Totally agree. I would not consider TN at all right now if I was a recruit. But they do have money and playing time, so I guess it is just a question of who is savvy enough to find that money and opportunity elsewhere.
2027 Recruiting
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I had a feeling that was where she was going to go. Man, we just cannot get a break recruiting wise.
Lovely pictures. I wish and hope we can land her.
Pretty girl and a great talent plus looks good in Carolina Blue. Perfect 2G to go with Kate H.
Fingers crossed!
Fingers crossed!
Viewed that as well, the explanation which she provided on why she chose SC, is somewhat vague. Since they only started to recruit her after losing out on other prospects. It's sad that UNC was with her during the whole recovery of the ACL injury, and now she probably going were to the money is.
I tell you one thing, money cannot solve happiness and people who care about you when you are going through tough times like she did with the ACL injury. If it was me, I would definitely have put that in my consideration of schools who still was there with that type of injury. Apparently she is built or wired differently. Well, I wish her nothing but the best.
SC had some real minutes available as well at PG (they only have one on their roster currently). It’ll be hard to pass that up at any school.
Twitter said Ivanna Wilson Manyacka OV'd to UNC this weekend.
Ivanna Wilson Manyacka’s OV:
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.Word on the street is that Ivana plans to make her commitment in the spring. We may have to wait a while.
Speculation here that Ivanna has dropped UofSC from consideration.
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She has OV'd to LSU, TX and UNC
She has not listed her finalists and there are no reports of a full OV list, so who knows who else is involved currently.
South Carolina women's basketball: Recruiting updates
Official visits are in full swing across the country. Where does South Carolina stand with its 2027 recruiting targets?
She has OV'd to LSU, TX and UNC
She has not listed her finalists and there are no reports of a full OV list, so who knows who else is involved currently.
#3 GG Banks has listed her top 3, we are not in it.
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If she is deciding between LSU, TX and UofSC, hopefully the winner will have less money and space to pursue other targets we are chasing...
I am updating the original post to reflect recent recruiting info here.
We have 6 recruits at this point who have officially visited UNC and are still undecided
South Carolina women's basketball: October recruiting notebook
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If she is deciding between LSU, TX and UofSC, hopefully the winner will have less money and space to pursue other targets we are chasing...
I am updating the original post to reflect recent recruiting info here.
We have 6 recruits at this point who have officially visited UNC and are still undecided
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I worry about Texas selling her on the Booker role. Mulkey and Courtney are so different that if it comes down to it the decision is really just going to be about what type of program she wants to joinSpeculation here that Ivanna has dropped UofSC from consideration.
South Carolina women's basketball: Recruiting updates
Official visits are in full swing across the country. Where does South Carolina stand with its 2027 recruiting targets?
She has OV'd to LSU, TX and UNC
She has not listed her finalists and there are no reports of a full OV list, so who knows who else is involved currently.
I think, generally speaking, fit drives your list of finalists, money drives your decision. I think what we can provide financially is the biggest factor now that we are a finalist. Obviously, we are not going to beat TX and LSU in a fair fight; a straight up duel of checkbooks. Where we have the best chance is when such schools have already signed a couple of top players and their war chest is already depleted some. Ideally someone at their position. Basically, when we treat someone as the top priority versus a top SEC team treating them as a third priority.
This is a massive generalization; it has nothing to do with these specific recruits.
I will take Ryan and Ivanna and call it a day Lol.
CB has made a change to her recruiting tactics. She has said she will only go after "Harpring" type players who can make an immediate impact. That combined with the entire roster available to return with the fifth year, it will be very interesting who we get from this top tier. It is not out of the question that we take no high school kids and fill in with the portal. As stated above we cannot compete with the top 6-8 schools financially. These schools are all involved with our remaining targets.
I agree with all of this, but I will add that I think competing in the portal is more financially contingent than HS recruiting, not less.
- lightning fast window limits relationship building.
- Leaving home is scary and people seek out family atmosphere in HS recruiting. Transfers are already well used to being on their own and more likely to make a business decision.
- Pool of talent for immediate major impact is small, creating higher demand.
- On average, a top portal players are most interested in money; that is the primary reason they are in the portal. They may also be chasing a team with more prestige. If they are chasing more playing time, or just a new start, then they are rarely what most would consider a top target.
I do think that Banghart consistently improves our team moderately in the portal: subtract out what we lost vs what we gain and we are a little ahead. But the most highly regarded players we have gained in the portal have been P4 HM all-conference like Donarski & Akot. Women like Harris and Gakdeng were highly productive at UNC, but they had no accolades coming in; just well-regarded P4 starters. Nivar, Aarnisalo, and others this year were not full-time starters; they were recruited on growth potential.
My point being, we have yet to land a top 10 portal target.
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I feel good about this recruitment. Us being her last official is awesome. She would be a phenomenal addition. Her and Kate were awesome as teammates in Overtime Elite
Hopefully them visiting together means something 
Carter and Wilson-Manyacka would be huge. Plus still in it for Ojo, Williams and Savoury for big names in the class
Carter and Wilson-Manyacka would be huge. Plus still in it for Ojo, Williams and Savoury for big names in the classCB and staff definitely putting in the work, and there is widespread interest in UNC!!
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