Class of '66 Old Fart Posted June 14 Author Posted June 14 FYI for those that follow IU targets on X, I've never seen a tweet from Jr. Every acknowledgement of offers or stories about Jr. are tweeted by his father. Listed at 6'2" by 247, he attends Blair Academy in Blairstown, NJ and plays AAU for New Heights on the 3SSB circuit. The Daily Hoosier reports his AAU circuit stats as averaging 15.3 points, 4.1 rebounds, 4.1 assists, and 2.3 steals per game. He shot 49.4% overall, including 42.2% from three. https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-basketball-recruiting-hoosiers-offer-2026-top-20-guard-deron-rippey-jr/ He was at the just completed NBPA Top 100 Camp and was named to the camp's first team. His camp stats are at the bottom of this post followed by his 3SSB Eurocamp stats. 247 Rivals On3 Hudl NBPA Top 100 Camp Deron Rippey, Jr. '26 Gms Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Stl Blk Min Fls 118-98 L 28 9 18 3 8 7 10 3 7 4 3 0 32 2 126-71 L 15 6 15 1 5 2 3 5 3 3 1 0 19 1 83-74 L 22 9 14 1 3 3 5 4 3 4 2 0 26 2 NO GAME STATS Count/Avg 3 21.7 51% 31% 67% 4.0 4.3 3.7 2.0 0.0 26 EUROCAMP Deron Rippey, Jr. Gms Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Stl Blk Next Gen 107-86 W 12 5 9 0 1 2 3 1 8 1 4 0 Eurocamp 1 96-81 W 16 7 10 1 2 1 3 2 5 2 3 1 NBL Next Stars 84-77 W 8 3 13 1 6 1 2 6 8 2 2 0 Count/Avg 3 12.0 47% 22% 50% 3.0 7.0 1.7 3.0 0.3 Demo and HoosierHoopster 2 Quote
Class of '66 Old Fart Posted June 14 Author Posted June 14 https://www.insidethehall.com/2025/06/14/iu-basketball-offers-class-of-2026-five-star-guard-deron-rippey-jr/ Quote
BA47591 Posted June 15 Posted June 15 Looks like we're getting some of his offers at WVU circled back on. Quote
Class of '66 Old Fart Posted June 16 Author Posted June 16 “[I’m in talks on setting up other officials with] University of Miami, Indiana, and Texas,” he said. https://www.zagsblog.com/2025/06/16/five-star-new-jersey-guard-deron-rippey-jr-updates-recruiting-following-kentucky-offer/ Hoosierfanyuh and Demo 2 Quote
Hoosierfanyuh Posted July 10 Posted July 10 Visiting homecoming weekend BtownStrength, cybergates, Stuhoo and 1 other 4 Quote
Stuhoo Posted July 10 Posted July 10 8 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said: Visiting homecoming weekend Is it reasonable to say that this visit also puts pressure on Kinney? The two of them have been battling each other and both are strongly considering IU and Kensucky. Feels almost like two dominoes that could fall, one to each of the two schools. lillurk and Hoosierfanyuh 2 Quote
Demo Posted July 10 Posted July 10 6 minutes ago, Stuhoo said: Is it reasonable to say that this visit also puts pressure on Kinney? The two of them have been battling each other and both are strongly considering IU and Kensucky. Feels almost like two dominoes that could fall, one to each of the two schools. Maybe. The sell here for a ‘26 PG is so strong. IU exposure/NIL. No returning PG. DDV taking Javon Small from a nice portal get to all-Big 12 and getting him drafted in 1 year. The system puts so much on the PG’s plate. They can basically promise a kid the keys without actually having to promise him. This is 1case where I would be pretty shocked if they don’t lock down a top kid at the position. HoosierHoopster, Pagoda, Stuhoo and 4 others 7 Quote
