Recruiting as of 4/15/25

[Herman Cain]

Update on RJ...

https://twitter.com/Andrew__Slater/status/1181003596353159169?s=20

Even if he does want to go to NC regardless of his role,  do they have enough scholarships to take him? Or are they holding them for bigger fish?

This is a real World War I trench ware fare scenario. Ewing has spotted an opening , in that UNC may not be able to accept commitment, so he is  not giving up easy and pushing for another unofficial .  I think what Roy's is telling RJ and parents is to hang on and see how things play out and don't sign early.

[Mr. Sand-Knit]

https://twitter.com/DaRonagon/status/1180926074596679680?s=20

Who is that??

Figured it out

[muguru]

Even if he does want to go to NC regardless of his role,  do they have enough scholarships to take him? Or are they holding them for bigger fish?

Though no one can know for sure, I still think he's a back up plan for UNC. I mean I don't know how many scholarships they have left, but let's say it's 1..are they really going to accept a commit from RJ before knowing what Cade Cunningham and others they are recruiting, decide?? That's not a knock on RJ at all, maybe he is a priority for UNC for all I know.

[MU91]

So yesterday Slater predicts MU and today's post????Interestingly, one of the guys who predicted Pitt early on changed his prediction to MU today!

[burger]

Yeah.....But Roy has a history of blowing "smoke" up one's "arse"......

So expect the full "fluff job".....

[Skip Intro]

It certainly feels as though its down to Pitt or MU for Davis, although perhaps we're just sleeping on Georgetown and assuming he's not a priority to NC. 

One big advantage that MU has is the fact that Markus is gone after this season, leaving a perfectly Davis-sized hole in our roster.  Pitt, on the other hand, still has Xavier Johnson for (potentially) two more years.  While there's an assumption that he'll leave for the draft after this season, it's not like he's a lottery lock, so he's a broken bone or poor stretch away from playing through Davis' freshman year, at least. 

[wadesworld]

Where did I say parity exists today?  I did not.  The problem is that this will further separate the rich from the poor.  The middle class schools will pay the price the most.

You should give Friday's Eye On College Basketball podcast with Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander a listen.  They say the exact opposite of what you claim will happen is what would happen.  They think that while a kid ranked 15th in the country will go to Kentucky right now despite Kentucky having the 2nd ranked recruit in the country at the same position already being committed there, if a school like Oklahoma can sell a kid on coming to Oklahoma and getting to be the face of some car dealership's commercial and making money from that then the kid is more likely to go to an Oklahoma where he can get $200,000.00 legally vs. getting $20,000.00 from a company in Lexington because he's just a bench guy there.

You can't get any less parity than there is right now if you tried.  The class of 2019 is the very first class in over a half decade where Duke and Kentucky didn't make up the top 2 recruiting class, and they're still numbers 2 and 3, and it's mainly because Memphis had pretty much unheard of talent for a single class in one city and they decided to stay home and play for a former NBA great.  It can't get any worse.

[JakeBarnes]

https://twitter.com/coreyevans_10/status/1181241568033947649

Top-20 junior Kendall Brown will take an official visit to Marquette on October 25, a source tells @Rivals (per Corey Evans)

[Markusquette]

https://twitter.com/coreyevans_10/status/1181241568033947649

Top-20 junior Kendall Brown will take an official visit to Marquette on October 25, a source tells @Rivals (per Corey Evans)

Really getting a lot of top guys in the building

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

https://twitter.com/coreyevans_10/status/1181241568033947649

Top-20 junior Kendall Brown will take an official visit to Marquette on October 25, a source tells @Rivals (per Corey Evans)

His older bro is a freshman at UWM this year. Think we could have an advantage pitching that he can play in the same city as his kin

[Newsdreams]

His older bro is a freshman at UWM this year. Think we could have an advantage pitching that he can play in the same city as his kin

Promise Series with UWM? I'm sure Herman would approve

[Jockey]

You should give Friday's Eye On College Basketball podcast with Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander a listen.  They say the exact opposite of what you claim will happen is what would happen.  They think that while a kid ranked 15th in the country will go to Kentucky right now despite Kentucky having the 2nd ranked recruit in the country at the same position already being committed there, if a school like Oklahoma can sell a kid on coming to Oklahoma and getting to be the face of some car dealership's commercial and making money from that then the kid is more likely to go to an Oklahoma where he can get $200,000.00 legally vs. getting $20,000.00 from a company in Lexington because he's just a bench guy there.

You can't get any less parity than there is right now if you tried.  The class of 2019 is the very first class in over a half decade where Duke and Kentucky didn't make up the top 2 recruiting class, and they're still numbers 2 and 3, and it's mainly because Memphis had pretty much unheard of talent for a single class in one city and they decided to stay home and play for a former NBA great.  It can't get any worse.

Spot on, Wade.

Goes along with what I said earlier.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

2020 PF Isaiah Todd (#12 in 247Composite) is deciding between Michigan and Kansas on October 17. Given that Garcia dropped UNC right after they picked up Walker Kessler, Todd going to Kansas could cause a similar reaction. I don't think KU is the player they usually are for Garcia but I always feel better about our chances when Kansas gets cut from a recruit's list.

