The focus of a national recruiting battle boiled down to Louisiana State University, Alabama, and Tennessee.

Ralph was the subject of a spirited recruiting battle, a natural consequence of her abilities leading to national high school player of the year honors.

Womack was the subject of an intense recruiting battle between the University of Virginia and Penn State.

The recruiting battle between Connecticut and Tennessee seems to be cyclical.

Pearl lost this recruiting battle when Thomas committed to Illinois.

Less well-known but key region and subject specialists were the focus of an intense recruiting battle between her and fellow candidate Barack Obama.

"We compete for the same 10 or 12 kids every year," Kampersal said of the recruiting battles among top-level women's coaches.

Kentucky won a late recruiting battle, after drawing Morris away from early favorite Georgia Tech.

Duke won the recruiting battle for Deng, who used to watch the Blue Devils on television and patterned his game after Hill.

He became the subject of an intense recruiting battle, then found himself amid a quarterback competition at a college that seems to major in quarterbacks.