(2025) - SF Jaziah Harper

[Demo 20,438]

6’7” lefty wing from Chicago who attends Bosco Academy in Hammond, IN. Visited a couple of games ago. Super under the radar at this point. A few mentions here and there but nothing in depth. 

[Demo 20,438]

https://x.com/YnRbball/status/1873049130651811986

https://x.com/DonBoscoHoops/status/1869751284074746364
 

A couple of highlight reels. Watched a couple of his junior year games on YouTube. The natural reaction is looking at this as sort of a Grant Gelon situation. Don’t think that’s quite fair. He’s clearly a high major athlete and if you believe in the kid then it’s worth exploring. And, man, does he have a pretty stroke.

[Stuhoo 81,786]

So… lottery ticket roster filler.

May turn out wonderfully, but it’s not a great idea to fill the roster this way.

[Demo 20,438]

8 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

So… lottery ticket roster filler.

May turn out wonderfully, but it’s not a great idea to fill the roster this way.

Pre-portal I was a big believer in using a 12th or 13th scholly on a traits guy at pretty much all times. Churn them and when 1 hits you stole a kid. But in this era it’s always gonna be tough to get the ROI. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 85,484]

Smacks of desperation to me.  

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,623]

Odd. Can’t even opine. This staff is pretty much an embarrassment. Doesn’t really matter WHO they get, product remains the same.


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[Scotty R 2,255]

Why bother recruiting for the 2025 class if Woodson is getting fired after this season 

[go iu bb 6,377]

1 hour ago, Scotty R said:

Why bother recruiting for the 2025 class if Woodson is getting fired after this season 

Going through the motions and Woodson is probably in denial or clueless.

[AZ Hoosier 7,619]

2 hours ago, Scotty R said:

Why bother recruiting for the 2025 class if Woodson is getting fired after this season 

It's Woodson. There's no "recruiting" going on. Nothing but cigars and cabernet.

[Hornsby 2,211]

Why bother recruiting for the 2025 class if Woodson is getting fired after this season 

You got me. Woodson may think his big money buddies will give him another go around

 

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[IUHoosierJoe 1,216]

On 12/28/2024 at 6:59 PM, Scotty R said:

Why bother recruiting for the 2025 class if Woodson is getting fired after this season 

Maybe he wants to sign and fill up next year’s roster with 0-star recruits so he’ll look good when compared to the next coach.

[BA47591 386]

It's going to be a long year. Woody knows he's done. A person could have a little bit of sympathy for him if he wasn't such an arrogant prick about everything. Someone digging a 6'7" under the radar lefty out of nowhere and tagging  Cheaney's name next to it is pathetic. 

[Demo 20,438]

11 minutes ago, BA47591 said:

It's going to be a long year. Woody knows he's done. A person could have a little bit of sympathy for him if he wasn't such an arrogant prick about everything. Someone digging a 6'7" under the radar lefty out of nowhere and tagging  Cheaney's name next to it is pathetic. 

Actually, and we’ll see how recruiting addicted some are around here, the name that came to mind for me here was David Williams. He was an unknown 6’7” lefty from Florida who CTC offered way back in the day and then we never heard of him again. I don’t even know where he went to school.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 85,484]

Courtesy of @RaceToTheTop back in June '19

Remember David Williams?  Jacksonville high player in 2009 that was given an offer by an IU assistant without talking to Crean.  Williams accepted......the assistant who made the offer was fired and IU backed off.  I believe Roshown McLeod was the assistant.

 

Actually played 3 seasons for UNC Greensboro

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/david-williams-1.html

 

[Stuhoo 81,786]

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

Courtesy of @RaceToTheTop back in June '19

Remember David Williams?  Jacksonville high player in 2009 that was given an offer by an IU assistant without talking to Crean.  Williams accepted......the assistant who made the offer was fired and IU backed off.  I believe Roshown McLeod was the assistant.

 

Actually played 3 seasons for UNC Greensboro

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/david-williams-1.html

 

Those are some whacky stats. Couldn't shoot, take care of the ball, defend without fouling, pass, or rebound, yet started 78 out of 93 college games, only to disappear before his senior year.

I shudder to think where David Williams might be today.

[Demo 20,438]

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

Courtesy of @RaceToTheTop back in June '19

Remember David Williams?  Jacksonville high player in 2009 that was given an offer by an IU assistant without talking to Crean.  Williams accepted......the assistant who made the offer was fired and IU backed off.  I believe Roshown McLeod was the assistant.

 

Actually played 3 seasons for UNC Greensboro

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/david-williams-1.html

 

Love it. What I do remember is that after he was offered the only thing I could find  was 1 video of an individual workout in an empty gym. Hell, by comparison Harper’s positively over-exposed.

[RaceToTheTop 26,276]

3 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Those are some whacky stats. Couldn't shoot, take care of the ball, defend without fouling, pass, or rebound, yet started 78 out of 93 college games, only to disappear before his senior year.

I shudder to think where David Williams might be today.

I saw him play on tv (can’t remember against who).  Good athlete and defender but that was as far as it goes.  If I remember correctly the offer came from McLeod on a visit — Crean didn’t know about it until Williams posted it and accepted.  There was no official ‘IU pulls the scholarship’ but it quietly went away as did McLeod at the end of the season.

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Just now, RaceToTheTop said:

I saw him play on tv (can’t remember against who).  Good athlete and defender but that was as far as it goes.  If I remember correctly the offer came from McLeod on a visit — Crean didn’t know about it until Williams posted it and accepted.  There was no official ‘IU pulls the scholarship’ but it quietly went away as did McLeod at the end of the season.

Yeah, for any issues we may have with the current staff, there are no McLeod’s on it.

[Hornsby 2,211]

It's going to be a long year. Woody knows he's done. A person could have a little bit of sympathy for him if he wasn't such an arrogant prick about everything. Someone digging a 6'7" under the radar lefty out of nowhere and tagging  Cheaney's name next to it is pathetic. 

I highly doubt he thinks he is done. Heck the boosters gave him more money after missing the tournament.

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[AZ Hoosier 7,619]

1 minute ago, Hornsby said:

I highly doubt he thinks he is done. Heck the boosters gave him more money after missing the tournament.

Indeed. Delusion is a powerful drug.