Come September, comes women's basketball recruiting trips and visits -- TUESDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

GONY, OTHERS LINED UP TO VISIT WBB THIS SEPTEMBER

One of the many things that September ushers in, besides college football, is the visits to and from potential talent for college women's basketball programs across the land. 

Here at Louisville, the WBB Cards were set to receive an official visit from 6'3" Lincoln, Nebraska star Nyayongah Gony. Louisville has had her on their radar for quite some time and the Cards were the first to offer her a scholarship. Dozens of other schools have followed suit. 

I sent our intrepid photographer Jared Anderson out on a seek-and-find mission to see if he could find her last night at the UofL Football game against Notre Dame. As of 8 a.m. this morning, Mr. Anderson has not sent me anything. This of course, could mean several things. Maybe he forgot to look for her. Maybe he's still prowling the campus in search of her. And, he does need his sleep so he can roll those pennies and nickles with a clear head and mind this morning. 

Maybe he was so impressed with the alleged picture he took of me, Sonya and a bowling buddy at the football game, he just stopped there. (I haven't received that photo yet, either -- but, in fairness, it was a late, late night for the attendees in Floyd St. and we didn't get home until after 1 a.m.) 

On a side note, I renew my plea for UofL to study how Indianapolis handles huge crowds, gets them into events and how smoothly they handle the traffic before and after such events.

Red faced, screaming guys in yellow are no way to run an airlines, much less a tailgating crowd of over 50,000 trying to gain entrance to Cardinal STADIUM. Due to gate congestion, people cutting line (I saw one fight break out), and, in my humble opinion, way too extensive frisking and search procedures before you even get a chance to show your ticket for scanning -- the delays were excruciating  Sonya and I left the tailgate facility for the gates at 7:10 p.m.

We didn't get into our seats until 8:10. 

But, back to Gony. 

She didn't take up the game until the sixth grade. Bionca Dunham comes to mind when I re-read that previous sentence. 

She has a sister (Nyagoa) who played at Purdue last year. As a freshman she appeared in 31 games, had a start and was named the team's most improved player at the end of the season. 

(Photo courtesy of Daryl Foust)

Nyayongah will be one of many that will either receive a visit from Cardinal coaches this month or come to campus for a look/see. Already, I like the idea of having a Nyah and a Nyayongah on the same roster for three years. Maybe Nyagoa would think about transferring here...toss in current freshman  Nyah Green  and we could get up a student chant of "Nyah, Nyay, Nyag" when the Cards are blowing someone out of the KFC YUM Center. 

(Speaking of WBB, the squad gets in a little dancing at Card March during the tailgate for Lou v ND. Daryl Foust was there to capture on camera.

Louisville most likely will add a couple more to the 2020-21 roster that already has commits from Merrissah Russell and Olivia Cochran. Most serious Louisville  women's college basketball fans I know are hoping that Washington senior sensation Hailey Van Lith is one of those. 

So get ready, USA and points beyond. Cardinal WBB coaches are headed to a gym near you. Be prepared, student-athletes currently on campus. Visitors are coming and we want to put out the best china and fancy napkins

A 2020 WBB class of Gony, Van Lith, Russell and Cochran sounds pretty good to this guy. What say you? . 


paulie
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