Class of '66 Old Fart Posted May 23, 2025 Author Posted May 23, 2025 '26 Team Takeover Jordan Smith has the highest plus/minus of anyone on the EYBL circuit so far this summer Quote
Class of '66 Old Fart Posted May 23, 2025 Author Posted May 23, 2025 EYBL has another event schedule this weekend in Kansas City but it is in NCAA designated Dead Period when no direct on or off-campus contact and no official or unofficial visits are permitted by coaching staffs. But fear not. Our very own @Demo has tentatively planned to attend and will provide us with copious and painstakingly detailed notes on each and every player holding an IU offer. Demo 1 Quote
Demo Posted May 23, 2025 Posted May 23, 2025 1 hour ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said: EYBL has another event schedule this weekend in Kansas City but it is in NCAA designated Dead Period when no direct on or off-campus contact and no official or unofficial visits are permitted by coaching staffs. But fear not. Our very own @Demo has tentatively planned to attend and will provide us with copious and painstakingly detailed notes on each and every player holding an IU offer. Getting ready to head over. Tentative viewing schedule: Fri 4p. Team Takeover. Alexander-Moody, Smith 530p Drive Nation. Hampton 7p. Team Durant. Oladotun 830p Team Final(1/2) Mokan Elite(1/2). Jackson, Taylor, Jordan Sat 2p. BBE. Mitchell 330p. Mokan Elite(1/2) Nightrydas(1/2). Taylor, Jordan, Gaskins, Green 5p. Team Final vs Team Durant. Jackson, Oladotun 630p. Team Takeover vs Team Herro. Alexander-Moody, Smith, Sularski Couldn’t make Sunday work so couldn’t fit in some of the younger offers. Jackson and Alexander-Moody are the ones. Just absolutely feel like those 2 are a thing. mike vannice, Class of '66 Old Fart, cybergates and 2 others 5 Quote
Popular Post Demo Posted May 24, 2025 Popular Post Posted May 24, 2025 21 hours ago, Demo said: Getting ready to head over. Tentative viewing schedule: Fri 4p. Team Takeover. Alexander-Moody, Smith 530p Drive Nation. Hampton 7p. Team Durant. Oladotun 830p Team Final(1/2) Mokan Elite(1/2). Jackson, Taylor, Jordan Some notes from yesterday: Jordan Smith- Had 22 on crazy efficiency in a win. I still think there’s a ceiling there because he’s a 6’1” scoring guard without a great handle, but he’s gonna be a fantastic college player. Great athlete. Physically mature. Competes his a$$ off on both ends. His shot has really improved. Best thing about him is he never takes bad looks or forces things. Just a very clean player. Prince Alexander-Moody- Had 15 in a win. He’s legit 6’4”-6’5” and a very good athlete. Can really change direction. Was the best defender on the floor. Didn’t shoot it great but has such a clean stroke I can’t imagine that’s a problem. I kind f think he evolves into a full-time PG. He was constantly scanning the floor and directing. Showed some facilitation ability. Was also directing their huddles. Really looking forward to watching him today. Side note: Was told by the parent of another player that he doesn’t use Alexander. He calls himself Prince Moody. Fwiw Baba Oladotun- Playing up. Had 14 in a comeback win. Ridiculous physical talent. Height and length. Athleticism. Run and jump. Great looking stroke. Handle. The whole pkg. And for 3 quarters he did literally nothing. 