2026 recruiting

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newladyvolfan said:
I would rather not comment on why.. but she's not good enough.
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most everyone knows my crednetials on here...care to share yours
if you are going to publicly assess this player,,,how many times have you witnessed her games? care to share your basketball expertise and history of evaluating players
 
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newladyvolfan said:
ill give you 10,000 if she plays for the Lady Vols as a freshman :)
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Right now they're not pursuing her and She's not pursuing them so you're ten thousand is pretty safe.... But I disagree in no uncertain terms agree with your "assessment" that she couldn't play for them.... And that's all I have to say to you.
 
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This just reminds me that I often think, but have never said on here, that any young person dedicated to enough to either sport or classroom (or both) to earn herself either a partial- or full- or books-only scholarship should be very proud of that accomplishment. D1, D2, D3, NAIA. They're all worth celebrating.
 
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I don’t know anything about her except what I’ve seen here including film and photos. She looks physically strong. Excellent muscle tone. I’d say she’s been working out.
 
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lvocd said:
This just reminds me that I often think, but have never said on here, that any young person dedicated to enough to either sport or classroom (or both) to earn herself either a partial- or full- or books-only scholarship should be very proud of that accomplishment. D1, D2, D3, NAIA. They're all worth celebrating.
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I agree. My son played football for Marshall five years. Started for four. All I can say is that the education he received was not free. They work more and longer hours than most adults. His day started at 6am. And finished around 8:30 pm after film. Classes and practice during the day. Went to summer school to lighten the academic load in the fall. Thanksgiving and Christmas at school because of games and bowl games. He was recruited by Bobby Pruett. Good man. Just something to keep in mind when we think about our players.
 
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HerdLVol said:
I don’t know anything about her except what I’ve seen here including film and photos. She looks physically strong. Excellent muscle tone. I’d say she’s been working out.
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She is one of the most dedicated athletes I have ever known...plays year round and when she's not playing, she is practicing and when she's not practicing she is working out with a trainer on skills or weights.

My only hope is that if TN doesn't recruit her, she plays in another conference
 
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Coach Caldwell, Coach Lazo, and Coach Tubner recruiting class in the 2025 early signing period is arguably one of the best and most talented overall high school classes of the NIL era.
To know that a Top 2 recruiting class #1 on 247Sports and #2 on ESPU was accomplished in just seven months is just incredible.
The chances to follow up with a 2026 recruiting class in the Top 3-5 range is very high.
From my understanding chances are atleast 6 of the Top 20 prospects have very strong interest in the Lady Vols.
Following the 2025 class signees of 3 Top 20 commits with three or more Top 20 commits in the 2026 class or a class with 4 to 5 Top 50 recruits is the standard being established by the elite recruiting staff on Rocky Top.
 
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Orange007 said:
if you are a top talent, why would you NOT want to run and gun with freedom to make plays and shoot 3's? plus, playing fast is more like the wnba too. it's a no brainer for some.....hence our recruiting results.
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Top players typically have lots of well-meaning people -- several coaches, family, friends -- in their ears making comments and giving them advice. Some of them, I'd guess, are telling these kids that they don't want to play in a system in which they don't get to play the full game and may not be able to get into a rhythm because after two minutes their time is up until their next two-minute shift.

Our players are finding tremendous success (I think) in this system, but I can almost guarantee you there are folks out there trying to convince players Kim's system would be bad for them.

As anyone who has ever been a teen-ager knows, young people are often overly influenced by misinformation, which is rampant in the recruiting world.

The hope I have is that this year's Lady Vols make deep runs in the post-season tournaments so that the top players will see for themselves that it IS a system and coach they could be successful in.
 
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This coaching staff is very strategic and intentional.
They signed arguably the top transfer portal and high school classes in 7 months.
Coach Caldwell admitted that it wasn’t necessarily expected although they connected instantly with the recruits and so did the current players.
Honestly, I believe chances are they already have a feel for what the upcoming transfer portal and next year’s 2026 class will need to look like.
Players want to play at Tennessee, and what I’ve been impressed with is how highly the parents and relatives speak of TN. Top college and high school players have Rocky Top as their top designation.
Seeing 10,000 fans packed in Barclays Center as the the new era LVs won a nationally televised game over a ranked team with the Pauldo twins and their family decked out in LV gear amongst LVFLs is why UT is 1 of 1.
It’s chess not checkers. GBO!
 
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KnoxLikeUs said:
This coaching staff is very strategic and intentional.
They signed arguably the top transfer portal and high school classes in 7 months.
Coach Caldwell admitted that it wasn’t necessarily expected although they connected instantly with the recruits and so did the current players.
Honestly, I believe chances are they already have a feel for what the upcoming transfer portal and next year’s 2026 class will need to look like.
Players want to play at Tennessee, and what I’ve been impressed with is how highly the parents and relatives speak of TN. Top college and high school players have Rocky Top as their top designation.
Seeing 10,000 fans packed in Barclays Center as the the new era LVs won a nationally televised game over a ranked team with the Pauldo twins and their family decked out in LV gear amongst LVFLs is why UT is 1 of 1.
It’s chess not checkers. GBO!
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Do you see a traditional big coming our way next class?
 
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