Honestly, admitting I made a mistake by going to LSU is such a brave move. For a 22 year old person, she tried options in her life and realized sometimes all it can fail. That’s learning in life. Good luck to her.

@ivansalazar5448

Ай бұрын

HVL is not a point guard. She is a shooting guard! What's the deal with forcing her to play the guard position!

@alphasports3743

Ай бұрын

@@ivansalazar5448 Does it matter? Can she guard SGs? No ... because many time Poa played 1 and HVL played 2 she was missing open shots. Even at 1 vs Iowa when missed open shots. LSU beat Iowa because Morris hit those open shots at PG. SC beat Iowa because Johnson hit those open shots at PG and when you make those shots it forces the opponent to guard you. Lets be real HVL struggled vs D2 schools. Did you see the Middle Tennessee St game she scored 4pts in the 4th quarter. She was benched because the MST PG ran by her and scored 10pts in the 1st quarter. I think HVL missed 3 shots and one was blocked underneath the goal. So stop fooling yourself like I was fooled I thought HVL was a better shooter according to her 19pts she averaged teh year before but it was because she played more minutes and any player in the country. I was hoping she would be a better shooter than Alexis Morris when I saw her training video, especially from 3 but I was wrong. You really think HVL can guard MK12? Can she guard and 2 on SC ... SEC you have to play D and thats at any position.

@YyyyJjjj17168

Ай бұрын

@@alphasports3743 yes her missing open shots really suck. I forgot who LSU was playing against in SEC where Poa did a half court pass to Reese and Reese did a back throw pass exactly to HVL, and then HVL missed that open shot… that could be their season highlight… Defense end, honestly she doesn’t have the size to defend other guards larger than her, and doesn’t have the fast foot work to defend guards faster than her. And it’s just college. So how can she guard someone like Plum in W… Keep trying and good luck to her…

@alphasports3743

Ай бұрын

@@YyyyJjjj17168 Savannah Wheeler 5'6, HVL 5'7 ... she had 10pts in the first quarter no wonder CC lit her up. I like HVL a lot but making 1-5 mil in NIL I thought she would do better.

HVL ruined her career by leaving Louisville.

@DvonCarr

Ай бұрын

I was thinking the SAME thing.

She should have stayed at Louisville

@skatedurr

Ай бұрын

facts

@ddgs07

Ай бұрын

Waltz told her she wasn’t allowed to play point guard on his team tho :/

@MelvinLew

Ай бұрын

It's good that Mulkey had her back!

@imariyne304

Ай бұрын

@@ddgs07she plays sg

I hope she succeeds

Going from LSU to Miss State, I don't see how this will helps HVLs WNBA draft status next year...because the reason she left Louisville for LSU was to hone her point guard (PG) skills. And as you said, if going to Miss State puts her back in a shooting guard role...how's that going to help her with her lack of PG skills. The biggest issue for HVL-in my humble opinion, which has ruined any chance for her being drafted in the 1st or 2nd round of next year’s WNBA draft is her lack of size, and slowness of foot. Especially on the defensive end where I don't see her being able to guard the more athletic and bigger guards in the W! She was unfortunately expose by Caitlin Clark-whom I might add is also slow of foot! when Iowa beat LSU in the Elite 8 game. That was the difference in the guards from UConn and SC who were able to interrupt Caitlin Clark’s game doing the Final 4 and Championship game-their guards had the size, foot speed, and athleticism to stay with Caitlin. Bottom line…I don’t see this help HVL improve her draft stock for next year’s WNBA draft!

@sp123

Ай бұрын

maybe shes accepted she isn't WNBA material and wants to have one last year before its over?

@Henney_19

Ай бұрын

💯

@TheJhtlag

Ай бұрын

because she's not going, best thing now is to lower the pressure, fix her game, collect a little Nil and most importantly have fun.

@djnivekonea.k.adjnivek1517

Ай бұрын

@@sp123 that's not why HVL and her father invested all that time and money going to Kobe Bryant's basketball camp...just for her to play women's college basketball (WCB) and that's definitely not why she transferred to LSU. Come'on ... I not buying that HVL only wanted to play WCB!

