Everyone got invited last year. Correct on lack of coaches. Nice school where games were played but no way was this a recruiting event. ASU and Towson only D1 coaches that were there.
Not everyone was invited. My daughter knew a number of girls, some were teammates and some from other clubs, who weren't selected.
The invite process is a joke. They start off with entire rosters of the top clubs top teams, then fan out from there, then send deadlines and more and more rounds of invitations until the thing is sold out. What you should be looking at instead is.... who is not going, that was invited, that says a lot about the events like this. Of all these events the only one I know that the top players from the top clubs show up to is the Nike 120. And that event may have crapped itself last year with the rule change and the college coaches taking a bye-year (or 2?).
I was told in an email from the Nike Elite 120 director that they only sent out first wave invitations to girls that participated last summer. No new invites. Frustrating for those that didn't go last year.
Depending on the vote for new NCAA guidelines in April, This may be the big year for 21's at Nike 120. If they move the communication to Soph year, it will be. They run the event for two age groups, the first eligible year is the most competitive girls showing up. By the second year, most highly recruited players are committed, but it is still a good opportunity for the girls because the coaches will be there, or at least should be there.
