2023 Recruiting

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alexvol said:
Well it appears to me that this year's high school recruiting ( 2023 ) has been and is a complete bust.....there is no other way to spin it .....
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I was hoping for a couple of recruits but alas ?

One has to ask about the other teams in the SEC? So far us and Aub., UK., Fl., and Miss. state have zero recruits! What about everyone else ….. would you be envious of them ?
Ga. #100 Verse
Ole Miss #88 Stephenson , and #99 Young
Vandy #63 Pierre
Missouri #53 Slaughter and #96 Jones
Texas A&M #35 Marshall and #76 Moon
Ala. #50 Douglas and #22 Cody

Surely none of these schools are bragging! JMO

ARK. Got #11 Scott but #61 Laurence (meh)
LSU #2 Williams (from Louisiana) good …
#44 Velez and #73 Kent

What about our main competitor…. USC !
#40 Jah . That’s one more than we have !

This is not over ….. Just Saying

But looking at everyone else ….. 🤷‍♂️
I just don’t see anyone else setting a world beating pace ? JMO
 
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CP3_LVFL said:
Did anyone go to the open scrimmage? Just wondering yall opinion.
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If your talking about 2023 recruits no one was there plenty for coming years beyond 2023. If your talking about fans 2500 showed up. Story from Maria over on Tennessee Lady Vol News thread she gives a little rundown own every player. Most other posters thought Suarez and Jillian Hollingsworth played very well and Justine hit some eye popping long range threes.
 
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Volfan2012 said:
If your talking about 2023 recruits no one was there plenty for coming years beyond 2023. If your talking about fans 2500 showed up.
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What a great weekend for recruiting! Showing the BB teams at this market place . An outside area and shopping and watching our teams ….
Then the scrimmages and then the football game ! WOW ! Just WOW ! This had to be a good weekend for Tennessee!
 
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Everyone is entitled to their opinion on recruiting the ones that want to grieve about no high school recruits have that right not going to argue with them. In the past this would've been a huge problem not that big a deal anymore. You certainly need high schoolers eventually cause it makes your task very hard when you don't get any. We'll have to come out in the top five in the portal again. We'll have to determine who is staying and who is moving on. We know Powell is staying she will join Hollingshead as the transfers that are staying. I know we'll need a center and a high powered scorer to take up the slack that Horston and Jackson will cause. I expect we need three players to be in great shape again. I know the portal is going to again be loaded with at least 30 to 40 top former year Hoopgurlz highly ranked players from past seasons. We'll have to win there again so until I see what happens in that regard not panicking and so glad we have the portal I think it has really helped parity. Finally it is not November 8th yet until that day arrives and we have nobody from high school the opportunity is still there for someone to come that we don't know about or for someone to change their mind.
 
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Volfan2012 said:
If your talking about 2023 recruits no one was there plenty for coming years beyond 2023. If your talking about fans 2500 showed up. Story from Maria over on Tennessee Lady Vol News thread she gives a little rundown own every player. Most other posters thought Suarez and Jillian Hollingsworth played very well and Justine hit some eye popping long range threes.
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Yep ,I read Maria and every other Lady Vol source and am aware of the recruiting for 2024/2025.
I would remind anyone who follows recruiting that there was the same zeal and long list of 2023 recruits as well.I am not a debbie downer on the optimism and euphoria relating to football,basketball, or Women's basketaball.Fact is that there is plenty to be optimistic about women's basketball this year ....fact is thru the transfer portal the LV's should compete for SEC and National championship this season.What I was pointing out is that this was a miserable recruiting year for 2023 high school class even if they luck out with the 6-6 Center....odds do not look good at the moment since it is maybe South Carolina or LSU.It is possible to lose up to 8 LV's from the roster this year thru seniors graduating or going to WNBA.....hopefuly some of those will opt for additional Covid year reprieve.
There should be some high school recruits every year so you do not have unbalanced classes and suddenly have 6/7/8 leaving in the same year. Maybe the transfer portal can be used like it was this year in bring in a load of stars.....they just may need some for next season (23/24)
 
