(2024) - G Rakease Passmore to Kansas

[Class of '66 Old Fart 80,958]

 

[Demo 17,350]

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

 

 

Interesting, Passmore with the arm around Woody’s shoulder. The alpha dog move. Confident kid.

[Stuhoo 75,564]

4 hours ago, Demo said:

Interesting, Passmore with the arm around Woody’s shoulder. The alpha dog move. Confident kid.

“Son; again … you putting your arm around my shoulder is the sh!t.”

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 80,958]

"It was one of the best visits that I have been on and I really love the coaches and the style of play that they play with." 

https://hoopseen.com/north-carolina/news/player/202211/rakease-passmore-breaks-down-indiana-visit

 

[southsidehoosier 4,794]

12 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

“Son; again … you putting your arm around Mike Woodson’s shoulder is the sh!t.”

 

Are you sure it wasn’t more like this?

[HoosierAccipiter 15]

6 hours ago, southsidehoosier said:

Are you sure it wasn’t more like this?

Third person reference for the win!

[schoosier 3,445]

New Unis look sweet. Hope they break them out soon!

[Hovadipo 52,951]

17 minutes ago, schoosier said:

New Unis look sweet. Hope they break them out soon!

They're a Black History Month uniform we wore last year.

And they are most definitely sweet. I'd love to see them again.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 80,958]

https://www.on3.com/college/indiana-hoosiers/news/rakease-passmore-recaps-indiana-official-visit/

[Demo 17,350]

Combine Academy’s home games are streamed on YouTube. So, right now there are 2 Passmore games and an inter-squad scrimmage posted and they play again tomorrow night. Watched everything that’s up Sunday night and will scribble some thoughts at some point, but, condensed version, the kid is an almost perfect system fit.

[ray 1,559]

I like the way he breaks down defenses (or just goes over them).  I like that he commented on how much he likes that Woodson coaches defense.  I like that he claims his court vision is from his time as a quarterback.  He seems pretty excited by the IU offer and the visit.  There's still plenty of time for Duke to offer.

https://www.si.com/college/2022/08/04/rakease-passmores-top-2024-guard-prospect-adidas-college-basketball-recruiting

[Class of '66 Old Fart 80,958]

Q and A with a Combine Academy @$$'t Coach

https://www.insidethehall.com/2022/11/08/q-a-aj-jones-combine-academy-recruiting-director-recaps-rakease-passmores-official-visit-to-iu/?fbclid=IwAR2icCsnaRto6mNINL_tZ9q0-GbtbFFE4kQBRLQspGGaKE00uKM3z1dh_r8

[Stuhoo 75,564]

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

Q and A with a Combine Academy @$$'t Coach

https://www.insidethehall.com/2022/11/08/q-a-aj-jones-combine-academy-recruiting-director-recaps-rakease-passmores-official-visit-to-iu/?fbclid=IwAR2icCsnaRto6mNINL_tZ9q0-GbtbFFE4kQBRLQspGGaKE00uKM3z1dh_r8

This one feels like a 'highest NIL bidder" type-o-thing.

[cthomas 5,917]

11 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

This one feels like a 'highest NIL bidder" type-o-thing.

They all kinda feel that way these days.

[WayneFleekHoosier 46,747]

18 minutes ago, cthomas said:

They all kinda feel that way these days.

Pretty much all the top guys.  Been that way for a long while unless you get the hometown connection.  Even then, deals are made.  

[Stuhoo 75,564]

1 hour ago, cthomas said:

They all kinda feel that way these days.

 

1 hour ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Pretty much all the top guys.  Been that way for a long while unless you get the hometown connection.  Even then, deals are made.  

True, but it's not an absolute with a procurement-style RFP winner for most recruits. Many high-level kids and their families are smart, and while they want NIL, they're also interested in the long game of sustained NBA development and maybe even teaching their kids to be upstanding human beings. 

So, when Malik Reneau decommitted from Florida he didn't collect NIL bids; he almost immediately visited the place his best friend was at, based on glowing reviews of IU from JHS. He could have collected SEC NIL offers that would have likely exceeded IU, but he has parents and coaches that love Woody and believe in the culture of people and development that Woody was presenting.

[Hardwood83 4,499]

6 hours ago, Demo said:

Combine Academy’s home games are streamed on YouTube. So, right now there are 2 Passmore games and an inter-squad scrimmage posted and they play again tomorrow night. Watched everything that’s up Sunday night and will scribble some thoughts at some point, but, condensed version, the kid is an almost perfect system fit.

I'm interested in hearing you expand on this. 

[WayneFleekHoosier 46,747]

2 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

 

True, but it's not an absolute with a procurement-style RFP winner for most recruits. Many high-level kids and their families are smart, and while they want NIL, they're also interested in the long game of sustained NBA development and maybe even teaching their kids to be upstanding human beings. 

So, when Malik Reneau decommitted from Florida he didn't collect NIL bids; he almost immediately visited the place his best friend was at, based on glowing reviews of IU from JHS. He could have collected SEC NIL offers that would have likely exceeded IU, but he has parents and coaches that love Woody and believe in the culture of people and development that Woody was presenting.

Yup.  Those are the ones that are ideal.  Would also be nice to be able to sit at the table financially for the best players if it’s a match on the other levels. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 80,958]

Combine Academy vs. Bull City Prep at 7:00.

 

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 80,958]

Last night Combine Academy easily defeated Bull City Prep.  Passmore 19p; 3r; 3a; 3s.  I was tuning in and out of this game but I know that 9 of his 19 came on 3 made 3s.