Are We Recruiting Any More 2019 Players?

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calbear80
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Are we recruiting any more 2019 players? Freshmen? JCs? Transfers? Grad transfers?

If not, our current 2019 roster may not be competitive with most of Pac-12.

Go Bears!
Schroeder71
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This website is as quiet as a church mouse. Zero college basketball activity happens here
calbear80
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MBB just got a commitment from an international (hopefully) diamond in the rough.

Coach G, you are up to bat.

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wbbilluminati
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Per Twitter, Karisma Ortiz somewhat surprisingly committed to Texas after taking a visit to Cal.
Schroeder71
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Yes-the men also recruited an international post player (6-10) that they desperately needed. Where is Cal's international post? C'mon, for goodness sakes, the other sports at Cal do not struggle to recruit talent the way that you do, coach Gottlieb? I agree w/ the other poster that if you don't fortify the frontline, the Bears will sink to the cellar. How do you think recruiting will go down there IF you are still here?
ricehntr5
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wbbilluminati said:

Per Twitter, Karisma Ortiz somewhat surprisingly committed to Texas after taking a visit to Cal.
Surprisingly???
wvitbear
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Men also picked up a Greek wing.
stu
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Didn't the Cal women just sign a Dutch forward?

BTW I think it's great that our men have signed two international players. Perhaps the men and women could cooperate on international recruiting.
wbbilluminati
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ricehntr5 said:

wbbilluminati said:

Per Twitter, Karisma Ortiz somewhat surprisingly committed to Texas after taking a visit to Cal.
Surprisingly???
Surprising that she landed at Texas. Not that she did not choose Cal.
ricehntr5
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wbbilluminati said:

ricehntr5 said:

wbbilluminati said:

Per Twitter, Karisma Ortiz somewhat surprisingly committed to Texas after taking a visit to Cal.
Surprisingly???
Surprising that she landed at Texas. Not that she did not choose Cal.
gotcha.
calbear80
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When it comes to recruiting, no news is bad news. Maybe Coach G is still arguing with Southwest Airlines rather than ... We need quality tall inside players, and, we need them now. I know those are hard to find, but somehow, our competition is finding them.

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puget sound cal fan
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Do we know if there were bigs among the players the staff was tracking during this past weekend's tournament viewing?
GOLDEN
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Graves has to be done for the year mining 5 star recruits in places like New Jersey, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and California.

Another one, The 6-foot-4 forward, out of Linwood, New Jersey Watson heavily recruited by ND, UCLA and others.

https://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/2019/05/kylee-watson-5-star-forward-commits-to-oregon-ducks-womens-basketball.html

Looks like Minyon Moore is visiting him too.

wbbilluminati
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Wow, that could be 5 McDonald's All-Americans for the Ducks in one class.
bearchamp
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Is there an outside chance that someone inside WBB could put some news on this site once in a while. Communication might enhance support. Just a thought....
calbear80
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Any News? This silence is deafening!

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puget sound cal fan
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...for example, some news on the staff's recruiting trips viewing tournaments last week?
annarborbear
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When you do not announce who you are recruiting, you don't have to be held accountable for not getting them. It is a long-standing pattern with our program. You have to rely on other sources for information.
bearchamp
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Nice, responsive program. Multiple requests for information and not even a response, let alone information. And, people wonder why WBB is not more popular and attended at CAL. Coach, didn't they teach you how to write at Brown?
SFCALBear72
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bearchamp said:

Nice, responsive program. Multiple requests for information and not even a response, let alone information. And, people wonder why WBB is not more popular and attended at CAL. Coach, didn't they teach you how to write at Brown?
There's a WBB writer on this site. Why aren't you asking why that person hasn't stepped up? No, it's much easier to take shots at the coaching staff.
bearchamp
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Undoubtedly the "journalist" will write news that is made available. In my world, the coach runs the program, including "information". The "buck" stops somewhere; at the desk of the person with the most authority to make something happen. Easier to be critical of the "journalist", but not likely to address the problem.
SFCALBear72
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bearchamp said:

Undoubtedly the "journalist" will write news that is made available. In my world, the coach runs the program, including "information". The "buck" stops somewhere; at the desk of the person with the most authority to make something happen. Easier to be critical of the "journalist", but not likely to address the problem.
Do you think the coach reads this message board and is aware of the fact that fans are clamoring for information? It's the job of the "journalist" to go to the "source" and seek out that information .

