Let the tea leaf reading begin. Anyone see significance in: (1) school names are not arranged in alphabetical order; (2) "Stanford" is positioned in the middle of the array, superimposed on her picture; (3) "Duke" is listed first; (4) her right hand is poised above "Stanford"; (5a) the array of school names is shaped more or less like a map of the United States, but slanted left, meaning a westward lean? (5b) Or does the slant mean that the West is sinking while the East is rising? :)
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Let the tea leaf reading begin. Anyone see significance in: (1) school names are not arranged in alphabetical order; (2) "Stanford" is positioned in the middle of the array, superimposed on her picture; (3) "Duke" is listed first; (4) her right hand is poised above "Stanford"; (5a) the array of school names is shaped more or less like a map of the United States, but slanted left, meaning a westward lean? (5b) Or does the slant mean that the West is sinking while the East is rising? :)
(11-02-2021, 02:49 PM)BobK Wrote: https://instagram.com/stories/kiki.rice/...=copy_link
Yuk. This would mean that I have to have an Instagram account, which I don't have, and don't really want. I guess I'm just cutting myself off from all sorts of wonderful things, but then I'm saving myself from a lot of awful stuff as well! In the meantime, I'll continue to rely on great people like you to keep me informed.
(11-02-2021, 03:45 PM)ca245 Wrote: Let the tea leaf reading begin. Anyone see significance in: (1) school names are not arranged in alphabetical order; (2) "Stanford" is positioned in the middle of the array, superimposed on her picture; (3) "Duke" is listed first; (4) her right hand is poised above "Stanford"; (5a) the array of school names is shaped more or less like a map of the United States, but slanted left, meaning a westward lean? (5b) Or does the slant mean that the West is sinking while the East is rising? :)
All I can say is "fingers crossed", along with toes, eyes, and anything else I can conjure that might help.
(11-02-2021, 02:49 PM)BobK Wrote: https://instagram.com/stories/kiki.rice/...=copy_link
Yuk. This would mean that I have to have an Instagram account, which I don't have, and don't really want. I guess I'm just cutting myself off from all sorts of wonderful things, but then I'm saving myself from a lot of awful stuff as well! In the meantime, I'll continue to rely on great people like you to keep me informed.
(11-02-2021, 03:45 PM)ca245 Wrote: Let the tea leaf reading begin. Anyone see significance in: (1) school names are not arranged in alphabetical order; (2) "Stanford" is positioned in the middle of the array, superimposed on her picture; (3) "Duke" is listed first; (4) her right hand is poised above "Stanford"; (5a) the array of school names is shaped more or less like a map of the United States, but slanted left, meaning a westward lean? (5b) Or does the slant mean that the West is sinking while the East is rising? :)
All I can say is "fingers crossed", along with toes, eyes, and anything else I can conjure that might help.
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11-02-2021, 05:45 PM
This may not mean anything and it may have been posted before. Both her parents went to Yale. Her aunt went to Stanford.
Although Duke is a rising program they are unlikely to be a final four team in the next three/four years. For that reason alone I can't see Duke even if it's geographically closer to her family.
Although Duke is a rising program they are unlikely to be a final four team in the next three/four years. For that reason alone I can't see Duke even if it's geographically closer to her family.
This may not mean anything and it may have been posted before. Both her parents went to Yale. Her aunt went to Stanford.
Although Duke is a rising program they are unlikely to be a final four team in the next three/four years. For that reason alone I can't see Duke even if it's geographically closer to her family.
Although Duke is a rising program they are unlikely to be a final four team in the next three/four years. For that reason alone I can't see Duke even if it's geographically closer to her family.
11-02-2021, 06:07 PM
(11-02-2021, 05:45 PM)paloalto Wrote: This may not mean anything and it may have been posted before. Both her parents went to Yale. Her aunt went to Stanford.
Although Duke is a rising program they are unlikely to be a final four team in the next three/four years. For that reason alone I can't see Duke even if it's geographically closer to her family.
Glad Jennifer Azzi didn’t see things that way…
(11-02-2021, 05:45 PM)paloalto Wrote: This may not mean anything and it may have been posted before. Both her parents went to Yale. Her aunt went to Stanford.
