The Ball Out Recruiting Insider

With the recruiting circuit in full effect, we are launching The Ball Out Recruiting Insider. Our insider will bring you the latest rumors, details, and more when it comes to prospects as well as premium transfers. From visits (unofficial and official) to what schools they are interested in and what’s going on behind the scenes, find it all out in The Ball Out Recruiting Insider.

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7/22/22

2:34 a.m. ET.

• We have a new announcement! We have created a message board/forum to interact and have multiple conversations regarding updates and news that we share exclusively with Insiders! So if you are an Insider, you will have access to the exclusive forum tied to your subscription! We look forward to interacting with you all, answering questions, and creating the world’s best women’s basketball forum community! The forum is fully not complete, but the forums tied to your subscription are. We will be extremely active with information on our new forums! And if you want to know ANYTHING going on in women’s basketball, ask us in our forums! Here is the link to the forum, all you have to do is sign in like you usually do: https://theballout.com/forums/

7/1/22

12:18 p.m. ET.

• Aalyah Del Rosario is down to four schools: South Carolina, LSU, North Carolina, and Tennessee, sources tell The Ball Out.

6/19/22

2:35 p.m. ET.

• Ex-BYU star Shaylee Gonzales is down to Texas, NC State and Oregon State, sources tell The Ball Out.

6/4/22

1:04 p.m. ET.

• One of the fastest rising prospects in the country is 2025 W Aaliyah Crump. She is the top player in Minnesota and is a rising star.

6/3/22 

9:09 p.m. ET.

• BYU star Shaylee Gonzales has entered the transfer portal. As our Insiders know, she almost did it last year and had to be talked into going back to BYU. Gonzales was headed to Stanford if she had left last year, we believe Stanford is in the mix now.

6/2/22

9:51 a.m. ET.

• Recruiting is really picking up now! The No. 3 player in the 2023 class, Jadyn Donovan, is looking strongly at Duke, Notre Dame, and Maryland, sources tell The Ball Out.

5/29/22

2:12 p.m. ET. 

• Recruiting is back in full swing! Here’s a name to watch for: Jayla Jackson (2026) from Washington D.C.

4/26/22

2:36 a.m. ET.

• We will have an update on Angel Reese and more today!

4/22/22

2:00 p.m. ET.

• Texas transfer Latasha Lattimore was on an official to Duke this week, multiple sources tell The Ball Out. As of now, we believe that Duke is the frontrunner since her best friend is Blue Devils guard Shayeann Day-Wilson.

4/21/22

7:18 p.m. ET. 

• Right now, North Carolina is the favorite to land South Carolina transfer Saniya Rivers, sources tell The Ball Out.

1:55 p.m. ET. 

• Aijha Blackwell and Dre’una Edwards are on an official visit to Baylor, multiple sources tell The Ball Out.

4/18/22

11:57 p.m. ET.

• Maddie Scherr’s final schools are Kentucky, Louisville, and Vanderbilt, sources tell The Ball Out. The Oregon transfer is visiting Vanderbilt today.

4/17/22

7:46 p.m ET.

• Ashley Owusu will be taking an official visit in the next week or two, sources tell The Ball Out.

2:15 p.m. ET.

• Tulsa transfer Wyvette Mayberry has committed to Kansas, sources tell The Ball Out.

4/13/22

2:09 p.m. ET. 

• Missouri transfer Aijha Blackwell is down to South Carolina and Ole Miss, sources tell The Ball Out.

4/12/22

1:49 p.m. ET.

• Oregon transfer Maddie Scherr is visiting Louisville this weekend and then Vanderbilt on Monday, sources tell The Ball Out.

11:34 a.m. ET.

• Texas senior G/F Audrey Warren is entering the transfer portal, sources tell The Ball Out.

4/10/22

• Texas center Lauren Ebo is leaving the program, multiple sources tell The Ball Out. One source believes she could end up at Maryland.

4/8/22

7:36 p.m. ET.

• While multiple sources had told us that Saniya Rivers would enter the transfer portal, we no longer believe that will be the case. There’s a reason we didn’t report it publicly, as we at The Ball Out weren’t 100% sure she would.

6:33 p.m. ET.

• Idaho State who won the Big Sky Conference the last two years now has 10 players in the portal, sources tell The Ball Out. In addition to four graduating seniors. They couldn’t even field a starting five if they had to play today.

4/7/22

2:02 a.m. ET.

• Tulsa transfer Maya Mayberry will be visiting Kansas Easter weekend, sources tell The Ball Out.

12:37 a.m. ET.

• Oregon transfer Maddie Scherr is looking at Louisville, Kentucky, and Tennessee, sources tell The Ball Out.
• Insider source tells us that they believe Janiah Barker will end up at Texas A&M or Louisville.
• Expect Saniya Rivers to enter the transfer portal, multiple sources continue to reiterate to The Ball Out.

4/5/22

8:11 p.m. ET.

• Angel Reese has announced she’s transferring from Maryland. This is what we were saying with potential big names hitting the transfer portal.

4/5/22

2:15 a.m. ET.

