WBB Recruiting continued...

[mred]

Side note, wasn't Fennelly a candidate for the ISU job when Becker was hired?

If I remember the story right, he really wanted the job but ISU didn't give him much consideration. When Becker left three years later, he tried again with much better results.

[mred]

Follow along with me here. Coach Fennelly has said that they have limited resources and they can't spend those resources chasing recruits that they likely will not get. I can't believe that he is going to fly to California to make an offer to a mediocre player. So it made sense to me to start with players with a connection to Kelsey Harris. If you are spending the time and resources to go that far you better be fairly confident that you are going to get a good player. All that being said this is 100% circumstantial. However if you look at the top uncommitted players for 2011 in California that played in a game on senior night Feb. 9th in Orange County it's pretty hard to come to any other conclusion.

I agree with your reasoning (and I of course agree it's all circumstantial). I think if she had actually committed we would have heard something by now, so I'm thinking either it wasn't Samuelson or the person who told JCloned about the committment was mistaken.

Everything about Samuelson makes her sound like a really good fit for ISU. It would be great if she ended up here.

[Arkansas]

If I remember the story right, he really wanted the job but ISU didn't give him much consideration. When Becker left three years later, he tried again with much better results.

That's what I thought. I was impressed by Fennelly back then and remember thinking to myself when they hired Becker that they may have overlooked a really good one in Fennelly. Thankfully we still had a shot at Fennelly when Becker left.

[Royalclone]

Here's a link to an article and video on Bonnie Samuelson and her freshman sister. Seems their is another sister in 7th grade who is just as good.

Sister act a winner for O.C. playoff team | division, karlie, bonnie - Sports - OC Varsity

[hobbes]

Another coincidence? Huntington Beach Edison played at Fountain Valley on Feb 9th (senior night). Bonnie Samuelson plays for Edison.

Girls Basketball Schedule

btw Brea Olinda's Senior night was Feb 5th.

http://ladycatbball.com/upcoming_eve...ht_program.pdf

[BenEClone]

RE: Emily Cady, Seward, NE - Is there any indication of how she is leaning? She is the best player for Seward which is the best team in Nebraska Class B (second largest) - reportedly great on defense, scoring and assists. Reportedly has an offer from Yori and other D1 coaches have been seen at her games. If she is a possible, I'll try to catch some state tourney games. This is not a good year to be competing for a Nebraska girl - the local press for NU is incredible.

[Royalclone]

Here's some more links to the CA kids

Varsity Player Details : OC Varsity

Bonnie Samuleson's team got knocked out of the Division 2AA tournament sat. nite losing to Villa Park in hte semis and ending a 17 game win streak. She scored 22.

Spartans victorious | seeded, division, villa - Sports - OC Varsity

Villa Park now faces Kesley Harris' Brea Olinda in the finals.

Girls' basketball: Brea Olinda proves too much for Ventura Ventura County Star

[Tornado man]

I expect quite a parade of "name" coaches in Wells Fargo Arena this week with Stokes, Greenfield, Stubbs, Wright, etc. playing.

[Kitkat]

Here's some more links to the CA kids

Varsity Player Details : OC Varsity

Bonnie Samuleson's team got knocked out of the Division 2AA tournament sat. nite losing to Villa Park in hte semis and ending a 17 game win streak. She scored 22.

Spartans victorious | seeded, division, villa - Sports - OC Varsity

Villa Park now faces Kesley Harris' Brea Olinda in the finals.

Girls' basketball: Brea Olinda proves too much for Ventura Ventura County Star

Thanks for the post. I see some good news here in that Kelsey Harris hit five threes against a team that would appear to be pretty good, based on the story context.

[mred]

No secret as to where BF is today:

ISUCoachFen
Iowa Girls State Tournament is a special and unique thing!Sure hope the last person out of Exira locked the doors and turned off the lights

ISUCoachFen
Dippin dots-pizza-fruity drinks-snickers-bad breakfast for high schoolers? That is what they r eating at gameTo be honest wish I could 2)

He's watching Christofferson in the state quarterfinals -- Exira game started at 10 AM today.

Live stats are here: http://www.ighsau.org/hoops/2010/livestats/xlive.htm

In the 3rd quarter, Exira is up 46-35. Christofferson has 24 points, 14 rebounds, 7 blocks, and 4 steals. She's 9-12 from the field, including a three.

[mred]

I spun off Iowa Girls' Tourney discussion into a new thread: http://www.cyclonefanatic.com/forum/...ournament.html (2010 Iowa Girls' State BB Tournament)

[twistedredbird]

FYI, Jodi Steyer headed to Colorado tonight, Colorado Girls State is going on. Tonight Eliza Normen of Monarch plays.

http://www.chsaa.org/sports/basketba...TOURNAMENT.pdf

Women's Basketball Recruiting Prospects 2011 - ESPN

Here's a link to an article on the games there tonight.

http://www.denverpost.com/preps/ci_14643938

[twistedredbird]

also see the 4A games are this afternoon. Several D1 prospects there too.

Class 4A: Girls Final Four - The Denver Post

[NYCy]

There is so much information here and so many good players. My head hurts. I admire the coaches for being able to make sense of it all and sift through the masses to find the ones that fit BF's system. Seems daunting to me. Glad we got Prins out of CO - maybe another Top 60 from CO this year.....

[johnsonjj]

mred or others,

Any updates? Who do we actually have offers out to?