0 points, couple of rebounds, no factor. Then went out in the 4th and completely took it over. All 14 of his points, probably 5 boards, couple of blocks, couple of steals. Made a couple of deep 3’s. Took a rebound end to end and at 6’10” broke out a spin dribble in traffic for a finish at the rim. Awesome. Kind of looks like a better Kwame Evans. Sammy Jackson- Had 3 in a loss. Prototype wing frame. Fluid athlete but not real explosive. Has a nice stroke but had an off shooting night. Nice handle and they used him as a point forward. Imagine he had 5 or 6 assists. Pretty aware defender. Didn’t really love him. Will watch him again today. Najai Hines- Had 10/7 in a win over Jackson’s team. That kid’s a man. Nice physical profile. He’s probably 6’10 and something like 240, maybe more. Thick all over. Good hands and quick feet. Runs well. Easy movement and change of direction. Average vertical explosion. Competed. Right handed but finished twice at the rim with his left. Stroke looks ok. Liked the kid a good bit. raorIU, Uspshoosier, mike vannice and 6 others 2 7 Quote
Class of '66 Old Fart Posted May 25, 2025 Author Posted May 25, 2025 Raby and Andershock did a video podcast last night after Fri. and Sat. games were over. They mentioned a number of IU targets they've talked to said they are hearing not just from the @$$'t coaches but from DDV himself. He keeps that kind of attitude towards recruiting and his golf handicap will skyrocket! (dws at our former coach) Pagoda, MemphisHoosier, Hoosierfanyuh and 1 other 1 1 2 Quote
mike vannice Posted May 25, 2025 Posted May 25, 2025 Hey Demo, What are you hearing on Najai Hines? Everything I read on line seems to indicate he is in the 2025 class. Played football in North Carolina and had multiple P5 offers but moved to Plainfield New Jersey for his senior to play basketball and wants to play basketball in college. Would be a fantastic late addition and help solve our frontcourt depth problem. Quote
Demo Posted May 26, 2025 Posted May 26, 2025 12 hours ago, mike vannice said: Hey Demo, What are you hearing on Najai Hines? Everything I read on line seems to indicate he is in the 2025 class. Played football in North Carolina and had multiple P5 offers but moved to Plainfield New Jersey for his senior to play basketball and wants to play basketball in college. Would be a fantastic late addition and help solve our frontcourt depth problem. Don’t know anything past what’s been reported. The football stuff makes perfect sense. If he was 6’5”-6’6”instead of 6’9’-6’10” he’d have NFL left tackle prospect written all over him. Between how well he moves for a kid that size, how good his hands are in traffic and how hard he competes, on 2 watchings became a pretty big fan. Kid’s motor ran hot every second he was on the floor. Would take him and Alexander-Moody without a thought and then see what you can get done with some of the higher rated kids. Class of '66 Old Fart and mike vannice 1 1 Quote
mike vannice Posted May 26, 2025 Posted May 26, 2025 Dead period ends today so hopefully we see some more visits lined up. Maybe a few new scholarship offers. So great to see Coach Devries actively involved in recruiting. Quote