@arthur-ri4zo

Ай бұрын

HVL should become an exotic dancer working the 'pole'.

HVL took her shot and now the gig is pretty much up. It was late in a career to decide to become a point guard anyway, you probably need to enter college with a pretty clear skill set for that, so, alls well that ends well, go to MSU, spend a year, fix your game, get a little NIL and most importantly have fun. She's not going to the WNBA.

@stormyweather9917

Ай бұрын

Go h8 on someone else.

I hope she succeeds wherever she goes. Sometimes to be humbled is a good thing.

Being a point guard is tough. It takes a lifetime to develop court vision and awareness. You’re the coach on the floor so you gotta have thick skin and the highest basketball IQ on the team. You lose it’s on you. You win it’s on you. If you’re being coached by a pg it’s even harder. Changing positions this late in a career and that quickly is a recipe for disaster. HVL did the best she could but it shouldn’t have happened so quickly without a solid guard to study under.

"I wanted to be pushed, I wanted to be challenged" = She failed!

@torrinbianchi5283

Ай бұрын

So?😂

@prettyugly

Ай бұрын

It happens. Hopefully wherever she goes, she is successful.

@jeanettespicer9225

Ай бұрын

let's be a little kinder. you're not her or in her shoes. she loves the game and is doing her best.

@usveteran9893

Ай бұрын

@@jeanettespicer9225 Who are you replying to?

@Lilquan2004

Ай бұрын

@@usveteran9893who do you think

I knew the hyperbolic dimensions of HVL would be exposed. I get the Buecker, Clark, and Brink media darlings, but trying to fit HVL was stretching it.

@Paul15.

Ай бұрын

Oh oh. Somebody always keeps the race thing going. It doesn't seem to matter how good players are to some people

@cfields12121

Ай бұрын

Not about race what he just said was cold heart truth. Easy to look good in weak ass ACC!

@prettyugly

Ай бұрын

​@@Paul15. Where did they mention race?

@sp123

Ай бұрын

@@Paul15. All the players mentioned are white, there no racial agenda in the post.

@mongoslade277

Ай бұрын

​​@@prettyuglyPaige, Clark & Cameron Brink are all white. That's why they were called Media Darlings in the initial comment. Haley Van Lith has a ghetto pass. That's why the initial comment says she doesn't belong

No, I am not sure. I wanted Hailey to exit the sec conference. She seemed like she couldn’t compete athletically in that conference last year. Why will this year be any different? Additionally, she will have to play lsu now. That’s not going to be any fun. The big 10 or acc was the better move.

@bwalto21

Ай бұрын

Yes

@torrinbianchi5283

Ай бұрын

Huh😂

@goldbrick2563

Ай бұрын

She gotta play south carolina too. Gamecocks gonna slaughter everyone next year fr

@prettyugly

Ай бұрын

Playing LSU will be fun, as she can play her game at MSU but also have an opportunity to show LSU what she could do if allowed to play her game.

@kevinkwiatkowski7197

Ай бұрын

One more year , I have confidence she will do well

If there is even a chance you won't get drafted towards the top of the first round, staying in college makes the most sense.

@jackel99

Ай бұрын

Is MS a college?

@Lilquan2004

Ай бұрын

@@jackel99what duhhh they a college bro what

@jackel99

Ай бұрын

@@Lilquan2004 My sentiments exactly.

@arthur-ri4zo

Ай бұрын

@@jackel99 Clown College

@jackel99

Ай бұрын

@@arthur-ri4zo Hey! I attended that college!

The people of Iowa will take you HVL. Plenty of success to be had in the B10

The best move for her. I said that when she decided to transfer. Miss st or Duke. She should go to Duke better defenders she won't stick out good team defense. Good luck.

The SEC is not for her. Period ! I would love to see Angelica Velez stay in the SEC, however. I believe Mulkey screwed her over in favor of HVL so as not to make HVL look bad. Oh well, that couldn't be avoided. I believe Angelica can do better guarding MiLaysia Fulwiley than most.

I know South Carolina is stacked but do you think dawn staley could develop HVL as a point guard to fit her play style?