Stuhoo Posted July 11 Posted July 11 23 hours ago, Demo said: Maybe. The sell here for a ‘26 PG is so strong. IU exposure/NIL. No returning PG. DDV taking Javon Small from a nice portal get to all-Big 12 and getting him drafted in 1 year. The system puts so much on the PG’s plate. They can basically promise a kid the keys without actually having to promise him. This is 1case where I would be pretty shocked if they don’t lock down a top kid at the position. Okay Demo -- you are clearly on the mind-meld-same wavelength as this young man. See today's Daily Hoosier interview of Deron Rippey, or you could just read Demo's post from yesterday! https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-basketball-recruiting-top-25-pg-deron-rippey-on-indiana-visit-his-game-and-recruitment/ Demo 1 Quote
Class of '66 Old Fart Posted July 11 Author Posted July 11 I'll readily admit I was highly skeptical we'd ever get an OV. And while he could still commit elsewhere before October, the fact that an OV has been scheduled IMO is a tribute to our new staff's recruiting efforts. Another story on the visit. https://www.on3.com/teams/indiana-hoosiers/news/2026-4-star-guard-deron-rippey-jr-sets-indiana-official-visit/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLeAodleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHqwsVuNpov4VJjkTGqu2fB221BD4LQwVbWjEopfBTO1dHmOxAZdG_f_zJ-KI_aem__AfP_ehQGW_yR34qw5kZNQ Demo and lillurk 2 Quote
Demo Posted July 12 Posted July 12 Rippey’s full visit schedule, per London: UK 8/1-3 MiamI 8/27-29 UNC 8/31-9/2 Bama 9/12-14 Texas 9/19-21 Cuse 9/26-28 IU 10/17-19 Tenn 10/25-26 Don’t love that early isolated UK visit, but if he’s scheduled that many I assume the plan is to take them all. The Adidas schools are, I believe, just IU and Miami. Class of '66 Old Fart and lillurk 2 Quote
Class of '66 Old Fart Posted July 12 Author Posted July 12 His dad seems to really be running point for him in the recruiting process and if they've scheduled that many visits then I agree their plan is to take them all. Demo 1 Quote
Hovadipo Posted July 13 Posted July 13 3 hours ago, Demo said: Rippey’s full visit schedule, per London: UK 8/1-3 MiamI 8/27-29 UNC 8/31-9/2 Bama 9/12-14 Texas 9/19-21 Cuse 9/26-28 IU 10/17-19 Tenn 10/25-26 Don’t love that early isolated UK visit, but if he’s scheduled that many I assume the plan is to take them all. The Adidas schools are, I believe, just IU and Miami. There are far worse weekends to come to Bloomington than when the leaves are changing and the town is buzzing for a homecoming football game. Demo 1 Quote
Demo Posted July 13 Posted July 13 14 minutes ago, Hovadipo said: There are far worse weekends to come to Bloomington than when the leaves are changing and the town is buzzing for a homecoming football game. Yup. It’s going to be really, really good to be that kid that weekend. Hovadipo 1 Quote
Class of '66 Old Fart Posted July 14 Author Posted July 14 OV Oct. 17-19 https://www.insidethehall.com/2025/07/14/class-of-2026-five-star-point-guard-deron-rippey-jr-to-take-iu-basketball-official-visit/ Demo and HoosierHoopster 2 Quote
Class of '66 Old Fart Posted July 15 Author Posted July 15 1 of 12 is better than 0 of 12 mamasa and Demo 2 Quote
Class of '66 Old Fart Posted July 15 Author Posted July 15 https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/indiana-one-of-2026-top-20-guard-deron-rippeys-final-12-schools-nine-planned-visits/ Quote
Demo Posted July 18 Posted July 18 Not sure how much of a thing it, probably not nothin’, but top 10 CG who wants to be a PG Jason Crowe is announcing today and speculation is that it’s either UK or Mizzou. I can tell you Mizzou folks think it’s Mizzou though they certainly don’t have the money UK’s got. Should he pick UK that could well factor into the Rippey family’s thinking. GloryDays and Class of '66 Old Fart 2 Quote
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