• There is some buzz going around that Janiah Barker might have committed to South Carolina. We don’t know yet, but we will keep you posted on what we are hearing.

3/31/22

6:02 p.m. ET.

• A big name to watch regarding the portal is South Carolina’s Saniya Rivers, many sources tell The Ball Out. We also expect that some other players might leave the Gamecocks as well. The nation’s #3 recruit from last year’s class, Rivers is a name to watch going forward.

3/29/22

1:06 p.m. ET.

• Look for Aijha Blackwell, Chrislyn Carr, and Christianna Carr to end up possibly at LSU, sources tell The Ball Out.

3/26/22

11:01 p.m. ET.

• We have been hearing this for a while, but West Virginia could be losing 4-star commit Imarianah Russell, sources tell The Ball Out.

3/25/22

10:36 a.m ET.

• Kentucky stars Jazmine Massengill, Dre’Una Edwards and Treasure Hunt are in the transfer portal, sources tell The Ball Out. This is something we mentioned in our Insider a while back that this would likely happen.

3/23/22

1:39 p.m.

• FSU star Morgan Jones has entered the transfer portal, sources tell The Ball Out.

3/21/22

10:38 p.m. E.T.

• TCU’s Tavy Diggs, Yummy Morris, and Aja Holmes have entered the transfer portal, sources tell The Ball Out. Also, KK Deans from West Virginia has entered the portal as well.

5:42 p.m. E.T.

• The transfer portal is something else! Updates coming soon!

3/17/22

10:04 a.m. E.T. 

• Sources tell The Ball Out that LSU will be hosting Rickea Jackson this week.

3/9/22

2:29 a.m. E.T.

• Texas transfer Ashley Chevalier is waiting for an official offer from Stanford, sources tell The Ball Out.
• We are hearing that Rickea Jackson will be visiting LSU.
• The portal is about to go to another level, sources tell The Ball Out.

2/26/22

10:53 a.m. E.T.

• As we were the first to report that Rickea Jackson was visiting Tennessee this weekend, we are now reporting that the No. 6 player in the country, Madison Booker, is visiting the Lady Vols this weekend as well, multiple sources tell The Ball Out.

2/21/22

3:21 a.m. E.T.

• The transfer portal and recruiting are heating up, too. We will have some updates on that in our next article coming out today. Keep refreshing this page!

2/17/22

11:10 p.m. E.T. 

• Rutgers forward Awa Sidibe plans on transferring at season’s end, sources tell The Ball Out. However, we hear that she is interested in going back to Utah or near there.
  2023 recruit
• S’Mya Nichols visited Kansas last weekend, sources tell The Ball Out.
• As we mentioned before, Texas transfer Ashley Chevalier visited Kansas and the visit went well. Here’s exclusive footage from the visit: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hhO5JK1iFGUkcEYtHbU9iNzcjtlUAWvL/view?usp=sharing

2/5/22

11:54 p.m. E.T.

• As we mentioned in our previous updates, ex-Texas guard Ashley Chevalier is visiting Kansas this weekend. Sources say she’s having a real good time on her visit. Here’s a video of her taking in today’s Kansas game.

2/4/22

3:12 a.m. E.T.

• An Insider source has told us that one team that will not be pursuing Rickea Jackson is Georgia.
• Ashley Chevalier, a transfer from Texas, is possibly visiting Kansas this weekend, sources tell The Ball Out. Stanford is another school that has shown interest in Chevalier.

1/30/22

3:05 p.m. E.T.

• It’s a very big weekend at Ole Miss as they are hosting Rickea Jackson and 2024 star prospect Jaloni Cambridge on visits today, multiple sources tell The Ball Out.

1/29/22

3:17 p.m. E.T.

• 2023 fast rising G Qadence Samuels is taking an unofficial visit to Tennessee today, sources tell The Ball Out.
• We are hearing UConn superstar Paige Bueckers could leave school after next year and declare for the 2023 WNBA Draft.
• Some people on Texas’ staff don’t want Rickea Jackson, sources tell The Ball Out. Some on the staff believe that she’s a diva and selfish. However, we believe Texas head coach Vic Schaefer wants her bad.
• Ole Miss head coach Yolett McGuin spoke with Rickea Jackson’s mom this past week, sources tell The Ball Out.
• Mississippi State star Rickea Jackson has hit the transfer portal, which we reported would happen weeks ago. First, however, we will reveal what led to her hitting the portal officially. Jackson was unhappy with the environment at Mississippi State for a while, but things came to a head after the Ole Miss game. Jackson and Anastasia Hayes got into a physical altercation in the bathroom — it was a real fight! That fight was enough for Jackson to enter the portal finally. Also, to remember, this is Hayes’ third school as she was dismissed from Tennessee, then transferred from Middle Tennessee State after playing one year.

1/22/22

12:27 p.m. E.T.

• Lavender Briggs chose Maryland for one reason only: to be closer to her boyfriend, Philadelphia 76ers guard Tyrese Maxey.
• While a source has told The Ball Out that they expect Ayoka Lee to declare for the WNBA Draft, we are starting to believe otherwise. As of now, we believe Lee will stay in school another year.

