2024 General Recruiting Thread (BBall)

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travis_perry11 @Travis_Perry11
Had an awesome time on my unofficial visit to Indiana University! Great day meeting all the coaches and seeing the beautiful campus and facilities. Thank you to the coaches for the invite and hospitality!
 

First glance I thought IU had photo shopped Hulls in and this was part of his announcement as recruiting coordinator


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[Class of '66 Old Fart]

7-2 Christian Brothers (MO) soph John Bol heard from IU today according to his guardian, Marcus Wilson. Top 25 in '24 nationally. Incredible story. From South Sudanese. Speaks 4 languages, 4.0 GPA, only been playing hoops 4 years. Michigan offer. IU likely to host in near future.

https://www.on3.com/news/meet-7-foot-2-sophomore-john-bol-the-human-cheat-code/

[Demo]

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

7-2 Christian Brothers (MO) soph John Bol heard from IU today according to his guardian, Marcus Wilson. Top 25 in '24 nationally. Incredible story. From South Sudanese. Speaks 4 languages, 4.0 GPA, only been playing hoops 4 years. Michigan offer. IU likely to host in near future.

https://www.on3.com/news/meet-7-foot-2-sophomore-john-bol-the-human-cheat-code/

 

CBC is about 10 mins from me. Got to watch 1 of their practices last fall and sent this to the MOD’s at the time:

This kid is pretty fascinating. Really looking forward to following him. Apparently, he was found in a refugee camp by Marcus Wilson, who played for Jim Crews at Evansville, was on his staff at SLU and now does non-profit stuff. They seem to think his age is probably pretty accurate. He may or may not be 15, but he isn’t 20, either. Physically, Jesus, he may well be 7’2”, he’s 7’1” anyway. Can’t weigh more than 2 bills. Also really high cut. His coach is Justin Tatum, Jayson’s dad, who’s 6’10” and at 1 point was working with him on post positioning. Justin was working him off the block like he was a cardboard cutout.  He can bend his knees, but he just can’t create any leverage. Otherwise, he was very impressive. He practiced hard. He was totally engaged. Super vocal. At 1 point he was playing the point of their 1-2-2 drills and it was borderline ridiculous watching guards he had a foot on not really beating him laterally. And the shooting in that clip is not b.s. He shot it great in every drill. He’s got a lot to learn and I doubt he’s gonna be for everyone, but, my goodness, he’s got some freakshow traits.Their 1st game is against Link Academy, which is where Tarris Reed is this year. I AM gonna find thatgame. 
 

 

[Stuhoo]

And a 7'9" wing span.

Wowza.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

More on John Bol.

• On3 - #13
• 247 - #13
• ESPN - #24
• Rivals - #34

@JohnBol_7

247

Rivals

MaxPreps

Hudl

https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/benjamin-hochman/hochman-he-s-a-cbc-sophomore-he-s-7-feet-2-he-s-john-bol/article_a5d2dd22-f5a7-50f6-a2ab-592a188c1d84.html

https://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/news/seven-footer-jon-bol-ready-to-break-out-nationally

[WayneFleekHoosier]

Yup….


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CBC is about 10 mins from me. Got to watch 1 of their practices last fall and sent this to the MOD’s at the time:
This kid is pretty fascinating. Really looking forward to following him. Apparently, he was found in a refugee camp by Marcus Wilson, who played for Jim Crews at Evansville, was on his staff at SLU and now does non-profit stuff. They seem to think his age is probably pretty accurate. He may or may not be 15, but he isn’t 20, either. Physically, Jesus, he may well be 7’2”, he’s 7’1” anyway. Can’t weigh more than 2 bills. Also really high cut. His coach is Justin Tatum, Jayson’s dad, who’s 6’10” and at 1 point was working with him on post positioning. Justin was working him off the block like he was a cardboard cutout.  He can bend his knees, but he just can’t create any leverage. Otherwise, he was very impressive. He practiced hard. He was totally engaged. Super vocal. At 1 point he was playing the point of their 1-2-2 drills and it was borderline ridiculous watching guards he had a foot on not really beating him laterally. And the shooting in that clip is not b.s. He shot it great in every drill. He’s got a lot to learn and I doubt he’s gonna be for everyone, but, my goodness, he’s got some freakshow traits.Their 1st game is against Link Academy, which is where Tarris Reed is this year. I AM gonna find thatgame. 
 

