mickey one

She had a nice interview:

Zania Noyan Caffey Shay Phoenix ??--Is Wiseman going to step up? Can Makalusky be the reincarnation of Sydney Parrish? If so, they play a lot. Need a bigger lineup option. Don't know about Beaumont--she's kind of untested.

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Don't expect her to be a 3-point shooting ace, and she can run the CSU offense pretty well. Good defender. Confident ball handler. I think her choice of a Mountain West team was a good one--fresh start, and a chance to shine.

Hard to judge talent in this portal business, or in recruiting in general. You have to figure out which ones are REALLY going to thrive at the next level (not a certainty), and, also, it's about putting together a TEAM . . . something that CTM has excelled at. The potential is there, if some people step up. Going from the shock of mass exodus, to the feeling that next year's team could be an improvement has been an interesting journey over the past few weeks.

Edessa Noyan highlights: https://www.facebook.com/UVAWomensHoops/videos/edessa-noyan-highlights-vs-north-carolina/1391592455081422/ https://www.instagram.com/uvawomenshoops/reel/C7hQ5uWOrhh/ https://www.support-by-report.nl/stories/2011829_edessa-noyan-shows-her-talent-and-determination

GCU overachieved big time last year, and their coach moved to Arizona State. Their NEW coach is an up and comer from South Carolina . . . so it should be exciting at GCU for Jules. She should have the PT to show what she can do.

If Williams goes to UConn, Ayanna Patterson and several others are most likely history.

I think she is ethnic Turkish (or as they write now "Turkiye"). Turkiye and the Balkans, they play some decent basketball down there.

Looks like she can be a force, with the proper coaching.

Anything else in the works?

Laura Ziegler? https://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=44182313

Any word on Laura Ziegler? I'm afraid to ask, for fear that it turns out she's going to Iowa or Ohio State. Ziegler could solve a lot of our problems.

It would be easier to root for her, if she were at Iowa State . . . or Clemson . . .or UNC. At least she didn't go to Purdue, right?

Agree. CTM was kind of a miracle worker in that respect . . . which is why you hope she could do the same thing for a Phoenix Stotijn or Valentyna Kadlecova or (is she still on the board?) Laura Ziegler (from Denmark/St. Joe's). If you can't win all the conventional recruiting battles, then look for sleepers or Luka or Nikola-type players, whom everyone else overlooked.