Class of 2023 Alyssa Latham (IL) transferring to Tennessee

[ar inj]

She was happy at SU. Dad interferred. She left SU in tears. Probably too much parent involvement still and she can't handle it.

That is what I had heard and your conclusions are probably correct.

 

[baggerbob]

She was happy at SU. Dad interferred. She left SU in tears. Probably too much parent involvement still and she can't handle it.

And Cardosa never developed the way she should have at South Carolina. Spent too much time not playing behind Boston, and never fully developed an all around game.

 

[Dr. Bill]

She’s not taking many shots at Tennessee so I figure she’s way down the chart there for sets run for her to score. I recall her father and maybe Alyssa herself saying she wanted to be more of a perimeter player taking 3’s than an inside the arc player like she was here. She had six 3 point attempts at SU her freshman year and 10 attempts so far her next 2 years at Tennessee. She’s still not a 3 point shooter. It all had to be about the $. Perhaps she’s happy there though, made friends etc putting less priority on development. It will be interesting to see if she stays and finally becomes a player they start and rely upon or chooses a new destination. Sad for us because she certainly would have been a factor here coupled with Uche, Sophie, Dominique, Laila etc unless chemistry would have been effected, She seemed like a nice person though leaving people surprised when she left.

Coaching staff was shocked when she left and said so publicly. I think it opened their eyes to what the new landscape was going to be in college athletics. I am very concerned about the talent leaving Upstate New York and New York in general. Next year, Clemson is getting a top 50 post player right from our back yard. Mississippi State has a Freshman forward right from upstate who is in the top 10 for blocks in the country.
I am not even going to mention all of the talented guards/ wings from Long Island that have signed with other schools. Our HS recruiting has to improve if we want to contend with the elite in our conference.