~3 months til fall signing day, and I have been collecting data on the verbal commits so far in the MAC, and thought folks might be interested to see.

Updated list:

Class of '23 so far: 43 New Additions
Recruits: 43 (37 High School, 2 JUCO, 4 International (Canada, Netherlands, 2xSpain))
HS Recruits by State: IN 9, MI 7, OH 6, IL 4, KY 3, TX 2, PA 1, NE 1, OK 1, VA 1, OR 1, CA 1
Signed: 42
Still Unsigned: 1
Flipped to another school: 1

Akron (# slots believed available: 2):
+ Leila Jones, 5'8 G, Westerville South, OH. Known offers: IndSt
+ Dacia Lewandowski, 5'11 G, Pitt North Catholic, PA. Known offers: Toledo, StonyBrook, Hofstra, Monmouth, MtStMary’s, UMassLowell, WCarolina, Oakland, Manhattan, Navy, Marshall
+ Olivia Brown, 5'6 G, Hamilton Southeastern, IN. Known offers: IllSt

Ball State (4):
+ Ashlynn Brooke, 5'7 G, Pioneer HS, IN. Known offers: Purdue, Vandy, Akron, CMU, EMU, Miami, Cinci, IUPUI, NKU, Xavier, Butler, Detroit
+ Hailey Smith, 5'9 G, Fishers, IN. Known offers: WMU, Oakland, Chattanooga, RobMorris, Evansville, FloridaSt
+ Olivia Smith, 5'9 G, Fishers, IN. Known offers: WMU, Oakland, Chattanooga, RobMorris, Evansville, FloridaSt
+ Iris Vennema, 6'1 F, Groningen, NED. Known offers: UtahValley, ClevelandSt, Monmouth, NewMexico, UIC

Bowling Green (4):
+ Abbie Riddle, 5'11 F, Liberty Union, OH. Known offers: Toledo, Akron, Buffalo, Kent, Miami, Ohio, WMU, Prov, Cinci, WKU, NKU, WrightSt, Duquesne, Xavier, RobMorris, IndSt, Lafayette
+ Kennedy Blair, 5'9 G, Dearborn Divine Child, MI. Known offers: Pitt, Kent, EMU, Oakland, Bradley
+ Mary Meng, 6'4 C, Midview HS, Grafton, OH. Known offers: Kent, Miami, Binghamton, Canisius, Wofford, YSU, Lafayette, Monmouth, Harvard and Pitt

Buffalo (9):
+ Chanteese Craig 6'2 G, Wabash CC (JUCO). Known Offers: Detroit, KC, So Miss.
+ Madison Heiss, 5'10 G, Highland Park HS, Dallas TX. Known Offers: NewOrleans, NColorado, LoyolaMD, NichollsSt
+ Paige Kohler, 5'7 G, Olmsted Falls, OH. Known offers: Kent, Ohio, Marshall, WrightSt, YSU, UTMartin, LoyolaMD
+ Paula López, 5'4 PG, Spain.
X Jada Mills, 5'8 G, Putnam Science HS, CT. Flipped to James Madison. Known offers: StBonny, UMass, NewHampshire, LIU
+ Ella Take, 6'0 W, Kingston Ontario, CAN.
+ JaKayla Thompson, 5'9 G, duPont Manual, KY. Known offers: BC, TennesseeSt, Evansville, Chattanooga, NCA&T
+ Ella Weaver, 6'0 G, William Monroe HS, VA. Known offers: NKU, BostonU, ClevelandSt, Oakland, IndSt, YSU, Akron, Elon, SoMiss, Radford,
+ Timberlynn Yeast, 5'9 G, Mercer County HS, KY. Known offers: Monmouth, JMU, Kent, Ohio, UIC, StBonny, Stetson, IndSt, Charlotte, FIU, Bryant, Miami, UMassLowell, SoMiss, Chattanooga, EKU, Elon, Belmont, Marshall, Akron,

Central Michigan (5):
+ Lexi Boyke, 6'0 F, Frankenmuth, MI. Known offers: NorthDakota, WayneSt, GVSU, FerrisSt, SaginawValSt
+ Desrae Kyles, 6'5 F, Benton Harbor, MI. Known offers: WMU, AlabamaA&M, WayneSt, Davenport, GeorgiaTech
+ Tamara Ortiz, 5'4 G, Westerville South, OH. Known offers: WVU, Detroit, DelawareSt, NorthFlorida, Bradley

Eastern Michigan (3):
+ Jazmin Adams, 6'2 C, Choctow, OK. Known offers: Omaha, Bryant, Arkansas-PB, MissouriS&T, ArkansasTech
- Claudia Clement, 6'3 C, Spain.
+ Cali Denson, 5'8 G, Milwaukie HS, OR. Known offers: KC, SouthCarolinaSt, UCRiverside, McNeeseSt, MoreheadSt, EasternWash, Tulsa,

