Lady Vols Recruiting Info

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mtsuraider06 said:
Holly had a home visit with Sidney Cooks last night.

She is a 6'4" P from Kenosha, WI.

Likely to have home visits with KK/Dodson/Coombs in Georgia soon as well.
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she seems to be a good one


Sidney Cooks 2017 High School Girls' Basketball Profile - ESPN

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk_8SCvbzIs[/youtube]

that is a 2013 video,i couldn't find anything newer from a quick search


[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8giCQGmUy-U[/youtube]
 
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Hopefully the 2017 class will be top five as that is what we need to remain close to the top. I am glad Holly is working hard on recruiting and hope we see some names on the dotted line in April.
 
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mlindsay said:
How did they look? I caught the last minute of the game and saw that they lost, didn't get to see how they performed.
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They look good! Riverdale Baptist oressure finally got them in 4th quarter. Maya Dodson is the real deal...... KK did okay but looks a little clumsy ..Missed some close shots and was not balanced while shooting.. Missed 4 foul shots late that would have helped. Their team is mostly Juniors..... two guards and KK and Dodson. Nichel Tampa a junior guard worth a look.... only 5'6" but can play! They will all be back next year and hopefully win Championship???

Maya had double double and about 6 or 7 blocks! She was relief valve when other team used full court pressure.... Handled ball well and knew what to do with the ball. She looks more athletic than Jamie Narde and just being a junior..... should improve even more...
 
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Ladyvol777 said:
She looked slow to me and dribbles the ball before she shoots, that will not work in collage ball.
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Notre Dame was watching! Maybe she is fast enough for them? Just think of all of the things Mercedes and coach Lockwood could teach her!:)
 
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mtsuraider06 said:
Holly had a home visit with Sidney Cooks last night.

She is a 6'4" P from Kenosha, WI.

Likely to have home visits with KK/Dodson/Coombs in Georgia soon as well.
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Mikayla is going to U Conn unless Geno pulls offer....she wants to be a broadcast major.......he has been attending her summer games for two years now......
 
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Fact check there's essentially no intra conference transfer rule. The student athlete would have to sit out a year and could potentially lose a year of eligibility. If the SA wants to attend another SEC that is blocked she would just have to pay her way that year. Or I read that they could could use a redshirt year if they haven't used it yet. Sitting two years is an ACC rule.
 
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Orange_Mamba said:
Fact check there's essentially no intra conference transfer rule. The student athlete would have to sit out a year and could potentially lose a year of eligibility. If the SA wants to attend another SEC that is blocked she would just have to pay her way that year. Or I read that they could could use a redshirt year if they haven't used it yet. Sitting two years is an ACC rule.
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Unless it's changed recently the SEC has the same rule. It is seldom enforced, particularly not in WBB. It is more frequently invoked in Football and MBB. The rule is hidden within the SEC bylaws and is difficult to find, but it certainly was there. And, I believe it still is.

Jim
 
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CannonVol80 said:
Unless it's changed recently the SEC has the same rule. It is seldom enforced, particularly not in WBB. It is more frequently invoked in Football and MBB. The rule is hidden within the SEC bylaws and is difficult to find, but it certainly was there. And, I believe it still is.

Jim
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Well actually the the bylaws state:

14.5.5.1 Transferring within the Southeastern Conference. A transfer student from a member institution shall not be eligible for intercollegiate competition at another member institution until the student has fulfilled a residence requirement of one full academic year (two full semesters) at the certifying institution. Further, a transfer student-athlete admitted after the 12th class day may not utilize that semester for the purpose of establishing residency. Student-athletes meeting the terms of NCAA Bylaws 14.5.5.2.1, 14.5.5.2.2, 14.5.5.2.3, 14.5.5.2.4, 14.5.5.2.5, 14.5.5.2.6, 14.5.5.2.7, 14.5.5.2.8 and 14.5.5.2.9 may seek a waiver of the provisions of this bylaw. [Revised 6/2/00; effective 8/1/2001; Revised 6/1/08]
Football is the same there is no rule. What you have most of the time is some coaches blocking other SEC schools and forcing the athlete to have to pay. So most would rather not deal with that headache.
 
