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J. Tinkle's short list is .....

Mslacat

Mslacat

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........Duke
Georgia
Oklahoma
Stanford
Texas

At least according to Hoopgurlz.com. Stanford has just been elevated to the 5th spot when just this week, she was accepted by Stanford admissions. GB1 could be right!
 
Mslacat said:
........Duke
Georgia
Oklahoma
Stanford
Texas

At least according to Hoopgurlz.com. Stanford has just been elevated to the 5th spot when just this week, she was accepted by Stanford admissions. GB1 could be right!
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I tried to tell the non believers. ;)
 
I'll just state that I know a Big Sky High Student in the same class as JT, and has taken classes with JT, told me last year that JT wasn't going to the Lady Griz. Looks to me, this student is correct. So, of course, I was not one of the non-believers that GB1 is thinking of.
 
I don't really have any idea but I just feel like she will stay out west. So I'm thinking Stanford or Texas with Stanford being #1.
 
Why any athlete without a potential long-term money-making professional sports option would turn down a free education at Stanford is so far beyond me that I might puke. But, when I was 18, if I had been a stud like JT, I would probably have chosen the best school for me basketball-wise.....which might well have been Stanford anyway.
 
i'm not privvy to the inside skinny on joslyn's recruitment, but it's always sad to me to see what i've long considered to be a huge inferiority complex on the part of so many montanans. rather than gift-wrapping a talented young montana gal and shipping her off with alacrity to some out-of-state basketball factory or "prestige" school, i wish montanans would realize how much they have to offer, and spend more energy making the case for themselves rather than another school. in that spirit, i've dredged up one of my earlier posts on this matter, reviewed it again and then once again, and can honestly say, "i still approve this message." here's what we have going for us:

1.) a player drenched in the tradition of the university of montana, where both her parents played (her mother for the current coach), and where her father is still the head basketball coach;
2.) a hall-of fame coach in robin selvig, who over 30 years has built one of the best programs in the country;
3.) a tutor/ assistant coach in shannon cate schweyen who is the best player in the history of montana basketball, and with very few exceptions the equal of any player ever produced at stanford;
4.) an annual attendance that is among the best in the country, ranking just a tad fewer than the attendance at stanford;
5.) a basketball facility (dahlberg arena) that is at least the equal of maples pavilion, which was originally built in 1969, and is now one of the smallest arenas in the pac 10;
6.) the friends joslyn has developed over the years playing a.a.u. ball, especially ali hurley, now a freshman at montana;
7. ) the opportunity for her friends and family to see her play on a regular basis;
8.) the absolute slam-dunk guarantee that at montana she will be in the ncaa tournament every year for four years;
9.) finally, the chance joslyn would have to make a major major impact on a school and on a program, versus being yet another good player at a school that has recruited dozens and dozens of high school all-americans.

sure, tara has huge advantages too--the stanford reputation of academic excellence, combined with the promise joslyn can compete against the best players in the country. but even here i feel montana can be competitive, especially since i've done at least as well in life on a fine montana education as my stanfoo-educated brother (sorry, bro), the while it appears selvig, who has always played a tougher schedule than the men, is already upping the ante by scheduling the the marylands of the world.

i do believe it will come down to montana and stanford, and i'm not naive about the advantages tara has in this battle. but it's long been my theory that in any competitive situation, too many fret about the advantages of their competitor while totally forgetting their own unique capabilities, and that's just what i'm seeing played out by montanans in this long long record thread (referring to the long thread on this topic of a couple of months ago.)
 
It would be nice for once if a native montanan with huge talent decided to stay and play instate where they would dominate. They come along so infrequently. Cate probably being the last as far as womens basketball goes. They would still get drafted by the pros. I wonder if Selvig is recruiting her hard or has he been told nicely not to bother. Never assume anything. Was Larry K a huge force out of high school that he was getting lots of looks from major programs? Again I understand why they would choose a spotlight program as well as the academics but would like just for once to be totally surprised.
 
