B10 Basketball Recruiting Thread

[Class of '66 Old Fart 91,131]

6'9 Montenegrin big man David Mirkovic has committed to Illinois, his agent Misko Raznatovic told ESPN. The 19-year-old averages 8.8 points, 6.7 rebounds in 23 minutes in the Adriatic League. He's competing at the Nike Hoop Summit in Portland this week.

[WayneFleekHoosier 51,509]

  On 4/8/2025 at 12:26 PM, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

6'9 Montenegrin big man David Mirkovic has committed to Illinois, his agent Misko Raznatovic told ESPN. The 19-year-old averages 8.8 points, 6.7 rebounds in 23 minutes in the Adriatic League. He's competing at the Nike Hoop Summit in Portland this week.

wont lack for size.  Both Ivasic's (sp?) as well..

[Class of '66 Old Fart 91,131]

Givony-

'25 Omer Mayer, a highly regarded international prospect from Israel, has committed to Purdue, he told ESPN. Mayer is coming off a strong week at the Nike Hoop Summit, excelling in practices and dishing out 7 assists in 19 minutes vs USA.

[Stuhoo 89,776]

  On 4/16/2025 at 4:54 PM, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

'25 Omer Mayer, a highly regarded international prospect from Israel, has committed to Purdue, he told ESPN. Mayer is coming off a strong week at the Nike Hoop Summit, excelling in practices and dishing out 7 assists in 19 minutes vs USA.

Who said he is “highly regarded “ and who did Puredump beat out to get him?

[Class of '66 Old Fart 91,131]

  On 4/16/2025 at 4:56 PM, Stuhoo said:

Who said he is “highly regarded “ and who did Puredump beat out to get him?

Jonathan Givony is the source.    Don't know who they were competing against.

[Stuhoo 89,776]

  On 4/16/2025 at 5:07 PM, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Jonathan Givony is the source.    Don't know who they were competing against.

Feels like Omer wrote his bio somewhere and Givony cut 'n pasted it.

I suppose it's good that he played EuroLeague ball at a young age, but he barely saw the court in Euro League. He saw the court a little more in Israeli in-country league play.......

[Class of '66 Old Fart 91,131]

Borzello -

Purdue adds North Florida transfer Liam Murphy. 6-foot-7 forward averaged 13.0 points and shot 42.3% from 3.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 91,131]

Givony -

Lithuanian big man Aleksas Bieliauskas has committed to Wisconsin, agents Deimantas Baziukas and Deirunas Visockas told ESPN. The 6'9", 19-year-old averaged 12.1 points and 6.8 rebounds per game in the NKL for Zalgiris 2 this season, shooting 39% for 3.

[mike vannice 442]

  On 4/24/2025 at 8:21 PM, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Givony -

Lithuanian big man Aleksas Bieliauskas has committed to Wisconsin, agents Deimantas Baziukas and Deirunas Visockas told ESPN. The 6'9", 19-year-old averaged 12.1 points and 6.8 rebounds per game in the NKL for Zalgiris 2 this season, shooting 39% for 3.

Why can't we get one of those Eastern European guys?

[Class of '66 Old Fart 91,131]

Croatian 7-footer Ivan Juric has committed to Penn State, agent Misko Raznatovic told ESPN. Juric posted 14.4 points, 5.9 rebounds in 25 minutes per game at the FIBA U18 Eurobasket last summer, going 7/14 for 3 in 7 games.

[WayneFleekHoosier 51,509]

  On 5/6/2025 at 12:36 PM, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Croatian 7-footer Ivan Juric has committed to Penn State, agent Misko Raznatovic told ESPN. Juric posted 14.4 points, 5.9 rebounds in 25 minutes per game at the FIBA U18 Eurobasket last summer, going 7/14 for 3 in 7 games.

Everyone has a Euro big besides us.  Haha