans/ND ... by dillon77

... at any given point.

My gut tells me a lot had to do with timing: during her recruitment period, ND was expecting Ali Patberg to be the current and/or future point guard. (Remember, Evans graduated from high school in 2017.)

A top recruit like Evans would be looking for playing time and having Ali Paterg pencilled in during your recruiting could dissuade that.

And there could've been other factors on both sides: her other finalists were Purdue and Tennessee.

In any case, one of the many ironies is what happened: Patberg ran into injury/illness issues, Lili Thomson grad transferred in and got infured and ND went to a Mabrey/Young lead guard attack to win a N/C.

Of course, the slate looks pretty bare now with Evans in Louisville, Patberg in Bloomington and Jordan Nixon in College Station, Texas. And now Dara Mabrey comes in from Blacksburg, Va..

What a long, strange trip it's been.

Hopefully, MM, Michaela and Beth will find a PG who will spend (more than) a few years.