Class of '66 Old Fart Posted May 26, 2025 Author Posted May 26, 2025 Here's the stats for the players who've received offers from DDV from this past weekend's EYBL event in Kansas City. Most have 11 games of cumulative stats you can review. The next major events for the EYBL, 3SSB and UAA circuits won't take place until July. There will be lots of other AAU action in the interim but player stats from those events will be on a hit and miss basis. Prince-Alexander Moody '26 - Team Takeover DDV Offer Gms Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Stl Blk Min 5/23 W 15 5 10 2 6 3 4 2 2 1 0 0 20 5/24 W 18 8 18 0 4 2 3 4 1 1 1 0 28 5/25 L 15 6 9 1 3 2 2 2 0 3 1 0 26 5/26 W 10 4 15 0 5 2 2 2 3 0 1 1 22 Count/Avg 11 12.7 41% 30% 86% 3.4 1.9 1.5 1.0 0.3 25 HS 24-25 N/A Cole Cloer '26 - Team CP3 DDV Offer Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Stl Blk Min 5/23 L 24 9 17 3 7 3 5 3 0 1 0 0 28 5/24 L 6 2 7 0 4 2 2 5 4 2 1 1 29 5/25 L 15 6 18 0 11 3 4 8 5 0 2 0 28 5/26 W 15 6 10 3 6 0 2 4 0 2 0 1 26 Count/Avg 11 14.6 47% 30% 61% 4.8 2.3 2.0 0.8 0.5 26 HS 24-25 35 18.9 51% 41% 76% 7.2 3.8 2.1 1.0 1.2 Caleb Gaskins '26 - Nightrydas DDV Offer Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Stl Blk Min 5/23 L 11 3 13 0 4 5 6 11 4 3 0 0 31 5/24 W 11 4 13 0 3 3 4 6 4 3 1 0 31 5/25 W 8 3 15 0 1 2 2 5 2 3 2 1 28 5/26 W 23 10 14 0 0 3 4 1 2 1 0 1 32 Count/Avg 11 16.5 41% 24% 74% 7.3 2.1 3.2 0.5 0.9 30 HS 24-25 31 13.6 54% 33% 72% 6.3 1.5 2.0 0.7 0.4 Ryan Hampton '27 - Drive Nation 16U DDV Offer Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Stl Blk Min 5/23-26 TEAM DID NOT PLAY Count/Avg 7 21.7 44% 21% 69% 7.7 2.0 1.6 0.6 1.0 29 HS 24-25 21 7.8 63% 80% 85% 1.9 0.1 n.a. n.a. 0.1 Sammy Jackson '26 - Team Final DDV Offer Date Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Stl Blk Min 5/23 L 3 1 8 1 2 0 2 3 5 3 0 0 26 5/24 W 8 3 7 0 2 2 2 0 3 2 1 1 23 5/25 L 12 4 11 4 9 0 0 9 4 2 1 0 29 5/26 L 18 6 13 3 8 3 4 6 0 3 2 2 30 Count/Avg 11 10.7 41% 39% 72% 4.1 4.3 2.0 1.2 0.3 26 HS 24-25 13.4 4.9 3.2 1.2 Malachi Jordan '27 - MoKan Elite 16U DDV Offer Date Gms Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Stl Blk Min 5/23 L 5 2 13 1 3 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 18 5/24 W 9 3 10 0 2 3 4 10 3 1 1 0 21 5/25 L 19 7 16 2 5 3 3 8 2 4 0 1 28 5/26 W 7 3 6 0 2 1 2 5 3 3 1 0 21 Count/Avg 8 10.6 37% 17% 82% 5.6 2.0 2.3 0.8 0.5 22 HS 24-25 N/A Jordan Smith '26 - Team Takeover DDV Offer Date Gms Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Stl Blk Min 5/23 W 22 9 11 2 2 2 4 6 2 2 1 0 18 5/24 W 16 6 10 0 0 4 4 8 4 1 1 1 21 5/25 L 24 10 14 1 2 3 6 7 6 0 5 2 30 5/26 W 17 6 10 1 1 4 6 9 3 1 1 1 25 Count/Avg 11 19.6 57% 38% 59% 7.2 3.5 2.2 2.1 0.9 24 HS 24-25 24.0 4.0 2.0 5.0 2.0 Ethan Taylor '26 - MoKan Elite DDV Offer Date Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Stl Blk Min 5/23 W 21 7 8 0 0 7 8 11 1 0 0 2 20 5/24 W 7 2 2 0 0 3 4 7 0 3 0 1 12 5/25 W 13 6 10 0 0 1 2 11 0 2 0 0 14 5/26 W 12 4 5 0 0 4 4 8 0 3 1 2 15 Count/Avg 11 10.3 73% ###### 69% 7.8 1.0 1.5 0.1 0.7 16 HS 24-25 14.0 10.0 2.8 Demo 1 Quote
Class of '66 Old Fart Posted June 1, 2025 Author Posted June 1, 2025 Opening game of the 3SSB Eurocamp with a number of IU offers playing on the 3SSB Select team. Demo 1 Quote
Class of '66 Old Fart Posted June 1, 2025 Author Posted June 1, 2025 2nd game at the 3SSB Eurocamp Quote
Demo Posted June 1, 2025 Posted June 1, 2025 18 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said: Opening game of the 3SSB Eurocamp with a number of IU offers playing on the 3SSB Select team. Watched about 3/4 of this game and Holt was the best player on the floor. Even if that kid never scores a point he can impact games because he’s such a ridiculous athlete and a really committed defender. But that’ll never happen because he’s so explosive downhill that he can get to the rim on anyone. Big fan. Class of '66 Old Fart 1 Quote