@ec5657

Ай бұрын

She'd barely get 10 mins./game at South Carolina. Dawn likes to use her bigs so you won't see many 3 guard lineups, and there's no way she'd get a ton of minutes over Paopao, Raven/Tessa Johnson, Hall, and Fulwiley.

@hj1466

Ай бұрын

If she had come in her freshman year, she would have been developed. Too late to come now as she won't get the playing time she needs. Miss. State is her best chance to play catch-up. I will say, Louisville does develop point guards and shooting guards. Jeff Walz didn't think HVL was a point, but definitely a shooting guard. He was right. In all honesty, she should have stayed there. I think her chances of going to the WNBA are slim, but she may get a chance to play overseas. I wish her well.

@TheJhtlag

Ай бұрын

@@hj1466 This is correct

@richardscottmills

Ай бұрын

Agree with those above and add she is not a personality fit at SC. She would lose her mind with the low minutes she would be getting.

I hope she succeeds at Mississippi State since she will be working with a coach whom she worked with previously at Louisville. It's ok to bet on yourself and fail. Hell its humbling but its not the end of the world. HVL hopefully will become an even better off guard and an even better ball handler too.

@back2sports988

Ай бұрын

Me too. I am not going to kill this poor kid for taking a chance. It did not work out - such is life. Good luck to her.

They think the grass is greener elsewhere.

Yes, overseas is definitely an option for HVL

Back 2 Sports you won't believe it but Bueckers was openly recruiting her to come UCONN as a FR when they both for that Championship U19 USA team but only Azzi from that team came to UCONN.

@back2sports988

Ай бұрын

Wow her with Geno would have been interesting. HVL at UConn would have been like JJ redick at Duke they hate that would have brought.

@calvinh.4682

Ай бұрын

@@back2sports988 Caitlan Clark was also on that U19 team too with Bueckers but she seemed very quiet. It was HVL who kept going back and for with Bueckers that she might just take her up on that offer bc she enjoyed playing with her so much at that U19 Final which they won. Btw UCONN had offeedr HVL a scholarship too. Recently Caitlin Clark has gone public stating that she wanted to go to UCONN but they never approached her and how disappointed she was.

I hope so. I like this kid

Lmboooooo Mississippi state yea she is really all about herself if she goes there!

Nice take. Lot of pressure on these kids. Hope she does well.

@back2sports988

Ай бұрын

I hope so too

going to MSU would be a brilliant move for HVL. 1 - she's going to a coach who she has an established and POSITIVE relationship with. Who knows how to coach her up AND put her in positions to succeed. 2. Shes playing with another dynamic guard who has exp playing w/ HVL. 3. (and most importantly) she will be playing in the SEC where she will still be playing in the best conference. She will have the ball in her hands AND be able to play off the ball...maybe even have a play called for her instead of whatever Kim was doing last year. If she plays her cards right she will be able to ramp up playing "lesser" teams up until conf play/tourney starts, where ideally she will have the hang of the new offense and teammates and will be able to be easily scouted by WNBA teams due to still playing against pwr house SEC teams and her NIL may even increase due to the MSU boosters and pretty decent WBB history of success

Got it!

She would be a star at MTSU!!! She will have a hall of fame coach! He has a track record of putting girls in the wnba. Alisha Clark for example.

For someone so smart she got a 4 year degree in 3 years at Louisville she's not a great decision maker. For HVL to go to the fourth or fifth best team in the SEC is pretty ridiculous. Unless she gets like 18 to 20 shots a game. Going to LSU really set her back for the WNBA. She should have been advised better by her parents. But no Hailey just wanted to go where the party was and play PG which we all know is not going to work. And going to a team in the Tigers with a maniac coach I was a dictator and a bunch of selfish players was nit was not a good idea. HVL is my favorite female player so I wish her well wherever she goes. She has to play the 2.

The stats will improve but no one watching MSU basketball

I still believe haley should seek a sports psychologist at the school. With her, it’s mind over matter. She reminds me of Darrell Griffith the former Louisville all American and NBA all star. He did so a became one of the great players in college history.