[MU82]

You should give Friday's Eye On College Basketball podcast with Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander a listen.  They say the exact opposite of what you claim will happen is what would happen.  They think that while a kid ranked 15th in the country will go to Kentucky right now despite Kentucky having the 2nd ranked recruit in the country at the same position already being committed there, if a school like Oklahoma can sell a kid on coming to Oklahoma and getting to be the face of some car dealership's commercial and making money from that then the kid is more likely to go to an Oklahoma where he can get $200,000.00 legally vs. getting $20,000.00 from a company in Lexington because he's just a bench guy there.

You can't get any less parity than there is right now if you tried.  The class of 2019 is the very first class in over a half decade where Duke and Kentucky didn't make up the top 2 recruiting class, and they're still numbers 2 and 3, and it's mainly because Memphis had pretty much unheard of talent for a single class in one city and they decided to stay home and play for a former NBA great.  It can't get any worse.

So true. Major college basketball can't get much less amateur or much more "rich get richer" than it is now.

[Cheeks]

You should give Friday's Eye On College Basketball podcast with Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander a listen.  They say the exact opposite of what you claim will happen is what would happen.  They think that while a kid ranked 15th in the country will go to Kentucky right now despite Kentucky having the 2nd ranked recruit in the country at the same position already being committed there, if a school like Oklahoma can sell a kid on coming to Oklahoma and getting to be the face of some car dealership's commercial and making money from that then the kid is more likely to go to an Oklahoma where he can get $200,000.00 legally vs. getting $20,000.00 from a company in Lexington because he's just a bench guy there.

You can't get any less parity than there is right now if you tried.  The class of 2019 is the very first class in over a half decade where Duke and Kentucky didn't make up the top 2 recruiting class, and they're still numbers 2 and 3, and it's mainly because Memphis had pretty much unheard of talent for a single class in one city and they decided to stay home and play for a former NBA great.  It can't get any worse.

You cannot get any less parity today if you tried? The results say differently.

Norlander and Parish absurd little survey of "coaches" and their response to them is all I need to see.  Parish, in particular, contradicts himself throughout in his arguments and responses.  Example:  He thinks everyone cheats, then admits that isn't the case.  He then makes a comment that bringing it into the open will end cheating which is the most ridiculous comment he can make and naive as hell. 

[Cheeks]

So true. Major college basketball can't get much less amateur or much more "rich get richer" than it is now.

Oh sure it can and will.  The big schools will, the smaller schools will pay the price.

[wadesworld]

You cannot get any less parity today if you tried.  The results say differently.

Norlander and Parish absurd little survey of "coaches" and their response to them is all I need to see.  Parish, in particular, contradicts himself throughout in his arguments and responses.  He thinks everyone cheats, then admits that isn't the case.  He makes a comment that bringing it into the open will end charts if which is the most ridiculous comment he can make and naive as hell.

Results say differently?  How so?  Pay for play would affect how programs recruit.  Right now there is absolutely, positively no parity whatsoever.  Duke and Kentucky have taken the top 2 spots quite literally every single year for over a half decade until this year's Memphis class.  Arizona, Kansas, and UNC are consistently in the top 10.  It's the same programs pulling in all of the top level talent.  There is absolutely no parity whatsoever.

Parrish has never said "bring all cheating out into the open."  He's said pay the players because if you pay the players nobody is break rules.  How is that naïve?  It's a fact.  Right now only Chicos believes players aren't being paid to play at certain schools.  Everyone else knows they're being paid.  What's the point in having rules against it if you're not going to do anything when coaches are literally caught on wire taps talking about what they paid players?

[wadesworld]

Oh sure it can and will.  The big schools will, the smaller schools will pay the price.

Please provide some facts.  The recruiting rankings, which is what would be effected here, say otherwise.  Apparently you have some other form of proof showing that's not right.  That the top end recruits are dispersed throughout the country and the 350+ D1 college basketball programs very evenly.

Lol.

[Warrior Code]

Keep the arguing out of the recruiting thread, please and thank you.

[Newsdreams]

Keep the arguing out of the recruiting thread, please and thank you.

This 1,000 x this

[MU82]

Oh sure it can and will.  The big schools will, the smaller schools will pay the price.

Is one person's opinion. And that person is the biggest NCAA apologist on Scoop.

[Mr. Sand-Knit]

Ok you losers have a 46 page string why do u have to bring it here??  82, wades, chicos n others plz stay on that string so no one has to endure ur drivel, rest assured no one else is interested.

[MuMark]

Garcia has a visit set to IU

https://twitter.com/jeffrabjohns/status/1181308230892433414?s=21

[JakeBarnes]

Garcia has a visit set to IU

https://twitter.com/jeffrabjohns/status/1181308230892433414?s=21

This seemed to be something that was alwasy going to happen. That said, would love for him to get on campus sometime after that. However, seems unlikely to get him to something like the Purdue game.

[Johnny B]

Keep the arguing out of the recruiting thread, please and thank you.

Why even bother saying this? it doesn't change anything yet people keep saying it