1/19/22

4:45 p.m. E.T.

• A source very close to Kierstan Bell has informed The Ball Out that she plans on entering the WNBA Draft.

1/17/22

11:06 a.m. E.T.

• Ex-Florida star Lavender Briggs has committed to Maryland, multiple sources tell The Ball Out. Story posting to the public shortly.

1/16/22

1:55 p.m. E.T. 

• UConn has offered 2024 post Olivia Anderson, but here’s the catch: they have told her that she couldn’t mention the offer publicly! That’s strange to us, but that’s for sure what they told her, source tells The Ball Out.
• Make sure you refresh this page A LOT, we are hearing many rumblings about players going into the transfer portal — star players! Stay tuned!

1/13/22

11:26 a.m. E.T.

• Coaches across the country are baffled by Ashlynn Shade’s commitment to UConn; many sources tell The Ball Out. With Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd already at UConn, many sources felt her committing to UConn was a jump of the gun. However, sources tell us that Shade’s father really pushed Ashlynn to UConn.
• Florida star Lavender Briggs is visiting Maryland this week, sources tell The Ball Out.

1/9/22

10:24 p.m. E.T.

• Top-5 2023 prospect Ashlynn Shade is rumored to have visited UConn today, and it is also rumored that she left the game early, too. That would not be a good sign for the Huskies if that is true.

1/8/22

2:42 p.m. E.T.

• This update is going to be good, so enjoy!
• As we mentioned before, watch out for Rickea Jackson transferring from Mississippi State at year’s end, sources tell The Ball Out. Jackson didn’t play in her last game. Not saying it’s going to happen, but we are hearing rumblings that she could hit the transfer portal.

1/3/22

3:22 a.m. E.T.

• Recently, North Carolina head coach Courtney Banghart went to see 2023 top-5 recruit Ashlynn Shade. In our opinion, we don’t believe North Carolina has much of a shot to land Shade.
• There are starting to be some rumbles about some potential big-name hitting the transfer portal; stay tuned!
• If you have any recruiting questions, email us as we will be answering questions regarding recruiting for the next couple of days.

12/28/21

10:29 p.m. E.T.

• Ashley Chevalier is hearing from Stanford and is also talking with Kansas, multiple sources tell The Ball Out.

12/27/21

11:54 p.m. E.T.

• 2023 UCLA commit Jada Williams moved from Missouri to California for her junior season. So naturally, many people wanted to know why. Sources tell The Ball Out that Missouri has a law where high school prospects can’t profit from their Name, Image, and Likeness. So that’s why she is now in California.

12/24/21

1:19 p.m. E.T.

• Yesterday, top-20 2023 player Montaya Dew committed to Arizona. Some sources say that her commitment might have stemmed from her offer possibly being pulled. Dew struggled at the Tournament of Champions and is not a starter on her new high school team. We have heard that some schools had cooled on Dew.

12/20/21

5:35 p.m E.T.

• One player’s recruiting that is heating up in the class of 2023 is S’Mya Nichols. Multiple sources tell The Ball Out she was on Kansas’ campus again yesterday. This is the second time in the past couple of weeks that she has visited the Jayhawks unofficially. Right now, we believe that Tennessee is a slight frontrunner, but we believe Kansas is the sleeper team for Nichols.
• We are going to have A LOT of updates this week in recruiting with the Tournament of Champions going on in Las Vegas, stay tuned!

12/16/21

10:56 a.m. E.T.

• 4-star guard in the 2023 class, Hannah Hildago, recently took two visits: Pittsburgh and Ohio State.

12/15/21

10:55 p.m. E.T.

• UConn, South Carolina, and Tennessee have all gone to see Madison Booker in the past week, sources tell The Ball Out. Booker is the No. 6 recruit in the 2023 class.

12/14/21

11:36 p.m. E.T.

• A LOT to get into in this update, so get you a cup of tea and enjoy 🙂 Keep refreshing this page A LOT, things are getting hot!
• A 2023 prospect that’s on the rise is S’Mya Nichols. Many schools like Tennessee have been out to see her in recent weeks. About a week ago, we would have said that Tennessee was the frontrunner; however, we can say that Kansas is making a huge run at the hometown star. They are neck-and-neck with Tennessee for Nichols, multiple sources tell The Ball Out. Other schools that we believe Nichols is considering are Vanderbilt and West Virginia.
• NBA superstar Kyrie Irving recently went to see JuJu Watkins play. Based on what we are hearing, many believe that Watkins will stay on the west coast and end up at either USC or UCLA, sources tell The Ball Out.
• Last weekend, Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina were in attendance to watch Olivia McGhee in her game against Meadowbrook. As we first reported, McGhee collapsed during the game and had to go to the hospital. Based on our sources, McGhee is doing better and recovering.

12/3/21

9:05 p.m. E.T.

• Start refreshing this page multiple times a day because we hear A LOT with the season going on.
• There have been a plethora of upsets this week in women’s college basketball, but the one coach that took it the worse was USF’s, Jose Fernandez. He was downright miserable and had a horrible attitude after losing to UT Arlington, multiple sources tell The Ball Out.