Although Duke is a rising program they are unlikely to be a final four team in the next three/four years. For that reason alone I can't see Duke even if it's geographically closer to her family.
Glad Jennifer Azzi didn’t see things that way…
(11-02-2021, 03:45 PM)ca245 Wrote: Let the tea leaf reading begin. Anyone see significance in: (1) school names are not arranged in alphabetical order; (2) "Stanford" is positioned in the middle of the array, superimposed on her picture; (3) "Duke" is listed first; (4) her right hand is poised above "Stanford"; (5a) the array of school names is shaped more or less like a map of the United States, but slanted left, meaning a westward lean? (5b) Or does the slant mean that the West is sinking while the East is rising? :)
LOL it's not even Easter and the egg hunt has begun. :)
I'm ok with any outcome EXCEPT the Evil Empire.
(11-02-2021, 03:45 PM)ca245 Wrote: Let the tea leaf reading begin. Anyone see significance in: (1) school names are not arranged in alphabetical order; (2) "Stanford" is positioned in the middle of the array, superimposed on her picture; (3) "Duke" is listed first; (4) her right hand is poised above "Stanford"; (5a) the array of school names is shaped more or less like a map of the United States, but slanted left, meaning a westward lean? (5b) Or does the slant mean that the West is sinking while the East is rising? :)
LOL it's not even Easter and the egg hunt has begun. :)
I'm ok with any outcome EXCEPT the Evil Empire.
11-02-2021, 06:26 PM
I am glad we have a date and time to find out the news, so I don't have to check every few hours for an announcement, lol.
At this point, speculating and trying to decipher Instagram posts and the order of the schools in her picture is just going to drive me crazy. I can't say I will put it completely out of mind until Thursday, but no use worrying about something we have no control over over the next 44.5 hours. Got plenty of other stuff to do in the meantime.
Obviously, we are hoping she chooses Stanford, which on paper would be a great fit (great academics, plenty of potential playing time with our need at the guard position and contending for national titles every season), but that's no guarantee. It would help our title chances by adding an elite guard to complement the strong contingent of post players we have, but in the end, it's her decision and I would wish her well wherever she picks.
At this point, speculating and trying to decipher Instagram posts and the order of the schools in her picture is just going to drive me crazy. I can't say I will put it completely out of mind until Thursday, but no use worrying about something we have no control over over the next 44.5 hours. Got plenty of other stuff to do in the meantime.
Obviously, we are hoping she chooses Stanford, which on paper would be a great fit (great academics, plenty of potential playing time with our need at the guard position and contending for national titles every season), but that's no guarantee. It would help our title chances by adding an elite guard to complement the strong contingent of post players we have, but in the end, it's her decision and I would wish her well wherever she picks.
I am glad we have a date and time to find out the news, so I don't have to check every few hours for an announcement, lol.
At this point, speculating and trying to decipher Instagram posts and the order of the schools in her picture is just going to drive me crazy. I can't say I will put it completely out of mind until Thursday, but no use worrying about something we have no control over over the next 44.5 hours. Got plenty of other stuff to do in the meantime.
Obviously, we are hoping she chooses Stanford, which on paper would be a great fit (great academics, plenty of potential playing time with our need at the guard position and contending for national titles every season), but that's no guarantee. It would help our title chances by adding an elite guard to complement the strong contingent of post players we have, but in the end, it's her decision and I would wish her well wherever she picks.
At this point, speculating and trying to decipher Instagram posts and the order of the schools in her picture is just going to drive me crazy. I can't say I will put it completely out of mind until Thursday, but no use worrying about something we have no control over over the next 44.5 hours. Got plenty of other stuff to do in the meantime.
Obviously, we are hoping she chooses Stanford, which on paper would be a great fit (great academics, plenty of potential playing time with our need at the guard position and contending for national titles every season), but that's no guarantee. It would help our title chances by adding an elite guard to complement the strong contingent of post players we have, but in the end, it's her decision and I would wish her well wherever she picks.
