Originally Posted by
bludev03
Here's my take on the 08 Class:
You can pretty much give the NC for this year and the next 4-5 years to either UConn or Tenn. When #2 Glory Johnson signed w/ her hometown Lady Vols, that pretty much sealed the deal; nobody else in the country will have the horses to compete with them. UConn has signed 3 top 11 players, including #1 Elena Delle Donne, who is 6'5" 190 and can play all 5 positions (think a taller and thicker Candace Parker, w/ handles like a pg and can shoot the lights out from 3 point range). Next year, UConn will have the high school NPOY from '06,'07,and '08 (Tina Charles, Maya Moore, EDD).
Tenn has signed 5 top 20 players, including 3 in the top 8. They have signed back-to-back #1 classes.
Now to Duke. Duke has signed #13 pg Shay Shelby (who verballed to G) , #21 6'2" Kathleen Scheer, and #61 pg Chelsea Hopkins. However, Duke missed THE recruit that was a must-have (imho) and that was 6'2" Nneka Ogwumike of Texas who signed w/ Stanford.
How did Duke do compared with her peers? Well, UConn signed 3 top 11 players, Tenn signed 5 top 20 players, LSU signed the #12,#14, and #17 players, and Rutgers signed two top 10 players, plus the #26 and #27.
Personally, I think Duke struck out big time in this class...