12/2/21

12:44 a.m. E.T.

• Madison Booker, the No. 6 recruit in the Class of 2023, really likes UConn and might be leaning that way, sources tell The Ball Out.

11/28/21

1:28 p.m. E.T.

• Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving, now let’s get to some updates!
• 2023 recruits are committing quicker than normal, so make sure you refresh this page A LOT!
• 2023 recruit Delaney Thomas is really locked in on Stanford, Notre Dame, and Maryland we believe.
• 4-star recruit S’Mya Nichols has a favorite three schools right now: Tennessee, Kansas, and West Virginia.
• Recently, the top point guard in the 2023 class, K.K. Arnold, committed to UConn. She was ALWAYS going to UConn, per The Ball Out sources. Many teams were wasting their time with Arnold as she grew up a HUGE UConn fan.

11/18/21

10:06 p.m. E.T.

• Update on top point guard in the 2023 class, KK Arnold. Earlier, we had heard that she was a South Carolina lean; however, from a very reliable source, they tell The Ball Out that they don’t believe South Carolina will be her school of choice. We are hearing Louisville could be the choice, but we aren’t sure just yet.

11/14/21

2:31 p.m. E.T.

• As we mentioned first on the 8th from our Insider source, Sydney Bowles committed to Georgia. This was another blow to Ole Miss in recruiting. They targeted both Janiah Barker and Bowles; however, they didn’t land either.
• We are going to have a BIG update on what we are hearing regarding KK Arnold’s impending commitment. Arnold is the nation’s No. 8 prospect for the class of 2023.

11/9/21

8:22 p.m. E.T.

• Here are our predictions for some of the top remaining top-100 recruits; remember, these are just predictions!
• Ashlyn Watkins (South Carolina); Darianna Littlepage-Buggs (Baylor); Indya Nivar (N.C. State); Flau’jae Johnson (LSU).

11/8/21

9:51 p.m. E.T.

• Sydney Bowles has committed to Georgia, an Insider source tells The Ball Out.

11/7/21

11:17 a.m. E.T.

• It’s still early, but the thought is that it’s going to be hard to get the number 1 player in the 2023 class, Mikaylah Williams, out of the state of Louisiana. Mulkey is putting on the FULL court press. Williams and Flau’jae Johnson visited LSU on October 16. LSU is thought to be the frontrunner for Johnson.

11/5/21

9:08 p.m. E.T. 

• Based on what we are hearing, we think it will be doubtful that 2023 superstar Delaney Thomas will end up at Maryland.
• Yesterday, Indiana attended Ashlynn Shade’s first game, sources tell The Ball Out. Shade is ranked No. 5 in the class of 2023.

10/28/21

10:33 a.m. E.T.

• Georgia has stopped recruiting Flau’jae Johnson, an Insider source tells The Ball Out.
• Ashlyn Watkins is taking another official visit this weekend, sources tell The Ball Out.

10/23/21

1:58 p.m. ET

• Talaysia Cooper will be committing to South Carolina, sources tell The Ball Out.

10/22/21

6:52 p.m. E.T.

• Talaysia Cooper has eliminated Tennessee and Georgia from her recruitment, sources tell The Ball Out.

10/20/21

12:22 p.m. E.T.

• There’s been some speculation that Sydney Bowles is a package deal with Janiah Barker and has also committed to Georgia, but a source tells The Ball Out that Bowles is not committed.

11:48 a.m. E.T.

• MAJOR update! Janiah Barker will be committing to Georgia, sources tell The Ball Out! Ole Miss finished second.

10/18/21

3:14 a.m. E.T.

• 4-star guard and the 93rd ranked player in the country, Amiya Jenkins, will be committing to Kentucky Monday night, multiple sources tell The Ball Out. Her final 2 choices came down to Kentucky and Dayton.

10/15/21

8:47 p.m. E.T.

• Kyla Oldacre canceled her last official visit to Maryland and is down to her final four schools: Florida State, NC State, Miami, and Tennessee.

5:25 p.m. E.T.

• EXCLUSIVE: Quote from top-60 prospect Kara Dunn on why she chose Georgia Tech: “I chose Georgia Tech because they feel like family and I can see myself thriving there on and off the court.”
• Top-3 recruit Janiah Barker really likes Georgia and Ole Miss, sources tell The Ball Out. We believe that those two could be the frontrunners for her. Barker is visiting Georgia this weekend.
• Sydney Bowles, who is down to Georgia Tech, Georgia and Ole Miss, will be visiting Georgia this weekend as well, sources tell The Ball Out.

10/12/21

1:04 a.m. E.T.

Updates on the remaining uncommitted top-100 prospects in the class of 2022

• Janiah Barker took an official visit to Ole Miss this past weekend. From all we have heard, Ole Miss has a real shot at landing the No. 3 player in the country, sources tell The Ball Out.
• UConn is still in the mix for Kiki Rice (No. 2), they are recruiting her very hard.
• Darianna Littlepage-Buggs (No. 17) visited Texas A&M this weekend.
• Talaysia Cooper (No. 18) took her last visit to UGA this weekend. Going into her visits, Georgia was the team to watch out for the most, sources tell The Ball Out.
• Kyla Oldacre (No. 25) visited Tennessee this weekend. Prior to this weekend, Miami was Oldacre’s favorite visit before the Tennessee visit, sources tell The Ball Out.
• Paulina Paris (No. 27) took an official to North Carolina this weekend.