 

Thanks for the eyewitness account

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https://indiana.rivals.com/news/roundup-xavier-booker-john-bol-isiaih-mosley
 

A blurb on John Bol.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

I'll gladly take any edge we can get.

There is a loose connection to the state of Indiana, as Bol’s guardian Marcus Wilson grew up in South Bend and played college basketball at Evansville.

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-basketball-recruiting-class-of-2024-names-to-know-7-foot-2-center-john-bol/?fbclid=IwAR1Ppw5hzs16H1GpbRB3FQp7xHxyFlC5wjvB8ADb2rzCyd4xw_EqyztKFEI

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

'24 Kanon Catchings

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-basketball-recruiting-names-to-know-class-of-2024-in-state-wing-kanon-catchings/?fbclid=IwAR0BDhIGg3CLwNV7wwCOcaZ-eIgz4FJpGUTaddkKLBwifg_R4exCyQ4wkZ8

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Really unsure how much interest we actually have in Anthony Gilkes.  Bit of a vagabond at the high school level so I wonder about his commitment level at the college level.

https://www.zagsblog.com/2022/05/18/class-of-2024-top-40-prospect-anthony-gilkes-talks-high-school-transfer-and-move-to-point-guard/

[Stuhoo]

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

Really unsure how much interest we actually have in Anthony Gilkes.  Bit of a vagabond at the high school level so I wonder about his commitment level at the college level.

https://www.zagsblog.com/2022/05/18/class-of-2024-top-40-prospect-anthony-gilkes-talks-high-school-transfer-and-move-to-point-guard/

Gilkes on Indiana:

Indiana: “They’re good. I feel like all the schools I went to were good. They had a good experience there and showed me a lot. I also got to meet some of the players there. It was good, it was fun.”

His comments on IUBB read like the letters I used to write home from sleep-away camp: "Camp is good. I am having fun. The other kids are nice. I am good."

[WayneFleekHoosier]

2 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

Gilkes on Indiana:

Indiana: “They’re good. I feel like all the schools I went to were good. They had a good experience there and showed me a lot. I also got to meet some of the players there. It was good, it was fun.”

His comments on IUBB read like the letters I used to write home from sleep-away camp: "Camp is good. I am having fun. The other kids are nice. I am good."

He could stand to have a Thesaurus app on the ready. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Tyler McKinley 4-star prospect ranked No. 60 overall in the 2024 class.

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-basketball-recruiting-class-of-2024-names-to-know-tyler-mckinley/?fbclid=IwAR3xwp8fa6tQfzPYUdrTrn-HZVNyZ463hpc_JYymFfcyvdf8cFMuYpP3rpY

[Gnet550]

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Tonight at midnight, coaches can start contacting the '24 class directly.

My bad, it was last night at midnight.

Edited June 15, 2022 by Class of '66 Old Fart

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Although he's made at least 2 trips to Bloomington, I assumed our interest in '24 CG Jacob Theososiou had waned but today I've seen reports we reached out to him after "'24 hunting season" opened last night at midnight.  He attends Western Reserve Academy in OH and plays AAU for Wildcat Select on the Adidas circuit.

Travis Perry also received contact from us.  He was in Bloomington just a few weeks ago.  From Kentucky but plays AAU for Indiana Elite on the Adidas circuit.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

On3 reports we reached out to Derik Queen,  Boogie Fland and Yves Missi after direct contact became permissable.

[Chris007]

On 6/14/2022 at 8:44 PM, Gnet550 said:

 

His mom has a degree from Bloomington. Has to be a happy moment for the family to receive an offer