2026 recruiting
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Which ever program Addison joins, she and her family have done a THOROUGH vetting. So her decision will be informed and honestly, I don't think it will be biased. Many have her picking Iowa, and I honestly hope she doesn't. Mainly because I love the quiet process she's taken to make a super important decision and all the “insiders” act as if they have inside intel.
She also follows Caleb Wilson and Kyan Evans. This feels like a "watch what they do" thing.
Addison Bjorn will be a Tar Heel
** PLEASE NOTE** This is a guess. I am not trying to pretend I have a scoop.
** PLEASE NOTE** This is a guess. I am not trying to pretend I have a scoop.
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Works for me!Addison Bjorn will be a Tar Heel
here is Talia's predictions from 1 month ago. (On3 premium content)
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Calling My Shot: Predicting where top prospects in the 2026 class will land
On3 predicts where several of the top 2026 women's basketball recruits will commit.
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I mean I guess it makes sense and it doesn't make sense.? Very disappointing tho. Making sense on the aspect her and Crump are close, I heard the University itself and location is great., Schaefer is one hell of a recruiter and coach. Not making sense they already have players such as Crump,Carlton already in the fold, Breya Cunningham who I guess will be a senior when they both enter the school, so they would only have to wait a year to get the chance to start barring transfer portal additions. Texas is already a top 5 team in the rankings, why wouldn't you want to go to a team that could really use you now and future, why wouldn't you want to join a dominant, physical, defensive minded flashy star player in Kate Harping. Disappointing
I have seen a few posts from ND fans upset that Jenica Lewis has not signed her NLI (unless she did so last night). If not, she will have to wait until April. ND fans are accusing Iowa of causing it- which makes sense if Bjorn is now Texas bound. They now have additional funds if they wanted to make another push for Lewis to stay home.
We would then shift into retention mode. Keep in mind we are only losing Indy and Nyla Harris due to graduation. The addition of Harpring and Bofia puts us back at the 15-limit. They will certainly be 1-2 more x-fer out due to PT- which you can have a good indication of by the middle of January. I would never state names on here and would hope others would not as well, but numbers/stats don't lie as well as looking at things like remaining eligibility, watching them/seeing what they do, etc. Every one of our previous xfers the last few year show signs via 5th year, body language, dwindling min, etc.
On paper, with just returners and our addition of our 2, we look like a really good, athletic, and well-built team.
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Guess well see by Mid January if not earlier who is on the bench more and not getting playing time, those are the ones who highly indicate transfer portal?
I would love to see a comparison of how much money programs spend on WBB.
Texas247 reports that Bjorn has committed to Texas. I assume the announcement was made by Bjorn at her school because their article was posted 15 minutes after the Bjorn signing ceremony was scheduled to commence. 
edit: follow up post from staff on their site says she signed as well.
On3 also reports bjorn signed with Texas: https://www.on3.com/rivals/rankings/industry-player/womens-basketball/2026/
Her commit is now also up un her Instagram story
edit: follow up post from staff on their site says she signed as well.
On3 also reports bjorn signed with Texas: https://www.on3.com/rivals/rankings/industry-player/womens-basketball/2026/
Her commit is now also up un her Instagram story
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Bjorn was one of the last two top 30 recruits to commit. She officially visited 7 schools late and reportedly did not eliminate any of them (possibly dook, but hard to tell.)
So I think the scenario here is that she identified a half dozen schools she was comfortable with, then allowed her agent to see who would bid the most. This worked great as multiple programs pushed in their remaining resources after lost recruiting battles all towards her. Basically a bidding war.
If you are ranked this high, this is how you play the game. Unless fit or dream school is your top priority. She clearly did not fall for the "you must commit now or your spot may be gone" pitch.
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Yeah, they have the money. SMU has the money as well. I am surprise that SMU did not go after her with all the money they have.
nah it is pretty clear we are a legit finalist. My guess is that we were given the chance to match her best offer, but could not.
Goodman reported a while back that Iowa lead and we were in 2nd in her estimation. It was then reported earlier in this thread that Iowa allegedly offered a package $300K more than ours. The consensus was Iowa lead.
Then rumors started swirling two days ago that there was a new leader. Texas may have just knocked her socks off 3 weeks ago on her visit and it took time for this to become apparent. Or somehow TX gave a last minute pitch at her dining room table and wooed her.
But the logical conclusion is that TX beat the Iowa offer, other suitors were informed. None matched. then all the other schools knew they were beat and rumors started leaking out.
Of course all the above could be a complete fiction. We are dealing with rumors and gossip here. But generally we do know that money is the name of the game in college sports now. Relationships only get you to the auction.