2023 General Recruiting Thread (BBall)

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

His AAU team tweeted that Xavier Booker will schedule visit with IU tomorrow.  Illinois early next week.  Possible visits to LSU, Northwestern, and DePaul.

[ramadden13]

3 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

His AAU team tweeted that Xavier Booker will schedule visit with IU tomorrow.  Illinois early next week.  Possible visits to LSU, Northwestern, and DePaul.

As in he will put his June visit in his calendar tomorrow?

[ap2345]

5 hours ago, ramadden13 said:

As in he will put his June visit in his calendar tomorrow?

Correct

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Standout 2023 La Lumiere (IN) point guard prospect Jeremy Fears is planning a June visit to Indiana.   Additional info is behind the Rivals paywall and I'm not a subscriber.

From April 30:  Jeremy Fears is currently a 4-star recruit and ranked No. 23 nationally by 247Sports.  That service lists him as the No. 7 point guard in the class.  Even though he's a '23, he's playing 'up' with the Bradley Beal AAU team on the EYBL circuit so hopefully when the EYBL circuit starts we'll be able to get some good stats on him.

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-basketball-recruiting-class-of-2023-names-to-know-point-guard-jeremy-fears/?fbclid=IwAR3Gj35fLmDmEG52S0zWeNhWqAl6PDWMZ6WHJxahGh8LSXRoYTLfy6WSw8A

 

From April 29:  Travis Branham of 247Sports on PG Jeremy Fears - Fears hasn't spent much time talking to college coaches given he is a 2023 prospect but his father told 247Sports that Indiana is highly interest and is also receiving interest from Auburn, Michigan, Florida State and UCLA.

https://247sports.com/Article/Jeremy-Fears-recruitment-basketball-prospect-2023-Indiana-Auburn-Michigan-Florida-State-UCLA-164798208/

 

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Update on Kaleb Glenn and IU interest.

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/there-is-mutual-interest-between-class-of-2023-top-50-louisville-forward-kaleb-glenn-and-iu-basketball/?fbclid=IwAR29GDX1qAF6K5tAyy9PcyWj6st7N4HaKDUaGEu7HPERIdUrESbQ5h2OofU

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Update on Jeremy Fears and his planned June 9, visit.

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-basketball-2023-recruiting-target-jeremy-fears-intrigued-by-indiana-looking-forward-to-june-visit/?fbclid=IwAR0qWZNrrFZU0cawUoFPZEWx4f_bzDlSFA8weLikE9q13NWvwoJAWu_sG_s

[Hoosierfanyuh]

Fears sounds decently high on us. Mustve been a nice first impression. 

[8bucks]

1 hour ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Fears sounds decently high on us. Mustve been a nice first impression. 

Sounds like they liked us even before Archie called. 
 

“We just like Indiana, just in general, just the brand, and the name and the program,” Fears, Jr.’s father Jeremy Fears, Sr. told The Daily Hoosier.  “The Big Ten, it’s close to home, the atmosphere is electric, especially when they are having a ton of success, just the history behind it, the tradition and everything.  To be honest we just kind of liked Indiana from the jump, even before they started recruiting us.”

[go iu bb]

https://www.insidethehall.com/2022-indiana-basketball-recruiting-board/

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Xavier Booker unofficial visits.

• PURDUE June 4th
• OHIO ST June 14th
• LOUISVILE June 16th
• INDIANA June 23rd
• KANSAS ST June 29th

[rayl456]

2 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Xavier Booker unofficial visits.

• PURDUE June 4th
• OHIO ST June 14th
• LOUISVILE June 16th
• INDIANA June 23rd
• KANSAS ST June 29th

Just wanted to say thank you for all the recruiting updates and great information that you provide in your posts, CO66OF.  I really appreciate the work/time you obviously spend keeping up with all the recruiting news for this board.  A tip of the cap to you, sir!   

