Recruiting as of 5/15/25

[Its DJOver]

You may have been too cavalier with this prediction.

Spill. Whatcha know.

[Newsdreams]

You may have been too cavalier with this prediction.

Tooth extraction.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Spill. Whatcha know.

Nothing, just a fan of word play.

[swoopem]

Could this be the least amount of chatter ever on a recruits commitment day? Someone has to be hearing something!

[Shooter McGavin]

Could this be the least amount of chatter ever on a recruits commitment day? Someone has to be hearing something!

Agreed.  Figured I'd look at scoop and have at least three pages to look at on this thread.

[brewcity77]

Could this be the least amount of chatter ever on a recruits commitment day? Someone has to be hearing something!

Credit to the Bond camp, I don't think anyone is hearing much of anything yet.

[DoctorV]

One of the most surprising angles of Shakas first crop of recruits imo was that they mostly came out of nowhere, very little chatter and a lot of surprises

He spent 2/3 weeks recruiting hard and got a handful of commitments that us lay folk heard nothing about until the university or the player announced.

As much as it sucked not knowing, I thought it was kind of refreshing and I'm hoping the same happens with Leon Bond

[panda]

Has anyone seen Bond ball?

Handles?
Hops?
Touch?
Range?
Quicks?
Intangibles?

He's a high motor, Uber athletic, rangy forward type. His defense and rebounding will get him minutes right away. He could be a special player if he refines his offensive game. Decent outside shot but dominates the HS level with his athleticism.

[Boone]

Fwiw he recently followed UVA hoops and a couple other recruits

[zcg2013]

Fwiw he recently followed UVA hoops and a couple other recruits

He also follows Marquette and a few on our current roster, but not the official Cincy hoops (at least one Instagram).

[Boone]

True. But IIRC he started following uva more recently so they may be trending

[CountryRoads]

Hoping we land him, but I understand if he wants to go out and get new experiences in a different location. Besides, I'm done getting excited about high school recruits as the recruiting game has changed so much with transfers and what not.

I spent many hours following both the Ellenson and the Garcia recruitments and they only ended up playing one season each, so it's really not worth it. There's a chance Bond ends up playing for both MU and Virginia in his career anyways.

[Scoop Snoop]

Hoping we land him, but I understand if he wants to go out and get new experiences in a different location. Besides, I'm done getting excited about high school recruits as the recruiting game has changed so much with transfers and what not.

I spent many hours following both the Ellenson and the Garcia recruitments and they only ended up playing one season each, so it's really not worth it. There's a chance Bond ends up playing for both MU and Virginia in his career anyways.

My thoughts also if its UVA today and he spends a lot of time on their bench. Even with the one year players and easy transfer rules, it would be great to get a local recruit and hopefully Chicago area ones in the near future. It may be exceptionally important for some players to have family and friends at all the home games.

[brewcity77]

Bond deleted all insta posts, looks like that's where he'll announce.

[JTJ3]

FWIW, Cincy 247 writer thinks its UVA.

[tower912]

Me, too.

[zcg2013]

It is in fact UVA.

[JTJ3]

Virginia it is.  Damn.

[Uncle Rico]

The Shaka Smart era is off to a very uninspiring start. 

[Tha Hound]

Big fat L for Shaka right off the bat.

[RubyWiscy]

Is it better to get or miss a recruit if you are his second choice?

[Pakuni]

The Shaka Smart era is off to a very uninspiring start.

But is it a green weenie?

[CountryRoads]

Shaka made Bond a top priority, but this is a case of having too much catch up to do. Virginia had been recruiting him for 2 years and they are a first class program.

[JakeBarnes]

The Shaka Smart era is off to a very uninspiring start.

[tower912]

Don't burn bridges.   He might want to transfer home one day.