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Coach Jumper said:
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My sentiments exactly... Russell would eat her lunch.
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Every post player (Boy or Girl) goes through a learning process. They will all dribble before they shoot in their early stages of learning to play the game! the bigs will bring the ball down to where the smaller players can take the ball away from them or tie them up! Mercedes is still doing this!!!!!!!

The young lady of discussion is a Junior in high school! Maybe 16 or 17 years old! Mercedes has already played three years in college and is at least 21 years
old. I would hope she is better than a 16 year old high school player? But sometimes I wonder about that!:)

BY THE WAY.......WAS NOTRE DAME LOOKING AT HER FROM ABOVE? They are usually a pretty good team:crazy:
 
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PRG said:
Every post player (Boy or Girl) goes through a learning process. They will all dribble before they shoot in their early stages of learning to play the game! the bigs will bring the ball down to where the smaller players can take the ball away from them or tie them up! Mercedes is still doing this!!!!!!!

The young lady of discussion is a Junior in high school! Maybe 16 or 17 years old! Mercedes has already played three years in college and is at least 21 years
old. I would hope she is better than a 16 year old high school player? But sometimes I wonder about that!:)

BY THE WAY.......WAS NOTRE DAME LOOKING AT HER FROM ABOVE? They are usually a pretty good team:crazy:
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Mercedes' biggest issue is coaching. To learn better, you must be taught better.
 
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PRG said:
Every post player (Boy or Girl) goes through a learning process. They will all dribble before they shoot in their early stages of learning to play the game! the bigs will bring the ball down to where the smaller players can take the ball away from them or tie them up! Mercedes is still doing this!!!!!!!

The young lady of discussion is a Junior in high school! Maybe 16 or 17 years old! Mercedes has already played three years in college and is at least 21 years
old. I would hope she is better than a 16 year old high school player? But sometimes I wonder about that!:)

BY THE WAY.......WAS NOTRE DAME LOOKING AT HER FROM ABOVE? They are usually a pretty good team:crazy:
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Excellent point. The age thing.... You'd be surprised though at how little will change in a girls game from 16-up if she doesn't make continual improvement an effort in every aspect of her game. I have seen kids at 14 and see them years later in collegiate play making the same mistakes and trying to use the same "game" that got them where they are.

I see it with the LV's.
* Rarely do you see them initiate, process and finish a layup properly... I see them pick up their layup from the belly instead of the side... I see them with a forward hand instead of a backwards-release on attacking layups and fastbreak finishes. I see them land forward instead of in a boxout.

* They still look at the direction of most of their passes.... I have not seen a hook-pass or drop-pass from anyone.

Their skills aren't getting honed. Then again, honing their skills shouldn't totally be up to them, alone.

Speaking of honing..."You can't sharper your knife without a whet-stone"... There is a way to beat Geno at his own game... We have been doing it in the AAU for years... Someone gets too big for their britches, you don't invite them to play. And you make it fashionable to not let them play you. This is done in the AAU sometimes, not to limit the competition. But for teams that go into tourneys JUST to beat teams by every point they can muster...The level Geno reaches is something we should all strive to reach... But bullying people and embarasing them by pulverizing them beyond a simple SMEARING... Hell No Geno... If I am running a tourney and a team that historically beats their opponent as badly as they can every time they hit the floor.... I tell them our dance card is full...

"You can't sharper your knife without a whet-stone". I don't give them my tourney as a stone....The bigs in the NCAA could do this too. ND, SC, UT, etc. I believe Pat saw this coming and used the Maya thing to cull his cucumber... Let the SEC, hone our skills on each other and let Geno pick up scrap games. Get the other bigs and other conferences get on-board. (won't be too hard) . . . If he can't calm his self down and back his girls off a little with a 60 point lead...Then, bye bye Geno.

Am I saying he is bad for BB. No. John Wooden is still known and is the measure by which the super-coach will be judged by. Geno is this decade's JW... Just like Pat was in the 90's through the new millennium.

What upsets me most, is that What Geno is doing isn't so hard to do. As long as he can maintain the level coming in and the staff that knows his vision. We have the girls that can do this here at UT right now. They've just got to realize they can still get better... And strive for it. And then the coaching staff has to be able to raise their teaching game another level too.
 
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