(2027) - Darius Wabbington

[Demo]

6 minutes ago, mike vannice said:

Darius Wabbington to Lewis Uvwo for the slam!

That would be way better than average.

[Stuhoo]

1 hour ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Is this pessimistic?  I think we are messaging to agents and players we want to build through freshman and actually being honest about it.  Strategy wise, I don’t know if that’s good or bad in today’s era.  That’s a discussion in itself.  But getting talent and keeping talent is the winning formula in the long run. 

No! I’d call it “balanced with a flavoring of optimism.” And neither was the preceding post!

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Playing in the Nevada Invitational this weekend. Through 3 games. 18.3p. 8.3r. 1.7a. 1.0s. 1.3b.    48% FG.  18%. 3’s.   78% FT

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

4 games at Nevada Invitational.

15.8p. 8.5r. 1.5a. 1.0s. 1.0b

49% FG.  15% 3’s (2-13).  82% ft (9-11)

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

 

In a paywalled story, Wabbington says he's in contact with "every coach on the coaching staff".  KJ is the lead recruiter.  Also says he intends to take an OV to all 6.

[Demo]

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

 

In a paywalled story, Wabbington says he's in contact with "every coach on the coaching staff".  KJ is the lead recruiter.  Also says he intends to take an OV to all 6.

Nice list. A little tough to picture a Phoenix kid not ultimately choosing Zona. But stranger things have happened. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-basketball-recruiting-hoosiers-make-final-six-for-2027-top-20-center-darius-wabbington/

[Demo]

1st 3 scheduled visits 

[mike vannice]

3 minutes ago, Demo said:

1st 3 scheduled visits 

That is some tough competition but if we expect to get better we need players like him.

[Stuhoo]

22 minutes ago, Demo said:

1st 3 scheduled visits 

Kinda odd that he’s not booking the IU, UK, and UL visits together.

[IvanRenkosillegitimatechild]

What are our chances here?

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

6 hours ago, IvanRenkosillegitimatechild said:

What are our chances here?

i suggest contacting Brandon Sorsby to get the latest odds.

[IUHoosierJoe]

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

i suggest contacting Brandon Sorsby to get the latest odds.

Well, he’d never bet against us. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

OV Sept. 5.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Dushawn London posted a paywalled recruiting update.  In a nutshell, Wabbington seems pretty committed to taking a visit to each of his 6 final schools and we're the first for better for worse.  There's no question our staff has gone all in on his recruitment and if we don't land him, it won't be for lack of effort on our part.  Wabbington specifically said he really likes DDV and was quoted as also mentioning KJ, T. Carr and Adams and the relationship he's developed with them.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

1:30 today you can watch Wabbington, Yann Kamagate and Juleeyan Williams all playing for Compton.

 

Edited July 17 by Class of '66 Old Fart
Corrected Broadcast Time

[Demo]

Always fun when UK whiffs but I’d rather he would have taken that visit because Illinois’ system is a pretty nice fit for him. 

[jermhoosierfan]

16 hours ago, Demo said:

Always fun when UK whiffs but I’d rather he would have taken that visit because Illinois’ system is a pretty nice fit for him. 

His OV in Bloomington is still on?  He would be a great get.

[Hoosierfanyuh]

16 minutes ago, jermhoosierfan said:

His OV in Bloomington is still on?  He would be a great get.

Yes. Expect Branham to be there too. We worked really hard to get the first visit apparently. Az wants him to be a 5 and bang down low. IU is recruiting the opposite of that. Apparently there’s a big gap between the first 3 visits to the last three because he’s going to eval the first 3 hard first. 
 

Az is the perceived favorite right now, some question if he wasn’t from there if he’d even consider them. 
 

this is all paraphrasing from peegs. 

[Stuhoo]

17 minutes ago, jermhoosierfan said:

His OV in Bloomington is still on?  He would be a great get.

There's going to be some very highly sought after big that wants to play with Chase Branham. Point guards and bigs tend to like to see the potential of that pairing. Also this: