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re: LSU Women Basketball Recruiting Thread (2026 and Beyond)
Posted on 10/21/26 at 3:39 pm to Septiger
Posted on 10/21/26 at 3:39 pm to Septiger
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I would like to know if the WBB program has a few of their own donors
They do although not super big donors.
That’s why it’s hard retaining some players. A lot of players who have left the last few years was for $$$ see Jada, Bella, Samayah, etc
That’s also a big reason they did the fundraising event earlier this season.
This post was edited on 10/21/26 at 3:40 pm
Posted on 10/21/26 at 4:34 pm to Tigerbait357
should be some money for next year with MK, and Lay coming off the books I would think.
Posted on 10/21/26 at 5:09 pm to Tigerbait357
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That’s why it’s hard retaining some players. A lot of players who have left the last few years was for $$$ see Jada, Bella, Samayah, etc
It was money in terms of they wanted more than they were worth. Jada W is better than Jada R and is getting paid. Laila Reynolds is better than Bella at this point and is getting paid. Samaya was damaged goods due to knee injuries and was not worth risking a large investment.
Posted on 10/21/26 at 5:36 pm to Tigerbait357
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Zaniya wasn’t even a NEED per say
They have Caroline and Anna already and in mix for a couple of bigs overseas right now for next year. If they have Anna, Caroline, Morro, Grace and foreign big that’s a good group
I totally agree. I think some LSU fans are upset because it's another highly-ranked recruit that chose SC over LSU. But the reality is that LSU doesn't need her for the future, and if you're looking at it from Zaniah Johnson's point of view, 4-5 years coming with Anna and Caroline on board and Grace and Morro with 2-3 years left, and Zaniah is going to have trouble getting on the court.
GG Banks was the real loss for the future since she played a position of need. But if Jada Williams returns for another year there's no guarantee of GG's amount of playing time her first year.
I agree that the money will be better spent on guards (especially point) and wings in the portal.
Also, sometimes I think Dawn Staley signs more than she knows she can play each year just to keep them away from LSU and others. This was the old Nick Saban trick during the days of Les Miles. Sign them so at least they won't hurt you playing for someone else. Dawn's program is at its zenith right now so she's wisely taking advantage of all of the positive talk in recruiting.
Posted on 10/22/26 at 11:54 am to goldenmoment
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But the reality is that LSU doesn't need her for the future, and if you're looking at it from Zaniah Johnson's point of view, 4-5 years coming with Anna and Caroline on board and Grace and Morro with 2-3 years left, and Zaniah is going to have trouble getting on the court.
sc will return six post players next year, with most of them currently being freshmen and sophomores. imo, at some point, playing time will become an issue for south carolina. top recruits will get tired of sitting on benches.
This post was edited on 10/22/26 at 11:55 am
Posted on 10/23/26 at 6:02 pm to morethanafan
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If tweet fails to load, click here. How in the hell is this happening and how will they all get minutes
This post was edited on 10/23/26 at 6:03 pm
Posted on 10/23/26 at 6:20 pm to Jim bean xxx
Yes! This is very weird. Four consecutive 5 star players committing to the same school just seems strange. I'm sure SC probably has a bigger bank account than LSU but LSU is a great program too. In 2024 LSU had the #1 recruiting class so what did they do differently then than now?
Posted on 10/24/26 at 7:14 am to Jim bean xxx
they won’t. go look at the box score from their exhibition game last night and look how many minutes each player got. this won’t sustain.
This post was edited on 10/24/26 at 12:10 pm
Posted on 10/26/26 at 2:06 pm to morethanafan
people need to just chill out. The future of the sport is the portal. Just need to make sure we are getting in better than we lose and we will be fine as long as Kim is here.
Posted on 10/26/26 at 2:34 pm to extremetigerfanatic
Yes agree, need a mix of transfer players and HS recruits. How did we win the nat'l championship? With 6 experienced transfers, including Angel, Alexis, LaDazhia, etc, who all played major roles during the year and during the tournament. They all had a lot experience and made immediate impact. Similar with UCLA who won it last year with 4 critical transfers, including Betts, who all made immediate impact. Coach Kim can hand pick positions of need from the portal, and they're already proven. Meanwhile, typical 18 yo freshman takes time to acclimate to the college system, and no guarantee they will be stars (see Del Rosario #6/#7 McD AA).