10/9/21

5:09 p.m. E.T.

For the next few days, we’re going to be answering recruiting questions from our Insiders. If you have a question, email us as we will be answering questions for the next few days.

Also, we correctly stated KK Bransford was going to Notre Dame which she announced yesterday:

10/5/21

1:43 a.m. E.T.

Olivia McGhee is leaving Boo Williams to go to Team Takeover or Team Durant, sources tell The Ball Out.

10/2/21:

3:04 a.m. E.T.

• The nation’s No. 3 player in the class of 2022, Janiah Barker, is on her official visit to South Carolina this weekend and South Carolina is pulling out all the stops. If we had to take a good guess, we believe they are the front-runner.
• Darianna Littlepage-Buggs has taken visits to Florida and Baylor, source tells The Ball Out.
• Kyla Oldacre is currently on an official visit to Miami. She has also taken visits to N.C. State and Florida State.
• Paulina Paris is taking an official visit to Indiana this weekend, source tells The Ball Out.
• KK Bransford is taking her last official visit this weekend to Ohio State. Still, based on what we are hearing, Notre Dame is likely the front-runner as of now, sources tell The Ball Out.

10/1/21

7:09 p.m. E.T.

• The nation’s 60th player in the country, Kara Dunn, has completed all of her official visits and is nearing her decision, sources tell The Ball Out. We know she has taken official visits to Georgia and N.C. State. She was supposed to take an official to Mississippi State in October, so unless she moved it up, we believe it’s down to Georgia and N.C. State.
• 5-star Ashlyn Watkins will be in Dallas this weekend for the top 150 camp, source tells The Ball Out.
• Look for Amiya Jenkins to commit to Kentucky in the near future, sources tell The Ball Out.

9/28/21

2:12 p.m. E.T. 

• One of the top players in the 2023 class, Delaney Thomas, took an official visit this past weekend, sources tell The Ball Out. Visit went very well.

9/25/21

12:56 p.m. E.T.

• Tennessee had an in-home visit with Kyla Oldacre this past Monday, sources tell The Ball Out. The 6-foot-6 post player just recently took a visit to N.C. State.
• Ashlyn Watkins will be at a top-150 camp next week in Dallas.
• Flau’jae Johnson is in Texas for her official visit, she’s really enjoying her time there and thinks highly of head coach Vic Schaefer.

9/19/21

4:43 p.m. E.T.

• One of the top prospects in the 2022 class left remaining is Flaujae Johnson. Well, Johnson took her official visit this weekend to Miami and she had a blast based on what we are hearing.
• Tennesee visited Olivia McGhee this week, sources tell The Ball Out.

9/18/21

1:54 a.m. E.T.:

• Earlier this week, we did an article on top-5 recruit in the class of 2023 Ashlynn Shade and that Tennessee visited her. So if you are a Tennessee fan, email us! 
• McKayla Miller, a top 100 recruit out of Kansas, has many offers from top schools, but we are hearing that she could be leaning towards Kansas or Oklahoma State.
• One of the best players on Duncanville’s powerhouse high school team is going to be going to Grand Canyon. We don’t know the name of the player yet, but that’s what we are hearing.
• 2023 4-star recruit Miyah Verse, who recently was offered by Rutgers, has a top-8 that hasn’t been announced publicly, yet. We know six of her top-8, they are Michigan State, Oklahoma, Penn State, Rutgers, Utah, and Washington State, sources tell The Ball Out.

9/15/21

2:43 a.m. E.T.:

• Top-100 recruit Amiya Jenkins visited Tennessee last weekend, but we don’t expect her to end up at Tennessee. We believe the frontrunner is Kentucky; however, she will be taking a visit to Penn State this weekend, sources tell The Ball Out.
• Kara Dunn visited Georgia this past weekend, source tells The Ball Out. Dunn is a top-50 recruit and her mother played for Andy Landers at Georgia.

9/13/21

10:40 a.m. E.T.:

• As we mentioned on the 10th, top-15 prospect Ashlyn Watkins took her official visit to North Carolina this weekend. As an Insider, we give you the inside advantage!

9/12/21

11:09 a.m. E.T.:

• Three highly sought-after recruits took official visits this weekend. Top-20 recruit Talaysia Cooper visited Florida State this weekend, top-50 recruit Kara Dunn visited Georgia this weekend and top-100 recruit Amiya Jenkins visited Tennessee, sources tell The Ball Out.

9/10/21

1:46 a.m. E.T.:

• Cardinal Newman senior superstar Ashlyn Watkins, who is ranked 13th in the nation, will be taking an official visit to UNC this weekend, sources tell The Ball Out.

