When will most juniors now seniors commit to school ?

[robert12390]

When do most of them commit...???

I know some have already but i am waiting for like Nneka or Elena........

[NYTraveller]

Anytime between now and November and there may be a few who wait for the late period in the Spring.

[YourCrimsonNightmare]

The vast majority of the top recruits, probably close to 95%, sign in November, and most have verballed prior to then, most commonly after the club season through October. These players have a high motivation to sign early, because most of the best programs fulfil their recruiting needs with the early signing period, or leave only one scholarship offer open. These elites want to be able to choose THEIR preffered schools, not get shuffled down by the numbers game to the next tier of schools, the ones that are almost elite, but which seldom reach the third round of the NCAA's.

When you get below the top 100 and down into the top 250 or 500, a significantly smaller percentage sign. Many of these players really wanted to sign with one or two favorite schools early, but the doors closed for them. Now they are undecided and starting to think that maybe the better schools for their education that maybe aren't so elite are more attractive. In total, significantly more D-I recruits across the 300-plus schools sign after the early period, but just like the peak of the fruit tree harvest, those who know their stuff and know the timing, get the best harvest before everyone else.

I at least take a glance at all of the stories in RSS syndication from many of the D-I schools, and there have been legions of signees since the opening of the regular signing period. Without a doubt many more D-I players find their college homes in the spring and into the early summer. But if you want to sign with programs up near the top, the axiom "you snooze, you loose" is entirely in play.

[teammom4]

You said it YCN!!

[likewbb]

I understand the good logic post from Crimson however, I would like to examine the same question from the perspective of the D-1 coach who has aspirations of making the NCAA tourney "each year" and perhaps winning a game or two. (Pittsburgh coach as last year's example).

The coaches identify players that they hope to get; try to get those players to attend their camps, base the list on a geographical location that they can get out and meet and greet the coaches, etc. However, how do they increase their visibility to move up the two star, three star quality chain? How do they identify the freshman with star potential and continue to recruit her throughout high school? How to not be discouraged when her school is down to the final two for a quality player and loses out. How much energy and time can such an aspiring coach put into being an "also ran" for top quality players and taking the risk of losing out on some 3-star players who more likely would sign with her school?

Obviously, questions without answers but there are a lot more such schools than there are Duke, Texas, Md, Tenn, UConn, UNC, Stanford, Ok, Rutgers, LSU, plus a few more.

[ifyousayso]

I like to compare the recruiting process as a courtship of sorts... For instance in high school if you flirt with someone and they flirt back you are in the running. If they give you NO initial response you move on.

Same thing with Colleges and players. If a College sees a young recruit and sees potential she will be hit on by maybe a hundred schools. Until that recruit stops entertaining them they will continue to pursue along with everyone else whether their school is a big fish or little fish.

Typically by the end of the sophomore list the novelty of having all the attention has worn off some and the list gets reduced considerably. The pursuit heats up even more for the schools on the short list to get their girl, so to speak.

The school has a "recruiting" coach and their primary job is to scour websites just like these, go to tourneys(along with the other coaches) and identify potential players that best meet their programs needs. It often times comes down to which coach has the best salemanship in them that get the player. Any good saleman will know their target an cater to that targets wants and needs... Keep in mind that each school has an A list, B list C list each with 10-20 players on them..

Then we get back to the courtship scene. When rejected by their first choice they go to plan B and so on...