They were a completely different class of player than Edwards. She is a dominating force. They were all good players just not ever able to reach the level of Edwards.
Pretty sure Keyen and Alexis well exceeded Tamari in athleticism and physicality. If Oliviyah doesn’t exceed all three, in those qualities, by mid season her first year, i will be disappointed.
Pretty sure Keyen and Alexis well exceeded Tamari in athleticism and physicality. If Oliviyah doesn’t exceed all three, in those qualities, by mid season her first year, i will be disappointed.
This is true for everyone. There is no longer going to be a thing of people getting 3 to 4 top 10 players, and even getting 2 will become relatively rare. This year it looks like no one is getting two or more. It is because the competitive NIL for the very top players in football and basketball is exponentially higher than the next level group and no matter how rich you are in NIL, there is some limit to how much you can spend. As your roster gets more talented as it has for the LVs, you also have to remain competitive to keep them there year after year. If you spend all your money on 3 Freshman recruits, will you have enough next year to maintain them along with the upperclassmen as well as spending boatloads more on more topnotch recruits. I really think the days of dominance in recruiting by one or two schools is coming to an end. We are definitely seeing it this year. It will be interesting to see which strategy wins out - getting 1 or at best 2 top players each year or getting a group of highly rated players that aren't mostly at the very top like the LVs did last year and Duke did this year.
Florida and Baylor are a joke to women's basketball. Ucon , SC , USC , Texas, and couple of others are the ones you want to be competing with for players. There the group that's always at the top when the tournament rolls around. You have to take lower rated players because no one can afford all the best.
The Texas schools have virtually unlimited NIL budgets because of oil money and donors that own oil companies. Tennessee does not. That is well beyond the ability of Danny White to make up for. Tennessee’s revenue sharing Number is effectively the same as Texas, and that’s the only thing he can control. There’s no cap to what you can pay a coach, whether they won a championship or not. The two aren’t related. Hope this helps.
