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Signing Day
http://www.riceowls.com/sports/w-baskbl/...15aaa.html
Women's basketball announces two signings - 5-9 shooting guard Tayler Bennett from Long Beach, CA (St. Anthony) and 6-1 forward Kendall Ellig from Flower Mound (Liberty Christian HS). Both are top 75 national recruits at their positions (shooting guard and power forward).
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11-11-2015 04:06 PM |
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RE: Signing Day
Whoa. So women's bball out-recruited the men? Fantastic!
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RE: Signing Day
Competence is a wonderful thing
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RE: Signing Day
http://www.riceowls.com/sports/m-baskbl/...15aaa.html
Men's basketball's release on its two signings (Ako Adams and Tim Harrison). Both are top 10 players in very good states (California and Virginia) so they probably get the edge on the women, but both sports seem to have a good duo to announce today.
Actually, volleyball might have an even better twosome - they signed a 6-2 hitter out of New Orleans who looks to me to be a top-50 national recruit type, and then a 5-7 libero from a volleyball powerhouse in Louisville I believe. Plus I thought they were signing another girl from north Houston somewhere?
ETA - VB released its signings too. The third girl is a 5-11 setter from Spring (Concordia Lutheran). If the Louisiana hitter/blocker and libero can play effectively right away (and it appears to be that case), then they definitely could be a top-25 squad next year. Plus they already have a commitment from one of Houston's top juniors for the class of 2017.
(This post was last modified: 11-11-2015 04:53 PM by Fort Bend Owl.)
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RE: Signing Day
(11-11-2015 04:26 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote: http://www.riceowls.com/sports/m-baskbl/...15aaa.html
Men's basketball's release on its two signings (Ako Adams and Tim Harrison). Both are top 10 players in very good states (California and Virginia) so they probably get the edge on the women, but both sports seem to have a good duo to announce today.
Actually, volleyball might have an even better twosome - they signed a 6-2 hitter out of New Orleans who looks to me to be a top-50 national recruit type, and then a 5-7 libero from a volleyball powerhouse in Louisville I believe. Plus I thought they were signing another girl from north Houston somewhere?
ETA - VB released its signings too. The third girl is a 5-11 setter from Spring (Concordia Lutheran). If the Louisiana hitter/blocker and libero can play effectively right away (and it appears to be that case), then they definitely could be a top-25 squad next year. Plus they already have a commitment from one of Houston's top juniors for the class of 2017.
http://www.riceowls.com/sports/w-volley/...15aab.html
There is volleyball
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11-11-2015 05:14 PM |
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RE: Signing Day
(11-11-2015 04:26 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote: http://www.riceowls.com/sports/m-baskbl/...15aaa.html
Actually, volleyball signed a 6-2 hitter out of New Orleans who looks to me to be a top-50 national recruit type, and then a 5-7 libero from a volleyball powerhouse in Louisville I believe.
Assumption HS (Louisville) won state over the weekend I believe (and is my wife's HS). I'll see what I can find out.
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11-11-2015 07:07 PM |
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RE: Signing Day
I may have a mini-scoop here, because I haven't seen an official announcement. I was picking up my daughter up from her tennis lesson and caught Priya Niezgoda signing her NLI with Rice.
This page lists her as #31 nationally, and #4 in the Gulf States.
http://www.tennisrecruiting.net/player.asp?id=663526
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11-11-2015 07:33 PM |
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RE: Signing Day
(11-11-2015 04:13 PM)Antarius Wrote: Competence is a wonderful thing
It's much more than competence that is driving this. Williams was competent - he finished his coaching career above .500.
This is what hiring someone from a well-respected program will do for you. This is what hiring someone who has the potential to be exceptional gets you.
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11-11-2015 07:59 PM |
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RE: Signing Day
(11-11-2015 07:59 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote: (11-11-2015 04:13 PM)Antarius Wrote: Competence is a wonderful thing
It's much more than competence that is driving this. Williams was competent - he finished his coaching career above .500.
This is what hiring someone from a well-respected program will do for you. This is what hiring someone who has the potential to be exceptional gets you.
This is what coaching gets you.
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RE: Signing Day
(11-11-2015 09:30 PM)SaintsOwl Wrote: (11-11-2015 07:59 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote: (11-11-2015 04:13 PM)Antarius Wrote: Competence is a wonderful thing
It's much more than competence that is driving this. Williams was competent - he finished his coaching career above .500.
This is what hiring someone from a well-respected program will do for you. This is what hiring someone who has the potential to be exceptional gets you.
This is what coaching gets you.
So far Rhoades has shown he knows what he is doing, but Langley has yet to coach a game, so not sure if coaching plays a role quite yet.
I'm very excited for both men's and women's basketball this year, and I really like the way that JK is hiring. These are exciting hires because they both came from well known programs with a recent history of success - a success that they both likely had an instrumental role in.
Plus, plenty of good recruiters don't have the coaching chops (see Al Golden). There's just no reason to denigrate past coaches because of the success current ones are having.
I am going to hate basketball season if all we hear the entire time are comments that are obviously connected to DB or football in some way or another.
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