[Hoops9092]

For their sake, I will be rooting for UCLA to snag some more top recruits in back to back classes (not at the cost of us, of course) but so that the best case scenario pans out in Westwood. 

It will be interesting to see how the attendance or interest in their program grows.

In many ways, it's a bit surprising neither USC or UCLA has taken off with all the prime time recruits coming out of Southern California and the West in general, paired with the overall athletic and academic (and desirable location) of these two schools. Of course, Kathy Olivier had her moments with the 2006 squad that on paper looked real good. Nikki Caldwell got the program in to the top 10 and had some promising recruits lined up before she dipped. Now Cori will take some of her 2014 recruiting experience and apply it here in lining up multiple top tier classes in hopes of bringing them to another level. USC, of course, poor Mark T with all the injuries over the years despite some epic recruiting classes. Gottlieb has some top potential recruits it seems. I also think of Cal with their periods of tip top recruiting classes, the Devanei Hampton years and Layshia Clarendon squad. None of the 3 have been able to maintain, so perhaps this is the start of something.

[Hoops9092]

For their sake, I will be rooting for UCLA to snag some more top recruits in back to back classes (not at the cost of us, of course) but so that the best case scenario pans out in Westwood. 

It will be interesting to see how the attendance or interest in their program grows.

In many ways, it's a bit surprising neither USC or UCLA has taken off with all the prime time recruits coming out of Southern California and the West in general, paired with the overall athletic and academic (and desirable location) of these two schools. Of course, Kathy Olivier had her moments with the 2006 squad that on paper looked real good. Nikki Caldwell got the program in to the top 10 and had some promising recruits lined up before she dipped. Now Cori will take some of her 2014 recruiting experience and apply it here in lining up multiple top tier classes in hopes of bringing them to another level. USC, of course, poor Mark T with all the injuries over the years despite some epic recruiting classes. Gottlieb has some top potential recruits it seems. I also think of Cal with their periods of tip top recruiting classes, the Devanei Hampton years and Layshia Clarendon squad. None of the 3 have been able to maintain, so perhaps this is the start of something.