Kent State (5):
+ Mya Babbitt, 5'8 G, Omaha Millard South, NE. Known offers: Omaha
+ Bianca Juzzo, 5'10 F, New Mexico JC (JUCO).
+ Janae Tyler, 6'0 F, Holt, MI. Known offers: CMU, Omaha, ETSU, BethCookman, SacredHeart

Miami (3):
+ Madison French, 5'11 G, Lakota East, OH. Known offers: NKU, Evansville, WrightSt, PFW
+ Madison Huhn, 5-8 G, Carlsbad HS, CA. Known offers:
+ Christen Carter, 6'3 C, Ben Davis HS, IN.
+ Amber Tretter, 6'1 F, Forest Park, IN Known offers: Bellarmine

Northern Illinois (3):
+ Shannon Blacher, 5'10 G, Montini Catholic, IL. Known offers: Kent, EIU, UAB
+ Maddy Fay, 6'2 F, Fremd HS, IL. Known offers: Kent, MurraySt, Evansville

Ohio (2):
+ Bailey Tabeling, 5'10 G, Trinity Lutheran, IN. Known offers: MurraySt
+ Asiah Baxter, 5'11 G, Warren Central, IN. Known offers: IUPUI, PFW
+ Emma Barnett, 6'0 F, Louisville Mercy, KY. Known offers: Dayton, ETSU, YSU
+ Aylasia Fantroy, 5'11 G, Palestine HS, TX. Known offers:
+ Monica Williams, 5'9 G, Lawrence North, IN. Known offers: BallSt, AustinPeay, SEMO, LaSalle, IUPUI, RMorris

Toledo (4):
+ Cadence Dykstra, 5'9 PG, Grand Rapids West Catholic, MI. Known offers: Miami, CMU, WMU, Monmouth, Evansville, Oakland, GVSU
+ Macey Fegan, 5'11 F, Standish-Sterling, MI. Known offers: Michigan, NorthDakota

Western Michigan (2):
+ Evyn Carrier, 6'4 C, Sycamore, IL. Known offers: IndSt, StThomas
+ Denali Craig-Edwards, 6'0 W, Peoria, IL. Known offers: IUPUI, Winthrop, Evansville, SEMO, Marist, Niagara
+ McKenna Macon, 5'8 PG, Lawton, MI. Known offers: Albion[align=right]

I find tracking the offers interesting to see which MAC teams are competing with each other over recruits. Before doing this, I had assumed that the MAC schools were mostly competing with each other for the same recruits, but this data shows that isn't true at all. Most commits don't seem to have offers from any other MAC teams, and only a couple players have offers from several. (Of course, there may be offers out there I couldn't find, so the list is likely very incomplete.) Indiana, Michigan and Ohio represent more than half the recruits.

Very few of the commits had any P6 offers, with BSU's Ashlynn Brooke having 4 reported P6 offers, and UT's Macey Fegan reported having an offer from Michigan, and BG's Blair had an offer from Pitt.

CMU, by my reading, will have 6 open slots next year, having signed several 1 year grad transfer rentals in the portal this year, and with Jahari Smith being a 5th year player, yet I can only find 1 verbal for them so far, and she did not appear to be highly recruited at all (possibly because she was injured last year.) Castro is still recruiting mostly from OK, MO, TX areas, even after being in Ypsi for 6 seasons now I think. Buffalo's new coach has signed a ton, mostly all guards. And several teams seem to have more commits than they have clear spots available, so I must be missing something from reading their rosters.

Almost impossible to find info on offers from the international players.

(08-22-2022 03:24 PM)northcoastRocket Wrote:  I find tracking the offers interesting to see which MAC teams are competing with each other over recruits. Before doing this, I had assumed that the MAC schools were mostly competing with each other for the same recruits, but this data shows that isn't true at all. Most commits don't seem to have offers from any other MAC teams, and only a couple players have offers from several. (Of course, there may be offers out there I couldn't find, so the list is likely very incomplete.) Indiana, Michigan and Ohio represent more than half the recruits.

Very few of the commits had any P6 offers, with BSU's Ashlynn Brooke having 4 reported P6 offers, and UT's Macey Fegan reported having an offer from Michigan, and BG's Blair had an offer from Pitt.

CMU, by my reading, will have 6 open slots next year, having signed several 1 year grad transfer rentals in the portal this year, and with Jahari Smith being a 5th year player, yet I can only find 1 verbal for them so far, and she did not appear to be highly recruited at all (possibly because she was injured last year.) Castro is still recruiting mostly from OK, MO, TX areas, even after being in Ypsi for 6 seasons now I think. Buffalo's new coach has signed a ton, mostly all guards. And several teams seem to have more commits than they have clear spots available, so I must be missing something from reading their rosters.

