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OT: more womens hoops news

Good for her. What a career. I’ve always thought 70-75 is a good age to slow down and consider retiring. What a run she had and at my favorite school not named CU.

2025 Commitments

It's obviously early, but currently CU has no commitments for the 2025 recruiting class. Among the Big-12 schools, Houston is the only other team with zero commitments. Texas Tech has 10, Baylor 9, UCF 7, and TCU 6. I know, commitments can decommit, but it's a lot better to have them than to not. Hopefully this isn't a sign that we're going to once again have the smallest recruiting class among power-schools. However, there may be a reason for our lack of commitment success so far -- CU appears to be aiming high, at blue-chips who have blueblood offers, where it's a lot harder to lock down a commitment. If we're holding off on commitments from lower-ranked 3-stars, then a lack of commitments might make sone sense.

My thoughts on Women's Basketball

I think the real story this season is that the scoring record was broken, by a woman. That's big. It kills the stereotype that women can't score as well as men, which is what keeps people from supporting it.

Yes, it's a good story that South Carolina was an undefeated Champion. But it isn't their first. In fact, they've won 3 out of the last 7 Championships. As far as an undefeated Champion, UConn has 6 of those. So while it's a good story, and a great achievement, it's nothing we haven't seen before.

But a woman, scoring more than Maravich, since 1970, is a historical moment. A woman beating Steph's 3 point record is a historical moment. This tells us that women's basketball is just as entertaining as men's basketball. THAT is what it will take to gain the support they deserve. When I hear the story of the Championship game is Raven Johnson's great defense against Clark, and she still scored 30... well, that's how we described great men players. "They are going to get their's, but if we can hold them under..."

And when you put together the idea that the great scorer didn't even win the Championship because she played against a better team, now you've got entertaining basketball that everyone can support. The old stereotype of a 20-14 game is over. These women can score just as well as the men and it's very entertaining!

I HATE that some groups use these women as pawns in their race war. I wish we as humans could get past this. I guess the best I can hope for is for me to work on myself, and make sure I'm not caught up in the BS.

In summary, I think it's amazing that the college basketball scoring record is held by a woman. I thoroughly enjoyed watching women's basketball this season and will continue as it's only getting better. I look forward to the next great scorer, and maybe the record will be broken again!
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The national title game

The UConn/Purdue matchup is pretty special. It has a battle of big men likely we rarely see in the final game, two schools whose identities are more with hoops than the gridiron, and unlike many years, the final game matches the nation's two best season-long teams.

UConn is a special case. It has the Hurley who's easy to like is their coach; he embodies the thing that's so different with college basketball vs football -- the identity of the team being with the coach far more than the players. You could argue that UConn has the best program in college basketball, with five national titles in the past 25 years. All this from a school without power-football, and located in a little town with 15,000 people not exactly in the heart of high school hoops recruiting.

With Purdue, you have that Indiana-basketball mentality, although the Boilermakers, Hoosiers, and Irish have hardly been the national powers their mindset wants to be. But the state lives and breaths basketball.

What will this game revolve around? Offensive rebounding? The three-point shooting percentage? If Edey can dominate Clingon? Or perhaps those animated coaches on the sidelines? Edey is so awfully dominant it makes you wonder how anyone beats the Boilers. But then, it's rare to see a team with the aggressive intensity for an entire 40 minutes like you do with the Huskies.

What a game.

Another late 2024 recruiting addition

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Starke (Fla.) Bradford cornerback Malakai Murphy has committed to and signed with Colorado, and he announced his choice Thursday afternoon. The 2024 recruit only had smaller offers, with Stetson being among the most notable, but the Buffs became involved just a few weeks ago and things moved quickly.

He shows a nice ability to come up and make plays plus he has some versatility to his game as well. Seems like a solid late and under-the-radar pickup for the Buffs.

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Ran into.....

Bengals HC Zac Taylor Saturday evening here in SW Ohio. Wife and I were out at a local bar/grill for dinner. In walks the coach and his kids, who were in basketball unis - must have had a youth game close to me. Of course, once he was recognized, he was mobbed. He was very gracious with everyone though, and took the time to chat and take pics with anyone who wanted. Wife and I got our pic with him, but I dont know how to upload it here. He is really a mellow down to earth dude to be honest.

Anyway, knowing he (Taylor) played at Nebraska and against the Buffs in 05 and 06 (I think), I took the opportunity to loudly state GO BUFFS!!! as he walked by the table I was at. He smiled, stopped and turned, and said 'I wont hold that against you' and we had a laugh. He introduced himself and we talked for a few. Another 'in' I had with him is that my college roomie (who I have spoken about here) who went into coaching recruited Taylor when Taylor was at Butler County JC in Kansas (Jayhawk League). Taylor said the name was familiar (of my coaching buddy) but that was 20yrs ago so I did not expect him to remember. When I told him my buddy and I went to Dodge City JC (same conference) he said he hated them ha.

For all you fantasy geeks out there - he told me Burrows wrist is fine lol.

And since he mentioned he wouldn't hold it against me for being a CU fan, he said we got a good one in our new DC.

My coaching buddy has always told me that Taylor has one of the best football minds he has ever run across in his 35yrs experience. Lets hope some of Taylors mental horsepower bled onto our DC.

Anyway, pretty cool experience. I could hear people calling friends, etc saying Taylor was in the place. Felt bad for a kid and his dad who showed up after Taylor left all decked out in Bengals gear and the kid having a football, presumably for Taylor to sign.

Buff basketball portal targets

This is the best article I've found on the portal players Tad Boyle is pursuing. If anyone on this board knows of other targets, or if our board mods have additional information, it would be helpful. One reason it's important to have this information known is that better information with names and faces on who CU is pursuing encourages NIL donations.

JR's gonna be busy!

Three more of the freshmen girls from the 2023 class, have just entered the portal, leaving only one, (a point guard who was recovering from an injury/surgery), from a recruiting class of 5. Assuming this is primarily by design, after meeting with the girls, and the coaches having watched these girls in practice, and some very limited game minutes, for a couple of them, for a year. They now will have 6 open scholarships, unless Tameiya Sadler decides to return for one more year, after going through the farewell ceremony, with Jaylyn, Quay, Maddie Nolan, and Charlotte Whittaker. (She does have a potential additional year of eligibility left.) Quite a few spots to fill now, and there lots of very good players in the women's portal available, (several from PAC 12 teams, that the coaches would be very familiar with), and NIL wouldn't be near the big deal it is, for the men. Will be interesting to see who JR can bring into the program, and what the rotation is going to look like next year. Would be great to see a little more size, athleticism, and overall skill, brought in via the portal. She's been very good with attracting quality transfers, to fill specific needs, the past several years, and with 5-6 spots available, she could really do some damage in the portal, to re-make the team, after losing so many starters and rotation players.
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