2024 Recruiting Thread

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If Blakes commits to Tennessee that would give us Spear, Wells, Wynn, Blakes, Boyd, Clement, Darby, Darby2, and Cooper on the perimeter. Also back would be Puckett, Striplin, and Hollingshead and potentially Tamari. That is thirteen returning and potentially still have a shot at Heckel. I think this is again a really great roster.
 
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Volfan2012 said:
If Blakes commits to Tennessee that would give us Spear, Wells, Wynn, Blakes, Boyd, Clement, Darby, Darby2, and Cooper on the perimeter. Also back would be Puckett, Striplin, and Hollingshead and potentially Tamari. That is thirteen returning and potentially still have a shot at Heckel. I think this is again a really great roster.
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Not a great roster. A bunch of guards, including two we haven't seen play in the SEC and another still in high school, plus a potentially good
4 in Hollingshead and winger who can shoot treys but struggles to defend (Puckett) plus another 4 who has some offensive game but also really struggles to defend. Basically, very thin in the front court.
 
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turbovol said:
Not a great roster. A bunch of guards, including two we haven't seen play in the SEC and another still in high school, plus a potentially good
4 in Hollingshead and winger who can shoot treys but struggles to defend (Puckett) plus another 4 who has some offensive game but also really struggles to defend. Basically, very thin in the front court.
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Wells/Cooper/Darby2
Spear/Darby
Wynn
Puckett
Hollingshead/Karo

That team is in the thick of it right along with most programs and that’s without adding in freshmen… maybe not expected to win it all but definitely elite 8 caliber at the very least

Get Wolfenbarger if possible and one or two young bigs(rising sophomores)
 
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dapeak said:
Wells/Cooper/Darby2
Spear/Darby
Wynn
Puckett
Hollingshead/Karo

That team is in the thick of it right along with most programs and that’s without adding in freshmen… maybe not expected to win it all but definitely elite 8 caliber at the very least

Get Wolfenbarger if possible and one or two young bigs(rising sophomores)
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you forgot Kaniya Boyd who is an incoming freshman
 
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dapeak said:
Wells/Cooper/Darby2
Spear/Darby
Wynn
Puckett
Hollingshead/Karo

That team is in the thick of it right along with most programs and that’s without adding in freshmen… maybe not expected to win it all but definitely elite 8 caliber at the very least

Get Wolfenbarger if possible and one or two young bigs(rising sophomores)
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I disagree. This is a solid and experienced roster but without two more very good front court players, it will be a step back from this year's roster.
 
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Here's some perspective on high school/portal recruiting & the influence of NIL..

