Recruiting as of 5/15/24

[Uncle Rico]

Imagine all the resources UWM is wasting on recruiting a kid they probably won't get.

Crystal ball is 100% Duke

[Lennys Tap]

That was a different Notre Dame College Prep.  Massachusetts rather than Illinois

The one in Illinois is real high school, a “college prep” one at that. The one Lazar went to was a diploma mill that got guys eligible to play in college.

[Pakuni]

The one in Illinois is real high school, a “college prep” one at that. The one Lazar went to was a diploma mill that got guys eligible to play in college.

I'm old enough to remember playing against plain old Notre Dame High School.

[Newsdreams]

Crystal ball is 100% Duke

Free JB

[4everwarriors]

Free BeeJay 2020, aina?

[keefe]

Hiroshima can happen. And the devastation would be absolute.

[Lennys Tap]

I'm old enough to remember playing against plain old Notre Dame High School.

Me too.

[mileskishnish72]

Couldn't we hire Patrick Baldwin, Sr.?

[4everwarriors]

Crean sucks

[Herman Cain]

Poor Herman...the dream is officially dead!

Varlas Nikos
@nikosvarlas
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Alex Antetokounmpo intends to skip NCAA and turn pro in Europe, while he prepares for the NBA draft

I had a feeling something like this was bound to happen. Alex played limited AAU ball the last two years and wasn't participating in the recruiting process much.  He also got into some issues at the end of the season this year, chasing after refs and things, so any school who was potentially interested probably cooled on him. Probably he is better off going back to Greece and being coddled in a lower level Euro league for a few years . Then  he can copy his two other brothers who both used their last name to get various forms of NBA contracts .   

[wadesworld]

I had a feeling something like this was bound to happen. Alex played limited AAU ball the last two years and wasn't participating in the recruiting process much.  He also got into some issues at the end of the season this year, chasing after refs and things, so any school who was potentially interested probably cooled on him. Probably he is better off going back to Greece and being coddled in a lower level Euro league for a few years . Then  he can copy his two other brothers who both used their last name to get various forms of NBA contracts .

Hell no. MU needs him.

[Newsdreams]

I had a feeling something like this was bound to happen. Alex played limited AAU ball the last two years and wasn't participating in the recruiting process much.  He also got into some issues at the end of the season this year, chasing after refs and things, so any school who was potentially interested probably cooled on him. Probably he is better off going back to Greece and being coddled in a lower level Euro league for a few years . Then  he can copy his two other brothers who both used their last name to get various forms of NBA contracts .

Cooled on him 

[JWags85]

Then  he can copy his two other brothers who both used their last name to get various forms of NBA contracts .

Surely you don’t mean Thanasis, he of back to back selections to the Greek League ASG while averaging 5 points a game

[MU82]

LOL and yet, you seemingly hate the political party that promotes capitalism. Administrators and Coaches are maximizing their earning potential when they take new jobs etc, yet you can't stand them. Dude, you're all over the place, pick a lane and stick to it.

College athletes can "maximize their earning potential" after they graduate and get jobs(or play pro or whatever) and do the things the rest of us do to achieve that, right??

Why do you hate freedom, capitalism and personal choice?

Why are you politicizing one of the few Scoop threads that has no politics?

[WarriorPride68]

LOL and yet, you seemingly hate the political party that promotes capitalism. Administrators and Coaches are maximizing their earning potential when they take new jobs etc, yet you can't stand them. Dude, you're all over the place, pick a lane and stick to it.

College athletes can "maximize their earning potential" after they graduate and get jobs(or play pro or whatever) and do the things the rest of us do to achieve that, right??

I miss the stalk social media followers guru

[Herman Cain]

Kerwin Walton signed with UNC.  UNC has now signed up 3 guards and a long distance shooting wing the 2020 class. Caleb Love, RJ Davis , Kerwin Walton and Puff Johnson. In addition there are several veteran guards like Leaky Black on the UNC roster. Minutes will be hard to come by.

This signing could possibly be helpful to MU. RJ Davis father is very vocal Lavar Ball type. He made it very clear on the recruiting trail that he wanted RJ going to a place where he would play immediately. If things don't work out at UNC in year one,  playing time wise, for RJ, it is very possible he would enter the portal. MU would be well positioned to pick him up. Everything I heard locally was that the father was very keen on Wojo's offer to basically pass the baton from Markus to RJ. The father was a very high scoring guard at the D2 level and basically programmed RJ to be a scoring machine from a young age.   

 Hopefully things work out for RJ, however if they don't MU will be right there with open arms.


 https://247sports.com/college/north-carolina/Article/UNC-basketball-Kerwin-Walton-Signs--146912753/

[Newsdreams]

Kerwin Walton signed with UNC.  UNC has now signed up 3 guards and a long distance shooting wing the 2020 class. Caleb Love, RJ Davis , Kerwin Walton and Puff Johnson. In addition there are several veteran guards like Leaky Black on the UNC roster. Minutes will be hard to come by.

This signing could possibly be helpful to MU. RJ Davis father is very vocal Lavar Ball type. He made it very clear on the recruiting trail that he wanted RJ going to a place where he would play immediately. If things don't work out at UNC in year one,  playing time wise, for RJ, it is very possible he would enter the portal. MU would be well positioned to pick him up. Everything I heard locally was that the father was very keen on Wojo's offer to basically pass the baton from Markus to RJ. The father was a very high scoring guard at the D2 level and basically programmed RJ to be a scoring machine from a young age.   

