Recruiting as of 5/15/25

[Jay Bee]

We have three double digit scorers returning, which is a lot. Most teams have only one, two is common and there might be half of dozen teams in the country having 3 returning double digit scorers.

This is complete nonsense and contradicted by facts. Not only do we have four double digit scorers set to return, the claim that "there might be half of (sic) dozen teams in the country having 3 returning double digit scorers" is so factually wrong that it's shocking you'd even try to make such a claim. Just idiotic.

Just off the top, X, Seton Hall, MU, Creighton all probably will have at least 3 returners who avg'd 10 or more last season.. so 4 of the 6 in the nation all from the BEast? lol, get real.

Opinions and thoughts are one thing.. but when you try to throw out numbers and stats that are just baseless and wrong, it's a real disservice to the board, imo. Not everyone can read what you wrote and easily identify it as outlandish and obviously incorrect.

[Herman Cain]

Matt does not need to score. We have three double digit scorers returning, which is a lot. Most teams have only one, two is common and there might be half of dozen teams in the country having 3 returning double digit scorers. JJJ was also close to averaging double digits. Reinhardt averaged double digits the last two years and Rowsey averaged almost 20 points a game.

JJJ averaged 10.2. So we have four. Luke, Duane, Haanif and JJJ.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/66169/jajuan-johnson

I still think we need Matt to be a threat to score. Otherwise we are back to 4 on 5 ball from the bad old days of 2013 through 2015. Also known as the Derrick Wilson Era.

[GB Warrior]

JJJ averaged 10.2. So we have four. Luke, Duane, Haanif and JJJ.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/66169/jajuan-johnson

I still think we need Matt to be a threat to score. Otherwise we are back to 4 on 5 ball from the bad old days of 2013 through 2015. Also known as the Derrick Wilson Era.

The difference is that you can't sag off a guy whose shots are going to routinely be within feet of the basket.

[Herman Cain]

The difference is that you can't sag off a guy whose shots are going to routinely be within feet of the basket.

Correct, but he still has to maneuver himself to be in that position and pose the threat.

[wadesworld]

Correct, but he still has to maneuver himself to be in that position and pose the threat.

Thompson and Biyombo disagree.

[Blackhat]

Bill Paxton Rivals.com

Sometimes a tip pays off.

Mass Rivals coach Vinny Pastore was told he needed to check out a 6-foot-10 power forward at The Winchendon (Mass.) School who was flying under the radar, so he did.

Meet Makhtar Gueye.

The Nigerian big man is quickly making a name for himself with Pastore's AAU squad and the college offers are starting to accumulate, including UConn and Louisville. The Huskies made an offer at the end of April and are also after two of Gueye's teammates, guard Makai Ashton-Langford and Class of 2018 guard A.J. Reeves.

Texas, Florida, Marquette, Creighton, VCU and Rutgers are among some of the other schools currently pursuing Gueye.

"I got lucky when I found him," Pastore said.

That could be the same case for whomever lands Gueye at the collegiate level. Despite only playing basketball for a couple years, the power forward has proven to be a quick study in the game even though he has yet to crack the top 150 rankings for the Class of 2017.

"He's very skilled, but he's just learning how to play in a competitive environment," Pastore said.

The competition with Mass Rivals figures to give Gueye a healthy dose of play at the next level this summer. In addition to experience, Gueye could also use a few more pounds on his 200-pound frame.

"He needs to get stronger," Pastore said.

While Gueye might need to add some girth, he has a huge upside with his size and athletic ability along with a great motor.

The Huskies have several big men coming in this year withcenter Juwan Durham (31st) and power forward Mamadou Diarra (142nd) part of a five-player freshmen class. Also onboard is sophomore-to-be Steve Enoch, the program will lose forward Kentan Facey after next season and center Amida Brimah may or may not return for his final season depending on if he stays in the NBA draft.

"He's definitely a '4 (man)," Pastore said. "But he can put it on the floor and make the three (pointers)."

