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MikeADore wrote: Wed Mar 22, 2023 1:54 pm I won't go over all the details, but some of you will no doubt remember how excited I got over this young lady from Knoxville Farragut when Vandy was in contact with her last spring. Here is the thread for anyone interested:

https://www.14powers.com/forums/viewtop ... =6&t=20680

She had a good freshman year at Pitt, but the coach was fired a few weeks ago. Strickland is the eighth player from the program to enter the portal since then. She played in all 30 games and started 11 of those. I watched them play a few times and actually thought she could have been played more. She averaged 20 minutes a game, but that time increased as she improved during ACC play.

Not sure if Vandy will be interested. She says she will also still consider Pitt, so this could be a "just in case" move if things don't go well with the new coach.
I give up.

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Rooster C's updated list from another site. I deserve no credit for any of the work here.

Just for fun: A list of current portal entrants in order of HG ranking. Daily Updated list :
#1 Lauren Betts (2022) Stanford to UCLA
*#6 Diamond Johnson (2020) Rutgers/NC State
*#7 Hailey Van Lith (2020) Louisville
*#7 Ashley Owusu (2019) Maryland/Virginia Tech
#8 Sedona Prince (2018) Texas/Oregon to TCU
*#11 Te-Hina Paopao (2020) Oregon
*#11 Justine Pissott (2022) Tennessee
#12 Jordyn Oliver (2019) Baylor/Duke to Vanderbilt
*#13 Jaden Owens (2019) UCLA/Baylor
*#14 Lexi Donarski (2020) Iowa State
#16 Jakia Brown-Turner (2019) NC State to Maryland
#16 Hannah Gusters (2020) Baylor/LSU to Oklahoma State
*#20 Indya Nivar (2022) Stanford
#20 Destiny Adams (2021) North Carolina to Rutgers
#21 Paris Clark (2022) Arizona to Virginia
#24 Kyndall Hunter (2021) Texas to Texas A&M
*#26 Lauren Ware (2020) Arizona
*#31 Jordyn Merritt (2020) Florida
*#33 Shay Bollin (2022) Duke
*#36 Endyia Rogers (2019) USC/Oregon
#38 Zyanna Walker (2022) Louisville to Kansas State
#40 Celeste Taylor (2019) Texas/Duke to Ohio State
*#41 Shayeann Day-Wilson (2021) Duke
*#44 Alasia Hayes (2020) Notre Dame/Miss. State
*#50 Darrione Rogers (2020) DePaul
#51 KK Deans (2019) Florida to Ole Miss
#51 Amaya Bonner (2022) Cal to Florida State
#52 Kionna Gaines (2021) Clemson to Auburn
*#52 Gia Cooke (2022) Maryland
#57 Jaida Patrick (2019) Duke/Columbia to Miami
*#57 Imani Lester (2022) Louisville
*#58 Kendall Gillispie (2021) Baylor
#60 Mila Reynolds (2022) Maryland to Purdue
#68 Ari Wiggins (2021) Michigan to Butler
#71 Lauren Hansen (2019) Auburn/Missouri to Michigan
#71 Madison Conner (2021) Arizona to TCU
*#75 Kennedy Fauntleroy (2022) Georgetown
*#77 Taylen Collins (2020) Oklahoma State
#78 Jaylyn Brown (2022) Louisville to Arizona State
*#81 Mya Petticord (2022) Texas A&M
#85 Lemyah Hylton (2022) Arizona to Miami
#87 Jada Walker (2021) Kentucky to Baylor
*#88 Ally Carman (2022) Boston College
*#93 Amauri Williams (2022) Vanderbilt
*#96 Demi Washington (2019) Vanderbilt to Temple
#97 Jamya Mingo-Young (2019) Miss. State/Alabama to Auburn
*#98 Teisha Hyman (2019) Syracuse
#99 Camille Hobby (2019) NC State to Illinois
*#99 Nyah Wilson (2021) Syracuse
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One of the top players in the country, a rising junior. You may remember her from a couple years ago when she lit Vandy up at the holiday tournament game against Depaul. Averages more than 25 points and 12 rebounds. The fact that she needs to do a countdown production about which school she is going to transfer to tells you a lot about her ego. Sounds like a Mulkey girl to me.

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McKenzie Forbes, a 6'0 guard from Harvard and one of the better Ivy League senior transfers, has committed to USC. Seems like something is going on out there including making Aneesah Morrow's top three. I get a feeling there is some serious money changing hands.

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Once again, Southern Cal. Padilla is probably the most highly sought after of the Ivy League grads. She's a California girl, so I guess it's not so surprising she'd want to get back closer to home after getting her degree from Penn.

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One of the best guards in the portal. Big pick up for Courtney Banghart and North Carolina.

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Will likely be a starting guard at South Carolina.

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Van Lith to LSU. No surprise. The rich do get richer, don't they?

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MikeADore wrote: Fri Apr 21, 2023 10:04 am One of the top players in the country, a rising junior. You may remember her from a couple years ago when she lit Vandy up at the holiday tournament game against Depaul. Averages more than 25 points and 12 rebounds. The fact that she needs to do a countdown production about which school she is going to transfer to tells you a lot about her ego. Sounds like a Mulkey girl to me.

Morrow visited USC last weekend, then visited LSU, but word today is that she cancelled her visit to South Carolina. She continues to treat her transfer as a reality TV show and announced on twitter that she will reveal her decision today. I sorta hope she goes to LSU and she, Hailey Van Lith and Angel Reese wind up in a three-way royal rumble to see who gets more attention and money. I have news for them...their coach will rush the ring at the last second and win the prize.
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Morrow picked LSU
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Kaitlyn Davis to Southern Cal.

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MikeADore wrote: Mon Apr 03, 2023 12:16 pm
MikeADore wrote: Sat Mar 25, 2023 10:32 pm Lots of players fleeing Auburn again this year. Can't figure what that's about. Johnnie Harris is doing a good job and seems like good people. In the portal:

* Jakayla Johnson, 5’9 junior guard
* Romi Levy, 6’3 junior forward
* Mya Pratcher, 6’1 freshman wing
* Kharyssa Richardson, 6’2 freshman forward
* Sania Wells, 5’7 senior guard
Now Auburn's best player, Aicha Coulibaly, has joined the mass exodus. Weird stuff.
Coulibaly commits to Texas A&M. Joni Taylor has racked up four starter-level players in the portal and three top-100 recruits this off season. Looking like a near-certain top five team in the SEC standings.
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Kennedy Cambridge committed to Ohio State. I was guessing Louisville. I hope she finds some playing time there.
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Ivy league grad students should be a pipeline to fill gaps for Vandy
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