(2024) PF - Derik Queen to Maryland

[Stuhoo]

14 minutes ago, coonhounds said:

O don't necessarily get the warm and fuzzys that he want to get everyone in Maryland to announce. Call me crazy

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Yah -- announcement party planning in Maryland doesn't exactly scream "leaving home."

[Hoosierfanyuh]

The home announcement comment has been told to not be true  via peegs /maryland 247. 

[HoosierFan1994]

This is going to be like TJD when he announced. If I remember right it was like on a Friday afternoon and he used an edit. Kind of came out of nowhere. 

[sirhoosierlot]

9 hours ago, Uspshoosier said:

Maryland’s insider is something.  Talking about putting eggs in one basketball that dude has been reporting it’s been a done deal for months.   Whenever Maryland loses out on a recruit it’s because of NIL and someone dropped a bag.   I doubt IU is pumping out Willard to Louisville.  First I doubt Woody and Ya would do that to Payne and second why in the world Louisville go after a coach that has done next to nothing in the post season.    Maryland might end up with Queen in the end but this dudes “sources” are about as good as mine and I’m a mailman 

When you control the mail, you control information 

[Uspshoosier]

15 minutes ago, sirhoosierlot said:

When you control the mail, you control information 

 

[Hoosierfan1901]

2 hours ago, HoosierFan1994 said:

This is going to be like TJD when he announced. If I remember right it was like on a Friday afternoon and he used an edit. Kind of came out of nowhere. 

I remember that, it was like 11:20 am and then a second later, a commitment post out of the blue. 

[Brass Cannon]

29 minutes ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

I remember that, it was like 11:20 am and then a second later, a commitment post out of the blue. 

He announced after he already signed too. Truly epic. 

[RaceToTheTop]

9 hours ago, Uspshoosier said:

For me this is as easy recruitment as you can have.   Take away the junk noise that some were putting out this truly feels like a 5 star kid torn between 2 programs he really likes.   That’s the vibe I’ve gotten for a long time now and the people around him are smart enough to tell him that if he isn’t 100 percent about 1 school then don’t sign early sign when you are comfortable.   Do it on his own timeline not anyone else’s 

I don't disagree -- it's about the kid, not the program.  Players should sign with they are ready.  If a program doesn't wait around on a kid, the move on.  For five star kids like Queen, programs are always willing to wait and shift around if necessary.

I will say that if does chose to sign in the spring, that will put other schools into play outside of Maryland and Indiana.  It is what it is.

[Uspshoosier]

2 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

I don't disagree -- it's about the kid, not the program.  Players should sign with they are ready.  If a program doesn't wait around on a kid, the move on.  For five star kids like Queen, programs are always willing to wait and shift around if necessary.

I will say that if does chose to sign in the spring, that will put other schools into play outside of Maryland and Indiana.  It is what it is.

Houston and Kansas are still in play although most think it’s IU and Maryland but I agree if he waits until spring others could jump in.   As a staff you just recruit heck out of him until he says yes or no 

[RaceToTheTop]

2 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Houston and Kansas are still in play although most think it’s IU and Maryland but I agree if he waits until spring others could jump in.   As a staff you just recruit heck out of him until he says yes or no 

Agree.  Sometimes maybe is worse than a no because it takes up recruiting time.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

16 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Agree.  Sometimes maybe is worse than a no because it takes up recruiting time.

Becomes a serious balancing act.  Do you continue to devote major recruiting days to one particular target and thus reduce the amount of recruiting days you can devote to other targets?

[RaceToTheTop]

9 minutes ago, Ngw7183 said:

If you could stomach it, watch that show he and the other 2 Maryland guys did yesterday. It was a mess. Like 45 minutes of made up stuff. Pure speculation.  You could tell, that guy knows nothing. 

It was honestly overwhelming negative. Like they are trying to prepare themselves. They had to say multiple times “look, we are not saying Maryland lost him, we are just saying…”’

also, seems a few took that Trilly post as gospel. He said it was a “source” - not like it was confirmed etc. has since been refuted. Trilly also replied to his own tweet saying  “there is nothing to know if that makes sense” 

answer is nobody knows. I will stick with, if it was Maryland it would already be over. Maybe he swings back to that but for sure not the case right now. Comes down to heart vs head. Head may be winning out but he has to get his heart there. 

Pockets sometimes trump both head and heart.

[cleeter]

Barring something changing, sounds like we shouldn't expect to see DQ sign anywhere during the November period

[IUFAN1976]

20 minutes ago, cleeter said:

Barring something changing, sounds like we shouldn't expect to see DQ sign anywhere during the November period

I think that is bad for both Maryland and IU because it will allow more teams to get involved and pollute the process!

[Stuhoo]

27 minutes ago, cleeter said:

Barring something changing, sounds like we shouldn't expect to see DQ sign anywhere during the November period

Not good for our chances if true.

He knows so much about IU. If he was sold he would commit. If he’s not sold by now there probably aren’t new variables that will change the equation.

[cleeter]

I think that is bad for both Maryland and IU because it will allow more teams to get involved and pollute the process!

Very bad for Maryland I would think. Not great for us but not end of the world I hope. With Kansas and Houston still involved, you never know what ground they could make up if it goes into the spring.

 

 

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[Demo]

11 minutes ago, Hardwood83 said:

Some new info or announcement? 

https://247sports.com/college/basketball/recruiting/article/five-star-big-man-derik-queen-will-not-sign-during-the-early-signing-period-2024-basketball-recruiting-indiana-maryland-houston-kansas-219951003/
 

Huh. Got to figure Willard is pretty unhappy. They have so much invested here.

[HinnyHoosier]

This is easy for me to say because I'm a grown man and my life's path is already determined -- but I'm going to say it anyway: I'm ready for this recruitment to wrap up and be out of the way regardless of who he chooses. I can't put my finger on it but this one has just gotten under my skin to the point I'm feeling pretty indifferent about it. 

[CSP]

32 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Not good for our chances if true.

He knows so much about IU. If he was sold he would commit. If he’s not sold by now there probably aren’t new variables that will change the equation.

Possibly... it's also possible 3 weeks ago he was signing for Maryland this week and Woodson's visit made him hold off. 

[8bucks]

30 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Not good for our chances if true.

He knows so much about IU. If he was sold he would commit. If he’s not sold by now there probably aren’t new variables that will change the equation.

I agree unless he wants to see what Woodson's offense would look like now that TJD is gone.  Woody has said having TJD was great but created a need to run a different offense than he preferred.  So that begs the question, what will his offense really look like.  

It could also be that DQ just has trouble making a decision.  He will have options and can basically go anywhere so waiting does not hurt him much but would be tough to continue to invest in him exclusively as your #1 big.