2026 General Recruiting Thread (Bball)

[Class of '66 Old Fart 92,634]

[mike vannice 476]

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

Hopefully Arafan Diane and Jordan Smith are added to that list soon.

[WayneFleekHoosier 51,697]

Another question altogether I’ve been pondering.  Supposedly 2026 is a down class.  We seem to be going hard after top freshman.  Looking to spend our money there and early.  Very curious to see how this works out. 
 

Let’s say, we add 3 of our targets in addition to Moody which seems like a realistic possibility, I wonder if that projects as a great team.  I don’t know.  Gotta start somewhere and if we can get top talent, I want to get it.  
 

Maybe save some money for year 2 Mullins to play with Sisley. lol.  
 

I think we have 6 to replace?   1 spot filled already?  Could easily see a couple transfers. Spots won’t be in question.  
 

more to the thought of building through freshman and will it work and will it work early?

[Stuhoo 90,569]

16 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Another question altogether I’ve been pondering.  Supposedly 2026 is a down class.  We seem to be going hard after top freshman.  Looking to spend our money there and early.  Very curious to see how this works out. 
 

Let’s say, we add 3 of our targets in addition to Moody which seems like a realistic possibility, I wonder if that projects as a great team.  I don’t know.  Gotta start somewhere and if we can get top talent, I want to get it.  
 

Maybe save some money for year 2 Mullins to play with Sisley. lol.  
 

I think we have 6 to replace?   1 spot filled already?  Could easily see a couple transfers. Spots won’t be in question.  
 

more to the thought of building through freshman and will it work and will it work early?

Goodman definitely said it’s a down class and I’m not sure I’m buying that take. Sure, I can get behind that there might not be any “generational talent.”

But to dub a class “down“ without seeing how players develop is a bit of a stretch. So many hyper-successful college basketball teams have been built without generational talent recruits. Talented recruits? Absolutely needed; but not necessarily the super high-end recruits that make up an up or down class.

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32 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Another question altogether I’ve been pondering.  Supposedly 2026 is a down class.  We seem to be going hard after top freshman.  Looking to spend our money there and early.  Very curious to see how this works out. 
 

Let’s say, we add 3 of our targets in addition to Moody which seems like a realistic possibility, I wonder if that projects as a great team.  I don’t know.  Gotta start somewhere and if we can get top talent, I want to get it.  
 

Maybe save some money for year 2 Mullins to play with Sisley. lol.  
 

I think we have 6 to replace?   1 spot filled already?  Could easily see a couple transfers. Spots won’t be in question.  
 

more to the thought of building through freshman and will it work and will it work early?

I'd we add 3 of our 2026 targets does next year project as a great team? I think depends entirely on how many transfers we have going out and how much dry powder we have for the portal. Seems like the NIL market may be changing for HS players so maybe these top 40 guys won't be commanding massive dollar amounts. You land the right 3, retain a decent core from this year's team, and bring in a few high end portal players... I think it could project very well. Just too early to say right now, but will be fun to follow and see how it plays out. 

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20 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

Goodman definitely said it’s a down class and I’m not sure I’m buying that take. Sure, I can get behind that there might not be any “generational talent.”

But to dub a class “down“ without seeing how players develop is a bit of a stretch. So many hyper-successful college basketball teams have been built without generational talent recruits. Talented recruits? Absolutely needed; but not necessarily the super high-end recruits that make up an up or down class.

Goodman’s an idiot. By “down class” he’s saying, “Hey, since I don’t watch these kids at all except for a couple of days at Peach Jam I need to have a few at the top that any any moron can see and require no projection at all.” Sorry Jeff, since there’s no Flagg or Peterson in ‘26 you’ll just need to put in a little more work. There are gonna be a bunch of kids in this class who will be big pieces on NC contenders and play a long time in the League.
Gotta up your game a little, Jeff. 

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I always say who ranks the rankers

[Napleshoosier 10,947]

Heard anything on Mullins in Hurley Wold?