This post was edited on 10/26/26 at 7:46 pm
Posted on 10/27/26 at 12:16 pm to LSUVT
I feel that Williams and Reynolds will return for a fifth year. Add Johnson, Knox, Lampley, Yarnevich, Minaeva, Bradley, and possibly Morro; we will be fine next year. We will probably look to add a point guard and a shooting guard via the portal and international players. Adding another top recruit will be icing on the cake. Mulkey will never put a bad team on the floor at LSU.
Posted on 10/30/26 at 1:10 pm to LSUVT
I hate to say this, because I love Jada Richard and her being the starting PG being from LA was awesome. My daughter played against her in HS and got to watch her play alot of HS games where she was just dominate. I got to watch her score 100 points in one day in back to back games in a tournament in Brusly. And both those teams were Top28 teams.
But I already like Jada Williams better. And I hate to say it, but it seems like a lot of it is that JW just looks like she takes all of it more seriously than JR did. She's all out already. We have just played two low level teams where she probably didn't even really need to give full effort, but she did. Better full court ball pressure, better handles, more controlled passing. I know we haven't played anyone yet. But she looks like an upgrade.
Edited to add, based on last night, Anna looks completely out of shape unfortunately. I hope Morro can get healthy quick. She hasn't made it on the floor, but she looks the part much more than Anna. I know she is very young, but they'll need to completely rebuild her physically if she is to be a player in the SEC.
But I already like Jada Williams better. And I hate to say it, but it seems like a lot of it is that JW just looks like she takes all of it more seriously than JR did. She's all out already. We have just played two low level teams where she probably didn't even really need to give full effort, but she did. Better full court ball pressure, better handles, more controlled passing. I know we haven't played anyone yet. But she looks like an upgrade.
Edited to add, based on last night, Anna looks completely out of shape unfortunately. I hope Morro can get healthy quick. She hasn't made it on the floor, but she looks the part much more than Anna. I know she is very young, but they'll need to completely rebuild her physically if she is to be a player in the SEC.
This post was edited on 10/30/26 at 1:13 pm
Posted on 10/30/26 at 2:12 pm to extremetigerfanatic
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Edited to add, based on last night, Anna looks completely out of shape unfortunately
She has beenout of practice for a couple weeks due to injury. She should catch up in another 7 to 10 days.
Posted on 10/30/26 at 4:22 pm to T20
Yes, I agree that Anna is a lot quicker and a better athlete than she showed last night. I also believe that it must be due to her being out of action for two weeks. She also looks like she's added a little weight since arriving. The videos of her playing Russian pro ball showed an Anna who could move without ever laboring. She'll round into form pretty quickly now that she's back on the floor.
Posted on 10/30/26 at 6:02 pm to goldenmoment
In the videos of her playing for the Russian teams she looks very fluid when she catches a pass and moves to the goal. Recent bigs like Koval and del Rosario seemed to have to re-set before making a move to the basket. Kim and Starkey have been effusive in their praise of Ana and the things she can already do that are unlike most player her size,
Posted on 10/30/26 at 6:16 pm to T20
When Coach Kim and Coach Bob say Ana is going to be special rest assured they know what they’re talking about.
Posted on 10/30/26 at 8:26 pm to extremetigerfanatic
One thing evident in the exhibitions so far is this team passes the ball much better than the past couple teams. Much less individual ball and players looking for better shot, even to a point where sometimes they over pass
Once Noa gets going in a couple weeks and Anna gets a couple months of practice under her belt it’ll be a very very different looking team. And Lola is gonna explode eventually. It’s a young front court that’ll just need time and patience but the schedule allows them to get reps and grow before the hard part gets going in February
Anna is 17 so people will need to have some patience with her and she misses the last 2.5-3 weeks of practice so she prob is a bit out of shape. I do think molding her body, strength and agility is gonna take time but that unfortunately will take much more than a year but Koval trimmed down quite a bit in even just her one season at lsu and got in so much better shape.