Transfer portal changes equation for women’s coaches

DOUG FEINBERG
AP Basketball Writer

Louisville coach Jeff Walz succinctly summed up how quickly the college basketball world has evolved over the last few years while his team was playing at the Seattle Regional last spring.
“You’ve got Selection Sunday and Portal Monday,” he said.
Walz was referring to how the college transfer portal opens up the day after the NCAA Tournament field is announced in mid-March. After it opened up last year, Cardinals guard Hailey Van Lith entered the portal and ended up at defending champion LSU.
For decades, most women’s college dynasties were built by getting the top high school players. Women’s basketball players, unlike their male counterparts, usually stay for four years in college so landing a top recruiting class often meant it was easier to stay atop the sport for longer runs.
LSU coach Kim Mulkey played on one of the first dominant teams when she starred at Louisiana Tech in the early 1980s. USC, Tennessee and UConn were all built by recruiting talented high school players.
But over the past few seasons, the transfer portal has changed the way teams are built with coaches like Dawn Staley at South Carolina and Mulkey adding established college players to their programs. Just in the past few years, Mulkey added Angel Reese, Van Lith and Aneesah Morrow. All three earned All-America honors last year and all will suit up for her this season.
“The portal’s changed everybody,” Mulkey said, “It’s something that you have to embrace, just like NIL’s changed everybody.”
Van Lith was already one of the highest earners for name, image and likeness compensation last season at Louisville. She said her decision to transfer came down to her happiness.
“I had to put myself first,” Van Lith said. “I had done my part, and I had sacrificed myself and given my all to that program. But at the end of the day, I just I wasn’t enjoying everyday life. It was a situation there where I chose that I deserve happiness.”
She wasn’t alone. Over 1,200 women’s basketball players entered the portal last year for various reasons and just over 1,000 found new schools to play for, according to the NCAA. Four years ago, there were just under 500 players in the portal.
With so many talented players available, it’s changed how quickly coaches can turn around an underperforming program. In some cases, like LSU, it can mean a coach can build a super team.
“It’s much easier to build a team today for sure,” said UConn coach Geno Auriemma, who has won a record 11 national championships. “I think it’s going to knock out a lot of programs that maybe can’t afford to do it the new way. You’ll have even bigger discrepancies between the haves and have nots for those who can buy a team. That’s the trend.”
All coaches are in favor of players being able to earn NIL money off their celebrity status. But it is clear that NIL money can influence recruiting.
“You can recruit a 17-year-old coming out of high school or a 20-year old kid from another school,” Auriemma said. “It’s going to ruin some programs on some level. It’s going to benefit those that can afford to pay. The nonsense that you can’t use money as a recruiting tool was so far-fetched. The fact is it’s happening in programs that are being raided by this.”
Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer would like better enforcement of the tampering rules that exist. She says players on her team have been approached to transfer, including preseason All-America center Cameron Brink.
Sometimes, it’s just about wanting a change of scenery.
Morrow, who left DePaul after a record-setting first two seasons, said she didn’t really get to go through the recruiting process in high school because it was during the height of the pandemic.
“I wanted to see how the recruiting process would actually feel,” she said.
 
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EarlVolFan said:
Here's some perspective on high school/portal recruiting & the influence of NIL..

Transfer portal changes equation for women’s coaches

DOUG FEINBERG
AP Basketball Writer

Louisville coach Jeff Walz succinctly summed up how quickly the college basketball world has evolved over the last few years while his team was playing at the Seattle Regional last spring.
“You’ve got Selection Sunday and Portal Monday,” he said.
Walz was referring to how the college transfer portal opens up the day after the NCAA Tournament field is announced in mid-March. After it opened up last year, Cardinals guard Hailey Van Lith entered the portal and ended up at defending champion LSU.
For decades, most women’s college dynasties were built by getting the top high school players. Women’s basketball players, unlike their male counterparts, usually stay for four years in college so landing a top recruiting class often meant it was easier to stay atop the sport for longer runs.
LSU coach Kim Mulkey played on one of the first dominant teams when she starred at Louisiana Tech in the early 1980s. USC, Tennessee and UConn were all built by recruiting talented high school players.
But over the past few seasons, the transfer portal has changed the way teams are built with coaches like Dawn Staley at South Carolina and Mulkey adding established college players to their programs. Just in the past few years, Mulkey added Angel Reese, Van Lith and Aneesah Morrow. All three earned All-America honors last year and all will suit up for her this season.
“The portal’s changed everybody,” Mulkey said, “It’s something that you have to embrace, just like NIL’s changed everybody.”
Van Lith was already one of the highest earners for name, image and likeness compensation last season at Louisville. She said her decision to transfer came down to her happiness.
“I had to put myself first,” Van Lith said. “I had done my part, and I had sacrificed myself and given my all to that program. But at the end of the day, I just I wasn’t enjoying everyday life. It was a situation there where I chose that I deserve happiness.”
She wasn’t alone. Over 1,200 women’s basketball players entered the portal last year for various reasons and just over 1,000 found new schools to play for, according to the NCAA. Four years ago, there were just under 500 players in the portal.
With so many talented players available, it’s changed how quickly coaches can turn around an underperforming program. In some cases, like LSU, it can mean a coach can build a super team.
“It’s much easier to build a team today for sure,” said UConn coach Geno Auriemma, who has won a record 11 national championships. “I think it’s going to knock out a lot of programs that maybe can’t afford to do it the new way. You’ll have even bigger discrepancies between the haves and have nots for those who can buy a team. That’s the trend.”
All coaches are in favor of players being able to earn NIL money off their celebrity status. But it is clear that NIL money can influence recruiting.
“You can recruit a 17-year-old coming out of high school or a 20-year old kid from another school,” Auriemma said. “It’s going to ruin some programs on some level. It’s going to benefit those that can afford to pay. The nonsense that you can’t use money as a recruiting tool was so far-fetched. The fact is it’s happening in programs that are being raided by this.”
Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer would like better enforcement of the tampering rules that exist. She says players on her team have been approached to transfer, including preseason All-America center Cameron Brink.
Sometimes, it’s just about wanting a change of scenery.
Morrow, who left DePaul after a record-setting first two seasons, said she didn’t really get to go through the recruiting process in high school because it was during the height of the pandemic.
“I wanted to see how the recruiting process would actually feel,” she said.
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Geno's comments make no sense. He claims that the "nonsense that you can't use money as a recruiting tool was so far-fetched." Really? Why? At the same time, he twice notes that NIL "is going to ruin some programs." WHY in the world would you have a collegiate sports have a program in place (NIL) that essentially amounts to the bribery of top high school prospects, or college transfers; that will widen the gap between the "haves" and "have-nots" in college basketball (and footba))--too the point of "ruining some programs." Why would anyone involved in college sports support a program that has these effects? It's stupid and insane.
 