Gueye figures to be busy this summer with Mass Rivals and Pastore said he likely won't start looking at schools seriously until the end of the summer at the earliest.

"He's new to the whole process," Pastore said.

With center Zach Brown decommitting from UConn, Kevin Ollie and the Huskies have not locked up anyone for the Class of 2017 yet. In addition to Facey, the Huskies will also lose senior guard Rodney Purvis and possibly Brimah after the season, so they will have several openings.

[Herman Cain]

Bill Paxton Rivals.com

Sometimes a tip pays off.

Mass Rivals coach Vinny Pastore was told he needed to check out a 6-foot-10 power forward at The Winchendon (Mass.) School who was flying under the radar, so he did.

Meet Makhtar Gueye.

The Nigerian big man is quickly making a name for himself with Pastore's AAU squad and the college offers are starting to accumulate, including UConn and Louisville. The Huskies made an offer at the end of April and are also after two of Gueye's teammates, guard Makai Ashton-Langford and Class of 2018 guard A.J. Reeves.

Texas, Florida, Marquette, Creighton, VCU and Rutgers are among some of the other schools currently pursuing Gueye.

"I got lucky when I found him," Pastore said.

That could be the same case for whomever lands Gueye at the collegiate level. Despite only playing basketball for a couple years, the power forward has proven to be a quick study in the game even though he has yet to crack the top 150 rankings for the Class of 2017.

"He's very skilled, but he's just learning how to play in a competitive environment," Pastore said.

The competition with Mass Rivals figures to give Gueye a healthy dose of play at the next level this summer. In addition to experience, Gueye could also use a few more pounds on his 200-pound frame.

"He needs to get stronger," Pastore said.

While Gueye might need to add some girth, he has a huge upside with his size and athletic ability along with a great motor.

The Huskies have several big men coming in this year withcenter Juwan Durham (31st) and power forward Mamadou Diarra (142nd) part of a five-player freshmen class. Also onboard is sophomore-to-be Steve Enoch, the program will lose forward Kentan Facey after next season and center Amida Brimah may or may not return for his final season depending on if he stays in the NBA draft.

"He's definitely a '4 (man)," Pastore said. "But he can put it on the floor and make the three (pointers)."

Gueye figures to be busy this summer with Mass Rivals and Pastore said he likely won't start looking at schools seriously until the end of the summer at the earliest.

"He's new to the whole process," Pastore said.

With center Zach Brown decommitting from UConn, Kevin Ollie and the Huskies have not locked up anyone for the Class of 2017 yet. In addition to Facey, the Huskies will also lose senior guard Rodney Purvis and possibly Brimah after the season, so they will have several openings.

This is an excellent prospect. Hopefully he has enough  academic credits.

[Blackhat]

He looks a little like Ousmane.   Hopefully he's a little more coordinated.

[bilsu]

Looks like Mbao.

[4everwarriors]

Already got a cheese named after him, hey?

[GGGG]

Already got a cheese named after him, hey?

He'd be a gouda addition.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

He'd be a gouda addition.

No whey

[Dawson Rental]

I agree that if down by 2, take out all the bigs and play your best 5 shooters, even if Luke is in there, I would like to go thru Luke and let him find an open man.  I was more impressed today with Howards dunk, looks like he has some hops.  Gets up more than Butch did.  The team should definitely be better shooters than last here, and
the court was always off kilter when Henry shot a three, no rebounding at all.  At Henry might have made 1 out of every 4.  This year hoping for 2 out of 4, and that is
not out of the question.

Shooting threes at a 50% clip not out of the question?  Whatta you, nuts?  It's a rare team that can hit 50% on two, or 40% on threes.

[HoopsterBC]

Shooting threes at a 50% clip not out of the question?  Whatta you, nuts?  It's a rare team that can hit 50% on two, or 40% on threes.

