<p>Dizzy-husband is not from Texas, but frequently uses the 'cat-herding' analogy, which never fails to amuse. I actually heard a better one, from a North Carolinian, which will probably get asterisks applied to it when I post it, so I hope you can make sense of it: "I was as busy as a cat trying to cover crap on a marble floor." I don't know why, but the visual on that one has staying power.</p>
<p>Does the NCAA date vary from sport to sport? For my S, it was July 1 after junior year. It was like waiting for Santa to come. The strangest thing, waiting for phone calls from strangers...</p>
<p>Dizzy-husband had helped S put together e-mails to an A and B list of college coaches in the Spring with information pertinent to him as an athlete and a scholar, to help them place him on the map.</p>
<p>The other thing I would ask, though, is whether your D's club or school coach is helping. An experienced coach has contacts and can guide a talented athlete through the process and/or make a fortuituous introduction. My S's coach made several small but crucial moves of this nature when he learned that S was interested in the Ivies.</p>
<p>Also, is bball a sport where it helps to have a video? I know a young woman who is hoping to play a sport at one of the Claremont colleges, which you mentioned, who rather hurriedly had to throw together a video -- you probably already have a compendium of them if you're a true sports parent :-)</p>
<p>Dizzymom</p>