Last but certainly not least: The women's basketball recruiting thread for November. The October thread is here.
Once again, starting off with signing day. That will be in the same November 9-16 window as the men. The current 2023 commits who are expected to sign in November are as follows: 4-star guard Nunu Agara (Hopkins High School, Minnetonka, MN), 5-star wing Courtney Ogden (Westminster School, Atlanta, GA), and 4-star guard Chloe Clardy (Conway High School, Conway, Arkansas).
Others who could join them in 2023: 5-star point guard Hannah Hidalgo (Paul VI, Haddonfield, NJ), 5-star guard JuJu Watkins (Sierra Canyon, Los Angeles, CA), and 4-star forward Delaney Thomas (St. John's College, Washington, D.C.). Thomas will announce her decision tomorrow at 4:00 PM ET.
Both Hidalgo and Juju Watkins visited during October, which is encouraging. Hidgalgo visited the weekend of October 8th and Watkins visited last week. Definitely reason to have hope for them.
To my knowledge, Thomas has not visited this fall, but she's been really really quiet with her recruitment, so it's hard to get a read on where she's going. What I can say is latest I checked, in mid-October, Stanford was still on her. That said, if her social media likes are any indicator at all, Duke and UCLA seem to be the front runners here. A Duke assistant coach liked her announcement date tweet and in addition to liking a bunch of Duke stuff, she's liked a fair amount of UCLA stuff. Hasn't liked anything Stanford related. So read into that what you will.
For 2024, 4-star forward Toby Fournier (Crestwood Secondary, Ontario, Canada) included Stanford in her top eight last month. See the October thread for the full list. Stanford also making an effort with 4-star point guard Shay Ijiwoye (Desert Vista, Phoenix, AZ), being in to see her recently. 2024 4-star combo guard Avary Cain (Saint Joseph, Santa Maria, CA) and 2024 5-star guard/forward Jordan Lee (Saint Mary's High School, Stockton, CA) also visited last month.
Other 2024 names: 4-star guard Mikayla Blakes (Rutgers Prep, Somerset, NJ), 5-star forward Joyce Edwards (Camden High School, Camden, SC), 4-star guard Tajianna Avant-Roberts (La Jolla Country Day, La Jolla, CA), 5-star guard Morgan Cheli out of Mitty, and 5-star post Blanca Thomas (Charlotte Catholic, Charlotte, NC).
For 2025, obviously 4-star guard Hailee Swain is already committed out of Holy Innocents in Marietta, GA. Two others I have in 2025 are wing Jasmine "Jazzy" Davidson out of Clackamas High School in Oregon and then forward Sienna Betts out of Grandview High School in Aurora, CO. Sienna is the younger sister of Lauren Betts.
I'll check on visitors for this weekend as well. Though it's of course possible @Bobbk beats me to it as he was the one who noticed Juju was visiting last week for the scrimmage.
Once again, starting off with signing day. That will be in the same November 9-16 window as the men. The current 2023 commits who are expected to sign in November are as follows: 4-star guard Nunu Agara (Hopkins High School, Minnetonka, MN), 5-star wing Courtney Ogden (Westminster School, Atlanta, GA), and 4-star guard Chloe Clardy (Conway High School, Conway, Arkansas).
Others who could join them in 2023: 5-star point guard Hannah Hidalgo (Paul VI, Haddonfield, NJ), 5-star guard JuJu Watkins (Sierra Canyon, Los Angeles, CA), and 4-star forward Delaney Thomas (St. John's College, Washington, D.C.). Thomas will announce her decision tomorrow at 4:00 PM ET.
Both Hidalgo and Juju Watkins visited during October, which is encouraging. Hidgalgo visited the weekend of October 8th and Watkins visited last week. Definitely reason to have hope for them.
To my knowledge, Thomas has not visited this fall, but she's been really really quiet with her recruitment, so it's hard to get a read on where she's going. What I can say is latest I checked, in mid-October, Stanford was still on her. That said, if her social media likes are any indicator at all, Duke and UCLA seem to be the front runners here. A Duke assistant coach liked her announcement date tweet and in addition to liking a bunch of Duke stuff, she's liked a fair amount of UCLA stuff. Hasn't liked anything Stanford related. So read into that what you will.
For 2024, 4-star forward Toby Fournier (Crestwood Secondary, Ontario, Canada) included Stanford in her top eight last month. See the October thread for the full list. Stanford also making an effort with 4-star point guard Shay Ijiwoye (Desert Vista, Phoenix, AZ), being in to see her recently. 2024 4-star combo guard Avary Cain (Saint Joseph, Santa Maria, CA) and 2024 5-star guard/forward Jordan Lee (Saint Mary's High School, Stockton, CA) also visited last month.
Other 2024 names: 4-star guard Mikayla Blakes (Rutgers Prep, Somerset, NJ), 5-star forward Joyce Edwards (Camden High School, Camden, SC), 4-star guard Tajianna Avant-Roberts (La Jolla Country Day, La Jolla, CA), 5-star guard Morgan Cheli out of Mitty, and 5-star post Blanca Thomas (Charlotte Catholic, Charlotte, NC).
For 2025, obviously 4-star guard Hailee Swain is already committed out of Holy Innocents in Marietta, GA. Two others I have in 2025 are wing Jasmine "Jazzy" Davidson out of Clackamas High School in Oregon and then forward Sienna Betts out of Grandview High School in Aurora, CO. Sienna is the younger sister of Lauren Betts.
I'll check on visitors for this weekend as well. Though it's of course possible @Bobbk beats me to it as he was the one who noticed Juju was visiting last week for the scrimmage.