mike vannice Posted June 1, 2025 Posted June 1, 2025 3 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said: Opening game of the 3SSB Eurocamp with a number of IU offers playing on the 3SSB Select team. Were any of the staff at this event? Quote
Class of '66 Old Fart Posted June 1, 2025 Author Posted June 1, 2025 1 hour ago, mike vannice said: Were any of the staff at this event? Held in Italy and I haven’t seen any reports that we were there but I’m not certain that it’s within an NCCA period that would allow attendance. Fwiw haven’t seen any reports of any college staff being there. Quote
Class of '66 Old Fart Posted June 2, 2025 Author Posted June 2, 2025 3SSB Eurocamp has ended. Number of IU offers participated all on the 3SSB Select team which went undefeated at the event. Davion Adkins Gms Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Stl Blk Min Next Gen 107-86 W 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 11 Eurocamp 1 96-81 W 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 11 NBL Next Stars W 4 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 8 Count/Avg 3 2.0 29% 50% 50% 2.0 1.0 0.3 0.3 1.0 10 Latrell Allmond Gms Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Stl Blk Min Next Gen 107-86 W 7 3 8 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 22 Eurocamp 1 96-81 W 9 3 7 1 4 2 2 2 0 2 1 2 23 NBL Next Stars W 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 22 Count/Avg 3 6.0 39% 29% 100% 1.7 0.3 1.3 1.0 0.7 22 Bruce Branch Gms Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Stl Blk Min Next Gen 107-86 W 5 2 6 1 4 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 18 Eurocamp 1 96-81 W 12 4 8 3 6 1 2 3 0 3 0 0 20 NBL Next Stars W 4 2 5 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 1 0 17 Count/Avg 3 7.0 42% 40% 50% 3.0 1.3 1.0 1.0 0.0 18 Caleb Holt Gms Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Stl Blk Min Next Gen 107-86 W 13 # 6 11 1 3 0 0 7 3 3 5 0 23 Eurocamp 1 96-81 W 19 8 14 1 3 2 2 11 2 1 2 0 25 NBL Next Stars W 19 7 16 3 7 2 2 6 3 4 3 1 30 Count/Avg 3 17.0 51% 38% 100% 8.0 2.7 2.7 3.3 0.3 26 Tay Kinney Gms Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Stl Blk Min Next Gen 107-86 W 11 4 10 1 3 2 4 5 2 2 0 0 18 Eurocamp 1 96-81 W 3 1 7 1 5 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 15 NBL Next Stars W 7 2 14 1 7 2 4 6 4 0 4 0 21 Count/Avg 3 7.0 23% 20% 40% 4.3 2.7 1.0 1.7 0.0 18 Anthony Thompson Gms Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Stl Blk Min Next Gen 107-86 W 9 3 5 1 2 2 2 4 1 1 3 0 13 Eurocamp 1 96-81 W 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 9 NBL Next Stars W 12 4 4 2 2 2 3 2 0 1 0 1 14 Count/Avg 3 7.0 58% 50% 80% 2.0 0.7 0.7 1.3 0.3 12 Cameron Williams Gms Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Stl Blk Min Next Gen 107-86 W 6 3 8 0 2 0 0 5 0 2 0 1 17 Eurocamp 1 96-81 W 2 1 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 10 NBL Next Stars W 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 9 Count/Avg 3 2.7 29% 0% ###### 3.0 0.0 1.0 0.3 1.0 12 Quote
Class of '66 Old Fart Posted June 2, 2025 Author Posted June 2, 2025 Holt was named MVP of the 3SSB event and Bruce Branch won the Rising Star award. Demo 1 Quote
