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The thing with Bailey he had another top ranked recruit with him in Harper

How about Rick Barnes as a comparison

Izzo still gets past the sweet 16 on many occasions

Just on the court things it doesn't make sense to pick OK St but now it is the highest bidder wins. Someone said it could be around 2 mil which if accurate is insane for a player ranked outside the top 10. At Ok St he will not be on national TV very much at all where at IU he will be on TV every game. I know we haven't been that relevant lately but we are still more of a national brand than Ok St is or will ever be. The games I have been seen I see a half empty arena with not much of an environment. When I was younger it was a pretty good program and had a really good home court advantage but not today. I think I have a good idea for a new show on ESPN. It is the recruiting auction and just have all the players up on stage and have every coach there doing the bidding. That could be entertaining

So did he commit to Ok St or not

Don't get Oklahoma St being for a top recruit. I guess money and the assistant coach he has relationship with.

IU 48 MSU 13

They were really sneaky by having him get surgery on that shoulder to cover up this plan LOL!

I am watching this right now and they are discussing a lot of the stuff we are talking about when it comes to recruiting. If you have time it is worth the time to see how recruiting takes place

I want a program with sustain success like UCONN, Purdue, Houston, Florida who didn't build their rosters with top 10 players. If you look at the final four teams the last few years it is mainly players who were more top 25-50 ranked

I totally disagree with that statement. Just how many top 5 players have been on the championship teams the last few years. I think it was the last UNC championship team where all of their starters were ranked between 15-70

I think Thompson is ranked 6th or 7th and not in the top 5. I still take 3 top 50 players over 1 top player. Also they say this is one of the weaker classes in a few years so the top players in this class isn't the same as other years

I rather have 3 players ranked between 20-60 than a top 5 players. One those 3 will probably be here 2-3 years instead of 1 year of a top 5 player. You build your foundation with players ranked 20-60

The thing is even top ten players are no guarantee just look no further than MgBako. I rather be a little judicious with the money instead of just throwing money around like Woodson did.

College basketball is getting ridiculous They need to blow up the system and get college sports back to what it was intended to be. I know some schools used to cheat but this system is a lot worse because every player is expecting a big pay day