@BobcatPhoenix and @twoinanddone Must have been LOTS of girls with offers on the table in gymnastics because we have many still coming out (4 in the past 1.5 weeks). Guess there’s just a lot of girls to grandfather in. shrugs
There were always the big group of superstars who committed as sophomores and below and they usually announced late in sophomore year. Then there was a lull as summer camps and tournaments occurred with commitments in the Fall. This year, the coaches couldn’t make contact at those summer events, so it seems as if the fall announcements are delayed.
I really don’t expect much change. Those top players headed to Syracuse and UNC will still be going to those schools. The academically elite will still go to Brown and Middlebury, and the next group will find places at Albany and Stony Brook, for both athletic and academic fit. The first group will have a 6-18 month delay in being able to commit, but everyone else will be close to the same schedule. The coaches will still follow the high school sophomores through camps and tournaments, they just can’t talk to them about recruiting. People will be willing to attend more summer camps with the hope of getting noticed by the coaches they can’t talk to.
Some of the earliest (and largest number of) commits have been the service academy. I wonder how they are handling recruiting as they can’t talk about lacrosse, but the recruits still want to get an early start on the process because it takes so long.
Yes @BKSquared I was referring to MIT. Thank you and @Ohiodad51 and everyone for all the great comments. We will continue this roller coster for another year!
Albany is top 20 in men’s lax (maybe top 5 this year) and Stony Brook is easy top 10 in women’s lax (was top 5 for most of last season).
^^They are, but they aren’t, IMO, in the same upper echelon of recruiting that the others are, year after year. SB’s success is recent (new coach) and Albany’s shot up with the Thompsons, but not everyone wants to live in Albany.
Those teams may be the ones that benefit from the later recruiting. A 14 year old sophomore may not see the possibilities of Albany, but a more mature 16 year old might (his position, who is in front of him on the roster, playing time). I still say a kid from one of the mid-Atlantic prep schools who would have gone to Maryland or Duke under the old early recruiting rules will still go to Maryland or Duke under the new rules. I don’t think it matters much if they commit as sophomores or as juniors.
For lacrosse, Stony Brook (and Towson plus quite a few others) compete well above where they “should” be due to being in a hotbed location. They get to choose the top players from the local clubs who choose not to leave home for college and really only have to select for athletics vs academics.
I agree with both of you about SB and Albany. BTW, I’m going to watch every Albany men’s game I can get this spring!
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I know that Stanford coaches can not get every “athlete” they want in. A “C” grade or low SAT scores just kill the opportunity at Stanford. In contrast, some other colleges can get in anyone they want.