The official news release from Louisville was on January 18. She entered the transfer portal on January 3 or so which I assume was prior to the first deadline.
Already are. 4-star, but I'm not sure a player that Vic would go after. Unless he wants to upgrade the team hotness.
Spear had 19 again today. I watched yesterday's game and, speaking in terms of skills, she's a great fit for Vic. She's very good on both ends of the floor. I really like her game.
I thought the same thing... that she seems really happy at Wake.
Just checked. Mine shows the same thing. Could be a little awkward if we face them in the 2nd round of the tourney this week - LOL. One thing you can't doubt about JJ is her quickness and athleticism. She leads the team in Pts (14.2), FG% (41.5%) and Steals (2.1). Will be somewhere on the all-conf. team when it is announced.
I think "combo" guard describes her position. I don't think she's WVU's starting PG as she is second in assists. But, I think she could provide backup minutes at PG when needed (which we need desperately). We don't have another "small" guard like her other than Rori, and I think that is what is missing on our roster, especially being able to defend similar guards.
I was telling a friend earlier this season that JJ would be a great fit for Vic. I hope I spoke it into existence.
Family members reaching out on social media (or other forms of contact) to other coaching staffs seems permissible. As long as there is no communication between the actual student-athlete and other coaching staffs (prior to officially entering the transfer portal), no problems. Of course, those are my "logical" assumptions.
I agree, and would guess that Vic would run something like this through compliance. Although they would probably like to do it, the NCAA can’t restrict all speech. As long as the coaching staff is not actively recruiting a player who is not in the portal yet, I don’t see how communicating with the players’ parents about things other than recruiting their daughter would be a violation. And we know that players communicate with each other all the time.
Looks like we've got really similar ideas. Hopefully our energies will manifest in a healthy recruiting season for us, both from the portal and from the 2024 class.
You said a lot in your post in the West Virginia thread. I couldn't tell how much (if any) was insider reliable info, and how much was just your wishful thinking (preference).
And now she's a unanimous all Big 12 1st team selection, and an all Big 12 Defensive team selection. She's got 2 years of eligibility left too. WVa's record will get them into some post-season play this year so a portal decision is at least a few weeks away. Interesting that her teammate Jayla Hemingway originally signed with and played for Vic at MissSt. So she has likely heard what its like to play for Vic. I'm sure there will be some very good guards in the portal this year, but this idea has me very intrigued.
Father Quinerly's IG account now shows him following TexasWBB. I know that wasn't there yesterday (near the top); but seeing it a few accounts above Moody Center IG account. IG sometimes does some weird "sorting", so let me know if you see the same.
On my IG account (accessed from a phone), TexasWBB is about the 7th account from the top, with Moody much further down. That implies to me that TexasWBB is a recent follow. On my wife's IG account (accessed from a PC), Moody is the very first follow shown (but only because my wife also follows that account), with TexasWBB much further down the page not far from the WVa WBB Acct. Rori said yesterday that she heard a lot of compliments from other players from other teams this season about the Moody. Maybe daughter was impressed with Moody when she played here on 2/19 and that would explain the earlier follow by Dad. Speaking of that game, Quinnerly led WVa in scoring with 16, but got in some foul trouble and fouled out early in the 4th. Here's the shortened version of the game:
It'd be sweet to have a unanimous All-Big12 player on the roster.
* Predict TEXAS-OU *
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