B10 Basketball Recruiting Thread

[ap2345]

louisville has set up an official for him as well. They have already offered his younger brother who is a 2022 recruit.

 

 

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This doesn’t surprise me with the recruiting struggles Mack is having in the 2020 class to this point.

 

 

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[Uspshoosier]

This doesn’t surprise me with the recruiting struggles Mack is having in the 2020 class to this point.
 
 
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Yeah they have missed out on a ton of top targets in the 2020 class. Loveday, Burnett, Steward, Brakefield and Deivon Smith off the top of my head but there are some others as well. Recruiting can be fascinating. His first year he didn’t bring in any freshman class. In 2019 he knocked it out of the park with a killer class on paper and so far in 2020 has swung and miss. My guess he will end up bringing in a solid class but right now he has some fans in panic mode( shocking I know fans panicking before the early signing period has even started)


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[ap2345]

Dre Davis got an offer from Purdue.


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[Bobman1]

Isaiah Todd, a five star forward, announces today between Kansas and Michigan. Most think he’s going Michigan but we’ll see.


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[WayneFleekHoosier]

Isaiah Todd, a five star forward, announces today between Kansas and Michigan. Most think he’s going Michigan but we’ll see.


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Would certainly be a statement for Juwan Howard and staff. Can’t imagine Todd will want to pick Kansas with all the swirling drama. That they made the final 2 is interesting by itself.


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[Stromboli]

Maybe this was already discussed.  Dre Davis played AAU with Indy Heat, same team as Ivey, Pack and Furst.  Ivey of course has committed to Purdue and in my view projects to be a very good player for them (he was over 43% from 3 at EYBL, averaged over 14 ppg).  There has been some rumbling that he would decommit, but that could just be speculative chatter.  

 

I went to watch some of the games at EYBL.  Watching the game, Davis was the guy that got your attention.  Just the most active and aggressive out there, making things happen.  And then you'd look up who this kid is, and you'd see that he's got a (then) low rank and committed to Nebraska of all things.  It really didn't fit.  I think with that early commitment to a basic nobody team, nobody paid too much attention to him.  But he absolutely showed out.  Averaged 17.9 points, and 6.1 rebounds.  Only 41% shooting, but still a guy making plays.  Plays more like a small forward than a SG.  

 

Maybe Ivey got in his ear to go to Purdue?  The Louisville offers to Dre and his little brother is an interesting wrinkle.  Purdue fans seem to want to bank the scholarship, or find another big to keep the pipeline going there.  

 

With his now open recruitment, I'd bet there are some programs that would have liked to watch him play.  I would not say that I got the impression that he's a star in the making.  But he is a productive player, and effort alone can go a long way.  

 

As an aside...  I'm pretty pro-player in all things.  That said I really hope de-commitments don't become a common thing in CBB.  

[ap2345]

Looks like Todd is going to Michigan. Kansas just added a 4* center already today.


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[Bobman1]

Todd to UM is official. Huge pickup for Juwan Howard.


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[WayneFleekHoosier]

Tony Perkins of Lawrence North commits to Iowa. 2020.


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[ap2345]

Purdue landed Zach Edey today. A 7’3 220 lb. center.


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14 minutes ago, ap2345 said:

Purdue landed Zach Edey today. A 7’3 220 lb. center.


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There’s a pretty good workout video of Edey on You Tube. He’s a long way away. Nowhere close to Haarms in terms of movement or bend and not nearly the frame and bulk of Haas. When he puts the ball on the floor with his left hand he looks like a kid in freshman gym. But Painter seems to get these right.

[WayneFleekHoosier]

Purdue has a type, and that’s having a huge guy or 2. He’ll redshirt him as necessary. Time will tell, but big man track record is solid of late.


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[HinnyHoosier]

Let them have their behemoths. I’m fine with deeming them 'Oaf U' (among other things).


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[Class of '66 Old Fart]

5-star guard Adam Miller commits to Illinois.

[mdn82]

5-star guard Adam Miller commits to Illinois.

Good get.


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Good get.


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Yeah, really good.  Explosive kid, better than Dosunmu. He and Curbelo will be fun to watch.

[WayneFleekHoosier]

As the rest of the B1G makes strides..........

This commitment has been predicted for a while.

Imo we will go into next season mid B1G projections. 6-8 range.


Ohio State, Michigan State, Illinois, Michigan will be ahead of us in projections.


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[woodenshoemanHoosierfan]

Good get.


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Did he sign yesterday and announce today. I watched the Champaign news at 6 and they didn't know for sure because he said he was waiting until Spring to sign. I'm assuming to see if Ayo goes pro. At least that was what I hot out of the guys reporting.

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[Alford Bailey]

10 hours ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

As the rest of the B1G makes strides..........

This commitment has been predicted for a while.

Imo we will go into next season mid B1G projections. 6-8 range.


Ohio State, Michigan State, Illinois, Michigan will be ahead of us in projections.


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I think Archie would have us right there if he were "allowed" to recruit. We ask our coaches to recruit with one hand tied behind their back. Trying to play the game by rules that dont exist anymore. I believe even Crean alluded to this.

[WayneFleekHoosier]

3 hours ago, Alford Bailey said:

I think Archie would have us right there if he were "allowed" to recruit. We ask our coaches to recruit with one hand tied behind their back. Trying to play the game by rules that dont exist anymore. I believe even Crean alluded to this.

I believe that was exactly what he was alluding to when he said the administration and him didn't see things eye to eye.  Or they were working against him or whatever phrasing it was. 

The interesting thing here is Indiana got Romeo, but Adidas was taking care of the Langfords through AAU so I'm not sure exactly sure how this plays into other recruits.  We clearly know many of these players believe they are worth it, and many are.  The evidence is out there for this.  Either its big time with Zion Williamson, Deandre Ayton types.  Heck even Brian Bowen ended up being a 6 figure kid and he was a low 5 star or high 4 star. 

I DO think its possible to be successful and clean or at least relatively clean but the odds are stacked against you.  I don't even know what model we fit in right now.  Maybe Purdue, with a little bit higher top end??  I guess if our coach can coach em up, this could work.  I want to be noted in the same breathe as the heavyweights some day and i'm not sure that is ever going to happen again.  

recruiting will change with the one and done rule gone, but the cheater programs will still continue to land the best talent.  Then it hurts us for 2 or 3 years instead of 1 and honestly could widen the gap even further from the cheaters to the clean programs. 

 

Edited November 22, 2019 by WayneFleekHoosier