@danielfarmer9533

Ай бұрын

Don’t think she can rise like Dr Dunkenstein

It gets tiring hearing people complain about these ladies for being expressive. Isn't that one of the things people loved about watching NBA greats like Bird, Jordan, Garnett, The Glove, and Kobe? Like you and the late Kobe said, HVL just be yourself and forget haters. As a fan of HidalGOAT I love seeing how hyped she gets, it adds flavor. I like putting lemon pepper on wings, it only makes consuming it even better.

The question is who is going to pass the ball to you and who ain't. And is the coach is going to something about it

That’s true.

I wish her luck. She is still 5'7".

This young lady don't need to go there, she needs to go to South Carolina period.

@hj1466

Ай бұрын

South Carolina doesn't have room for her. She got her degree in three years at Louisville. Played one year at LSU. So 2024-2025 season (Covid year) is it for her. She needs to go somewhere where she will be able to play immediately and have a lot of playing time. Given that she has been trained under Purcell and the exit of four guards Miss. State would be a good fit for HVL. I wish her well, but I don't know if she will make it to the WNBA.

@arthur-ri4zo

Ай бұрын

South Carolina already has their token.

@-InfoStation123

Ай бұрын

@@arthur-ri4zo yes, but she can revive her career at South Carolina, some of these people in here is not leaders, thinkers, masterminds, because you never know what might happen during the season, word to the wise.

@WeAreOne-31

Ай бұрын

​@@arthur-ri4zo Stop it.. ✋🏿

@mongoslade277

Ай бұрын

​@@arthur-ri4zoYou are such a casual. Chloe Kitts was a 5 star recruit and an excellent ballplayer. SHE'S WAY BETTER THAN NIKA MUHL, with her big forehead. She's got a fivehead. Would've been MVP of the national championship game if not for foul trouble. Casual

She should've gone to Duke

@mileshanley8052

Ай бұрын

Duke! Where defense is demanded! If you can't defend at an elite level, you don't play for Kara Lawson. MS needs scoring, and they'll take her defensive shortcomings for some offensive production.

@tiptoe38

Ай бұрын

Indiana 😮

Hail should watch Caitlin film and learn how to pass.

@back2sports988

Ай бұрын

I should watch Nolan Ryan pitch to learn how to throw 100mph

Kim give her so many chances more then any player

Oh, and BTW, is HVL considered this move, BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE IS CALLING? Hmmmmm

No, go to Middle Tennessee Hailey, they need you 😅

I'm reading and hearing all this talk about her playing the point guard what about hvl shooting if she's a great player it doesn't matter what position she play she still would have scored 15 20 or 30 points a game but she didn't all she did was Miss wide open shots Miss layups on fast breaks made dumb passes and looks stupid 😂

What's the deal with Kim Mulkey? I mean, she won a championship with two teams, so she can't be total trash as a coach, but there seems to be a lot of unnecessary drama at LSU, and not just with HVL. Is that on her, or just the way things worked out? Someone help me out here.

I don't like the move. She won't be a primary PG at Miss St., and if her goal is to make it to the WNBA, what more can she possibly improve upon with another year in college? She should have just declared for the draft, especially since other guards like Charlisse Leger-Walker (WSU) & Georgia Amoore (Kentucky/Va. Tech) returned and been a late 1st - early 2nd rd pick. Staying at Louisville was obviously the correct move in hindsight, but all she's doing now is delaying the inevitable, and that NIL money won't be great after being cooked by Caitlin Clark and going to Mississippi which is not a glamour school!

@back2sports988

Ай бұрын

I don't think should would have been drafted if she would have gone in the draft. And if she did get drafted 2nd or 3rd round she was going to get cut for sure. Overall, I think she really just wants to prove she can play well and think this is her best chance for that.

@sgaudet42tigers

Ай бұрын

@@back2sports988bro did you watch the games. How can you say it’s on Mulkey? HVL is too slow and going back to the same league

@Paul15.

Ай бұрын

She is not a point gaurd. She is a small shooting guard. Not quick enough to be a point guard.

@kelsawlink60

Ай бұрын

​@@back2sports988 I agree. The odds are stacked against her to make it in the W at the next level. The best she can hope for is to ball out next season and hope the additional roster spots that open up by way of expansion will allow her to make a team. She may have to go overseas to prove herself.