 Hopefully things work out for RJ, however if they don't MU will be right there with open arms.


 https://247sports.com/college/north-carolina/Article/UNC-basketball-Kerwin-Walton-Signs--146912753/

[shoothoops]

Kerwin Walton signed with UNC.  UNC has now signed up 3 guards and a long distance shooting wing the 2020 class. Caleb Love, RJ Davis , Kerwin Walton and Puff Johnson. In addition there are several veteran guards like Leaky Black on the UNC roster. Minutes will be hard to come by.

This signing could possibly be helpful to MU. RJ Davis father is very vocal Lavar Ball type. He made it very clear on the recruiting trail that he wanted RJ going to a place where he would play immediately. If things don't work out at UNC in year one,  playing time wise, for RJ, it is very possible he would enter the portal. MU would be well positioned to pick him up. Everything I heard locally was that the father was very keen on Wojo's offer to basically pass the baton from Markus to RJ. The father was a very high scoring guard at the D2 level and basically programmed RJ to be a scoring machine from a young age.   

 Hopefully things work out for RJ, however if they don't MU will be right there with open arms.


 https://247sports.com/college/north-carolina/Article/UNC-basketball-Kerwin-Walton-Signs--146912753/

I've mentioned this before, but there is some value in monitoring the situation from a distance while moving on to other things.

Caleb Love came to the realization that his long term basketball future is at point guard. He worked hard at improving his game where he can affect the game in a wide variety of ways. (Similar to Roach's game) and he really had a breakout summer before his Senior year and throughout his Senior year)

Caleb Love's first choice was Duke. When Duke received a commitment from Jeremy Roach, Love considered other schools, including Duke who was still recruiting him. He chose UNC. Roach's commitment was s factor to Duke was a factor in Love choosing elsewhere. (His dad is a UNC fan but that wasn't the deciding factor) Love was a former earlier MU target. But he was someone that had been interested in some of the highest profile named schools.

Later RJ Davis committed to UNC after Love. He was told that he and Love would play together a lot. So we'll see how that all works out. UNC is getting several very good players.

[MarquetteMike1977]

I've mentioned this before, but there is some value in monitoring the situation from a distance while moving on to other things.

Caleb Love came to the realization that his long term basketball future is at point guard. He worked hard at improving his game where he can affect the game in a wide variety of ways. (Similar to Roach's game) and he really had a breakout summer before his Senior year and throughout his Senior year)

Caleb Love's first choice was Duke. When Duke received a commitment from Jeremy Roach, Love considered other schools, including Duke who was still recruiting him. He chose UNC. Roach's commitment was s factor to Duke was a factor in Love choosing elsewhere. (His dad is a UNC fan but that wasn't the deciding factor) Love was a former earlier MU target. But he was someone that had been interested in some of the highest profile named schools.

Later RJ Davis committed to UNC after Love. He was told that he and Love would play together a lot. So we'll see how that all works out. UNC is getting several very good players.

And remember Marquette’s Preferred Walk On Luke Fizulich played on RJ Davis team Stepinac.

[Dawson Rental]

Does anyone else find it kind of pathetic to be hoping that a player fails at North Carolina, so we can get him on the rebound?

Can't MU recruit well enough to make it without other team's castoffs?

[Newsdreams]

Does anyone else find it kind of pathetic to be hoping that a player fails at North Carolina, so we can get him on the rebound?

Can't MU recruit well enough to make it without other team's castoffs?

Yes extremely

[Its DJOver]

I think hoping that a kid is unhappy enough to transfer from his school before he has even officially arrived on campus suggests "questionable" morality.  I think the underlying point of "don't burn bridges" is valid; and I think DJ Carton would agree.

Further, I see no reason to mention Davis again in this thread unless he becomes a recruiting target again, but Herman seems to always operate with a more liberal set of who qualifies as a target.  Jeenathan Williams and his 103 DRtg last year agree.

[shoothoops]

I can't speak for others, but I certainly wouldn't wish failure upon any recruit anywhere. I don't think anyone is doing that, at least, I'd hope not. And,  I don't believe MU needs to play second fiddle to anyone in recruiting. I also don't believe anyone needs to be quickly dismissive of any recruit just because MU might not have been his first choice or not a choice at all.

Caleb Love and RJ Davis are both great players. They happen to play a similar position, and, are both in the same class. UNC will try to play them together some, split some time etc...it will be interesting to see what works and what doesn't. But if one of them ever left, it won't be because he isn't a great player or some leftovers.

Things happen, as mentioned, former MU target Love favored Duke until Roach committed there. He wants to have the ball in his hands a lot, run the point, etc...as opposed to playing off of the ball more etc...which he did more of in the past. Davis committed to UNC knowing Love was already committed, based on being sold they would be playing together a lot and that UNC wants two point guards.

The topic has come up briefly recently because MU's new preferred walk on was a high school teammate of Davis. And that makes sense. I don't think anyone is making too big a deal about it. MU will be fine.

[Lennys Tap]

Can't MU recruit well enough to make it without other team's castoffs?

Good question. Hope so.

[Ben Golds Five]

Mos Def! He gone, move on. #nextUP

Does anyone else find it kind of pathetic to be hoping that a player fails at North Carolina, so we can get him on the rebound?

Can't MU recruit well enough to make it without other team's castoffs?