2023 SF/PF Mackenzie Mgbako to Texas A&M via Portal

[HinnyHoosier]

37 minutes ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

No cancellations 

 

I read it as a simple reiteration of the previously known visit schedule.

Friday could take a long time to get here for UL.

[realTomCrean]

3 hours ago, Bowhunter said:

You know putting him in the line up already is bad luck right?

No tell me more

[RaceToTheTop]

12 minutes ago, HinnyHoosier said:

I read it as a simple reiteration of the previously known visit schedule.

Friday could take a long time to get here for UL.

Yes, the statement was ‘he is scheduled to visit’, not ‘he will be visiting’.

[IUFAN1976]

1 hour ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

 

Why is his visit scheduled longer than IU’s and Kansas’s?   It makes me think he was highly more interested Louisville than the other 3 schools but he felt obligated to visit those schools that were heavily trying to recruit him

[Artie86]

6 minutes ago, IUFAN1976 said:

Why is his visit scheduled longer than IU’s and Kansas’s?   It makes me think he was highly more interested Louisville than the other 3 schools but he felt obligated to visit those schools that were heavily trying to recruit him

It’s most likely a 48 hour visit. He will probably arrive Friday night and leave Sunday morning…

[TheWatShot]

11 minutes ago, IUFAN1976 said:

Why is his visit scheduled longer than IU’s and Kansas’s?   It makes me think he was highly more interested Louisville than the other 3 schools but he felt obligated to visit those schools that were heavily trying to recruit him

Saw this tweet and immediately felt inclined to post how long before someone freaks out about the length of the visit. 

 

This fanbase...

[reconmkd]

Don't understand the draw to university 6? The players all seemed to want to play hero ball and did not seem to play as a team. All of last year their fan base was ready to burn it to the ground and get rid of Payne. Now they act as though he is the savior all over again. 

[TheWatShot]

11 minutes ago, Artie86 said:

It’s most likely a 48 hour visit. He will probably arrive Friday night and leave Sunday morning…

Which makes perfect sense when you consider he's a high school student who has school on Friday, would arrive Friday night, and would leave Sunday morning to fly back home. He'd be there on all 3 days, but most of his visit would take place on Saturday. 

[Hoosierfan1901]

25 minutes ago, IUFAN1976 said:

Why is his visit scheduled longer than IU’s and Kansas’s?   It makes me think he was highly more interested Louisville than the other 3 schools but he felt obligated to visit those schools that were heavily trying to recruit him

His IU visit was May 5-7

[Chris007]

Sounds like the visit went as well as it possibly could without a commitment. Let's see if he makes that Louisville visit.  

[IUFAN1976]

10 hours ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

His IU visit was May 5-7

I thought it was only 2 days

[Uspshoosier]

My favorite type of recruitments are these types.    The power is with the kid and family and keep things in the inner circle.   I wish more were like this.   One of my favorite recruitments to follow was Jalen Brown.   He had the scouting services stumped and rarely talked.    He ended up going to California.  He did it on his terms which is refreshing to see 

[HoosierHoopster]

So, has he committed yet?

:)

[Uspshoosier]

7 minutes ago, HoosierHoopster said:

So, has he committed yet?

:)

To the process and plan he and his family set when they opened back up 

[Scotty R]

1 hour ago, IUFAN1976 said:

I thought it was only 2 days

Official visits usually are for 48 hours. Get there late Friday and leave sometime Sunday 

[HoosierHoopster]

53 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

To the process and plan he and his family set when they opened back up 

Yes, my post was tongue in cheek.

[jbeaman9]

Rabby with a not so warm and fuzzy update. Not only will UL get a visit, they seem to be the favorite now.

[WayneFleekHoosier]

6 minutes ago, jbeaman9 said:

Rabby with a not so warm and fuzzy update. Not only will UL get a visit, they seem to be the favorite now.

That's probably quite telling.  If so, we might get to play him in NY.  

[Stuhoo]

• There are four viable candidates. A player does not de-commit from Duke without wanting to see options.
• Kudos to Mgbako and his family; true to their word they are going to visit the exact four schools they said they would.
• I'm kinda thinking that of the four schools, St. John's may have been the hometown graciousness visit, and that they have a lower chance than the other three.
• Perceived position matters; IU and Kansas would likely slot him in as a wing/3, Louisville just signed Tre White and would likely slot him in (at least defensively) as a four.
• Of the three or four finalists? There is a bag of money to be had at each. Yes, there are on-court variables, but each is a big-name P5 program that can sell past and future success (though to some varying degrees). When most big picture things are relatively equal, I think it comes down to which visit made the player and his family feel most at home. The non-basketball equivalent is when (if) you took college tours back in the day and one of them just 'felt right.' Or, if you looked at 20 houses and knew when you toured one that it was the one you'd find a way to make work. It's not exclusively like that, but there's a bunch of commonalities.

[Scotty R]

20 minutes ago, jbeaman9 said:

Rabby with a not so warm and fuzzy update. Not only will UL get a visit, they seem to be the favorite now.

I think he just read my post on HSN stating I was getting a UL vibe in this recruitment. With Rabby saying UL is the favorite should make us feel better about our chances in this recruitment.