@mongoslade277

Ай бұрын

​@@sgaudet42tigersIt was on Kim Mulkey. Van Lith is 6 inches shorter than Caitlin Clark, so Kim Mulkey puts Hailey Van Lith as the primary defender on Clark 🤔. I would've transferred too

She will have more coaches in college than she will have in the pros.

Not that different from LSU. Mississippi State has same SEC competition.

HVL - The soap opera continues. I have to admit, all of the drama around her makes me laugh like no other player in the game. HVL is my comical relief whenever I want to see the latest women's college basketball news. She's like that kid you have that when you come home from work, your wife looks at you when you walk in the door, and you say to your wife, "what did she do now?"

@nedaustin5690

Ай бұрын

Sounds about right, but instead they should stand in front of a mirror.

I take her on my team, cute young woman.

@iamgreatnow7218

Ай бұрын

Goofy comment.

@TheJhtlag

Ай бұрын

@@iamgreatnow7218 pervy comment too.

This system is a great fit for HVL ,,,, those who loudly touted that she has no game will be silenced when she drops 22 on um

Because MSU and LSU almost look the same and easy for her to remember just one letter

i don’t think the sec is for her. she’d thrive in the acc or even the big 10

@gnphillips5481

Ай бұрын

nope. she needs to stay right there in the sec and spend the summer working her azz off! what good does it do her to go play in a cupcake conference? the best thing that happened to her was going to lsu and getting a wakeup call! she found out what her real weaknesses were--now go fix what you can! challenge yourself. get out there and play with those girls who exposed you all season!

Be you HVL and don't buy into the shaming, as if any of the radical and critical element could do what you can do

Duke why ? They play defense at Duke

@arthurmiller9434

Ай бұрын

Beautifully stated!

This means, obviously, Jeff Walz didn't want HVL back at Louisville.

@back2sports988

Ай бұрын

or she did not want to go back to Louisville

@user-ts5qw6tr9b

Ай бұрын

She needed coaching that involved coaching not a peacock strutting sidelines,. Mulky had zero plan for hvl,or the team. Mulky used her and taught her shaaaaaaaaait. She need to do speed drills,lose weight,and hit some weights. Shoot a 1000 buckets 6 day a week. One year with total focus and hard work she can improve and change for better and get drafted higher. It's work.

I think she is a good player but needs to improve her defense and develop as a leader. just my opinion as basketball trainer

Actually, it was Mulkey’s fault HVL was unsuccessful at LSU. Mulkey knew HVL couldn’t play point, but removed a point guard who won a championship in favor of HVL. HLV’s Dad is ruining her.

A former PG couldn’t develop another PG???Hmmm

@back2sports988

Ай бұрын

well all that is left is Poa - all the other guards from last season are gone!

@TheDisruptiveOne

Ай бұрын

LSU screwed up not getting Hagemann from Michigan state. That was the obvious player for them to go for.

@goldbrick2563

Ай бұрын

Yeah mulkey weird, i wldnt want play for her. Has there been any successful PG that went to the league under her tutelage? Alexis morris was good but she had difficulties w/the coach too

@JMonty-nb5un

Ай бұрын

Some of is on Mulkey but HVL also was never going to magically transform into a great PG in one year. She doesn’t have the vision. I think for some reason HVL underestimated how difficult it was going to be to turn herself into a point guard for one of the best teams in the country. Anyone who watched her play at Louisville knew this was never going to work.

@ThomasWayne4312

Ай бұрын

Well, she moves around like a power forward, hard to play PG 😂

You probably thought LSU was the perfect place too 😬😁😳🙄

She should have stayed at Louisville. If not, Iowa would have been a good fit.

Well, since Mulkey played in point all her like, why wasn’t she able to help Hailey?? Dawn played PG all her like and she isn’t having PG development issues. I guess Dawn must be a better coach.

@rarerock5020

Ай бұрын

Hailey played shooting guard. She doesn't have court vision like kim and can't pass like kim. And she only had one year with her.

Back 2 Sports our "favorite female basketball player" HVL is not transferring to MS state after all. She has changed her mind and is transferring to TCU instead.

