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Evidently, she had committed in April but I don’t think any of us picked up on it:

https://x.com/chrislapuma/status/2047409...30330?s=61

FWIW, she is not in the top-100 of ESPN HoopGirlz.

BC

We had her in the recruiting post as a commit.

Also, for me, the strength of her recruiting profile - or apparent lack thereof - undercut the impact of her post-season honor.  She chose Davidson over Harvard and Ball State on her first go-around.  Granted, her self-professed recruiting focus may have been on strong academic schools, but I found it unusual I couldn't find any mention of any offers from P4 schools - zero, zip, nada. Here's hoping she receives sufficient coaching to keep improving to be a solid contributor......

Gilliard had a breakout senior season which explains how she won all the Indiana basketball awards but was not highly ranked or recruited before her senior year.  She beat the following Indiana players for those honors:

Lola Lampley - HG#26, LSU
KK Holman - HG#59, Oregon
Myah Epps - HG#70, Louisville
Brooklyn Renn - HG#73, Kansas

An unheralded, non-recruited guard who chose Stanford over Harvard? When has something like that ever worked out well…? :-)

[76lsjumb]

Evidently, she had committed in April but I don’t think any of us picked up on it:

https://x.com/chrislapuma/status/2047409...30330?s=61

FWIW, she is not in the top-100 of ESPN HoopGirlz.

BC

We had her in the recruiting post as a commit.

Also, for me, the strength of her recruiting profile - or apparent lack thereof - undercut the impact of her post-season honor.  She chose Davidson over Harvard and Ball State on her first go-around.  Granted, her self-professed recruiting focus may have been on strong academic schools, but I found it unusual I couldn't find any mention of any offers from P4 schools - zero, zip, nada. Here's hoping she receives sufficient coaching to keep improving to be a solid contributor......

Gilliard had a breakout senior season which explains how she won all the Indiana basketball awards but was not highly ranked or recruited before her senior year.  She beat the following Indiana players for those honors:

Lola Lampley - HG#26, LSU
KK Holman - HG#59, Oregon
Myah Epps - HG#70, Louisville
Brooklyn Renn - HG#73, Kansas

An unheralded, non-recruited guard who chose Stanford over Harvard? When has something like that ever worked out well…? :-)