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turbovol said:
Geno's comments make no sense. He claims that the "nonsense that you can't use money as a recruiting tool was so far-fetched." Really? Why? At the same time, he twice notes that NIL "is going to ruin some programs." WHY in the world would you have a collegiate sports have a program in place (NIL) that essentially amounts to the bribery of top high school prospects, or college transfers; that will widen the gap between the "haves" and "have-nots" in college basketball (and footba))--too the point of "ruining some programs." Why would anyone involved in college sports support a program that has these effects? It's stupid and insane.
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First, Geno is agreeing with you, so I don't know why you're questioning his remarks.

Second, NIL is happening because both the Supreme Court and state legislatures have threatened the NCAA with legal obliteration if they fight athlete pay. When several states, such as California and Lousiana, passed state laws that allowed players in their state to be paid for NIL, along with clear langauge threatening the NCAA if it tried to enforce penalties on their schools, it was all over. Once California and Louisiana did that, the other schools could either follow suit or be left, literally, in their dust. There's no going back. And there's enough people that don't want it to go back, who are actively hostile to the NCAA or to the very concept of college athletics, to ever think it will go back. It won't. It's over.
 
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Volfan2012 said:
If Blakes commits to Tennessee that would give us Spear, Wells, Wynn, Blakes, Boyd, Clement, Darby, Darby2, and Cooper on the perimeter. Also back would be Puckett, Striplin, and Hollingshead and potentially Tamari. That is thirteen returning and potentially still have a shot at Heckel. I think this is again a really great roster.
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*Strickland not Clement I think her eligibility was up awhile ago 😉
 
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turbovol said:
Not a great roster. A bunch of guards, including two we haven't seen play in the SEC and another still in high school, plus a potentially good
4 in Hollingshead and winger who can shoot treys but struggles to defend (Puckett) plus another 4 who has some offensive game but also really struggles to defend. Basically, very thin in the front court.
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Same roster we have now minus Jackson and Powell with the addition of Cooper, hopefully Blakes and Boyd. Add Heckel and a post certainly probably better than this years considering all the additional experience of returning players. Blakes is almost certainly an immediate contributor ranked 10th is the country. Heckel at 27 seems to be totally underrated she takes overs games in a good way.
 
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