9/9/21

12:03 a.m. E.T.:

• KK Bransford has cut her list to 5 schools: UCLA, Notre Dame, North Carolina, Michigan, and Arizona. Right now, based on what sources tell us, we believe Notre Dame is the slight leader for Bransford at this point.
• 5-star prospect in the 2023 class, Montaya Dew, has narrowed her choices to 12 schools: UNC, UCLA, Oregon, Tennessee, Notre Dame, Ole Miss, Stanford, Kentucky, Arizona, USC, Virginia Louisville. Schools that could have the slight edge early are North Carolina, Louisville, Stanford, and Tennessee, sources tell The Ball Out. We know that her high school coach has sent her and her teammates to visit Louisville and North Carolina.

9/7/21

12:26 a.m. E.T.:

• Update on Kiki Rice: Source tells us that they believe Duke is the frontrunner for the talented P.G. out of the DMV.
• Talayshia Cooper is scheduled to take her next official visit this weekend to Florida State, sources tell The Ball Out.
• One of the top post players left available in the class of 2022 is 6-foot-6 Kyla Oldacre out of Mason High School. There has not been much that she has said publicly about any school. However, The Ball Out has been able to find out that she is taking one of her official visits to Tennesee, sources tell The Ball Out. The visit will be in October.

9/5/21

2:56 a.m. E.T.

• The nation’s No. 18 prospect Talayshia Cooper took her official visit to Tennessee this weekend. She is also looking at Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida State. Cooper’s visit to Tennesee has “went well,” sources tell The Ball Out. Multiple sources tell us Georgia is the team to watch.

9/3/21

3:03 p.m. E.T.

• Moon Ursin has had a busy offseason. The ex-Baylor guard transferred to LSU to supposedly play for her former head coach, Kim Mulkey. Well, the other day, Ursin decided to enter the transfer portal again. Don’t be surprised to see Ursin end up at Tulane, multiple sources tell The Ball Out.

9/1/21:

10:55 a.m. E.T.

• Top-60 player Indya Nivar is down to Stanford, UNC, and N.C. State, source tells The Ball Out.
• We will have information on where we are hearing Moon Ursin will transfer to later on today or early tomorrow.

8/31/21:

2:17 a.m.

• Visits are being lined up for recruits, so things are REALLY picking up steam! Let’s start with the nation’s No. 2 player in the country, Janiah Barker: The 6-foot-3 dominant forward that is just ferocious — and explosive — on the court. While South Carolina, Georgia, Duke, Louisville, and Ole Miss round her top five. Multiple sources continue to tell us that Georgia and Ole Miss lead for Barker; however, we think Duke is a dark horse for Barker. We wouldn’t count out South Carolina either. Based on everything we are hearing, we believe Louisville doesn’t have much of a shot to land Barker.
• Kiki Rice: We continue to hear Stanford and Duke as her top choices.
• Ruby Whitehorn: We know she’s considering Baylor, Ohio State, Auburn, Texas A&M, and others. Watch out for Auburn and Ohio State for Whitehorn.
• One of the schools that everyone is watching in recruiting is Tennessee. Kellie Harper made the necessary decision to fire Lacey Goldwire and bring on EKU head coach Samantha Williams, who is now Tennessee’s recruiting coordinator. They are only recruiting Amiya Jenkins, Talayshia Cooper, and Kyla Oldacre. The Lady Vols want all three badly as they feel they could be the foundation of getting Tennessee back to its elite status. Jenkins is someone that the coaches see superstar potential in, sources tell The Ball Out.

8/30/21:

12:19 p.m. E.T.

• Update on Kyla Oldacre! Her recruitment has been very quiet, but we have this update. She will most likely take an official visit to Tennesee and will be talking with them tomorrow. Now we want to reiterate that her visit is not set in stone, but at this moment in time, we hear a visit is likely, sources tell The Ball Out.

8/27/21:

10:18 p.m. E.T. 

• One of the top prospects in the 2023 class is Ashlynn Shade. There’s A LOT of buzz about her, and a source we talked to today says she’s “the real deal!” Earlier this week, she released her top-8, which includes the likes of Indiana, UConn, Louisville, Notre Dame, Stanford, and Tennessee. Schools that she really likes now are Indiana, UConn, Louisville, and Tennessee, sources tell The Ball Out. Here’s a nice feature on Ashlynn:

8/26/21:

4:33 p.m. E.T.

• Tennessee is ALL IN in on 6-foot-6 center Kyla Oldacre from Mason high school. They are recruiting her harder than any other school remaining in her top-14, sources tell The Ball Out. However, a source tells The Ball Out that they believe Duke is the leader for Oldacre.
• Georgia is the likely leader for Talayshia Cooper and Janiah Barker, sources tell The Ball Out. Barker has names like Louisville and FSU on her list. However, many believe Georgia is the leader, with FSU and Ole Miss squarely in the mix.
• Last night, we wrote an article on the best prospects in Australia. One of them we mentioned was Chyra Evans, who is the No. 3 prospect. Source tells The Ball Out not to be surprised if Evans chooses Wake Forest over Ohio State and Michigan.

8/24/21:

11:40 p.m. E.T.

