re: LSU Women's Basketball Recruiting Thread: 2024 & 2025

On EspnU today at 5p cst, is the Under Amour Next Elite 24 game. EDIT: Game was canceled due to rain/safety & won't be rescheduled. Dammit.

Plenty of known Lady Tiger targets will be playing: Sarah Strong, Joyce Edwards, Jaloni Campbell, Jazzy Davidson, ZaKiyah Johnson, & Kelsi Andrews.

Other top talents I also wanna see include dunker Arianna Roberson, Sienna Betts (Lauren’s “little” 6-5 sister), Blanca Thomas (UNC), Zamareya Jones, Mia Pauldo & Maddy McDaniel (Gamecock lean).

Last year, Mikaylah Williams dominated the game.

SS is the truth

She’s an impact player. This team is already loaded. If they somehow convince Angel to return for her final season and bring in SS & company, Good luck. Mikaylah Williams will have a year under her belt. I don’t know how you beat them.

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Hopefully coaches are talking to Mikaylah Williams about working on Strong

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No doubt Williams is encouraging her/recruiting her to LSU. They are good friends and played with each other 3v3 before for team USA. She will basically be following Williams back to LSU after 3v3. Strong (#2 recruit) is visiting September 9th (home game weekend) with Kate Koval (#5 recruit). That will probably be the most critical weekend of recruiting this fall. I am hoping LSU goes 2 for 2 with those 2 but any one of those would be game-changers.


Mearah O'Neal (#35 recruit), Jaloni Cambridge (#3 recruit), Joyce Edwards (#1 recruit) visit later in the fall.

LSU has flexibility with only 12 scholarship athletes right now. We have #87 recruit committed with Jada Richards right now (#1 LA recruit and only nationally ranked LA prospect). Reese, HVL, Poole, and Poa all have 5th years if they want it but I suspect not everyone will be back for a 5th. So it will be interesting to see how it ends up working out. Plus you have the portal which Mulkey has used great over the last 4 years landing lots of great players

There is always a modeling career

Angel has the body of a PF but the game of a 80s NBA center. While she is a special rebounder with Rodman-like positioning/angle-IQ, it'd be hard to make the WNBA's limited roster spots as an undersized center who can mainly only rebound & scoop layups. She needs a reliable face-up mid-range+ shot asap, even while in college, when she plays against future WNBA bigs.

I like the direction Mulkey is going recruiting-wise. She recruited Del Rosario, who is a true center in a big/wide center's body. Koval is a tall true center. Strong, Edwards, Carlton & O'Neal are all PF bodies with PF/W games, all who have flashed some 3pt ability.

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Absolutely. I mean I’m not saying I want her out there bombing 3’s but I just think it would make this team incredibly hard to defend. And it already will be in my opinion. I also hope Colorado and VT aren’t the only big games on the schedule. This team will overwhelm most teams because of the talent level. Can you imagine an IOWA rematch in the PMAC?

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2 cupcake games so far
McNesse at home
@Southeastern

When does the full schedule come out? EDIT: Looks like last year, LSU released it on Aug 17th. The new one may be coming soon enough.

-I know LSU opens with Colorado Nov 6th Las Vegas
-On Nov 24th-25th @ Cayman Islands Classic, LSU will play one (or more) out of UConn, UCLA, VT, Tulane, Kansas, VA, or Niagra
-There's the VT rematch Nov 30th ACC/SEC Challenge
-McNeese
-Southeastern
-SEC schedule

Yeah, I can't find anything definitive on the matchups for the Cayman's. No set matchups, no time schedule or no bracket. Just thumbnails on the teams participating.