WBB recruits

[BelgradeBobcat]

[SACCAT]

Another great recruiting class!!

[imacat]

This class looks very good. All four are guards and don’t have the length of last season’s class. A couple of legacy players. It will be fun to see Jamison team up with her sister.

WELCOME to the Bobcat nation.

[arvcat2]

Very talented reloading class. Bailey & Hintz (if fully recovered from her knee injury) would be my guess for the earliest playing time as freshman.

Binford surprisingly didn’t mention in her press release that Jamison Philip, Hintz, and Couture are all Northwest Blazers Club alumni. They join the current Bobcats Berry, Dylan Philip, Chirrick & Erickson who also played for that club.

[mslacat]

Just my opinion but this is an extremely talented class. Couple this recruiting class with the high school class of last year and all the tools are there for the Bobcats to continue dominating the Big Sky Conference.

[Bobcat4Ever]

Very talented reloading class. Bailey & Hintz (if fully recovered from her knee injury) would be my guess for the earliest playing time as freshman.

Binford surprisingly didn’t mention in her press release that Jamison Philip, Hintz, and Couture are all Northwest Blazers Club alumni. They join the current Bobcats Berry, Dylan Philip, Chirrick & Erickson who also played for that club.

Could someone who is knowledgeable about club ball please enlighten those us who are in the dark — how do players that live so far apart become a team? I’m guessing this is summer stuff, when they can practice together and go to tournaments or whatever?

I’m just curious how this all works, and how it affects the high school teams that share the players. My wife’s niece, who’s a good soccer player, quit her high school team because she only wanted to play with “better” players.

Make a new thread if that’s better. Don’t want to throw this one off topic. Congratulations to Coach Binford for signing these players who committed previously. Wasn’t Couture the one that was rumored to have been offered as an eighth grader?

[arvcat2]

Very talented reloading class. Bailey & Hintz (if fully recovered from her knee injury) would be my guess for the earliest playing time as freshman.

Binford surprisingly didn’t mention in her press release that Jamison Philip, Hintz, and Couture are all Northwest Blazers Club alumni. They join the current Bobcats Berry, Dylan Philip, Chirrick & Erickson who also played for that club.

Could someone who is knowledgeable about club ball please enlighten those us who are in the dark — how do players that live so far apart become a team? I’m guessing this is summer stuff, when they can practice together and go to tournaments or whatever?

I’m just curious how this all works, and how it affects the high school teams that share the players. My wife’s niece, who’s a good soccer player, quit her high school team because she only wanted to play with “better” players.

Make a new thread if that’s better. Don’t want to throw this one off topic. Congratulations to Coach Binford for signing these players who committed previously. Wasn’t Couture the one that was rumored to have been offered as an eighth grader?

https://aaugirlsbasketball.org/page.php?page_id=115697
As far as basketball is concerned, I believe these club teams start playing in April and go into August and your date of birth dictates which level or division you play in. It seems that these club events is where Binford, primarily, finds her recruiting targets.

[mslacat]

Very talented reloading class. Bailey & Hintz (if fully recovered from her knee injury) would be my guess for the earliest playing time as freshman.

Binford surprisingly didn’t mention in her press release that Jamison Philip, Hintz, and Couture are all Northwest Blazers Club alumni. They join the current Bobcats Berry, Dylan Philip, Chirrick & Erickson who also played for that club.

Could someone who is knowledgeable about club ball please enlighten those us who are in the dark — how do players that live so far apart become a team? I’m guessing this is summer stuff, when they can practice together and go to tournaments or whatever?

I’m just curious how this all works, and how it affects the high school teams that share the players. My wife’s niece, who’s a good soccer player, quit her high school team because she only wanted to play with “better” players.

Make a new thread if that’s better. Don’t want to throw this one off topic. Congratulations to Coach Binford for signing these players who committed previously. Wasn’t Couture the one that was rumored to have been offered as an eighth grader?

This is probably more information than you wanted to know.

It’s been a while since I’ve discussed the club/AAU basketball scene with anyone, but here’s some history on the rules regarding team composition as far as I know. About 20 years ago, the rule was that players had to compete for a team in their home state. However, this rule was rarely enforced. As a result, players from smaller states like Montana often joined AAU teams in larger states to gain more exposure. For example, former MSU standout Bobby Howard played for an AAU team based in Seattle, where he had family ties.

Eventually, the AAU decided that teams were exploiting the lax enforcement of this rule, so they briefly enforced the home-state rule strictly. This move faced significant pushback, particularly from smaller states and other critics. In response, the AAU revised the rule, allowing teams to include players from their home state or any directly adjoining state. For instance, an Idaho-based team could roster players from Idaho, Montana, Washington, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and Oregon.

I haven’t kept up with the current rules in recent years, but if this system is still in place, it explains how players from Montana, Idaho, and Washington can play on the same team during spring and summer leagues. Another important note, is I’m unsure how much influence the AAU still has, as many major summer events are now organized by independent, for-profit entities.

