CannonVol80
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From all the information boarders have shared Cardosa and LV were not mutually interested prior to and after the coaching change. Someone wrote "take her off our list" I expect she hasn't been on the extra-effort list for the LVs for some time.
Without using the cliche of getting in late, I would not be surprised that a coach from a Missouri University might have had contact with Lauren Ware before she was highly recruited.
I had heard that Cardoso had indicated that she had no desire to play for Tennessee when Holly was the coach. And, I agree, as I have said before, that it would be difficult for the current coaching staff to make inroads, at the SEC level, in the 2020 class. I would be thrilled if Kellie could bring in Hayes/Hunt and Reese and a post/forward player, such as Westbeld, Walker or Ware.
And, I list Ware last for a reason. While I think it a personal accomplishment if a player can excel in more than one sport, the seasons in basketball and volleyball have too much of an overlap and to play volleyball at the level of the Lady Vols would require a commitment that would take a player out of the preseason training and the first half of the basketball season. Unless I just had a scholarship that I was not otherwise planning on filling, I'm not sure I would use one on someone who was not fully committed to the basketball team. Just my opinion.
Jim