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alexvol said:
Yep ,I read Maria and every other Lady Vol source and am aware of the recruiting for 2024/2025.
I would remind anyone who follows recruiting that there was the same zeal and long list of 2023 recruits as well.I am not a debbie downer on the optimism and euphoria relating to football,basketball, or Women's basketaball.Fact is that there is plenty to be optimistic about women's basketball this year ....fact is thru the transfer portal the LV's should compete for SEC and National championship this season.What I was pointing out is that this was a miserable recruiting year for 2023 high school class class even if they luck out with the 6-6 Center....odds do not look good at the moment since it is maybe South Carolina or LSU.It is possible to lose up to 8 LV's from the roster this year thru seniors graduating or going to WNBA.....hopefuly some of those will opt for additional Covid year reprieve.
There should be some high school recruits every year so you do not have unbalanced classes and suddenly have 6/7/8 leaving in the same year. Maybe the transfer portal can be used like it was this year in bring in a load of stars.....they just may need some for next season.
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Yes we failed high school recruiting in 2023 in this new day and time there is still another recruiting season coming for players that can transfer and be immediately eligible. I think it would be hard to find four better than we got last time. We can't fail the portal or yes were taking a step backward. What is happening in high school recruiting right now is hard to understand don't think it is anything the coaches are doing were getting in a lot of the elites final three or four just none are choosing us. We'll have to turn it around for sure and since it is not going to be this year hopefully 2024 will be the break through.
 
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alexvol said:
Yep ,I read Maria and every other Lady Vol source and am aware of the recruiting for 2024/2025.
I would remind anyone who follows recruiting that there was the same zeal and long list of 2023 recruits as well.I am not a debbie downer on the optimism and euphoria relating to football,basketball, or Women's basketaball.Fact is that there is plenty to be optimistic about women's basketball this year ....fact is thru the transfer portal the LV's should compete for SEC and National championship this season.What I was pointing out is that this was a miserable recruiting year for 2023 high school class class even if they luck out with the 6-6 Center....odds do not look good at the moment since it is maybe South Carolina or LSU.It is possible to lose up to 8 LV's from the roster this year thru seniors graduating or going to WNBA.....hopefuly some of those will opt for additional Covid year reprieve.
There should be some high school recruits every year so you do not have unbalanced classes and suddenly have 6/7/8 leaving in the same year. Maybe the transfer portal can be used like it was this year in bring in a load of stars.....they just may need some for next season.
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We lose Key, Franklin, Jackson, Horston, and Walker. Powell is not leaving and everyone else is an underclassmen. Easy to see what we need strong center and two elite scorers to replace Horston and Jackson we have plenty of options to replace Franklin. We'll have to get these players and expect we were going to need to anyway regardless of freshmen because what happened in high school recruiting in 2022,

2024 doesn't look real bad but we'll need some additional power to stay where were expected to be this season.

PG-Powell, Miles, Darby
SG- Wynn
WF- Puckett, Pissott, Darby
PF-Striplin, Suarez
C- Hollingshead

That is 10 returnees so if you can add a elite center and a 2-3 type elite scorer your ready to go in 2024.
 
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Volfan2012 said:
Yes we failed high school recruiting in 2023 in this new day and time there is still another recruiting season coming for players that can transfer and be immediately eligible. I think it would be hard to find four better than we got last time. We can't fail the portal or yes were taking a step backward. What is happening in high school recruiting right now is hard to understand don't think it is anything the coaches are doing were getting in a lot of the elites final three or four just none are choosing us. We'll have to turn it around for sure and since it is not going to be this year hopefully 2024 will be the break through.
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I was in no way implying that the Coaches are at fault for the 2023 recruiting swings and misses.They worked their fannies off and either there was not a fit both ways ( the LV's did not like what they saw in some recruits or vice versa on the recruits ) and they could indeed be highly selective with a full squad of 15 on scholly and one walkon so maybe the ones that were on the highly selective list just did not work .That is a shame but it is reality unless something happens to change between now and November.
 