Now seems like an appropriate time for that "journalist" to connect with new assistant coach AND recruiting coordinator, April Phillips. Her tweets give you an indication of what's going on.
annarborbear
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ESPN and Prospect Nation eventually list finalists for recruits, mostly by talking with the players. Two years ago, I found out about about two players who had received Cal offers, but signed with Arizona by reading about it on the Arizona fan forum. Our Cal coaches had never said a word.
bearchamp
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I think the coach has people who monitor this site and others. I think that the person charged with communications should communicate. I think the coach determines these policies and practices. I think this Coach should take control of the situation (a task I imagine would take all of three minutes). Cal sports needs donors and participation. Coaches are very aware of the budget issues and should be acting to alleviate them.

bearchamp
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I note that "offers" in football are available on this site. Why not WBB?
ClayK
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As a journalist, you are dependent on your sources. That said, you can work hard on developing sources, or gaining the trust of the ones you have, but the bottom line is that seldom do coaches (or businesses or politicians) have much to gain by telling journalists much of anything.

Let's take offers, and who you're interested in. So the Cal staff is open and up front about who they're after -- and like most programs, they get turned down by almost all of them. What picture does that paint for fans? For their bosses? For other players they're recruiting?

And also look at it from the young athlete's perspective. Maybe they don't want everyone to know their options; maybe they prefer to keep things quiet.

So if the coaching staff feels it's to their benefit to tell journalists something, then they will. If not, they won't, and without sources who are willing to talk, the journalist has no story.
annarborbear
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We are a public institution. We are paying a large salary in a sport in which we lose a lot of money. Our performance has been dropping off including in recruiting. Is it really asking too much to get some basic information from our staff for the public about their recruiting?

And if reporting on offers made and not accepted hurt fans, coaches, their bosses, and the players themselves, shouldn't this site be shut down rather than facilitating those same reporting practices in football and men's basketball?
GATC
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annarborbear said:

We are a public institution. We are paying a large salary in a sport in which we lose a lot of money. Our performance has been dropping off including in recruiting. Is it really asking too much to get some basic information from our staff for the public about their recruiting?

And if reporting on offers made and not accepted hurt fans, coaches, their bosses, and the players themselves, shouldn't this site be shut down rather than facilitating those same reporting practices in football and men's basketball?
Aren't we getting 5 new players? The team is going to look a lot different with the 4 top scorers gone. Hopefully we won't be focusing on throwing it into the post.
SFCALBear72
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annarborbear said:

We are a public institution. We are paying a large salary in a sport in which we lose a lot of money. Our performance has been dropping off including in recruiting. Is it really asking too much to get some basic information from our staff for the public about their recruiting?

And if reporting on offers made and not accepted hurt fans, coaches, their bosses, and the players themselves, shouldn't this site be shut down rather than facilitating those same reporting practices in football and men's basketball?
I learned from the wbbblog produced by Raoul on Twitter that we have offered Taylor Bigby, a 5'11 guard from Las Vegas. She's ranked #19 by Hoopgurlz for 2021. And that we have had an in-home visit with Fatou Samb, a 6'4 Post from Houston for 2020 class. It's amazing what you find out when you look beyond BI.
GATC
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SFCALBear72 said:

annarborbear said:

We are a public institution. We are paying a large salary in a sport in which we lose a lot of money. Our performance has been dropping off including in recruiting. Is it really asking too much to get some basic information from our staff for the public about their recruiting?

And if reporting on offers made and not accepted hurt fans, coaches, their bosses, and the players themselves, shouldn't this site be shut down rather than facilitating those same reporting practices in football and men's basketball?
I learned from the wbbblog produced by Raoul on Twitter that we have offered Taylor Bigby, a 5'11 guard from Las Vegas. She's ranked #19 by Hoopgurlz for 2021. And that we have had an in-home visit with Fatou Samb, a 6'4 Post from Houston for 2020 class. It's amazing what you find out when you look beyond BI.

To be fair we did talk about Fatou Samb here.
calbear80
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GATC said:

Aren't we getting 5 new players? The team is going to look a lot different with the 4 top scorers gone. Hopefully we won't be focusing on throwing it into the post.


Can someone please list the five new players we are getting and a little information about them (position, height, ranking, anything)?

Go Bears!
wvitbear
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Unless things have changed, it is against the NCAA rules for a program to comment on a recruit till they have signed. So if the commented, they could be put on probation.
SFCALBear72
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calbear80 said:

GATC said:

Aren't we getting 5 new players? The team is going to look a lot different with the 4 top scorers gone. Hopefully we won't be focusing on throwing it into the post.


Can someone please list the five new players we are getting and a little information about them (position, height, ranking, anything)?

Go Bears!
How are your research skills? Stories have been written on this site about the four signees: Lauren Fields, Cailyn Crocker, Jazlen Green and Evelien Schipholt.. The fifth player alluded to is actually a transfer from San Diego State, Naje Murray. She's from Stockton and will sit-out a year.
ClayK
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Bigby might have been the best player on top five Centennial last year but did not show well at USA Basketball.

Still, would be a good get ...
Intuit
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Last time that I checked... @taylor_bigby was the most versatile player in the class of 2021

Thanks @CalWBBall for recognizing her after another successful eval period on @NikeGirlsEYBL circuit with @Calsparks1
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