NCAA 2025 Commits

[Sasha]

See? I didn’t post prematurely, I was prescient. nods sagely

 

[GLeigh]

Nola to UCLA as well!

 

[david]

Nola to UCLA as well!

Eichman too. This class is a huge deal for UCLA.

 

[RedBirdie]

Could be a beautiful class. Could be broken as all heck by the time they get to UCLA.

 

[MaryClare]

Could be a beautiful class. Could be broken as all heck by the time they get to UCLA.

Ad Infinitum

 

[Sasha]

Nola to UCLA as well!

Yes!! Good catch for them. And I can’t wait to see what they do on floor…

 

[david]

Could be a beautiful class. Could be broken as all heck by the time they get to UCLA.

Indeed, that is the torture of getting excited about any class, you just never know how its going to turn out.

What I’m struck by is this coaching staff and the turn around they’ve achieved in such a short period of time. I thought we were in for at least a few years of ‘re-building’. I didn’t expect the consistency and results of this past season and I didn’t think they’d land a class of this caliber one year in.

 

[irichluck21]

What I’m struck by is this coaching staff and the turn around they’ve achieved in such a short period of time. I thought we were in for at least a few years of ‘re-building’. I didn’t expect the consistency and results of this past season and I didn’t think they’d land a class of this caliber one year in.

UCLA was also robbed in their semi-final and should have advanced to the finals over Oklahoma.

 

[CameliasFingerpaint]

UCLA was also robbed in their semi-final and should have advanced to the finals over Oklahoma.

And the fact that they didn’t reseed teams for the finals. LSU had no business in the final 4 and made the meet far less interesting.

Gymnastics is not a sport like basketball where things can come together for a team and they way overperform their potential causing an upset. The only thing that leads to an upset is an implosion. There is no reason to keep the seeds throughout the process.

 

[blake]

Paloma Spiridonova to Oregon State, Lilia Cosman to MSU.

 

[GLeigh]

Azaraya Ra-Akbar, the last uncommitted 5-star recruit, just switched her FIG nationality from the US to Canada

 

[blueghost]

Let's try this new Reddit embed feature...



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[irichluck21]

Do colleges like UCLA really have to try?

Yeah, especially for the more sheltered, more religious, conservative types. Those are the ones that generally go for Utah or the SEC schools.

 

[MaryClare]

Yeah, especially for the more sheltered, more religious, conservative types. Those are the ones that generally go for Utah or the SEC schools.

But isn’t there usually enough top recruits who are not from that sort of background at all and want to avoid that sort of school?

 

[irichluck21]

But isn’t there usually enough top recruits who are not from that sort of background at all and want to avoid that sort of school?

Yes. Plenty. But the tide has also turned in the last 8-10 years and now top rated recruits are going to programs all over the country. Whereas UCLA, Michigan, Utah, and the SEC schools (Bama, UF, Georgia, LSU) were where the majority of these top recruits went and on occasion Oklahoma.

Now Arkansas, Cal, Auburn, Michigan State, Kentucky, Minnesota, Denver, Oregon State, Iowa, and Missouri are also directly competing, so there is a spread of the wealth.

Gone are the days of UCLA or Georgia getting 4-5 of the top rated and elite recruits.

 

[makam]

If your goal is to get a championship, well, you want to get on Oklahoma's team and hope to get to compete. If you want to compete a lot, well, better to be a big fish in the little pond.

 

[RedBirdie]

MANY years ago (pre-WWG!) there was a US elite who was rather public about her choice coming down to "go win a championship but get very limited chances to actually compete, or go be the big fish but never win a championship."

 

[irichluck21]

MANY years ago (pre-WWG!) there was a US elite who was rather public about her choice coming down to "go win a championship but get very limited chances to actually compete, or go be the big fish but never win a championship."

OOOOHHHH.
I don't remember this.

 

[MaryClare]

OOOOHHHH.
I don't remember this.

I remember vaguely. Cassie I think her name was

 

[irichluck21]

Cassie Whitcomb? Who went to UCLA, did one year and medically retired?