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alexvol said:
I was in no way implying that the Coaches are at fault for the 2023 recruiting swings and misses.They worked their fannies off and either there was not a fit both ways ( the LV's did not like what they saw in some recruits or vice versa on the recruits ) and they could indeed be highly selective with a full squad of 15 on scholly and one walkon so maybe the ones that were on the highly selective list just did not work .That is a shame but it is reality unless something happens to change between now and November.
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It is going to take a big season to get it rolling all these top players want to win big and right now UConn, SC, and Stanford are eating up the players ranked in the top ten to 20. Kellie has chosen to go after these players anyway and has not at this time changed to recruiting players ranked below fifty. I think we need to get to a final four that will change everything.
 
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Volfan2012 said:
We lose Key, Franklin, Jackson, Horston, and Walker. Powell is not leaving and everyone else is an underclassmen. Easy to see what we need strong center and two elite scorers to replace Horston and Jackson we have plenty of options to replace Franklin. We'll have to get these players and expect we were going to need to anyway regardless of freshmen because what happened in high school recruiting in 2022,

2024 doesn't look real bad but we'll need some additional power to stay where were expected to be this season.

PG-Powell, Miles, Darby
SG- Wynn
WF- Puckett, Pissott, Darby
PF-Striplin, Suarez
C- Hollingshead

That is 10 returnees so if you can add a elite center and a 2-3 type elite scorer your ready to go in 2024.
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There are 7 seniors who can leave if they want to : Franklin,Horston,Jackson,Key ,Powell, Rennie,and Walker and there also may be some who will hit the transfer portal.Some of those seniors can take advantage of the Covid reprieve year but it remains to be seen if they do.
 
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alexvol said:
There are 7 seniors who can leave if they want to : Franklin,Horston,Jackson,Key ,Powell, Rennie,and Walker and there also may be some who will hit the transfer portal.Some of those seniors can take advantage of the Covid reprieve year but it remains to be seen if they do.
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To be honest Rennie wasn't going to be in the rotation this season or next and Powell is returning already said she was for her covid year. The other five are probably gone. Still have 9 scholarship players and one walk on returning so need about three key players to be right there in the top ten again.
 
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Volfan2012 said:
To be honest Rennie wasn't going to be in the rotation this season or next and Powell is returning already said she was for her covid year. The other five are probably gone. Still have 9 scholarship players and one walk on returning so need about three key players to be right there in the top ten again.
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I agree 100%.
 
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TheMississippiVol said:
You and those weak minded Vol haters on this forum have loss the war! Just give it up.. Rocky Top was rocking🟧⬜️⬜🟧‼️
Nobody with any sense will take you serious or even like your trash post outside of the never has been like LV1908! … uttering one word of foolishness against Lady Vols recruiting & basketball to discredit Coach Harper, Coach Joy, and Coach Williams shows a lack of credibility! Why waste time going back and forth when Jasmine Powell was recently named to the Nation Top PG Pre-season award watch list. The same Powell who has declared to play the next two seasons in Tennessee.
You folks don’t know basketball.. or tradition.
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Read my other posts on this subject in this thread....you are way out of line and boundaries and obviously have little idea about what is happening with Lady Vol recruiting for 2023.
 
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LadyVol1908 said:
Give it time, they’ll be plenty that’ll like their post just because of your nasty attitude. You’re such a weird poster! 🥴
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Any insult coming from you is a badge of honor you goofy… I look deeper into this than you typical fans do. If you think for one second that Coach Harper, Coach Joy, and Coach Williams are not recruiting at a high level then you need some serious help. Point blank.
 
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