2026 recruiting

#978
#978
Not really hard to imagine at all. Deniya Prawl plays the same exact style from the guard/wing position. Prawl as I stated earlier in the year was playing through an injury that she’s now rehabbing at TN.

As for forwards, Crittendon game reminds me of Jersey Wolfenbarger and Lazaria Spearman. Both like to play on the perimeter and face up but at their height 6’5 and 6’4 all teams on the P4 level have needed them inside in the post.
 
#980
#980
KnoxLikeUs said:
lol Ain’t no way I’m about to waste time talking about recruiting classes when it’s several months before the early signing window.
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Not to mention, I'm expecting half the top 30 recruits to hold off on the early signing period until the see how the portal players shake out by the end.

Okay, half may be a stretch but i expect the number of late signees to grow each year. Why sign and then get "recruited over" in the portal?
 
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How would you explain this? There are a handful of national recruiting folks plus a significant number of team site “reporters” giving frequent recruiting and performance updates on the top 30 high school men’s recruits especially during the summer tournament season and very little for WBB. There was also more recruiting discussion and insight on this site 20 years ago as evidenced by no post in almost five days. What happened?
 
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lfvol said:
How would you explain this? There are a handful of national recruiting folks plus a significant number of team site “reporters” giving frequent recruiting and performance updates on the top 30 high school men’s recruits especially during the summer tournament season and very little for WBB. There was also more recruiting discussion and insight on this site 20 years ago as evidenced by no post in almost five days. What happened?
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Poop at the wall? I’d guess a closing of ranks within the AD. A few of the leaks have been plugged.
 
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chuckiepoo said:
Poop at the wall? I’d guess a closing of ranks within the AD. A few of the leaks have been plugged.
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Maybe so, but why is there not more from national guys or team sites networking or getting the skinny at events? It is a sizable men’s industry. Hard to believe too few care about WBB.
 
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lfvol said:
Maybe so, but why is there not more from national guys or team sites networking or getting the skinny at events? It is a sizable men’s industry. Hard to believe too few care about WBB.
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Possibly a momentary shift toward the W? It appears to be all the rage and hella click bait worthy at the moment. We need to remember what the “press” is seeking. Times, they change.
 
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chuckiepoo said:
Possibly a momentary shift toward the W? It appears to be all the rage and hella click bait worthy at the moment. We need to remember what the “press” is seeking. Times, they change.
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Plus, any reporters who also cover football are spending a lot more of their preseason crunching number$ and learning how to link their articles to financial spreadsheets so they auto-update.

But seriously, there have been a lot of buyouts and consolidations of content delivery services, so reporters may be vying internally for the most lucrative (time/content) beats to cover.
 
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lfvol said:
How would you explain this? There are a handful of national recruiting folks plus a significant number of team site “reporters” giving frequent recruiting and performance updates on the top 30 high school men’s recruits especially during the summer tournament season and very little for WBB. There was also more recruiting discussion and insight on this site 20 years ago as evidenced by no post in almost five days. What happened?
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1. I think there's not as much activity on the port right now as there often is because most of us are fairly content with how things are progressing.

2. I don't necessarily like it, but fact is, there is less national interest in wbb than there is mbb. Just look at our own message boards for proof. Even though we have the greatest wbb program ever, the mbb message board gets more than two times the threads and two times the post count as this message board. Other programs probably have at least a 10x variance.
 
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37620VOL said:
1. I think there's not as much activity on the port right now as there often is because most of us are fairly content with how things are progressing.

2. I don't necessarily like it, but fact is, there is less national interest in wbb than there is mbb. Just look at our own message boards for proof. Even though we have the greatest wbb program ever, the mbb message board gets more than two times the threads and two times the post count as this message board. Other programs probably have at least a 10x variance.
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Those numbers… they stinky… 🤣
 
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37620VOL said:
1. I think there's not as much activity on the port right now as there often is because most of us are fairly content with how things are progressing.

2. I don't necessarily like it, but fact is, there is less national interest in wbb than there is mbb. Just look at our own message boards for proof. Even though we have the greatest wbb program ever, the mbb message board gets more than two times the threads and two times the post count as this message board. Other programs probably have at least a 10x variance.
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That just proves this forum doesn't waste space arguing back and forth.
 
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BruisedOrange said:
Plus, any reporters who also cover football are spending a lot more of their preseason crunching number$ and learning how to link their articles to financial spreadsheets so they auto-update.

But seriously, there have been a lot of buyouts and consolidations of content delivery services, so reporters may be vying internally for the most lucrative (time/content) beats to cover.
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The counter to the consolidation and focus on most lucrative beats aspects would be that in men’s recruiting the people that cover it most often only do MBB. And summer is a huge time for prospect evals and recruiting. Lack of coverage and insight is disappointing and that has nothing to do with whether we are happy how things are going at TN overall.
 
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lfvol said:
Maybe so, but why is there not more from national guys or team sites networking or getting the skinny at events? It is a sizable men’s industry. Hard to believe too few care about WBB.
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It could be as simple as staff reductions and budget slashing resulted in women's recruiting events no longer making the coverage cut. Women's sports/events are often the first casualties of budget cuts.
 
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