• Here’s a surprising tidbit from the West Coast. A very talented guard from the class of 2024 is starting to make a little noise. Her name is Dominique Nesland. Her game is really nice with her slick passing at 5’10”, facilitating ability, and shooting (watch the video of her below). While she has taken unofficial visits to Cal and Arizona State, don’t be surprised to see her committing to Weber State, sources tell The Ball Out. Yes, you saw that right: WEBER STATE!
• With recruiting seriously heating up, if you have ANY prospects that you want to know about that we haven’t mentioned. Email us this week!

8/23/21:

9:11 p.m. ET

• With recruiting in the final stretch, things are definitely picking up! Yesterday, Kara Dunn released her final 4 schools: Georgia, NC State, Georgia Tech, and Mississippi State. If we had to take a guess right now, we believe Georgia Tech is the frontrunner for Dunn.
• Tennessee is only focusing on 3 players to finish up their 2022 class: Amiya Jenkins, Talaysia Scott, and Kyla Oldacre. We keep hearing that they absolutely LOVE Jenkins and think she can be the next great Tennessee guard, sources tell The Ball Out.
• Keep refreshing this page because it’s about to have A LOT of updates.

8/21/21:

4:30 p.m. 

• The recruiting dead period is OVER today, so be prepared to get A LOT of updates, so make sure to keep refreshing this page 🙂

8/19/21:

10:11 p.m. E.T.

• UConn is really going hard after Kiki Rice (2022) and top Canadian prospect Cassandra Prosper (2023).
• One name to watch out for in the 2023 class is 6-3 F Ciera Toomey out of Dunmore, PA. The 5-star recruit has many offers, most notably from UConn, Notre Dame, Baylor, Maryland, Oklahoma, NC State, Michigan, Ohio State, Vanderbilt, and more. Right now, we are hearing UConn is her favorite right now.
• Also, if you aren’t a member of our regular The Ball Out Insider but would like to be, email us, and we will give you a very special deal because there’s A LOT happening behind the scenes in the coaching world!

2:16 p.m. E.T.

• One of the top uncommitted recruits in the country is No. 2, ranked Janiah Barker. We are hearing that right now; the top-2 teams for her are Georgia and Ole Miss, sources tell The Ball Out.
• One player that’s visiting Tennessee soon is Talaysia Cooper. She’s ranked No. 18 in the country. We are hearing that Georgia is the leader for her, sources tell The Ball Out.

8/17/21:

1:53 a.m. E.T.

• Top-30 prospect, 6-foot-6 Kyla Oldacre, released her finalists on Twitter early today. Some of the top schools on that list are Duke, Baylor, Maryland, Texas A&M, Georgia Tech, Tennessee, NC State, and Ohio State. She cut schools like South Carolina and UConn. While we know, she’s a huge priority for schools, what school is leading the race for her? We haven’t heard there’s a definite leader, but we did talk to a source that said that Maryland is a team to watch. Again, we want to reiterate that we aren’t saying Maryland is the leader, just the team to watch for now.
• Update on KK Bransford: Duke is another school to watch out for, source tells The Ball Out.
• Keep refreshing this page as things are HEATING UP in recruiting!

8/16/21:

3:04 a.m. E.T.

• Kiki Rice’s top schools right now are Stanford, Duke, and UConn, sources tell The Ball Out.

8/15/21:

3:00 a.m. ET

• On Friday, we posted a recruiting article on 2022 4-star guard Amiya Jenkins. The article exploded on social media as NBA legend Dwyane Wade retweeted it (see below)! We are the first media company that covers women’s basketball to have a player of that status retweet a recruiting article! In the article, we talked about the schools that are recruiting her: Tennessee, Kentucky, Baylor, etc. We also stated that we would let people know in our Recruiting Insider know who was the leader for Jenkins. As things stand right now, Tennessee is the favorite for Jenkins. However, in recruiting, things can really change. But for right now, we believe Tennessee has the slight edge.

8/11/21:

4:30 p.m. E.T.

One of our Insiders asked a question, and we will answer it here as the question was on KK Bransford (2022) and Ruby Whitehorn (2022), and what’s the latest on them?

• First, here’s an update on 5-star guard and top-15 recruit KK Bransford: Source tells The Ball Out that right now, look for her to stay near her hometown of Cincinnati with Notre Dame and Louisville as top teams on her list.
• Regarding Ruby Whitehorn, Tennessee dropped her recently. Two schools that are recruiting her the hardest are Michigan and Michigan State, source tells The Ball Out. Michigan State head coach Suzy Merchant is the coach probably recruiting Whitehorn the hardest.
• 4-star guard Amiya Jenkins (2022) out of Kentucky is down to Tennessee and Kentucky, sources tell The Ball Out. Jenkins is slated to take a visit to Tennessee in September.
• For this week only, we will answer any questions regarding prospects and their recruitment. So make sure to email us, and we will keep your name confidential!

8/10/21:

6:11 p.m. E.T.

