2023 General Recruiting Thread (BBall)

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Shun Williams @OntheRadarHoops

Indiana was in to see Newton (GA) @NewtonRamsHoops teammates Stephon Castle @StephonCastle and Jakai Newton @jakai_newton

 

Jakai Newton already holds an IU offer.  Castle is a 6'6" 4-star CG.

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[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Jalen Hooks of Crispus Attucks is transferring to Donda Academy in Simi Valley, CA, a new private school backed by Kanye West.  

[Stuhoo]

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

Jalen Hooks of Crispus Attucks is transferring to Donda Academy in Simi Valley, CA, a new private school backed by Kanye West.  

Would be very surprised if IU maintains interest.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

1 minute ago, Stuhoo said:

Would be very surprised if IU maintains interest.

Hasn't seemed to be a particularly high IU target for quite some time.

[Stuhoo]

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

Hasn't seemed to be a particularly high IU target for quite some time.

 

And that was while playing for Chris Hawkins. If I remember correctly, Woody and staff brought him and Booker to IU for an unofficial and viewed them at a tourney in Indy. Booker came away with an offer; Hooks came away with a need for an attitude adjustment. 

Now he'll be playing for a school opened by the admittedly bi-polar Kanye West without a website or students yet.

The chances of this ending well, unfortunately, are so small.

 

[Hoosierfanyuh]

Another 23 prospect joining indy heat

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Orme moving from the Under Armour circuit to the EYBL with its better exposure and overall higher level of competition.  

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

JaQualon “JQ” Roberts @JQ_co2023

Blessed to receive an offer from Indiana University! Thank you to Coach @MikeWoodsonNBA and @CoachDaneFife for coming to my open gym this evening!

[Stuhoo]

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

JaQualon “JQ” Roberts @JQ_co2023

Blessed to receive an offer from Indiana University! Thank you to Coach @MikeWoodsonNBA and @CoachDaneFife for coming to my open gym this evening!

Wonder how close he was to committing on the spot!

[Demo]

Va Tech offered Logan Imes. Mike Young is starting to get on my nerves a little bit.

[Hoosierfanyuh]

Any reason this thread isnt in the recruting area? Just curious since the other years are 

[Uspshoosier]

https://247sports.com/Season/2023-Basketball/RecruitRankings/?InstitutionGroup=HighSchool

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Sandy Spiel's Georgia high school pre-season boy's all-state listings.  Kaleb Banks named on the 1st team 4A and a number of other kids that we've offered or taken multiple looks at also appear.

https://sandysspiel.com/2021-22-ghsa-boys-preseason-all-state-teams/

[Demo]

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

Sandy Spiel's Georgia high school pre-season boy's all-state listings.  Kaleb Banks named on the 1st team 4A and a number of other kids that we've offered or taken multiple looks at also appear.

https://sandysspiel.com/2021-22-ghsa-boys-preseason-all-state-teams/

The talent in and around Atlanta is borderline ridiculous. Kanaan Carlyle is a consensus top 20 ‘23 kid and yet it’s perfectly reasonable that he’s not preseason 1st team all state. If Rosemond can create a reliable pipeline down there he can name his price going forward. 

[Stuhoo]

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

Sandy Spiel's Georgia high school pre-season boy's all-state listings.  Kaleb Banks named on the 1st team 4A and a number of other kids that we've offered or taken multiple looks at also appear.

https://sandysspiel.com/2021-22-ghsa-boys-preseason-all-state-teams/

No Jakai Newton?

[MemphisHoosier]

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

Sandy Spiel's Georgia high school pre-season boy's all-state listings.  Kaleb Banks named on the 1st team 4A and a number of other kids that we've offered or taken multiple looks at also appear.

https://sandysspiel.com/2021-22-ghsa-boys-preseason-all-state-teams/

Bruce Thornton is going to be a pain in the a** for the 2'ish years he is in the B1G - not looking forward to going against the young man, uber talented.

[Hoosierfanyuh]

Would a realistic class here be newton cupps booker?

[Stuhoo]

6 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Would a realistic class here be newton cupps booker?

 

Loooooong way to go, but those are three of the names in the direct mix. I also think that JQ Roberts is a higher probability tier recruit.

Who else becomes a strong possibility will depend on how we do this year, which five stars show interest, and where we have playing time holes due to departures.

 

[Hoosierfanyuh]

9 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

 

Loooooong way to go, but those are three of the names in the direct mix. I also think that JQ Roberts is a higher probability tier recruit.

Who else becomes a strong possibility will depend on how we do this year, which five stars show interest, and where we have playing time holes due to departures.

 

Someone suggested that list i put on HSN so was just putting out feelers haha

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Linton star junior Joey Hart will be at University of Central Florida game Saturday at Evansville for UCF. Then Hart will take an unofficial visit to IU Sunday for Hoosiers game against Louisiana.