(2024) PF - Derik Queen to Maryland

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,041]

Queen continued his strong play with Team Thrill today at the Sportsradar Showdown.  This event is taking place at multiple locations in the Las Vegas area and our staff is on the ground watching various targets.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,041]

Bossi at the Sportsradar event in Vegas.

During last week’s UA Next Finals, Derik Queen of Team Thrill and Montverde (Fla.) Academy was the most dominant player we saw. During a pair of Friday wins, Queen was once again getting things done in a big way on the offensive end.

In a pair of wins over very good Mass Rivals and Southern Assault, the 6-foot-9 five-star who ranks No. 6 overall in the class of 2024 put in 48 points and grabbed 26 rebounds while converting on nearly 60% of his shots from the field. He didn’t overwhelm anybody with leaping ability or freakish quickness, but this kid sure knows how to get position, hold it and score with a high degree of skill in the low post.

Going in his favor along with his overall skill level are that he’s really nimble on his feet and has a tremendous pair of hands. Queen -- who has so far taken official visits to Indiana and Maryland -- has also done much less settling for jumpers and much more going towards the hoop and the results have been tough to argue with. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,041]

OV has been set for Sept. 8-10, the same weekend Liam McNeeley will be on his OV.

My hands are already reaching for my nitro pills just thinking about that weekend.

[Stuhoo 79,786]

Ooooh buddy.

That is one consequential weekend.

[WayneFleekHoosier 47,975]

Such a gigantic recruiting weekend!  Wow, fingers crossed on that one.  Because if we miss, it falls way off for our front court options.  
 

We seem to be in or near the leader seat, hope we can close.  Huge!

[8bucks 6,352]

Make sure Woody practices their correct names and wears the suit lol

[Demo 19,664]

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

OV has been set for Sept. 8-10, the same weekend Liam McNeeley will be on his OV.

My hands are already reaching for my nitro pills just thinking about that weekend.

 

[go iu bb 5,549]

17 minutes ago, Demo said:

 

It'd be so great if just once one of these possible package deals works out in IU's favor.

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20 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

It'd be so great if just once one of these possible package deals works out in IU's favor.

Agree. Usually put zero stock in that stuff. But in this case 2 kids who’ve both talked about being boys are making a mutual 2nd visit after playing a full meaningful season together at the highest level. That feels more connected than most. We’ll see.

[Josh 12,569]

Do they have other OV's set up?

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4 hours ago, Josh said:

Do they have other OV's set up?

Probably, but in IU's favor this is their second to IU. I don't know if they're making a second visit to any other schools. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,041]

6 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

Probably, but I'm IU's favor this is their second to IU. I don't know if they're making a second visit to any other schools. 

This is an important point because going forward, recruits will be able to take only one OV to a particular school.  They can take an unlimited number of OV's, but only one per school.  The unlimited visits will certainly temper the euphoria of getting a target on campus for an OV when he could already have taken 10 OV's or have 10 more already planned.

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Wow, there are very, very few HS bigs, or non-bigs for that matter,  with this in their bag. Reminder: Queen’s right-handed. 

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https://www.si.com/college/indiana/basketball/film-study-there-are-not-many-centers-like-derik-queen-indiana-basketball-recruiting

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More Queen. The reverse pivot and drop step at :16 is so pretty.
 

 

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7pm EDT Saturday night on ESPNU. Queen’s team being “coached” by Jarace Walker. 

[lillurk 3,738]

Someone send Derik the Malik Reneau fitness gains tweet, would love to see Clif Marshall’s work with him

[go iu bb 5,549]

4 hours ago, lillurk said:

Someone send Derik the Malik Reneau fitness gains tweet, would love to see Clif Marshall’s work with him

They were HS teammates for a year so he's probably aware of the good and bad of IU directly from MR. 

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Hadn’t given that much thought, but, yeah, as long as we don’t lose sight of Jokic being 1 of 1.

[WayneFleekHoosier 47,975]

[/url] Hadn’t given that much thought, but, yeah, as long as we don’t lose sight of Jokic being 1 of 1.

“We are both slow, What’s a different word for not athletic?” Lol. That’s hilarious.

DQ is Skilled and Smart.


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