Class of '66 Old Fart

Eric Bossi's latest thoughts. 247Sports Ranking: 22. In the mix: Offers from Alabama, Arkansas, Cincinnati, Creighton, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Miami, Stanford, Tennessee and several others. Bossi’s analysis: Talk about explosive stock, hardly any big man in America took the grassroots circuit like Ernest Udeh did during the spring. The bruising 6-foot-10 post player backed it up with a dominant showing in front of coaches during June. This is one where everybody seems to feel they have a chance and Udeh hasn’t given any early indications of which way he may be leaning. We are expecting the five-star from Florida to be among the most heavily watched when he takes the floor this week for Southeast Elite in Alabama for the Adidas 3SSB event.

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Prayers already sent. Hang in there.

Sun Belt player of the year DeVante' Jones will withdraw from the NBA draft and enroll at Michigan for his senior season, he told ESPN. Jones was one of the most sought-after players in the NCAA transfer portal this spring. DeVante' Jones was arguably the best perimeter defender at the G League Elite Camp where he had a strong showing. Averaged 19ppg last year shooting 37% for 3 while showing terrific pace operating out of pick and roll. All-Conference caliber player in the Big Ten, conservatively.

Might be a much better game than you first thought. Julian Champagnie has withdrawn from the NBA draft. Averaged 19.9 ppg and 7.4 rpg last season. More than one commentator thinks with his return St. John's will be a tournament team and he'll be a Big East POY candidate.

Had totally forgotten that Kopp had put his name into the early NBA early entry draft list when he also entered the transfer portal. Now official that he's withdrawn from the NBA draft process.

Doubt he could have afforded the pay cut.

Leland Walker of North Central HS announced today he'll transfer to Hargrave Military Academy for his senior season. Rumors circulating that his high school coach Jason Gardner will be (or already has) resigning to accept a position on the staff at his alma mater Arizona.

Tyra's career taking a leap into coaching by assuming a position as an assistant coach for the Milwaukee Panthers, a D1 program and member of the Horizon League. https://mkepanthers.com/news/2021/7/2/womens-basketball-rechlicz-adds-tyra-buss-to-staff.aspx

Only the second day and it's already out of control.

New addition to the roster. Lindsey Warick, a native of South Brunswick, NJ, played 1 COVID shortened season at Missouri. https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2021/7/2/lindsey-warick-joins-indiana-softball.aspx?fbclid=IwAR0mfXS2M8YLzTZVdLnIWqOPr7qVWA2ZPKvl34eOxJ1G4eyTY4KdysZx4pg

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Khristian Lander announces on Instagram that he’s partnering with Yoke Gaming, which will allow fans to play video games with him

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Congrats to former coach Lemonis whipping Vandy 9-0 to win the national championship. https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/former-iu-baseball-coach-chris-lemonis-wins-national-championship-at-mississippi-state/?fbclid=IwAR3CGbscuYTz4Ozq-KrfYCwSdGscnZECCNn0JqJU5yWMHu0GNMmD1eeLr00

Parks' AAU team tweeting he's been extended an offer.

Couple of additions to the women's coaching staff. Tim Verschuren will be a fulltime assistant coach and Kevin Schenk a volunteer assistant goalkeeper coach https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2021/6/30/womens-soccer-tim-verschuren-and-kevin-schenk-join-indiana-womens-soccer-coaching-staff.aspx

And like Jon Rothstein likes to Tweet: The NCAA continues to hand out waivers like they're seedless watermelon at a 4th of July Party."

Trying something new. Instead of posting the rankings in the individual recruit year threads, I'm posting all of them in one spot. If nothing else, as the ranking sources update, I hope it will be easier to follow the changes in an individual recruit's rank. And a couple of program notes. It's pretty obvious that a number of kids with '22 offers are no longer on the radar and not being pursued but until they're officially off the board I'll track their ranking. The category I captioned Players of Interest are names that have very recently been mentioned and/or are players we know the staff watched at the June events and it certainly doesn't imply those are the only prospects we're following. 2022 OFFERS Avg. 247 Top 150 - 06.30.21 ESPN Top 100 @ 06.30.21 Rivals Top 150 - 06.16.21 Zion Cruz 23 18 31 19 Ernest Udeh 63 22 53 115 Jalen Washington 24 25 21 26 Jalen Hood-Schifino 31 27 34 32 Vincent Iwuchukwu 28 32 22 29 Julian Phillips 29 36 30 21 Kyle Filipowski 36 40 20 48 Tyrell Ward 53 52 62 45 A. J. Casey 39 58 36 22 Tyler Nickel 90 80 94 96 Tarris Reed 77 84 56 90 Favour Aire 77 92 79 61 Avery Brown 114 97 N/R 130 Noah Clowney 83 117 76 55 C. J. Gunn 136 123 N/R 149 Kaleb Banks 127 124 N/R 129 Alex Karaban 104 125 45 141 Shawn Phillips N/R N/R 42 Masai Troutman N/R N/R N/R 2022 Players of Interest Jazian Gortman 10 13 7 ` Leland Walker N/R N/R N/R 2023 OFFERS Avg. 247 Top 75 - 06.30.21 ESPN Top 60 @ 06.30.21 Rivals Top 150 - 06.16.21 Prep Hoops 06.28.21 Dravyn Gibbs-Lawhorn 26 10 39 28 18 Jeremy Fears 39 23 N/R 54 26 Kaleb Glenn 55 44 N/R 66 78 Xavier Booker 35 N/R N/R 35 107 Owen Freeman 93 N/R N/R 93 169 Jakai Newton 90 N/R N/R 90 208 Coen Carr #DIV/0! N/R N/R N/R N/R Colvin, Myles #DIV/0! N/R N/R N/R N/R 2023 Players of Interest Isaiah Collier 20 31 18 11 22 Matas Buzelis 37 46 23 42 33 Jalen Hooks 64 55 N/R 73 48 Lawrent Rice 84 70 N/R 97 95 Maki Johnson 70 72 N/R 67 61 Ashton Williamson N/R N/R N/R 97 Lamariyon Jordan 95 N/R N/R 95 111 Carter Lang 76 N/R N/R 76 149 Cyr Malonga N/R N/R N/R 151 Austin Parks N/R N/R N/R 154 Gabe Cupps N/R N/R N/R 193