2020 General Recruiting Thread

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

JUCO Craig Porter of Vincennes U. name popped up a couple of times in this thread and although no apparent serious IU interest here's his season's stats courtesy of Trevor Andershock.

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Here's the full state-by-state Gatorade Players of the year.  Several had IU offers.

https://playeroftheyear.gatorade.com/winner/state

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Jake Weingarten  -  San Francisco graduate transfer Charles Minlend Jr. has heard from Indiana, Illinois, Oklahoma, Gonzaga, BYU, VCU, Witchita State, WSU, ASU, Arizona, Oregon State, UCLA, Iowa State, Butler, Arkansas, Vanderbilt, UConn, Miss. State, amongst others.

He's had a solid career at San Fran.   https://usfdons.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/charles-minlend/4187

6'4" guard originally from Fort Union Military Academy in Concord, NC.  His father was a professional basketball player overseas.     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Minlend

[Demo]

28 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Jake Weingarten  -  San Francisco graduate transfer Charles Minlend Jr. has heard from Indiana, Illinois, Oklahoma, Gonzaga, BYU, VCU, Witchita State, WSU, ASU, Arizona, Oregon State, UCLA, Iowa State, Butler, Arkansas, Vanderbilt, UConn, Miss. State, amongst others.

He's had a solid career at San Fran.   https://usfdons.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/charles-minlend/4187

6'4" guard originally from Fort Union Military Academy in Concord, NC.  His father was a professional basketball player overseas.     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Minlend

Caught a couple of USF games last year. Had a really good game against Gonzaga, they couldn’t keep him out of the lane, and a “couldn’t throw it in the ocean” game against St Mary’s. No idea which of those is closer to the genuine article.

[lillurk]

34 minutes ago, Demo said:

Caught a couple of USF games last year. Had a really good game against Gonzaga, they couldn’t keep him out of the lane, and a “couldn’t throw it in the ocean” game against St Mary’s. No idea which of those is closer to the genuine article.

I think he could be a good pickup somewhere: strong track record and USF is a good program for its level.

However.

Career 31.8% on 443 threes. He did shoot well, 37%, as a freshman on 138 attempts...

This staff’s continued prioritization of middling shooters and a shallow track record of developing them confuses me. 

[cthomas]

On 2/22/2020 at 5:37 PM, Demo said:

A bear can be eating some dude in the middle of nowhere and a random hiker ends up filming it, but I can’t find game footage of a college basketball player. 

Thank you, sir. I'm a little late to the party, but that is truly funny.

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

JUCO Craig Porter of Vincennes U. name popped up a couple of times in this thread and although no apparent serious IU interest here's his season's stats courtesy of Trevor Andershock.

 

There are some good players that come out of VU.


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[Demo]

Former pseudo-target Ruedale Williams committed to Kansas St.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Don't recall we typically start a thread for a walk-on so I'll put this here.  New preferred walk-on for next season, Sebastien Scott from California.

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-basketball-class-of-2020-guard-sebastien-scott-to-be-preferred-walk-on-for-hoosiers/

[WayneFleekHoosier]

Don't recall we typically start a thread for a walk-on so I'll put this here.  New preferred walk-on for next season, Sebastien Scott from California.
https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-basketball-class-of-2020-guard-sebastien-scott-to-be-preferred-walk-on-for-hoosiers/

There has to be a connection here someplace. How do you end up with a preferred walk-on from California? Anyone know the connection?


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[HoosierDYT]

There has to be a connection here someplace. How do you end up with a preferred walk-on from California? Anyone know the connection?


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I think his dad is Larry Scott, the pac 12 commissioner


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[MoyeNeeded]

Averaged 20pts/game shooting over 50% from both 2 and 3pt range.

[WayneFleekHoosier]

I think his dad is Larry Scott, the pac 12 commissioner


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So Sean Miller?


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[Stuhoo]

3 minutes ago, Hardwood83 said:

So starting material for IU!? 

Lol

[schoosier]

18 hours ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

There has to be a connection here someplace. How do you end up with a preferred walk-on from California? Anyone know the connection?


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Ask Joe Hillman lol. Wasn’t he on a baseball scholly and somehow the General found him? He played some important minutes in our 87 championship run.

[LamarCheeks]

53 minutes ago, schoosier said:

Ask Joe Hillman lol. Wasn’t he on a baseball scholly and somehow the General found him? He played some important minutes in our 87 championship run.

Hillman did play baseball, but he definitely was a basketball recruit. I think he averaged over 40 points a game as a high school senior. 

[Honkyman]

Joe Hillman was highly recruited. He was the top scorer in California his senior year of high school. Knight recruited him because he wasn't getting a sufficient number of good enough players at that time out of Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio where he usually recruited. That's also why he started bringing in Junior College transfers like Keith Smart and Dean Garrett.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Jake Weingarten - San Francisco graduate transfer Charles Minlend Jr. is down to seven schools, he told @Stockrisers: Arizona, Butler, BYU, Arkansas, Indiana, Gonzaga and Mississippi State. No timetable on his decision yet.

[mamasa]

My cousin Kirt Kohlmeier coached Hillman in high school at Hoover [emoji846]


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[Stuhoo]

15 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Jake Weingarten - San Francisco graduate transfer Charles Minlend Jr. is down to seven schools, he told @Stockrisers: Arizona, Butler, BYU, Arkansas, Indiana, Gonzaga and Mississippi State. No timetable on his decision yet.

Minlend plays angry.