• 5-star PG KK Arnold in the class of 2023 is supposed to be leaving Midwest Elite to play for All Iowa Attack next year for Nike EYBL, sources tell The Ball Out. Check out her highlights below:

8/8/21:

9:27 p.m. ET

• With recruiting heating up, if there is a prospect you want to know more about, email us. We are going to answer questions this week, so make sure to email us! All questions asked to us will be kept confidential.
• Vanderbilt is targeting Delaney Thomas (2023) and Olivia Olson (2024).
• We know that Flau’jae Johnson has UGA and LSU in her top-3. LSU is making a HARD push for her!
• As we mentioned a week ago, S’mya Nichols was offered recently by Tennessee. However, Notre Dame is right in the mix, and don’t sleep on Kansas, sources tell The Ball Out.

8/5/21:

2:09 p.m E.T.:

• Flau’jae Johnson (2022) has eliminated Tennessee from her recruitment, sources tell The Ball Out.
• 5-star PG Talaysia Cooper is planning on taking 4 official visits before making her decision. The schools she is planning on visiting as of now are FSU, Virginia Tech, UGA, and Tennessee, sources tell The Ball Out. We are also hearing that UGA is in the lead for Cooper.
• FGCU hosted 2022 guard Meredith Maier today.

8/1/21:

6:20 p.m. ET

• A LOT of updates coming with recruiting heating up, so buckle up!
• Tennessee offered 2023 guard S’mya Nichols last Thursday, sources tell The Ball Out.
• Kiki Rice, the nation’s No. 1 P.G. in the class of 2022, has dropped Maryland from consideration, sources tell The Ball Out. Sources believe that she could be a Stanford lean.
• One of the top post players in the class of 2022, Sa’Myah Smith (top-50 in 2022), is really looking hard at LSU and Baylor. Per multiple sources, LSU is the team to beat for Smith right now. Also, Kim Mulkey from LSU really is going hard after Flau’jae Johnson as we mentioned last week. Johnson stock has exploded after she “destroyed” the nation’s #1 player in the class of 2023, Juju Watkins. We heard that Johnson dominated Watkins so it’s no wonder why Flau’jae’s stock has gone to another level.

7/28/21:

4:40 E.T.:

• 5-star prospect Talayshia Cooper’s top-2 right now are Georgia and FSU, sources tell The Ball Out. Also, Tennessee is in the mix here as well.
• Also, another top prospect that Tennessee is really working hard on is Taliah Scott.

2:32 a.m. E.T.

• 2023 prospect Amari Whiting out of Idaho had added offers from UCLA and Arizona, sources tell The Ball Out.
• Tennessee has recently been in contact with one of the top post players in the 2023 class, 6-foot-5 Aalyah Del Rosario, sources tell The Ball Out.
• Flashy 2024 PG Dominique Nesland recently visited Weber State prior to the July evaluation period.
• 5-star center prospect Maggie Mendelson in the 2023 class is likely going to focus on playing just volleyball in college, multiple sources tell The Ball Out. However, Mendelson is a top-20 recruit, so this is a big deal.

7/24//21:

5:24 p.m. E.T.

• Recently, one of the best prospects in the country, Janiah Barker, released her top-5, and while there are many top programs in her final 5, we are hearing that Ole Miss could be the frontrunner to land Barker.
• The one prospect that is tearing up the summer circuit is 6-foot guard Mikaylah Williams. Look for her to end up being the No. 1 prospect in the country for the 2023 class.
• 2022 G Bella Fontleroy is being recruited by many schools: Arkansas, Baylor, Stanford, Arizona State. And while Arizona State used to be the frontrunner, sources tell The Ball Out that the team to watch out for is Arkansas. Another thing we were told is that Missouri State, a team that her mother played for, would have probably landed the talented guard; however, Missouri State botched the recruitment of Fontleroy.
• Kim Mulkey is making a hard push to land Flau’jae Johnson. Johnson’s stock has exploded even more after her performance in Dallas.
• 6-foot guard and 3-star prospect S’mya Nichols out of Shawnee Mission West is being recruited by the likes of Notre Dame, but don’t sleep on Kansas, sources tell The Ball Out.

7/22/21:

12:05 a.m. E.T.

• Big update in recruiting as Tennessee has stopped recruiting 2022 PG Saniah Tyler. Tennessee ended their recruitment of her and pulled their offer, sources tell The Ball Out. Look for Tyler to end up at Kentucky.
• Two schools battling out for 2022 4-star guard Flau’jae Johnson: Georgia and Tennessee. Georgia is the leader for Johnson at this point, sources tell The Ball Out.
• 2023 prospect Amari Whiting out of Idaho is a recruit many schools are starting to really pursue. BYU and Oregon are the two frontrunners for her. Oregon is offering her a lot of opportunities to make money, sources tell The Ball Out.

7/20/21:

11:04 a.m. E.T.

• 2022 PG Saniah Tyler is down to two schools: Tennessee and Kentucky. While Tennessee has been the favorite, they have had trouble getting in contact with her recently. Why is that? Because Tyler has told people that she prefers Kentucky right now. Now, will she change her mind? Who knows, but right now, she likes Kentucky more than Tennessee.
• A name that is under the radar, but a name that has star potential like a Sabrina Ionescu: Kennedie Shuler out of Oregon. She’s super under the radar now, but a name to really watch.