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I think Reneau will be as good as TJD was as a freshman. If so, he'll take some minutes from Thompson. That wouldn't be a bad thing considering how tired Thompson looked at the end of last season. He would also be much better than Geronimo unless Geronimo makes a huge offseason improvement. In other words, he can have a big season on a successful team because he's a good player.

I know this was an NIL event and not an official university event like the one in October, but does anyone know if there were any recruits in attendance? If so, I imagine it would be some of the ones who live close.

https://247sports.com/Article/Basketball-recruiting-Deshawn-Harris-Smith-Penn-State-Maryland-Villanova-Indiana-Xavier-191822596/ New quotes seem to reaffirm that it's Maryland. He talks as though he's already a part of that team. I still think Xavier is his second choice.

How was the scrimmage? Anything stand out as far as the freshman or improvement of returning players?

Yes, they added him after it was posted above. He wasn't on there yesterday.

Market value.

I 100% agree.

Not Bellamy?

My point is that Knight did that on Branch McCracken Court. Knight and Branch McCracken Court go hand in hand. The legacies are tired together. I'm not sure if it was officially named Branch McCracken Court from day 1 but, if not, it was soon after. I also don't think Knight himself would want to take that honor away from McCracken. We'll just have to agree to disagree.

It was Branch McCracken Court before Knight won a single championship. McCracken won 40% of IU's championships. It's not as though IU was nothing and had no history before Knight. Just because McCracken was long ago doesn't mean he should be forgotten.

Because it's already Branch McCracken Court.

They're about to change the rules again to allow for unlimited immediate eligibility transfers instead of just one so that isn't surprising.

I don't remember him but good job. First generation college grad and didn't stop at the bachelor's degree. Nice

Yep. "Get old, stay old" only works if players improve with experience. That just didn't happen under Miller. The only player I can recall who made a big jump year over year was Franklin and from reading articles about that it sounds like it had nothing to do with Miller. Crean did have many players improve significantly under him. Of course, one of his big problems was constantly looking for the diamond in the rough that he could turn into a star. He had some great successes with this but way more wasted scholarships. Between the two, I'd take Crean over Miller every day of the week. At least his teams weren't painfully boring to watch and they played with effort.

Probably. After IU, his best 2 offers are MSU and Tennessee.

I hope Frozone has a long and successful basketball career.

My impression was more Maryland vs Xavier although I can certainly see Villanova being in the mix. Maryland certainly seems to be the favored school.

$38k for a star is not good, but TJD and Thompson make well more than that. Probably some of the other players as well. $38k for a bench warmer is good, though. So look at that as basically the minimum with the opportunity to earn way more.

Coen Carr.

But the Virginia jersey does have #1 on it, while IU and Maryland are 11(?) And 10, respectively. Lol

You think that after 1 year under Woodson we should already be having the same recruiting results as the top programs after 2 decades of being mostly irrelevant? Wow. Maybe your expectations are a bit too high. Woodson has had some good success so far at recruiting. It's kind of funny that the sky is suddenly falling after rumors of missing out on 2 good but not great recruits.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/some-premier-college-athletes-face-option-to-exchange-nil-riches-for-portion-of-future-earnings/ I'm not sure I'd be willing to sacrifice future earnings if I was in their spot.

Oh, boy. No one has told you about your breath? I can smell it from here... Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

I just saw that the Big 12 is supposedly trying to poach Minnesota from the B1G. Won't happen because UM won't take the pay cut.

That pretty well sums up how I feel about him. He has the potential to be a really great player but it says a lot when a player his size with his skillset doesn't attract much interest from schools like Duke, UNC, UK, KU. He had offers from 2 of those but they didn't recruit him hard. I see his recruitment as similar to Lander - highly ranked but ignored by those blue bloods. I'm not upset about missing on him, I don't think he'll come close to realizing his potential. Even when he exploded, it was in AAU ball and not high school. Not as much defense being played, less (or no?) scouting, teams aren't as cohesive, etc.