bobaloo said:
It would be nice for once if a native montanan with huge talent decided to stay and play instate where they would dominate. They come along so infrequently. Cate probably being the last as far as womens basketball goes. They would still get drafted by the pros. I wonder if Selvig is recruiting her hard or has he been told nicely not to bother. Never assume anything. Was Larry K a huge force out of high school that he was getting lots of looks from major programs? Again I understand why they would choose a spotlight program as well as the academics but would like just for once to be totally surprised.
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Yes, it would be nice. But she would be dominating the big sky, and that's just not impressive. She has the chance to go in and dominate at a completely different level. As mslacat has said, she has the gifts and talent to do just that. We're just a buncha Montana suckers who want our program to get over the top and do some serious damage come dance time! Who knows? If something doesn't work out, maybe she will come back and play. You never know.
 
citay, I admire your enthusiasm, I really do. But the one thing you left off your list is quality of education. It used to be that you could get a great education at UM for a reasonable price. I'm not so sure that's true anymore, sad to say. And I have to think that's driving Tinkle's decision making to a certain extent. My wife and I both graduated from UM, and we both loved it. But in talking to current and former UM faculty and staff members, it sounds like UM's academic reputation is declining.
 
citygriz said:
i'm not privvy to the inside skinny on joslyn's recruitment, but it's always sad to me to see what i've long considered to be a huge inferiority complex on the part of so many montanans. rather than gift-wrapping a talented young montana gal and shipping her off with alacrity to some out-of-state basketball factory or "prestige" school, i wish montanans would realize how much they have to offer, and spend more energy making the case for themselves rather than another school. in that spirit, i've dredged up one of my earlier posts on this matter, reviewed it again and then once again, and can honestly say, "i still approve this message." here's what we have going for us:

1.) a player drenched in the tradition of the university of montana, where both her parents played (her mother for the current coach), and where her father is still the head basketball coach;
2.) a hall-of fame coach in robin selvig, who over 30 years has built one of the best programs in the country;
3.) a tutor/ assistant coach in shannon cate schweyen who is the best player in the history of montana basketball, and with very few exceptions the equal of any player ever produced at stanford;
4.) an annual attendance that is among the best in the country, ranking just a tad fewer than the attendance at stanford;
5.) a basketball facility (dahlberg arena) that is at least the equal of maples pavilion, which was originally built in 1969, and is now one of the smallest arenas in the pac 10;
6.) the friends joslyn has developed over the years playing a.a.u. ball, especially ali hurley, now a freshman at montana;
7. ) the opportunity for her friends and family to see her play on a regular basis;
8.) the absolute slam-dunk guarantee that at montana she will be in the ncaa tournament every year for four years;
9.) finally, the chance joslyn would have to make a major major impact on a school and on a program, versus being yet another good player at a school that has recruited dozens and dozens of high school all-americans.

sure, tara has huge advantages too--the stanford reputation of academic excellence, combined with the promise joslyn can compete against the best players in the country. but even here i feel montana can be competitive, especially since i've done at least as well in life on a fine montana education as my stanfoo-educated brother (sorry, bro), the while it appears selvig, who has always played a tougher schedule than the men, is already upping the ante by scheduling the the marylands of the world.

i do believe it will come down to montana and stanford, and i'm not naive about the advantages tara has in this battle. but it's long been my theory that in any competitive situation, too many fret about the advantages of their competitor while totally forgetting their own unique capabilities, and that's just what i'm seeing played out by montanans in this long long record thread (referring to the long thread on this topic of a couple of months ago.)
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Get real man, no modern day female Bball star would choose UM over Stanford. Anyone who is good enough will go to Tennessee, UConn or Stanford.
 
One week until the start of the fall signing period. It last only a week, and I hear that it very very likely (although not guaranteed) that J. Tinkle will sign this fall.
 
One week to go. Lady Griz have 5 scholarships to give out. Will one of them be JT?