Class of '66 Old Fart Posted June 3, 2025 Author Posted June 3, 2025 Several IU offers playing in the Pangos All-American Camp in Las Vegas. College coaches and staff not permitted to attend. Teams have played 2 games and after 2 games Jason Gardner Jr. has recorded 15 assists and just 3 turnovers. Bryson Howard averaging18 ppg. Sammy Jackson is there as well as Collins Onyejiaka. Teams play another game tonight and a 4th Tuesday afternoon. Then the players are divided into 2 squads for the final 2 games called Top 40 and Top 60. By the luck of the draw, Gardner and Onyejiaka are playing on the same team. mike vannice and Demo 1 1 Quote
Class of '66 Old Fart Posted June 3, 2025 Author Posted June 3, 2025 Should have kept my keyboard silent. I jinxed Bryson Howard as he only had 4 points in yesterday's second game. But Jason Gardner Jr. is having a heckuva camp as he had 7 assists in yesterday's second game bringing his 3-game total to 22 and he's only been charged with 4 TOs. Considering his teammates are all brand new to him, those are pretty impressive numbers. Unfortunately, he's shooting like Tom Crean shot free throws. IYKYK. Camp wraps up later today. Quote
Class of '66 Old Fart Posted June 3, 2025 Author Posted June 3, 2025 Jason Gardner for the win in today's first game. On the previous possession he fired a pass to a teammate for an open 3 that tied the game and then this play with 6 seconds left. His best overall game of the event scoring 13 pts on 5-6 FG and added another 7 assists bringing his 4-game total to 29 and just 5 TOs. https://x.com/i/status/1929955473060704574 Demo 1 Quote
Class of '66 Old Fart Posted June 3, 2025 Author Posted June 3, 2025 On a good note, all 4 of our offers attending the Pangos camp were selected to play in the Top 30 finale which the blue team won 145-133. The next big event coming up is the NBPA Top 100 Camp June 9-13 in Rock Hill, SC. Coaches are permitted to attend on the 11th and 12th. Jason Gardner '27 Gms Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Stl Blk 6/1/25 W 6 2 9 0 3 2 3 5 10 1 0 1 6/2/25 L 3 1 5 1 2 0 0 2 5 2 0 2 6/2/25 L 3 1 7 0 3 1 1 2 7 1 0 1 6/3/25 W 13 5 6 1 1 2 4 2 7 1 0 0 Top 30 L 14 5 7 2 2 2 2 3 0 1 0 0 Count/Avg 5 7.8 41% 36% 70% 2.8 5.8 1.2 0.0 0.8 Bryson Howard '26 Gms Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Stl Blk 6/1/25 W 14 5 11 1 3 3 4 5 4 0 0 1 6/2/25 W 22 9 17 4 11 0 0 4 1 1 0 3 6/2/25 W 4 2 7 0 3 0 0 3 4 0 0 3 6/3/25 L 18 6 15 4 11 2 3 3 1 0 0 2 Top 30 W 19 9 12 1 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 Count/Avg 5 15.4 50% 33% 71% 3.6 2.2 0.2 0.0 2.2 Sammy Jackson '26 Gms Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Stl Blk 6/1/25 L 6 3 7 0 2 0 0 7 1 3 1 0 6/2/25 W 13 5 9 3 5 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 6/2/25 W 13 5 11 3 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6/3/25 W 19 7 10 2 5 3 5 5 2 0 0 1 6/3/25 W 11 4 8 2 6 1 1 3 2 0 0 1 Top 30 L 4 2 4 0 2 0 0 2 5 0 0 1 Count/Avg 6 11.0 53% 37% 67% 3.2 2.2 0.8 0.2 0.5 Collins Onyejiaka '26 Gms Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Stl Blk 6/1/25 W 11 4 6 0 0 3 7 4 0 0 2 1 6/2/25 L 4 2 8 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 6/2/25 L 8 4 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 6/3/25 W 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 Top 30 L 8 4 5 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 Count/Avg 5 6.6 54% 0% 33% 3.6 0.2 0.4 0.8 0.2 Demo 1 Quote
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