B10 Basketball Recruiting Thread

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Rice transfer guard Jordan Williams has signed with Maryland.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

4-star Lincoln Williams has committed to Illinois and Brad Underwood. The 6-foot-6 wing out of Kankakee, Illinois was one of the top ranked prospects available in the ‘26 class.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Keller Daugherty, a 6-foot-10 power forward in the 2027 class, has committed to Iowa.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

4-star Baboucarr Ann has committed to Wisconsin.  The 6-4 guard is ranked as the No. 40 overall recruit in the 2027 class, per Rivals.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

2027 4-star Kevin Savage III has committed to Purdue and Matt Painter. The 6-foot guard chose the Boilermakers over UCLA, Auburn, Georgia, Georgia Tech and Florida State amongst others. #27 in the @SCNext 100.

[WayneFleekHoosier]

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

2027 4-star Kevin Savage III has committed to Purdue and Matt Painter. The 6-foot guard chose the Boilermakers over UCLA, Auburn, Georgia, Georgia Tech and Florida State amongst others. #27 in the @SCNext 100.

He’s really good. Painter is recruiting better than ever.  Bummer. 

[Brass Cannon]

15 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

He’s really good. Painter is recruiting better than ever.  Bummer. 

How is the question?   Their NIL is crap 

[TheWatShot]

1 hour ago, Brass Cannon said:

How is the question?   Their NIL is crap 

Results still matter. He wins a lot and some players are still drawn to that. 

[Stuhoo]

1 hour ago, Brass Cannon said:

How is the question?   Their NIL is crap 

Because they are going to emphasize basketball NIL vs football NIL relative to most schools.

[Brass Cannon]

2 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

Because they are going to emphasize basketball NIL vs football NIL relative to most schools.

That’s fair but not a long term viable strategy. Basketball just doesn’t bring in enough revenue. They will lose ground each season 

[Stuhoo]

4 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

That’s fair but not a long term viable strategy. Basketball just doesn’t bring in enough revenue. They will lose ground each season 

Better to be good at something than to put a match to NIL money with a terrible football program I guess.

And Basketball four star recruits don’t cost all that much as long as you can afford them if/when they develop.

[Brass Cannon]

11 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Better to be good at something than to put a match to NIL money with a terrible football program I guess.

And Basketball four star recruits don’t cost all that much as long as you can afford them if/when they develop.

True. Still makes me wonder if a bigger program will come calling for painter and he listens.  I’m scared what he could do at Kentucky 

[WayneFleekHoosier]

16 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

Better to be good at something than to put a match to NIL money with a terrible football program I guess.

And Basketball four star recruits don’t cost all that much as long as you can afford them if/when they develop.

I think in addition to this being right on, Painter has a good pitch to HS recruits. He can afford them. They eventually play.  They usually have great success at some point.  He rarely recruits over them in the transfer portal (or so it seems).

I think Hill will be an interesting case because he’s that rare Purdue high level recruit, that is definitely Ranked in potential over production thus far.  Everything I’ve heard on Savage has been great so far though.  
 

I think as stronger NiL programs lean on the Transfer portal, teams like Purdue can up their standards a bit and grab guys that others overlook.  

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

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