11-02-2021, 07:27 PM
Instagram isn't always all telling, but Kendall Dudley, her teammate and #4 recruit in 2024, commented with trees. Wondering if that is signifying anything on Dudley's current lean herself?
I hope that Kiki RICE realizes that the future of WCBB is in the PAC 12, based on the recent successes of several PAC 12 teams in the NCAA Tournament:
2021 - national champion Stanford and runner-up Arizona,
2020 - Oregon would have been national champion had it not been cancelled,
2019 - Oregon in Final Four,
2017 - Stanford in Final Four,
2016 - OSU and UW in Final Four
and, as a result of that, the current influx of Top 10/Top 25/Top 50 recruits to Stanford, OSU, Oregon, Arizona, UCLA, USC and even UW, wherein 6 of the Top 10 recruits from the Class of 2022 are PAC 12-bound, and she will be the 7th if she decides to!
2021 - national champion Stanford and runner-up Arizona,
2020 - Oregon would have been national champion had it not been cancelled,
2019 - Oregon in Final Four,
2017 - Stanford in Final Four,
2016 - OSU and UW in Final Four
and, as a result of that, the current influx of Top 10/Top 25/Top 50 recruits to Stanford, OSU, Oregon, Arizona, UCLA, USC and even UW, wherein 6 of the Top 10 recruits from the Class of 2022 are PAC 12-bound, and she will be the 7th if she decides to!
(This post was last modified: 11-03-2021, 09:08 AM by joemontes.)
I hope that Kiki RICE realizes that the future of WCBB is in the PAC 12, based on the recent successes of several PAC 12 teams in the NCAA Tournament:
2021 - national champion Stanford and runner-up Arizona,
2020 - Oregon would have been national champion had it not been cancelled,
2019 - Oregon in Final Four,
2017 - Stanford in Final Four,
2016 - OSU and UW in Final Four
and, as a result of that, the current influx of Top 10/Top 25/Top 50 recruits to Stanford, OSU, Oregon, Arizona, UCLA, USC and even UW, wherein 6 of the Top 10 recruits from the Class of 2022 are PAC 12-bound, and she will be the 7th if she decides to!
2021 - national champion Stanford and runner-up Arizona,
2020 - Oregon would have been national champion had it not been cancelled,
2019 - Oregon in Final Four,
2017 - Stanford in Final Four,
2016 - OSU and UW in Final Four
and, as a result of that, the current influx of Top 10/Top 25/Top 50 recruits to Stanford, OSU, Oregon, Arizona, UCLA, USC and even UW, wherein 6 of the Top 10 recruits from the Class of 2022 are PAC 12-bound, and she will be the 7th if she decides to!
11-03-2021, 09:08 AM
I think maybe too much emphasis is being put on Rice's decision. We will be an excellent team either way. Rest easy people.
Put a glide in your stride and a dip in your hip.
(11-03-2021, 09:08 AM)martyup Wrote: I think maybe too much emphasis is being put on Rice's decision. We will be an excellent team either way. Rest easy people.If anything else, it's a fun exercise in speculative thought, because:
- 3 of her 5 finalists are PAC 12 teams
- getting both the #1 and #2 overall recruit is a BIG DEAL, because it has only happened once before in WCBB, i.e., 10 recruiting classes ago, when #1 Breanna STEWART and #2 Moriah JEFFERSON both went to UConn, and we know what happened after that - UConn wins 4 consecutive national championships!
(This post was last modified: 11-03-2021, 09:23 AM by joemontes.)
(11-03-2021, 09:08 AM)martyup Wrote: I think maybe too much emphasis is being put on Rice's decision. We will be an excellent team either way. Rest easy people.If anything else, it's a fun exercise in speculative thought, because:
- 3 of her 5 finalists are PAC 12 teams
- getting both the #1 and #2 overall recruit is a BIG DEAL, because it has only happened once before in WCBB, i.e., 10 recruiting classes ago, when #1 Breanna STEWART and #2 Moriah JEFFERSON both went to UConn, and we know what happened after that - UConn wins 4 consecutive national championships!
11-03-2021, 09:31 AM
(11-03-2021, 09:08 AM)martyup Wrote: I think maybe too much emphasis is being put on Rice's decision. We will be an excellent team either way. Rest easy people.
Enjoy the ride of cheering on our defending National Champion womens' basketball team.
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Put a glide in your stride and a dip in your hip.
I think we will be fine even without Rice. But let’s land her! I think it’s between us and Duke. We’ve come in second too many times with elite guards. We are due!
If Lawson isn’t at Duke, they are not even in the final running for Rice.
If Lawson isn’t at Duke, they are not even in the final running for Rice.
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I think we will be fine even without Rice. But let’s land her! I think it’s between us and Duke. We’ve come in second too many times with elite guards. We are due!
If Lawson isn’t at Duke, they are not even in the final running for Rice.
If Lawson isn’t at Duke, they are not even in the final running for Rice.
11-03-2021, 10:01 AM
(11-02-2021, 07:27 PM)spike5882 Wrote: Instagram isn't always all telling, but Kendall Dudley, her teammate and #4 recruit in 2024, commented with trees. Wondering if that is signifying anything on Dudley's current lean herself?
Good eye.
https://marylandbelles.com/players-2023/kendall-dudley
4.0 per this bio...love to see it
(11-02-2021, 07:27 PM)spike5882 Wrote: Instagram isn't always all telling, but Kendall Dudley, her teammate and #4 recruit in 2024, commented with trees. Wondering if that is signifying anything on Dudley's current lean herself?
Good eye.
https://marylandbelles.com/players-2023/kendall-dudley
4.0 per this bio...love to see it
11-03-2021, 10:08 AM
Dudley has been on our list for a year or so. Mom is her coach. Also coaches Ms R
11-03-2021, 10:33 AM
(11-03-2021, 10:01 AM)kat0189 Wrote:(11-02-2021, 07:27 PM)spike5882 Wrote: Instagram isn't always all telling, but Kendall Dudley, her teammate and #4 recruit in 2024, commented with trees. Wondering if that is signifying anything on Dudley's current lean herself?
Good eye.
https://marylandbelles.com/players-2023/kendall-dudley
4.0 per this bio...love to see it
I see in her bio that her father is Andre Hines. There was an Andre Hines who was an OL on the Stanford football team in the late 70s. I wonder if there's any relation?
(11-03-2021, 10:01 AM)kat0189 Wrote:(11-02-2021, 07:27 PM)spike5882 Wrote: Instagram isn't always all telling, but Kendall Dudley, her teammate and #4 recruit in 2024, commented with trees. Wondering if that is signifying anything on Dudley's current lean herself?
Good eye.
https://marylandbelles.com/players-2023/kendall-dudley
4.0 per this bio...love to see it
I see in her bio that her father is Andre Hines. There was an Andre Hines who was an OL on the Stanford football team in the late 70s. I wonder if there's any relation?
11-03-2021, 11:01 AM
(11-03-2021, 09:31 AM)martyup Wrote:(11-03-2021, 09:08 AM)martyup Wrote: I think maybe too much emphasis is being put on Rice's decision. We will be an excellent team either way. Rest easy people.
Enjoy the ride of cheering on our defending National Champion womens' basketball team.
Unlike your other recently posted giff, this one isn't White Christmas, is it? (Same actors in both, though).
(11-03-2021, 09:31 AM)martyup Wrote:(11-03-2021, 09:08 AM)martyup Wrote: I think maybe too much emphasis is being put on Rice's decision. We will be an excellent team either way. Rest easy people.
Enjoy the ride of cheering on our defending National Champion womens' basketball team.
Unlike your other recently posted giff, this one isn't White Christmas, is it? (Same actors in both, though).
11-03-2021, 11:18 AM
(11-03-2021, 11:01 AM)teejers1 Wrote:That is 100 percent White Christmas. An annual classic in our household. "The best things, happen while you're dancing..."(11-03-2021, 09:31 AM)martyup Wrote:(11-03-2021, 09:08 AM)martyup Wrote: I think maybe too much emphasis is being put on Rice's decision. We will be an excellent team either way. Rest easy people.
