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| The Stanford Cardinal are continuing to make news on the recruiting front as they sign the Hull Twins, Lexie Hull is ranked #17 by Hoopgurlz. This is for 2018!
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| The Stanford Cardinal are continuing to make news on the recruiting front as they sign the Hull Twins, Lexie Hull is ranked #17 by Hoopgurlz. This is for 2018! |
This is interesting, on the heels of the preceeding class' strength already declared. What has Tara putting into those freebie water bottles she's dispensing on campus visits?? It IS good news, of course, but I do hope other PAC 12 schools find enough wealth to fill their rosters with equivalent talent. Gone are the days when Stanford runs the table with little contest....I HOPE.
ps....Was anything ever offered as a reason Lili left?
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LitePal
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| Posted: 10/25/16 10:02 am ::: |
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| Were both Hulls already accepted by the Admissions Office this early? Is it conditional? I thought Tara couldn't offer a scholarship until they were officially offered by admissions. They're only starting their junior year and even if they're 4.0 students as the articles say, it's still a long way to go. If it was a statement by the twins, it could lead to some embarrassment.
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| Posted: 10/25/16 10:43 am ::: |
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| Were both Hulls already accepted by the Admissions Office this early? Is it conditional? I thought Tara couldn't offer a scholarship until they were officially offered by admissions. They're only starting their junior year and even if they're 4.0 students as the articles say, it's still a long way to go. If it was a statement by the twins, it could lead to some embarrassment. |
What IS Stanford's set of criteria? I mean, could a h.s. sophomore have taken (and aced) the PSATs? What standardized tests does Stanford go to for decisions?
Again....ANY word on Lili's current status, and why she's left?
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| Posted: 10/25/16 11:51 am ::: |
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She should start immediately. Any truth to the runout that jadeandtres mother is trying to make this a family affair by getting Jade's younger brother onto the Duke mens' team.
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| Posted: 10/25/16 12:37 pm ::: |
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| LitePal wrote: |
| Were both Hulls already accepted by the Admissions Office this early? Is it conditional? I thought Tara couldn't offer a scholarship until they were officially offered by admissions. They're only starting their junior year and even if they're 4.0 students as the articles say, it's still a long way to go. If it was a statement by the twins, it could lead to some embarrassment. |
What IS Stanford's set of criteria? I mean, could a h.s. sophomore have taken (and aced) the PSATs? What standardized tests does Stanford go to for decisions?
Again....ANY word on Lili's current status, and why she's left? |
http://admission.stanford.edu/basics/selection/profile.html I'm actually surprised that you could get admitted with under 600 on any of the SATs. But there you have it. It's a little mis leading in that if you are under 600 on one of them, you damn well better be high 700s on the other two. Then supposedly GPA is taken into account as well as outside activities. If a coach asks for a player, the outside activities part is taken care of 
As far as the Hulls go, I'm pretty sure they couldn't have taken the SAT or ACT yet and therefore couldn't officially be admitted. We have had verbal commits in the past who simply disappeared later because they failed to be admitted....but it is rare to get verbal commits this early for that reason. At this point, it is just verbal.
As far as Lili goes, those who know are being pretty tight-lipped, just saying it was a personal decision. It is possible of course that she simply wore out on bball. These girls start at a really early age and play non-stop. Anyway, as mentioned she is staying in school and getting a degree so will still have a year of eligibility if she wants to use it somewhere as a grad student.
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| Posted: 10/25/16 2:18 pm ::: |
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From watching football for years, it's my recollection that Stanford recruits didn't used to be able to get an offer until after they had filled out their complete application and had it reviewed. They lost some recruits who simply didn't want to go to the trouble of writing all the essays when they weren't sure where they wanted to go, or didn't want to wait that long for an offer. I think that got changed at Harbaugh's urging when he became coach (along with some other things), and then they started making offers earlier in the process and to juniors, contingent of course, as with other schools, on test scores, maintaining grades, required courses being completed, and graduation, and a completed application.
You must be thrilled how recruiting is going this year.
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| Posted: 10/25/16 7:18 pm ::: |
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recruiting and admissions: yeah, back in the day, we actually had to wait until everybody got admitted - no early admission! So you really really had to know that's what you wanted because you had to say no to others before you knew for sure. It was nerve wracking.
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You must be thrilled how recruiting is going this year. |
yes. very! If I were a dog, my tail would be thumping wildly. I was invited to attend a practice recently but unfortunately wasn't in the area - but from what I hear, this year's group has come in ready to play as well. Of course you can only really get the idea when they get into real games, but it definitely sounds promising. The only worry for the near future (for me), is a true 'big'. Those are hard to come by in the moment. And we only have one scholarship left for '17-18. Hoping the right post appears to go with these good guards, wings, and possible stretch fours. I would think that it would appear enticing to someone who can academically qualify as there won't be a lot of competition for the five spot. (Unlike someplace like Oregon which just added 4 or 5 of them!) It will be interesting to see how Tara/Kate tweak the offense to fit the players, as they will certainly have to do. Very exciting!
This year we might surprise some people. On the other hand I know it's the time of great hope for all of us...before reality hits. There's not a lot of pressure on us this year - we're more underdogs, which is kind of refreshing.
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| Posted: 10/25/16 8:46 pm ::: |
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| I'd be thrilled to have a 6'3" wing like Dodson.
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| Posted: 10/27/16 10:36 am ::: |
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| 4 star Destiny Harden, 6' guard out of Chicago, verbals West Virginia.
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| Posted: 10/27/16 1:36 pm ::: |
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| Deja Church (5'10'' guard/wing) committed to Minnesota today over DePaul, Stanford, Oklahoma State and home-state Michigan. |
Apparently she has decommitted from Minnesota already and is going to Michigan.
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| Posted: 10/28/16 7:51 am ::: |
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| Deja Church (5'10'' guard/wing) committed to Minnesota today over DePaul, Stanford, Oklahoma State and home-state Michigan. |
Apparently she has decommitted from Minnesota already and is going to Michigan. |
Correct. She will be playing with a couple of AAU teammates at Michigan.
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| Posted: 10/28/16 4:38 pm ::: |
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In the case of tOSU the upswing has swang!....14 currently on the roster and just one senior.
I suppose if another super star camps on his doorstep, coach McGuff will listen, but otherwise..............
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| Posted: 10/29/16 9:52 pm ::: |
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| KeKe McKinney out of Knoxville Fulton declares for Kentucky. She won't be very popular when the Wildcats play in Knoxville.
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| Posted: 11/01/16 12:34 am ::: |
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| I do read VolNation because it's one of the few non-pay sites where one can find LV news (after sifting through a lot of garbage). I'm frequently astounded by how many posts/posters belittle the HS players currently being recruited by the Tenn coaching staff. It happens every year, despite the likelihood that those players, their families, and/or their coaches read that board.
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