Several hours after Christyn Williams, the No. 1 player in the ESPN's Class of 2018 recruiting rankings, committed to play for the 11-time national championship UConn women's basketball team, the Huskies' Hall of Fame coach Geno Auriemma admitted, "it's a weird recruiting year."
Thanks to Williams' commitment and the news that Olivia Nelson-Ododa, the No. 5 player in the ESPN rankings and No. 1 by the All-Star Girls Report, would join Williams in a star-studded recruiting class, it is also a special recruiting year for Auriemma and his staff.
Although the 6-foot-4 Nelson-Ododa announced her commitment at a ceremony at Winder-Barrow High School which is located about an hour outside of Atlanta, she called Auriemma Monday to inform her of her intentions.