[Bobcat4Ever]

Very talented reloading class. Bailey & Hintz (if fully recovered from her knee injury) would be my guess for the earliest playing time as freshman.

Binford surprisingly didn’t mention in her press release that Jamison Philip, Hintz, and Couture are all Northwest Blazers Club alumni. They join the current Bobcats Berry, Dylan Philip, Chirrick & Erickson who also played for that club.

Could someone who is knowledgeable about club ball please enlighten those us who are in the dark — how do players that live so far apart become a team? I’m guessing this is summer stuff, when they can practice together and go to tournaments or whatever?

I’m just curious how this all works, and how it affects the high school teams that share the players. My wife’s niece, who’s a good soccer player, quit her high school team because she only wanted to play with “better” players.

Make a new thread if that’s better. Don’t want to throw this one off topic. Congratulations to Coach Binford for signing these players who committed previously. Wasn’t Couture the one that was rumored to have been offered as an eighth grader?

This is probably more information than you wanted to know.

It’s been a while since I’ve discussed the club/AAU basketball scene with anyone, but here’s some history on the rules regarding team composition as far as I know. About 20 years ago, the rule was that players had to compete for a team in their home state. However, this rule was rarely enforced. As a result, players from smaller states like Montana often joined AAU teams in larger states to gain more exposure. For example, former MSU standout Bobby Howard played for an AAU team based in Seattle, where he had family ties.

Eventually, the AAU decided that teams were exploiting the lax enforcement of this rule, so they briefly enforced the home-state rule strictly. This move faced significant pushback, particularly from smaller states and other critics. In response, the AAU revised the rule, allowing teams to include players from their home state or any directly adjoining state. For instance, an Idaho-based team could roster players from Idaho, Montana, Washington, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and Oregon.

I haven’t kept up with the current rules in recent years, but if this system is still in place, it explains how players from Montana, Idaho, and Washington can play on the same team during spring and summer leagues. Another important note, is I’m unsure how much influence the AAU still has, as many major summer events are now organized by independent, for-profit entities.

Thank you! I’ll take all the information I can get. I guess I was also asking how and when the players get to one location to practice or to play as a team. There must be a lot of transportation involved.

[Bobcat4Ever]

Very talented reloading class. Bailey & Hintz (if fully recovered from her knee injury) would be my guess for the earliest playing time as freshman.

Binford surprisingly didn’t mention in her press release that Jamison Philip, Hintz, and Couture are all Northwest Blazers Club alumni. They join the current Bobcats Berry, Dylan Philip, Chirrick & Erickson who also played for that club.

Could someone who is knowledgeable about club ball please enlighten those us who are in the dark — how do players that live so far apart become a team? I’m guessing this is summer stuff, when they can practice together and go to tournaments or whatever?

I’m just curious how this all works, and how it affects the high school teams that share the players. My wife’s niece, who’s a good soccer player, quit her high school team because she only wanted to play with “better” players.

Make a new thread if that’s better. Don’t want to throw this one off topic. Congratulations to Coach Binford for signing these players who committed previously. Wasn’t Couture the one that was rumored to have been offered as an eighth grader?

https://aaugirlsbasketball.org/page.php?page_id=115697
As far as basketball is concerned, I believe these club teams start playing in April and go into August and your date of birth dictates which level or division you play in. It seems that these club events is where Binford, primarily, finds her recruiting targets.

Thank you! Must play havoc with summer lawn-mowing jobs and camping trips.

[tetoncat]

Most seem like they do a 2 or 3 day camp in spring then play tourneys April and may,June is for HS camps and tourneys then another camp in July and more travel tourneys. So not a lot of practice together.

[MSU01]

It's interesting how Binford's recruiting focus has shifted over the years. She had all those players from Minnesota on her title teams of the late 2010s, then went international for a couple years with Dykstra, Picton, Bunyan, and Boulanger. Now it's back to primarily recruits from Montana and the Northwest. But it sure seems to be working as the team appears to have unprecedented levels of depth and talent all through the roster.

[Bobcat4Ever]

It's interesting how Binford's recruiting focus has shifted over the years. She had all those players from Minnesota on her title teams of the late 2010s, then went international for a couple years with Dykstra, Picton, Bunyan, and Boulanger. Now it's back to primarily recruits from Montana and the Northwest. But it sure seems to be working as the team appears to have unprecedented levels of depth and talent all through the roster.

The areas depend somewhat on where the assistant coaches have contacts.

As well, with cautionary tales like Brooke Berry (and partially Hannah Robbins) players are more likely to stay nearer to home and less likely to venture into unknown and less secure environments.

And lastly, MSU + Coach Bin is offering a program that has what players used to leave the state for — a skilled team with a more challenging schedule and an engaged fan base in Bobcat Nation! And now, some NIL money thanks to the Bobcat Collective! A really nice locker room! An excellent education. Why leave home unless you are signing with a top twenty team — it’s all here at MSU.