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.

[MarquetteMike1977]

After Michael Phillips committed Got at text last week saying more commits coming. This is awesome welcome Adrien Stevens!

[JakeBarnes]

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.

Pretty amazing culture for sure! Ward would make this a surreal class. Shooters (Militec and Phillips, but Nigel and Adrien have a nice jumper too), two strong ball handlers (Stevens and Nigel), and some "dawgs" on defense (as shaka puts it). Adrien Stevens is one of those guys that would be on Nova and drive us absolutely nuts. Plays hard, good size, some nice finesse, does the little stuff that goes into winning. This is a really big get.

After Michael Phillips committed Got at text last week saying more commits coming. This is awesome welcome Adrien Stevens!

Hopefully there are commits--plural!

[The Sultan]

Hopefully there are commits--plural!

There is only one spot remaining. Are they on anyone outside of Ward at this point?

[JakeBarnes]

There is only one spot remaining. Are they on anyone outside of Ward at this point?

Pretty sure it is Ward or bust. But I am only using deductive reasoning and have zero sources outside of a magic eight ball.

Unless there is some 2026 that is willing to reclassify like Phillips that we haven't put sleuthed out yet.

[Shooter McGavin]

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

Love this guys attitude!  Welcome aboard Adrien!

[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!

As I have told a couple of non-Marquette friends:

WE ARE MARQUETTE!!!! Get used to hearing that ... an awful lot at tournament time!!!!!!!!!

[rocky_warrior]

Updated: https://www.muscoop.com/index.php?page=scholarship

[BCHoopster]

Usually most teams that recruit 4 or 5 players is  when the cupboard is bare, still have 10 kids coming back, wow. I do not know what Shaka is selling, but whatever it is, it's working.  Not playing the portal and working on relationships is working for sure.  If they get Ward, they will have amazing amount of talent.
Practice will be very competitive.  Keeping everybody happy will be interesting

[onepost]

Usually most teams that recruit 4 or 5 players is  when the cupboard is bare, still have 10 kids coming back, wow. I do not know what Shaka is selling, but whatever it is, it's working.  Not playing the portal and working on relationships is working for sure.  If they get Ward, they will have amazing amount of talent.
Practice will be very competitive.  Keeping everybody happy will be interesting

I think the 15 scholarship bump has been gigantic in that regard.  Lot of darts you can throw.
And taking projects for redshirt like Hamilton in '23, probably Clark in '24, probably Phillips in '25: he's been doing a great job of balancing these classes while staying old and experienced IMO.

[muwarrior69]

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

I am just a proud alum. What is different about the terminology between HS and College when it comes to defense?

[tower912]

Everyone is the biggest, strongest, best ball-handling kid you defended in high school.   

[MuggsyB]

As I have told a couple of non-Marquette friends:

WE ARE MARQUETTE!!!! Get used to hearing that ... an awful lot at tournament time!!!!!!!!!

Brother dgies,

Are we on the path to utter domination?

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Never a doubt. Welcome Mr. Stevens

[tower912]

Brother dgies,

Are we on the path to utter domination?

MU will be competitive for the foreseeable future.

[wadesworld]

Just saw that Quincy Wilson is a year behind Adrien at Bullis School.

[WhiteTrash]

MU will be competitive for the foreseeable future.

Positioned well for our Big XII debut in a few years. 

[PointWarrior]

MU will be competitive for the foreseeable future.

Probably will start winning against St Thomas. 

[NCMUFan]

Looks like guarding him, the opponents will break a number of ankles.
Nice step back jumper and speed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9_L3mYNJC8

[Lennys Tap]

Looks like guarding him, the opponents will break a number of ankles.
Nice step back jumper and speed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9_L3mYNJC8

In that video he hits several midrange jump shots. He'll have to clean that up or Scoop will be relentless in its criticism.

[WhiteTrash]

Looks like guarding him, the opponents will break a number of ankles.
Nice step back jumper and speed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9_L3mYNJC8

And, he never misses a shot. 

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

In that video he hits several midrange jump shots. He'll have to clean that up or Scoop will be relentless in its criticism.

I think he'll be more worried about Shaka and Nevada being relentless in their criticism given that we only took a single long 2 all of last season.

[tower912]

In that video he hits several midrange jump shots. He'll have to clean that up or Scoop will be relentless in its criticism.

Nah.   Some will be happy he is not listening to the coaches and someone is finally doing  what they (certain scoopers) have wanted all along.

[Shooter McGavin]

I think he'll be more worried about Shaka and Nevada being relentless in their criticism given that we only took a single long 2 all of last season.

Until the final four when the defenses are so good you have to score from all three levels to have a chance. Kidding but not kidding.

[tower912]

First world problem.   Getting to final fours but not having enough mid range jumpers to win it all.