Well now, there's a surprise if confirmed. Thought Maryland was the competition.Whoa!
Per Hoopgurlz:
@HoopGurlz: Diamond DeShields commits to North Carolina. Visit http://post original url/b8K27iNQ shortly for details.
That's a bad move IMO. Sylvia Hatchell's offense is suspect. They get worked by UCONN every single year.
Keil Moore's twitter.Evidently UNC may get a couple more today, per Peach State hoops. No, I have no link. Just read it somewhere.
A lot of schools get worked by UCONN every year. That's life for 99% of WBB. My only problem is UNC will have to push kids out of the program I do not believe in taking more commitments than you have room for. UNC has 5 players coming in next year and with Diamond 4 more coming in 2013 that is two very big classes. They already had 6 freshman on the team this year. you cannot take that many players year after year without forcing kids out. If UNC honors everyones commitment they will have 16 players on the roster when DD is a freshman. That is not taking into account Hoopgurlz tweets saying UNC could get more commitments today. so how many players will be forced to transfer?
Holy cannoli!
Per All Stars:
@ASGR1995: North Carolina hits the jackpot. They get 3 2013 stud commits. Diamond DeShields 6-2 WF Stephanie Mavunga 6-3 PF & Jessica Washington 5-9 PG
Their roster showed 5 frosh and 1 soph this past year? Why do you say 6?
Additionally I noticed that one of their 2012 commits is listed as "verbal", not "signed." Maybe she's not coming?
If that's the case, then they'd have 1-5-4, with room to sign 5 for 2013.
North Carolina hits the jackpot.
It will be fine. Never expected any kind of wow class. Interesting comment from DD saying that UNC will be the place where she can be herself "on and off the court."While I am surprised Diamond picked UNC, I think people here have been very unrealistic about the type of 2013 class we are going to be signing for a while now. It's not going to be a wow class. It's impossible after what we signed in 2010, 2011, and especially 2012.
While I am surprised Diamond picked UNC, I think people here have been very unrealistic about the type of 2013 class we are going to be signing for a while now. It's not going to be a wow class. It's impossible after what we signed in 2010, 2011, and especially 2012.
ASGR Brett McCormack reports UNC got Mavunga and Washington today too.
North Carolina hits the jackpot. They get 3 2013 stud commits. Diamond DeShields 6-2 WF Stephanie Mavunga 6-3 PF & Jessica Washington 5-9 PG
Megan Buckland-FR
Danielle Butts-FR
Brittany Rountree-FR
Whitney Adams-FR
Erika Johnson-FR
Shannon Smith-R-FR
Latifah Coleman-SO
That is 7. Then they have 4 signees in 2012, 4 commits in 2013. now a tweet in an above post said UNC got 2 more 2013s so it becomes 6 commits in 2013. You would have 7 currently on the team + 4 signees in 2012 + 6 commits 2013 = 17 players for only 15 scholarships. This is excluding the girl who committed but did not sign and look now there is basically no chance they will let her enroll now so she gets a raw deal.