scrybe,
I think the Griner/Baylor effect was hurting recruiting.
A heavy dose of negative recruiting by a bunch of different places.
Obviously, Hand's knee injuries hurt on the court big time. Always easier to recruit
when you have a national player of the year type leader.
OU's was coming in 2nd alot. No real backup plans (often no point adding a player
who could not help) left the roster thinned out in places.
Obviously changes have taken place and the impact is starting to show.
The class of 2009 is where the recruiting 1st started to take a slump, then there was alot of 2010 kids who took official visits to OU ( richa jackson, Cassie Herberts, Lindsay Sherbert, Jeanne kenney, Alexis Burke) OU came in 2nd on all these players. Things are definitely look up again now thought, to not make her top 15 early on and then still work our way back in to get a unofficial visit is great.. a Job well done to the stuff.