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

The Daily Hoosier  -  Can confirm this report. 2023 big man Cyr Malonga will visit #iubb in early June his AD told me earlier this afternoon.

https://www.si.com/college/recruiting/basketball/cyr-malonga-congo-2023-forward-college-basketball-recruiting

Rivals says he's 6' 11" and weighs 205 lbs.  Attends Evangel Christian HS in  Louisville.  Lot of red flags (maybe) in this:  https://bluegrasspreps.com/forums/topic/223115-strange-things-afoot-at-louisvilles-evangel-school/

[Demo]

9 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

The Daily Hoosier  -  Can confirm this report. 2023 big man Cyr Malonga will visit #iubb in early June his AD told me earlier this afternoon.

https://www.si.com/college/recruiting/basketball/cyr-malonga-congo-2023-forward-college-basketball-recruiting

Rivals says he's 6' 11" and weighs 205 lbs.  Attends Evangel Christian HS in  Louisville.  Lot of red flags (maybe) in this:  https://bluegrasspreps.com/forums/topic/223115-strange-things-afoot-at-louisvilles-evangel-school/

No maybe about it. If you’re gonna play in the gray area, you better do it with guys smart enough to pull it off. Brandon Bender is not 1 of those guys.

Hardest of passes.

[Stuhoo]

10 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

The Daily Hoosier  -  Can confirm this report. 2023 big man Cyr Malonga will visit #iubb in early June his AD told me earlier this afternoon.

https://www.si.com/college/recruiting/basketball/cyr-malonga-congo-2023-forward-college-basketball-recruiting

Rivals says he's 6' 11" and weighs 205 lbs.  Attends Evangel Christian HS in  Louisville.  Lot of red flags (maybe) in this:  https://bluegrasspreps.com/forums/topic/223115-strange-things-afoot-at-louisvilles-evangel-school/

 

Oh hell no.

Thank goodness for the direct G-League route--that seems like the right fit for this situation.

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Austin Parks 6' 10" 240 lbs. attends St. Mary's Memorial HS near Lima, OH.

 

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-basketball-recruiting-class-of-2023-names-to-know-ohio-big-man-austin-parks/?fbclid=IwAR02GyAdJpAdhk-s2us1K0BBv6NQr2PDQwDVoXwNVBs2U9GvcZ8rztAtaZA

https://247sports.com/college/ohio-state/LongFormArticle/St-Marys-Memorial-Ohio-basketball-prospect-Austin-Parks-2023-earning-scholarship-offers-165039804/

Hudl

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Jalen Hooks (Indpls. Attucks) invited to the Pangos All-American camp held June 6-8 in Las Vegas and plans to visit IU at the end of June.   Also has planned June visits to Butler, Xavier, Marquette & Illinois. 

[Stuhoo]

1 hour ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Austin Parks 6' 10" 240 lbs. attends St. Mary's Memorial HS near Lima, OH.

 

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-basketball-recruiting-class-of-2023-names-to-know-ohio-big-man-austin-parks/?fbclid=IwAR02GyAdJpAdhk-s2us1K0BBv6NQr2PDQwDVoXwNVBs2U9GvcZ8rztAtaZA

https://247sports.com/college/ohio-state/LongFormArticle/St-Marys-Memorial-Ohio-basketball-prospect-Austin-Parks-2023-earning-scholarship-offers-165039804/

Hudl

 

That is one giant young human.  He exudes 'Purdue big man' historically, but hey, who knows?

 

[rayl456]

2 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

 

That is one giant young human.  He exudes 'Purdue big man' historically, but hey, who knows?

 

I would rather think of him as maybe Benson 2.0.   :)

[ray]

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/class-of-2023-in-state-forward-jalen-hooks-eyeing-late-june-visit-to-indiana/

[Notithatlives]

17 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

The Daily Hoosier  -  Can confirm this report. 2023 big man Cyr Malonga will visit #iubb in early June his AD told me earlier this afternoon.

https://www.si.com/college/recruiting/basketball/cyr-malonga-congo-2023-forward-college-basketball-recruiting

Rivals says he's 6' 11" and weighs 205 lbs.  Attends Evangel Christian HS in  Louisville.  Lot of red flags (maybe) in this:  https://bluegrasspreps.com/forums/topic/223115-strange-things-afoot-at-louisvilles-evangel-school/

1. Branden Bender is a straight idiot.  Only a grace giving community would give him such a chance.  Looks like he has embarrassed them a few times already. 

2.  Evangel Christian academy has been around a very long time.  The school was in disrepair in 2008, economy went south, i thought the school was closing.  Well, fast forward, their original property is across the interstate from one of the countries largest fedex hubs.  I was driving up I-65 last month when I said, "what the heck? Where's evangel?"  Uh fedex bought the property.  Hence brand new gymnasiums, football fields etc.