She sat out her junior year.

 

Makes you wonder if HS basketball is even worth playing if you can afford to sit out your jr year and still get recruited from AAU play.

Makes you wonder if HS basketball is even worth playing if you can afford to sit out your jr year and still get recruited from AAU play.

 

Can't disagree. But I would say nowadays, a very, very small percentage of kids are recruited based on high school in any sport. High school sports, while still competitive, have become a place to play competitively with your friends and classmates. Pretty much the only time you see recruiters or coaches at high school games are if they are putting on the finishing touches to the recruiting process. They don't discover kids in high school anymore. It's a waste of time when you can see hundreds of kids in one weekend against solid competition.

Can't disagree. But I would say nowadays, a very, very small percentage of kids are recruited based on high school in any sport. High school sports, while still competitive, have become a place to play competitively with your friends and classmates. Pretty much the only time you see recruiters or coaches at high school games are if they are putting on the finishing touches to the recruiting process. They don't discover kids in high school anymore. It's a waste of time when you can see hundreds of kids in one weekend against solid competition.

 

 

Somewhat true on recruiting. But if you're good they'll find you whether you play AAU or not. Also, not one person outside your team cares who wins. Not even Lawnboy!

Somewhat true on recruiting. But if you're good they'll find you whether you play AAU or not. Also, not one person outside your team cares who wins. Not even Lawnboy!

 

I would say some may find you, but it may not be the ones you are looking to find you. I beg to differ on the "they will find you" part. They will find you if you are elite! I mean the top 2%. Sure local schools may catch a high school game or tournament here and there. But if you aren't elite, they won't find you. And if you are elite, chances are, you are playing in the select division of whatever sport you play or attending camps. In today's online world, coaches and recruiters don't have to work as hard. Back in the day, they had to make their rounds and get out to see individuals at high school events. Now, they congregate at the elite events, see a bunch of players at once and then expect the players to reach out to them. They expect you to send them emails with videos attached of workouts and highlights. They sit back and expect you to work for them. Again...other than local schools catching local kids, I don't care how good you are, you need to get out and get exposed if you want to create the ideal opportunities for yourself. There is too much competition nowadays and it's like putting a resume together for a job.

 

Again, the elite can get discovered. But I would bet if they are at the level that the college coaches are chasing them down, then I would be 99.9% of them are playing at an elite level outside of high school or in the case of football, attending elite camps. The world has changed.

True of college coaches. But that doesn't change my main point, no one cares who wins an AAU game. Its less structured, more poorly officiated, and fundamentally poor basketball. Back tipping, cherry picking, gang defense rather than guarding. And before you say you haven't seen it, I attended boys events at KBA recently.

True of college coaches. But that doesn't change my main point, no one cares who wins an AAU game. Its less structured, more poorly officiated, and fundamentally poor basketball. Back tipping, cherry picking, gang defense rather than guarding. And before you say you haven't seen it, I attended boys events at KBA recently.

 

Ahhh. I agree with the "no one cares" who wins the AAU event. Especially the older they get. Not sure how we got there. Heck, most of the time the colleges aren't even in attendance by the time the winner is crowned. Thats why you see the better teams at "showcase" events instead of tournament events. Showcase events are setup to get you games against good competition rather than moving on in a bracket. I doubt a recruiter can even tell you which team won the game they are watching. And in fact, they very seldom even stick around to see the end of the game! But winning any events really has no impact on recruiting other than a team that consistently wins may draw a little more attention because is they are winning. If teams are consistently winning, there has to be something going on there. Winning doesn't always mean there is great talent, but it can be an indicator talent is present and worth looking in to and make that team attractive to recruiters.

True of college coaches. But that doesn't change my main point, no one cares who wins an AAU game. Its less structured, more poorly officiated, and fundamentally poor basketball. Back tipping, cherry picking, gang defense rather than guarding. And before you say you haven't seen it, I attended boys events at KBA recently.

 

No different than a lot of the high school games that I see. I see as much bad high school basketball as I do AAU basketball.

Hey RCC9 I agree with you. High school is about playing with friends, most of the time in high school the top scorers are on teams that depend on one girl.so they have the green light to sboot at will and rack up points against weak teams. So I give kudos to the girls that play in the 9th. I do agree that aau exposure events are where the recruiters are. But some good teams are. concept based and individually aren't as talented as some teams that don't do as well. The legacy 8th grade team is one.

Hey RCC9 I agree with you. High school is about playing with friends, most of the time in high school the top scorers are on teams that depend on one girl.so they have the green light to sboot at will and rack up points against weak teams. So I give kudos to the girls that play in the 9th. I do agree that aau exposure events are where the recruiters are. But some good teams are. concept based and individually aren't as talented as some teams that don't do as well. The legacy 8th grade team is one.

 

I would argue that the legacy 8th grade is very talented, but I understand what you are saying and agree. If you have a system, can plug the right girls into the system, they buy in and they execute...I would take that team over just about any talent. However, I still think there is PLENTY of talent on that Legacy team.

Congratulations to a fine younglady.

And to be clear, you have to play Aau also to get better. But the high school game is much better for the fans and the meaning of the games.

Come watch a girls EYBL league game and tell me no one cares who wins......

Congrats to Deja and her family, been privileged enough to get to know her over the last couple of years she's a great athlete on the court but she does what she needs to do as far as in the classroom as well wright state is getting a great student athlete! Good luck!

What do you think are the odds that she will actually finish her career at Wright State without transferring.

What do you think are the odds that she will actually finish her career at Wright State without transferring.

 

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