Oklahoma Women’s Basketball in top 6 for No. 1 player in 2025

Coming off of their second-straight NCAA tournament appearance, Jennie Baranczyk and the Oklahoma Sooners find themselves in the middle of a big-time recruiting battle.

On Tuesday, the Sooners were included in the top six for point guard Aaliyah Chavez out of Lubbock, Texas. Chavez is considered the No. 1 player in the nation, according to On3 .

The Sooners were included along with some of the heavy hitters in women’s college basketball like South Carolina, LSU , Texas , UCLA , and Texas Tech.

South Carolina, fresh off an undefeated season and their second title in three years will always be tough to beat in a recruiting battle with Dawn Staley at the helm. LSU won the national championship in the 2022-2023 season.

But Baranczyk and the Sooners have created a culture and established a style of play that’s caught the eye of prospects across the country.

“It’s not too far from home and I love coach Jennie [Baranczyk],” Chavez told On3 . “She’s the head coach that I usually talk to. She’s very young, and I like how they just play basketball. They don’t try to force anything – no sets. They just go out there and play basketball.”

This won’t be an easy recruiting battle, but Baranczyk and the Sooners are in a good spot at this point. Now they just have to keep their pitch going

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