Once Noa gets going in a couple weeks and Anna gets a couple months of practice under her belt it’ll be a very very different looking team. And Lola is gonna explode eventually. It’s a young front court that’ll just need time and patience but the schedule allows them to get reps and grow before the hard part gets going in February
Anna is 17 so people will need to have some patience with her and she misses the last 2.5-3 weeks of practice so she prob is a bit out of shape. I do think molding her body, strength and agility is gonna take time but that unfortunately will take much more than a year but Koval trimmed down quite a bit in even just her one season at lsu and got in so much better shape.
This post was edited on 10/30/26 at 8:29 pm
Posted on 10/30/26 at 11:47 pm to Tigerbait357
Yes! I was very impressed at how they moved the ball against the zone. I think this has a lot to do with Jada Williams and what she brings to the table. MK and Lay are great passers as well, especially MK, and it's evident that the senior stars want to win a title more than anything else- so they're setting the tone for the entire team with their unselfish passing. Even on breakaway layups the stars were trying to get the ball to others. They are entirely team oriented this year. The most unselfish I've seen so far in the Mulkey era at LSU.
I agree with one poster who was concerned about rebounding this year- we did lose a lot with Flaujae, Joyner, and Koval leaving. But Kim always has her perimeter players rebounding well- so if Minaeva and Morro can catch up to Joyner and Koval by February we'll be alright. Knox and Z will be a force on the boards, and Lola will be surprisingly tough.
I feel better about the 3-point shooting with MK, Lay, Jada and Morro (to come). I just hope Laila Reynolds starts taking and making threes because teams are going to overplay the others and leave her wide open, thinking she's not a threat. Also hope Z starts making threes. This will be important when good teams go to a zone against LSU.
I agree with one poster who was concerned about rebounding this year- we did lose a lot with Flaujae, Joyner, and Koval leaving. But Kim always has her perimeter players rebounding well- so if Minaeva and Morro can catch up to Joyner and Koval by February we'll be alright. Knox and Z will be a force on the boards, and Lola will be surprisingly tough.
I feel better about the 3-point shooting with MK, Lay, Jada and Morro (to come). I just hope Laila Reynolds starts taking and making threes because teams are going to overplay the others and leave her wide open, thinking she's not a threat. Also hope Z starts making threes. This will be important when good teams go to a zone against LSU.
Posted on 11/2/26 at 9:21 am to goldenmoment
I can't disagree with anything you all have posted above.
I do believe that Anna will get herself into shape. But at the same time, even before the season began, I thought she was going to need some time to adjust to the game here in the SEC........................possibly even the whole year, because she IS so young. But it never hurts to have another big body, even if she can't contribute a whole lot this season.
I second the notion that Jada W is a better fit for this team. I HATED to see Richard leave because I just like seeing consistency at that position. But after seeing what she did in that tournament game against Duke, where she waived off Mikaylah, that showed me that she's not going to ever be a pass-first point guard, and that's what Mulkey seems to like. So, Williams is going to be better at that position for us than Richard................at least for THIS season.
I do believe that Anna will get herself into shape. But at the same time, even before the season began, I thought she was going to need some time to adjust to the game here in the SEC........................possibly even the whole year, because she IS so young. But it never hurts to have another big body, even if she can't contribute a whole lot this season.
I second the notion that Jada W is a better fit for this team. I HATED to see Richard leave because I just like seeing consistency at that position. But after seeing what she did in that tournament game against Duke, where she waived off Mikaylah, that showed me that she's not going to ever be a pass-first point guard, and that's what Mulkey seems to like. So, Williams is going to be better at that position for us than Richard................at least for THIS season.
Posted on 11/2/26 at 10:18 am to lsualum96
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I do believe that Anna will get herself into shape. But at the same time, even before the season began, I thought she was going to need some time to adjust to the game here in the SEC........................possibly even the whole year,
It’ll be interesting too see how she adjust as the season goes on to the physicality and speed of the SEC.
She played in a Russian pro league so I’d assume she’s used to going up against older players
I do believe that Anna will get herself into shape. But at the same time, even before the season began, I thought she was going to need some time to adjust to the game here in the SEC........................possibly even the whole year,
It’ll be interesting too see how she adjust as the season goes on to the physicality and speed of the SEC.
She played in a Russian pro league so I’d assume she’s used to going up against older players
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