A'ja Wilson...what do you know?

That's sounds good, but I read this the other day.

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Sources tell me that the girl ranked #1 in the high school class of 2014, A’ja Wilson, will be staying in the South to attend college. Rumor has it that Wilson will be going to North Carolina, joining a roster that’s chock-filled with blue chip players. There was no explanation given, but North Carolina, with nine guards and three forwards on the roster, need an anchor in the paint and Wilson would fill that spot. She would also most likely start in her freshman year, a draw for many young women.

If true, this leaves UConn without an incoming post player for the second year in a row. The current recruiting class consists of three guards and a wing. The returning post players for the Huskies next season are Kiah Stokes, who will be a senior, Morgan Tuck, a rising junior, and some kid named Stewart. While an incoming post player would have been nice to have on the roster next Fall, it wasn’t a must-have. But unless Geno Auriemma has a surprise recruit that he hasn’t revealed, recruiting a post player is now urgent. IF the rumors are true.

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Random internet person sounds legit...

Not saying it's not true, but I'll wait until tomorrow afternoon to say for sure where she's going. I honestly thought UCONN was the only real threat, but UNC had a great showing in the tournament and they are a young team. I would just hate to lose another top player from this state to those heels...

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It could very well play out that way, but if it does, then it would either be a huge WTF moment based on Wilson's position all her recruitment, or she did an artisan's job of fooling everyone, which I wouldn't understand why. I guess she could've just changed her mind, but that falls back toward the WTF position....

According to the above posted The Boneyard rumour, it only plays out if Wilson agrees to become a mainstay post player for UNC, which admittedly they do have a definite need for. Mavunga has been an all-conf. post player for them and should continue to do so, but she's more of a F at 6-3, and then they have 6-2 F McDaniel. 4-star 6-2 Fuller was redshirted this past season to recover from and injury and should be in the mix for PT next season.

But Wilson has been adamant her entire recruitment that she wants to play the 3, step out towards the 3-pt line, face the basket, shoot jumpers and drive to the basket. That's NOT playing the role of "anchor in the paint", and Wilson has insisted many many many times that's not what she envisions for herself.

Her role sounds more like what DeShields does for UNC. UNC has a ton of SG, W (wing), and SF players all 6-0 to 6-2 that will play in the areas Wilson wants to play at. DeShields, Gray, Bryant, McDaniel all have that role covered, and most of them will be Jrs or Sos next season, and all of them were highly rated 5-stars or 4-stars that undoubtedly expect to be out on the floor playing and not sitting on the bench watching someone else play....

So I can't imagine that's the best fit for Wilson if she has been truly serious about playing the Wing role in college. It was one of the reasons why most felt all along that UNC would be ruled out once decision day came around....

In other words, the posted "rumor" on The Boneyard directly contradicts Wilson's publicly stated position during her recruitment, as far as what she wants to do in college...

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We know now that she's a Gamecock.

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Hope true, but can you link? Did not see her decision.

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The crazy thing about this class is that they aren't really going to be filling holes (aside from the PG, maybe). Nearly everyone from this years team will be back... Should be fun next year.

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Foul trouble isn't going to mean shite for this team.

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Well, I might tend to disagree when it comes to refs keeping SEC schools down in the post season.

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Hope true, but can you link? Did not see her decision.

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I just posted when I saw her commitment live on ESPNU, my bad.

& welcome back

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scrooster

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I'm going to throw this out there, we need Diamond De Shields to win the NC. If only to keep her away from TENN which would be a nuisance to us.

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When she was being recruited these were here schools

Connecticut (now in the ACC and will play a weak conference with Cards and Rutgers leaving)
Maryland (moving with Rutgers to B1G)
Duke (mioving to the hated rival probably does not get a release from UNC)
Tennessee

She is from Norcross (which is between Atlanta and Athens) so I could see UGA, UT, or USC if she wants to stay closer to home. Out of the box thinking is UK where MM has been known to pick up players who transfer

Gray came from UNC to UK
Chowning came from Xavier
Pinkett came from NC State
Walker came from Uconn
Stallworth came from Cal
Snowden came from Dayton
Riley came from LSU

MM has already gotten a 6-6 transfer from OK for next fall

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Then you have the rest of the four and five stars coming in this class. We just don't really have a spot for her, IMO.

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Kids come in and kids transfer because they are kids. Diamond will have to sit at least 1 year so wherever she winds up it will mean her playing 2 years from now (and a loss of 1 year of eligibility) so you have to think that way.