Almost impossible to find info on offers from the international players.

Thanks for the work you put in on this.

And Buffalo gets one more verbal:

- Ella Weaver, 6'0 G, William Monroe HS, VA. Known offers: NKU, BostonU, ClevelandSt, Oakland, IndSt, YSU, Akron, Elon, SoMiss, Radford

AAU Teammate of one of their other verbals, Timberlynn Yeast.

(08-22-2022 06:39 PM)DetroitRocket Wrote:  Thanks for the work you put in on this.

Thanks, appreciate it.

So, there are 30 incoming FR already for '23 (assuming these all sign) which is already more than the whole '22 class (26) and many of those from last year were not signed until Feb or later.

That seems to me a sign that the clog from the extra COVID year offered to players is starting to loosen up, although we have a couple more years til it completely clears out.

Not 100% confirmed yet, but it appears from some tweets that Ball State has gotten verbals from the Smith twins (Hailey and Olivia) out of Fishers, IN. Both are 5'9 G. They both had offers from WMU, Oakland, Chattanooga, Robert Morris, Evansville, and for some reason, Florida State. It appears they want to play together in college.

Also Akron finally released their roster, and it does now appear they have 2 open slots for sure in '23 along with 2 seniors who could choose a 5th year or not.

About a month out from signing day in November, and the first verbal in a while for WMU:

McKenna Macon, 5'8, PG, Lawton, MI
The only offer I can see explicitly mentioned on her twitter is from Albion (DII), and she took recent visits to Hope (DIII) and Acquinas (NAIA)

Not a '23, but will put it here anyway for the time being...

BGSU gets a '24 verbal from 6'0 F Lauren Gerken from Liberty Benton. Tons of offers, but all MAC and lower (Dayton is lower right now until the new coach proves herself), including:
CleveSt, SIndiana, Bradley, EMU, Valpo, MurraySt, Kent, Evansville, Omaha, Dayton, CMU, WrightSt, Miami, Stetson, PFW,

2nd MAC verbal for '24, after Na'Kiya Bonner to Toledo.

6'4 Mary Meng from Midview HS, Grafton OH has verballed to BGSU.
had offers from Kent, Miami, Binghamton, Canisius, Wofford, YSU, Lafayette, Monmouth, Harvard and Pitt.

Kinda late decision given so many offers.

Cullop is going to regret not going after Meng

Buffalo gets verbal number 8, in JaKayla Thompson, 5'9 G from duPont Manual in Louisville.
Offers from BC, TennesseeSt, Evansville, Chattanooga, NCA&T

NIU gets another verbal from 5'10 G Shannon Blacher, Montini Catholic HS in Lombard, IL.
Offer from Kent, EIU and UAB for some reason.

NIU picks up a 2024 commit from 5'8 CG Lexi Carlson, Sycamore HS, IL. Yes, she is coach Lisa Carlson's daughter.

Don't see any other offers documented on her twitter, but that could be that it was a forgone conclusion she would sign with NIU. Same HS as WMU 2023 commit 6'4 Evyn Carrier.

(10-24-2022 08:50 AM)northcoastRocket Wrote:  NIU picks up a 2024 commit from 5'8 CG Lexi Carlson, Sycamore HS, IL. Yes, she is coach Lisa Carlson's daughter.

Don't see any other offers documented on her twitter, but that could be that it was a forgone conclusion she would sign with NIU. Same HS as WMU 2023 commit 6'4 Evyn Carrier.

Non scholarship assuming coaches' kids go free.

Another '24 verbal, this time to Buffalo, from 6'2 Bri Barr-Buday from the Nichols School in Buffalo. Interesting that she was actually offered by UB over a year ago by Coach Jacks.
Other offers: Manhattan, Marist, St.Joe’s, LaSalle, Canisius

NC.... question.

In which thread did you give a very detailed answer to my women's roster questions???? Do you recall? I'm trying to find this but to no avail. Can you recall?

Thank you NC!

(10-27-2022 09:45 AM)IamN2daRockets! Wrote:  NC.... question.

In which thread did you give a very detailed answer to my women's roster questions???? Do you recall? I'm trying to find this but to no avail. Can you recall?

Thank you NC!

You are probably looking for this post in the WBB Recruiting thread:
https://csnbbs.com/thread-913440-post-18...id18439330

Also, you may be interested in my cheat sheet for UT this season:

Well, this one is interesting. Kent got a verbal today from 5'10 F Bianca Juzzo, a JUCO player from New Mexico JC. She's came to NMJC from Brazil. I say interesting, because her stat line as a FR at NMJC averaged 5 points and 3 reb. The typical JUCO-DI commit has bigger production numbers than that. And she only took 24 three point shots last year, in 30 games, which is not the typical type Starkey looks for. Still, he must see something there.