Yo, Adrien!

[tower912]

MU got him.    Welcome, young man.

[CountryRoads]

Saw the "relationships growth victory" post on instagram and came right over here expecting good news.

[MattyWarrior]

We got him, what a class and it ain't over yet!

[Goose]

Shaping up to be a great recruiting class. Exciting times to be an MU fan.

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

Dang Tower, you beat me to it.  Someday I'll get even Stevens.

[MuggsyB]

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[WeAreMarquette96]

Now gimme Cam Ward to put the icing on the 2025 cake

[tower912]

Dang Tower, you beat me to it.  Someday I'll get even Stevens.

I stole your thread title?   Sorry.

[JakeBarnes]

This is a hell of a class. Dynamic players on both ends of the court.

Really excited to have Adrien in the fold! He's gonna be a bully on defense.

[MuMark]

https://www.on3.com/college/marquette-golden-eagles/news/3-star-cg-adrien-stevens-commits-to-marquette/

[barfolomew]

Welcome, Adrien!

The 247 guys after the announcement said this brings MU up to the #8 recruiting class.
I'm also fine with keeping it going...

[MuMark]

https://www.madehoops.com/made-society/articles/marquettelandscommitmentfromtop1502025adrienstevens.aspx

[Herman Cain]

Welcome to Family Adrien

Winning culture at MU gets deeper 😎

[GB Warrior]

Love the collection of talent and skillsets. Do have to wonder if our strategy at the 5 will be to let our combo guards go on each other's shoulders

[tower912]

Love the collection of talent and skillsets. Do have to wonder if our strategy at the 5 will be to let our combo guards go on each other's shoulders

Hamilton?  Clark?   Another season of Gold?  6'8 Parham, 6'9 Amadou?   Owens, Miletic, Phillips all 6'7?     

[DienerTime34]

The future is bright. Just give Shaka the 10-year extension now.

[dgies9156]

Am thinking we celebrate the 50th anniversary of our first Natty with a new Natty!

Take us there guys! We're starting to eye the promised land again!

[JakeBarnes]

Love that he has already started to reach out to Cam Ward. I believe that's now James and Stevens that have said they plan on doing that.

As I stated above, really fun class so far. Would love to see ward as the final piece.

[Scoop Snoop]

Am thinking we celebrate the 50th anniversary of our first Natty with a new Natty!

Take us there guys! We're starting to eye the promised land again!

I love your forecast dgies! How many years ago was it when you started a thread asking scoopers what they thought our chances of winning another natty were? I remember the gist of the responses, and to put it mildly, it was not optimistic.

What a solid foundation Shaka has built. DAMN!

[wadesworld]

The 2024 and 2025 classes provide a lot to be excited about.

[dgies9156]

I love your forecast dgies! How many years ago was it when you started a thread asking scoopers what they thought our chances of winning another natty were? I remember the gist of the responses, and to put it mildly, it was not optimistic.

What a solid foundation Shaka has built. DAMN!

I remember that gloomy outlook too. WHat a difference a coach makes!

[The Lens]

Shaka's living his best life. He recruiting and landing the players that he wants.  The best anecdote of his hiring process was "asking permission" of Scholl for the freedom to assemble his roster the way he wanted to.  Scholl wisely knew Shaka knows best. 

[jfp61]

Shaka's living his best life. He recruiting and landing the players that he wants.  The best anecdote of his hiring process was "asking permission" of Scholl for the freedom to assemble his roster the way he wanted to.  Scholl wisely knew Shaka knows best.

I mean, he has the "#1 class in the country" as of August 13th. Now does it matter, no. Where will it finish, who knows, probably right around 20th-25th.

But what it does get him to do, is just put energy into this current team, and 2026 recruits. Which, virtually no other team in the country can do.

[MU82]

Outstanding!

Looking forward to seeing Adrien and the rest of that class competing for the blue and gold, and excited about what Shaka is building!

[onepost]

Love that he has already started to reach out to Cam Ward. I believe that's now James and Stevens that have said they plan on doing that.

As I stated above, really fun class so far. Would love to see ward as the final piece.

Was just gonna comment the same, JB.  Absolutely love that these guys are not only aware of who else we're after, but as excited about bringing them on as we are.
Under a lesser staff and worse culture, players as talented as Stevens and James would maybe shy away from bringing in other top-tier guys for the sake of PT (more Stevens here).  But both Nigel and Adrien made mention of recruiting Cam Ward immediately.  Beyond lucky to have Shaka and crew.