Enjoy the ride of cheering on our defending National Champion womens' basketball team.
Unlike your other recently posted giff, this one isn't White Christmas, is it? (Same actors in both, though).
(11-03-2021, 11:01 AM)teejers1 Wrote:That is 100 percent White Christmas. An annual classic in our household. "The best things, happen while you're dancing..."(11-03-2021, 09:31 AM)martyup Wrote:(11-03-2021, 09:08 AM)martyup Wrote: I think maybe too much emphasis is being put on Rice's decision. We will be an excellent team either way. Rest easy people.
Enjoy the ride of cheering on our defending National Champion womens' basketball team.
Unlike your other recently posted giff, this one isn't White Christmas, is it? (Same actors in both, though).
(11-03-2021, 10:33 AM)Red80 Wrote:(11-03-2021, 10:01 AM)kat0189 Wrote:(11-02-2021, 07:27 PM)spike5882 Wrote: Instagram isn't always all telling, but Kendall Dudley, her teammate and #4 recruit in 2024, commented with trees. Wondering if that is signifying anything on Dudley's current lean herself?
Good eye.
https://marylandbelles.com/players-2023/kendall-dudley
4.0 per this bio...love to see it
I see in her bio that her father is Andre Hines. There was an Andre Hines who was an OL on the Stanford football team in the late 70s. I wonder if there's any relation?
OOoh...I bet there is. Andre, Jr., her brother, plays football for BC: https://bceagles.com/sports/football/ros...ines/13886
er...nevermind. He's from New York.
(11-03-2021, 10:33 AM)Red80 Wrote:(11-03-2021, 10:01 AM)kat0189 Wrote:(11-02-2021, 07:27 PM)spike5882 Wrote: Instagram isn't always all telling, but Kendall Dudley, her teammate and #4 recruit in 2024, commented with trees. Wondering if that is signifying anything on Dudley's current lean herself?
Good eye.
https://marylandbelles.com/players-2023/kendall-dudley
4.0 per this bio...love to see it
I see in her bio that her father is Andre Hines. There was an Andre Hines who was an OL on the Stanford football team in the late 70s. I wonder if there's any relation?
OOoh...I bet there is. Andre, Jr., her brother, plays football for BC: https://bceagles.com/sports/football/ros...ines/13886
er...nevermind. He's from New York.
11-03-2021, 04:12 PM
(11-03-2021, 11:18 AM)2006alum Wrote:(11-03-2021, 11:01 AM)teejers1 Wrote:That is 100 percent White Christmas. An annual classic in our household. "The best things, happen while you're dancing..."(11-03-2021, 09:31 AM)martyup Wrote:(11-03-2021, 09:08 AM)martyup Wrote: I think maybe too much emphasis is being put on Rice's decision. We will be an excellent team either way. Rest easy people.
Enjoy the ride of cheering on our defending National Champion womens' basketball team.
Unlike your other recently posted giff, this one isn't White Christmas, is it? (Same actors in both, though).
Thanks for clearing that up - I've seen that movie countless times and remember the song you mention. It's just that the backdrop to the dancers threw me . . . I really don't recall that at all.
(BTW, the closing scene where the troops rally for their old commander is pretty darn heartwarming).
(11-03-2021, 11:18 AM)2006alum Wrote:(11-03-2021, 11:01 AM)teejers1 Wrote:That is 100 percent White Christmas. An annual classic in our household. "The best things, happen while you're dancing..."(11-03-2021, 09:31 AM)martyup Wrote:(11-03-2021, 09:08 AM)martyup Wrote: I think maybe too much emphasis is being put on Rice's decision. We will be an excellent team either way. Rest easy people.
Enjoy the ride of cheering on our defending National Champion womens' basketball team.
Unlike your other recently posted giff, this one isn't White Christmas, is it? (Same actors in both, though).
Thanks for clearing that up - I've seen that movie countless times and remember the song you mention. It's just that the backdrop to the dancers threw me . . . I really don't recall that at all.
(BTW, the closing scene where the troops rally for their old commander is pretty darn heartwarming).
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