I was a little over the top on that, glad you picked up on that but 35-40 percent is what MU will need to win this year.  Henry shot below 30% so hopefully they
can improve on that.

[Jay Bee]

Shooting threes at a 50% clip not out of the question?  Whatta you, nuts?  It's a rare team that can hit 50% on two, or 40% on threes.

Your definition of "rare" may be rare.

Half of the 1 seeds & half of the 2 seeds in this year's tourney AVERAGED better than 40% 3FG%.

...and 117 teams, or one-third of all D-I teams, AVERAGED 50% or higher 2FG%.

[Dawson Rental]

Your definition of "rare" may be rare.

Half of the 1 seeds & half of the 2 seeds in this year's tourney AVERAGED better than 40% 3FG%.

...and 117 teams, or one-third of all D-I teams, AVERAGED 50% or higher 2FG%.

Half the top eight teams in the country out of 351 shot 40% or better on threes?  I'll stick to rare on that. 

117 teams shot better than 50% on 2FGs? 

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

This is complete nonsense and contradicted by facts. Not only do we have four double digit scorers set to return, the claim that "there might be half of (sic) dozen teams in the country having 3 returning double digit scorers" is so factually wrong that it's shocking you'd even try to make such a claim. Just idiotic.

Just off the top, X, Seton Hall, MU, Creighton all probably will have at least 3 returners who avg'd 10 or more last season.. so 4 of the 6 in the nation all from the BEast? lol, get real.

Opinions and thoughts are one thing.. but when you try to throw out numbers and stats that are just baseless and wrong, it's a real disservice to the board, imo. Not everyone can read what you wrote and easily identify it as outlandish and obviously incorrect.

I support this analysis.

Honestly though, great post!

[bilsu]

Last year per Athlon Sports ( which only shows stats for teams in top conferences or teams outside of those like Gonzaga that are consider top programs)
Florida St 3
North Carolina 4
Notre Dame 3
SMU 3
Davidison 3
Richmond 3
Iowa St 4
Butler 3
DePaul 3
Xavier 3
Indiana 3
Michigan 3
Northwestern 3
Utah St 3
California 3
UCLA 3
USC 3
Out of 93 teams listed by Athlon going into last season 15 teams had 3 double digit scorers returning and two teams had four double digit scorers returning, so I should of said 4 instead of three is about a half of dozen. Haanif, Wilson, Fischer and JJJ puts us in rare territory.

[Pakuni]

Here's a big to go after (longshot, I know)

SportsCenter (@SportsCenter)
Kentucky F Marcus Lee is removing his name from the 2016 NBA Draft and plans to transfer to another school.

[MUMonster03]

Here's a big to go after (longshot, I know)

SportsCenter (@SportsCenter)
Kentucky F Marcus Lee is removing his name from the 2016 NBA Draft and plans to transfer to another school.

More like no shot, reason for transferring is he wants to be closer to home (CA). Milwaukee isn't much closer to CA than Lexington.

[GGGG]

This has all indications of a cut by Cal.  (Which I don't think is a bad thing.) 

[Pakuni]

More like no shot, reason for transferring is he wants to be closer to home (CA). Milwaukee isn't much closer to CA than Lexington.

Reason for transfer is he needs to up his NBA stock and won't get the playing time to do so at Kentucky. The guy didn't suddenly get homesick after three years in Lexington.

[jsglow]

Returning non-NBAers could be a fruitful market as has been discussed in a variety of forums.

[Loose Cannon]

Reason for transfer is he needs to up his NBA stock and won't get the playing time to do so at Kentucky. The guy didn't suddenly get homesick after three years in Lexington.

This makes more senses, and with more playing at his new school he may stick out like a Star.  Hopefully he might be influenced by Henry's year at MU.

[Loose Cannon]

Returning non-NBAers could be a fruitful market as has been discussed in a variety of forums.

Hey jsglo , since Bruno Fernando is returning to HS should he be added to the 17-18 list and maybe Wojo can try again?