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Really liked him when I saw in HS. Reminded of some of those crazy long kids that Boeheim used to recruit who were way under the radar but always made his zone pretty impenetrable. But it never occurred to me that he would be a rotation player this year. No chance. Just amazed by his adaptability and intelligence. The kid just doesn't force anything. Love him. Btw: anybody else notice that point yesterday where he was standing next to Troy before a FT and had maybe 2" on him?

No. Our class is currently 2 4* kids, a late rising 3* and a largely unranked kid, who, due to his Hoosier DNA, must possess at least 4* intangibles. Or so people keep telling me. And we're still in on Maker, who's a 5* by any definition. Everything I read about Green portrays him as a tough, competitive, driven kid. If true, to me that's as Hoosier as it gets and I'm glad to have him. Welcome to the family Devonte.

Seen Cujo 4 times live and your report jibes pretty closely with what I've seen as well. I've seen him play some pretty good D on ball with his length and lateral quickness. But he consistently loses awareness off ball. Not being coached up much either. Live in St Louis and have seen Tatum a lot. The definition of what a 9 figure NBA player looks like as a 17 year old. Terrific player and also has a rep as a really good kid. Curious, how did the Turkish kid for HP play? Thought he was pretty good when I saw him. Reminded me of Sheehey.

Cujo finished with 21. Took a couple of poor shots, particularly 1 in OT that was just a poor decision. Overall played well. Handle is tighter than I've seen it before. Was very good defensively on the ball. Did not get beat off the dribble a single time. Lost spatial awareness twice off ball that got him beat backdoor. Fearless and explosive going to the rim, but does not pas off penetration. Can really shoot off the catch. Needs to play off the ball. Like him a lot as a really talented 4 year kid. Btw: Josh Jackson is incredible. Everything Andrew Wiggins was supposed to be coming out of HS this kid actually is.

Bridges and Jackson are basically having a dunk off. Strictly playground, but man is it fun to watch.Cujo has 15 through 3. Has played well. Jackson is incredible. Not sure I've seen a better athlete in High School. Ever.

Jim Thomas. Perfect comparison. Nicely done.

Haven't seen enough of the kid to judge him. I'll look forward to reading a report from someone who has. Strategically I like it from class balance and roster building standpoints. Assuming JBJ leaves I would have preferred 2 frosh guards and a grad transfer to 3 frosh guards in the same class. Newkirk fills the transfer role. Now go get Brown and Jones closed.

Unless OG has undergone a major growth spurt, awesome if true, I think that picture might be a little misleading. When I saw them at the end of January Juwan was clearly taller. Juwan is also much thicker. The part of OG you can't see in the picture looks a lot like Troy when he first got here. Juwan is thick all over.

Really want to see Huntington play Oak Hill. Daniel Giddens isn't the most skilled guy, but he's a big strong grown man. Very physical and aggressive. Watched him beat Skal Labissiere about half to death physically in a game. Watching TB and him go at it for 32 minutes would be a blast. Give'em both a good taste of B1G physicality.   

Yeah, no inside knowledge, but I live in St Louis and can't imagine any reason he would go to Mizzou. Program is a complete abortion. Lousy facilities. Don't draw at all. Had 5k for the Florida game. Might have had the worst guard play in the country. Players quit on Kim Anderson last year. Lead asst has already left. And they're oversigned by 1. I think we're good here.

   It was pretty incredible. All of these high D-1 kids completely deferring. Total respect. Have never seen that before at that level. I usually don't buy the whole Pied Piper thing at all. But in this case, I think a Bryant committment could have a really significant effect on the Jones and Bridges recruitments. We really could be looking at a pipeline situation. This one needs to happen.

I've posted a couple of times before about how much I love this kid's game. Think he's perfect for us. Quick story about him: Was at the Marshall Coounty Hoopfest in December and Huntington is playing Arlington Country Day, which has a really nice team. Huntington jumps on them early and is up DD. Huntington plays a couple of really sloppy minutes and lets them back in it. Coach calls TO. The five on the floor never made it to the bench. Bryant pulls them into a circle at the free throw line and and just lays into them for lack of effort. Loud enough that half the gym could hear it. Looking every kid in the circle dead in the eye and is lighting them up. And every kid in the circle, Jones, Bridges, Levi Cook and Jon Kabongo, never took their eyes off of him. There was no question, none, who the leader of that team was. Absolutely floored me. Kid is just a bada** competitor. Sets a completely different tone than what we're used to seeing on the floor. Huntington won the game by 8.

Ok, just to clarify, if Thon Maker busts out an IU hat at some press conference the next thing I'll be busting out is the single malt. The kid is an extraordinary talent and anyone takes him. Maybe he comes in and in his 1 year of college dominates to the point where he helps carry us to the promised land. Could absolutely happen. But based on the times I've seen him live, small 2 game sample size, the kid is pretty poorly coached, highly ball dominant, and not very sound defensively. I can see him stopping the ball on offense a lot and I can see him spending a lot of time sitting with fouls.I can see us struggle to fit his offense in with what we have. I can see our staff doing a great job of developing him both physically and skill-wise just in time for him to head to the League. Long way of saying I can see him being brilliant or a little bit of a heartbreaker. I watch Bryant, bigger sample size, 5 games, and I just see a perfect scheme and skill fit. I can see 10 and 7 as a Frosh, 15 and 10 as a Soph and off to the lottery. Love the kid. But if we get Maker, yeah I'lol be ok with that.

Don't have that good a feeling about this recruitment, but this is the kid I want the most right now, even over Maker. Gotten to see him play live a couple of times and absolutely love him as both a system and need fit. Legit 6'10". Great, not good, rebounder both in area and out of area. Super competitive on D. Can hit the spot up 3 off screen action. Plus, might be the best rim running big I can remember seeing in High School. Got a serious crush on this kid's game. And I doubt he's a one year. Plug Bryant into what we assume we have coming back and I think we're top 5 next year.