Hoopgurls does list the 5 schools that MslaCat posted earlier, but it also states she is considering Montana and Notre Dame which MslaCat left out of the list. Why is that? Has he heard something outside of Hoopgurls?
Anyway, looks like CityGriz can still dream of JT coming to Montana.
 
citygriz said:
i'm not privvy to the inside skinny on joslyn's recruitment, but it's always sad to me to see what i've long considered to be a huge inferiority complex on the part of so many montanans. rather than gift-wrapping a talented young montana gal and shipping her off with alacrity to some out-of-state basketball factory or "prestige" school, i wish montanans would realize how much they have to offer, and spend more energy making the case for themselves rather than another school. in that spirit, i've dredged up one of my earlier posts on this matter, reviewed it again and then once again, and can honestly say, "i still approve this message." here's what we have going for us:

1.) a player drenched in the tradition of the university of montana, where both her parents played (her mother for the current coach), and where her father is still the head basketball coach;
2.) a hall-of fame coach in robin selvig, who over 30 years has built one of the best programs in the country;
3.) a tutor/ assistant coach in shannon cate schweyen who is the best player in the history of montana basketball, and with very few exceptions the equal of any player ever produced at stanford;
4.) an annual attendance that is among the best in the country, ranking just a tad fewer than the attendance at stanford;
5.) a basketball facility (dahlberg arena) that is at least the equal of maples pavilion, which was originally built in 1969, and is now one of the smallest arenas in the pac 10;
6.) the friends joslyn has developed over the years playing a.a.u. ball, especially ali hurley, now a freshman at montana;
7. ) the opportunity for her friends and family to see her play on a regular basis;
8.) the absolute slam-dunk guarantee that at montana she will be in the ncaa tournament every year for four years;
9.) finally, the chance joslyn would have to make a major major impact on a school and on a program, versus being yet another good player at a school that has recruited dozens and dozens of high school all-americans.

sure, tara has huge advantages too--the stanford reputation of academic excellence, combined with the promise joslyn can compete against the best players in the country. but even here i feel montana can be competitive, especially since i've done at least as well in life on a fine montana education as my stanfoo-educated brother (sorry, bro), the while it appears selvig, who has always played a tougher schedule than the men, is already upping the ante by scheduling the the marylands of the world.

i do believe it will come down to montana and stanford, and i'm not naive about the advantages tara has in this battle. but it's long been my theory that in any competitive situation, too many fret about the advantages of their competitor while totally forgetting their own unique capabilities, and that's just what i'm seeing played out by montanans in this long long record thread (referring to the long thread on this topic of a couple of months ago.)
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all good points, but by that logic what would the difference between a montana highschooler choosing the university of montana, and the university of montana-western in a sport? both would offer a good education. both would offer the ability to live in beautiful montana. both schools would allow you to play in front of family and friends. but one would be a big time program. i love the big sky conference, but comparing um to the stanfords, dukes, and oklahomas is a stretch in my opinion. i never will knock on a kid trying to play at the highest level possible in any sport. if you can walk-on to the griz rather than play at tech...do it! if you're getting offers from um, but washington state comes knocking, you play in the pac-10. we are kidding ourselves if we think the big sky conference ranks up there with the pac-10's, acc's, and big easts's of the country. but i wouln't trade living in montana for anything!
 
ilovethecats said:
all good points, but by that logic what would the difference between a montana highschooler choosing the university of montana, and the university of montana-western in a sport? both would offer a good education. both would offer the ability to live in beautiful montana. both schools would allow you to play in front of family and friends. but one would be a big time program. i love the big sky conference, but comparing um to the stanfords, dukes, and oklahomas is a stretch in my opinion. i never will knock on a kid trying to play at the highest level possible in any sport. if you can walk-on to the griz rather than play at tech...do it! if you're getting offers from um, but washington state comes knocking, you play in the pac-10. we are kidding ourselves if we think the big sky conference ranks up there with the pac-10's, acc's, and big easts's of the country. but i wouln't trade living in montana for anything!
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I see your point and hear what you're saying but you have to remember this is women's basketball and not men's football. While UM and the Stanfords, Dukes, and Oklahomas aren't really comparable, the Big Sky and Pac-10 aren't as far apart as some perceive them to be because those people only follow football and what ESPN force-feeds them (read as ESPN is to college sports with their FBS/big school bias as a lot of national media is to politics with their democratic bias). The last few years, I recall many rankings/evaluations that put the Big Sky conference as a whole (not just UM) above the WAC as a conference. And choosing WSU over Montana is much more ridiculous than Montana over Stanford. The Cougs are terrible at women's basketball and not only would had UM had overwhelming odds to beat WSU last year but UM has a much better program history overall. :twocents:
 
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