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Really like how Almond plays.

I said it in another thread, him and Almond would be quite imposing.

Someone mentioned attitude and basically the lockeroom. This is the only concern I have with Thompson. He's been a little sketchy since the growth spurt. His body language last summer with teammates on the aau circuit sucked. I've not seen him in a year so that could've been a bad run. It was at multiple events though. Watched some Diane video. He's a baller. Communicate super well on defense and passes really well. Good feet and a physics specimen. I think him and Almond with three shooters would be lethal from day one. I like Taylor too though.

Taylor, Almond, Anthony Thompson would be a heckuva haul.

Is it us and Michigan State?

Sleepers talked of a recent article that has us in pretty good shape with this one. He's a helluva talent that I've watched since before the growth spirt. If he can come with maturity and coachability I'd love to see him in Bloomington.

I'm a little surprised Rippey bailed on us, but I still think Almond is go. Add Moody and I think we'll land a shocker. The Finnish Flagg, maybe this big guy or another.

Quality pgs and centers will be at a premium in the portal. You really need to be be building those in-house moving forward. Rippey was a surprise to me. I thought we would have a shot there.

When everyone is healthy i believe Enright will come off the bench. Three players are locks: Tucker, Wilkerson, Conerway. I assume Bailey gets the nod over Alexis. So it's Dorn, Miles or Trent. Before we get to conference play my money is on Trent.

I said this when Trent went to Montverde, they are physically ready to go when they're freshmen. The public school kids aren't as prepared. Players like Brown are great to develop. Super skilled but need a little more time to adjust and catch up physically. Probably say the same about Moody. We need to land a pg and a frontline player from one of the factories.

Obviously we'll attempt to have our "bigs" on the floor, but in the deepest recesses of my soul I don't think we have a player over 6'8 that belongs in a big ten game. I'd embrace it and go with Sisley, Dorn, Tucker, Wilkerson and Conerway. Push it, push it, push it and lead the nation in shot attempts.

I think the talking heads out there are going to be in for a surprise when we start getting commitments from some of these bigger names that have us on their short lists.

I totally agree. I think we're on the Todd Golden plan more than the May, Kelsey, Pope plan. I think you're a 100% correct on the Murphy/Moikobu assessment. Way to much to ask of Norton and Adams to build an instant turnaround portal roster with their areas of expertise. HOWEVER, next year I anticipate Kenny and Rod will give us something to work with.

I think I have to agree with hoosierfan. As big as a cluster f as the first couple months of the DD era was, he does have an exceptional group of recruiters now that he appears to be lock step with. Taylor, Almond, Moody and Rippey is my guess. I wouldn't rule out another shooter foreign or domestic. If we retain everyone, we may not be in the portal business much moving forward, which would suit me just fine. It looks like a 3 year plan, but maybe that's the best way to build a culture.

I like everything about this kid. I'd love to see him in person. High motor that wants to get better on both ends. Has a thought process with his offensive game. Built for the B1G and can knock down open looks. He's a definite year 1 contributor.

He's a Sampson type player.

Saw him two years ago and last summer and was impressed with how much his skills had improved but felt like he had become almost a bad teamate. Hopefully we would be the right environment, with enough talent with him to fix that. If so, he's only getting better and would be a tremendous add.

One of my favorites in the 27 class. He's only gotten better as his body matures.

" a little ditty about Arafan Diane,,,,"

Stanley Robert's anyone????

We have last year behind us now. Look forward to potentially landing some talented hs players and getting through this year.

With the recruiting chops on the bench I think we'll get a 5☆. I'm not sure who. It's hard not to see a one and done player with this one.

I think 3 of the members of the Backstreet Boys went by those names.

I get the feeling that DeVries likes a bigger pg. Idk why. Small was physical, Branham fits that mold maybe. Kayden was my favorite pg in the class. I thought he was a leader and tough as nails.

I've got a good feeling about this one.