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I think if we get Patterson it is a great class. I guess McKinney is on hold to see what Westbrooks does. To me the final class looks like KK, Hayes, McKinney, hopefully Patterson. I don't know what the deal is with the big JC center thought she could play this season if signed. If that is true think it would be great to sign her would give us four post players and enough people overall to have a scrimmage.
She will probably still be apart of this class but just plays next season, they are probably seeing if they add Patterson or Williams first (they would have 4 years of eligibility instead of 3) they also haven't seen the Juco play a collegiate game yet so they (like many of the other schools that are probably interested in the JUCO post) can wait and then pursue her harder around March and get a late commit (like they did with Harris) after they see what she can do!
If we sign Patterson (or Williams), I'd think the coaching staff would instead focus on signing an elite post in 2018. We seem to be in on some of the top post prospects (HG #1 Nelson-Ododa, #4 Smith, #7 Collier, #20 Dixon). Even if we weren't able to sign one of those players, we'd still be set with a deeper post rotation than we had last season or for the upcoming season, with KK, Green, Harris, and potentially Patterson.
If Patterson falls through, then maybe it makes more sense to go after Fatou Diagne.
Patterson is NOT a (5) POST player! Her skills set of facing the basket (triple threat position) for you coaches out there, would be wasted at the (5) position! Can she play the (5) absolutely! So could DD and Nared but not a good idea.🤔
If we sign Patterson (or Williams), I'd think the coaching staff would instead focus on signing an elite post in 2018. We seem to be in on some of the top post prospects (HG #1 Nelson-Ododa, #4 Smith, #7 Collier, #20 Dixon). Even if we weren't able to sign one of those players, we'd still be set with a deeper post rotation than we had last season or for the upcoming season, with KK, Green, Harris, and potentially Patterson.
If Patterson falls through, then maybe it makes more sense to go after Fatou Diagne.
A face-up 4 is still technically part of the post rotation. Maybe I'm wrong, but I haven't seen her referred to as a wing, unlike, say, Dodson.
I really don't think they recruited her that much. She has really fell in the polls.
I agree. You never really heard anything about her being associated with Tennessee. I just hope she doesn't develop into the player Izzy was and do to us what Izzy did to UK every season. She gave them pure hell especially in that SEC Championship where they had to foul her to stop the damage she was doing in the post.
If we went hard after Dorie, IMO that would have been settling. No disrespect to her, but that's how I see it.