@back2sports988

Ай бұрын

Wow

Hmm… let’s keep it respectful and confine our comments to playing in the WNBA or overseas

HVL wants so BADLY to prove herself AGAINST Kim Mulkey. Hope she gets her chance.

Of all conferences she’s going to the one that is the strongest She needs to leave the SEC Back to back NCAA championships and now they bringing in a 1 seeded Texas team

HVL is not the miracle Mississippi State needs. The transfer is better for her than Mississippi State. She turned the ball over many many times and missed a lot of shots.

HVL needs to go into sports broadcasting or coaching. She has little future in the WNBA.

You really love HVL. She’s your crush.

@back2sports988

Ай бұрын

No. Here is the thing, this story is so interesting. Could have easily stayed at Louisville taken shots and do her thing. Instead transferred to LSU and likely knew that would make her the bad guy. Then humbled in public when it did not work out. And now trying to figure it out & seems like a hell of a lot of people rooting against her. Just find the whole thing very interesting.

@mvfe212

Ай бұрын

​@@back2sports988 It wasn't a criticism by any means. I also think the story itself is very interesting. She has a large following, so of course simply in terms of absolute numbers, there will be many haters and supporters. It's not clear what the proportion of haters and supporters is though. I think HVL is way better than what was demonstrated this past year at LSU. One thing that always caught my attention watching LSU games and highlights is that every time the ball is in the post or paint, there are always double or triple teams on the bigs. And yet they rarely kick out to HVL. In my opinion, this single detail, if implemented would have made them so much better and potentially unstoppable. She is a very good shooter, but her shots this year were mostly off the dribble going towards the paint. The bigs would force things, and I think the entire dynamic reflects badly on Mulkey's coaching ability.

@mvfe212

Ай бұрын

Honestly, I think that even if you replaced HVL with Caitlin Clark on that team, assuming that the system is the same, I don't see Caitlin performing much better as point guard. Sure, she would score because she has much higher confidence and gren light than HVL and would shoot from far out. But her assists would be way down. The system and big-centered-culture is the problem at LSU. The players and the ball don't move in a continuous dynamic and this is true both in the half court and in transition. It's also why their success is no indication that their bigs will succeed at the next level. They rely a lot on brute force. Now of course, nothing is absolute. Flaujae is definitely a demonstration of high-level finesse-based skill. The sort that succeeds at the next level.

Getting away from LSU is a smart move.

TCU not Miss. State.

@back2sports988

Ай бұрын

Yep. Think I know what my next video is - HVL runs from SEC

The same like coach didn't really help her she broke her

What is lsu doing? They need portal help! Hagemann would have been perfect! And they watched a rival pick her up. They seem like they are striking out on everyone.

@gnphillips5481

Ай бұрын

no one wants to deal with the drama there. or the stankface coach. can you imagine the eggshells those girls have to walk on when dealing with her? its 2024, go play for a coach that'll pull the best out of you and uplift you rather than chew you out and berate you and never put you in a game for every little tiny mistake you make! i cant wait to see the lineup and d2 and d3 players that end up on this roster come may!

Probably all she really has

Adidas school

She Can't Play In The SEC She Will Cost Them Big .She Is To SLOW .All Quick Guards Abuse Her.

Hvl is not that good just saying

Your hate for Mulkey is thin veiled. Sad.

@back2sports988

Ай бұрын

yes it is - so - so sad. my keyboard is wet from crying as I type this reply

SHE CANT LEARN TO BE A POINT GUARD IN A YEAR. She Is To SLOW .

What a joke, who cares

@AllinGold2

Ай бұрын

Obviously, you do, because you watched the video.

Bad move in my OPINION

I think she made a big mistake from the beginning to transfer.. I don't want to see failure in anybody but I think that she ruined her basketball career

@TheJhtlag

Ай бұрын

Well, she took her shot, it's what she wanted but sometimes things don't work out. Is that a big mistake? or at least you don't spend the rest of your life wishing you had tried but didn't.

@mongoslade277

Ай бұрын

Ring Chasing. She took Louisville to the Final Four. Didn't need to transfer to LSU

@00126601528

Ай бұрын

She transferred for all the wrong reasons, chasing championship, doesn’t make great players. Anyway good luck to her.