Recruiting Football Talk VIII

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DD4ME said:


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I don’t follow Men’s BB recruiting like I follow FB recruiting, so forgive my ignorance.

What is it about the BB program that drives it to recruit so differently than the FB program? It seems (to a less informed observer) that the HS ranks are an afterthought in BB recruiting.

I realize we’ve had tremendous success with transfers in BB, but is that the strategy - to eschew HS recruiting? Is the belief that that is sustainable?
 
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85SugarVol said:
I don’t follow Men’s BB recruiting like I follow FB recruiting, so forgive my ignorance.

What is it about the BB program that drives it to recruit so differently than the FB program? It seems (to a less informed observer) that the HS ranks are an afterthought in BB recruiting.

I realize we’ve had tremendous success with transfers in BB, but is that the strategy - to eschew HS recruiting? Is the belief that that is sustainable?
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The issue with basketball is your truly elite HS guys only play one year. Flagg is a great example. The issue is those guys are exceedingly rare and it is extremely hard to build a plan around landing one. The more typical HS recruit is likely to ride the bench on a top program and soak up a spot and a scholarship. All teams need some, but now the replacement for the elite guys is to get a 3rd-5th year stud from a mid major who has perfected his craft and now wants publicity for his draft stock. Knecht and Lanier are great examples here.

Also older guys are stronger and more experienced so they are just better in most respects.

Auburn's roster is literally about a year different from being as old as some NBA rosters.

It works in football too where older teams tend to be better. Vandy was old last year.
 
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DD4ME said:
The issue with basketball is your truly elite HS guys only play one year. Flagg is a great example. The issue is those guys are exceedingly rare and it is extremely hard to build a plan around landing one. The more typical HS recruit is likely to ride the bench on a top program and soak up a spot and a scholarship. All teams need some, but now the replacement for the elite guys is to get a 3rd-5th year stud from a mid major who has perfected his craft and now wants publicity for his draft stock. Knecht and Lanier are great examples here.

Also older guys are stronger and more experienced so they are just better in most respects.

Auburn's roster is literally about a year different from being as old as some NBA rosters.

It works in football too where older teams tend to be better. Vandy was old last year.
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Flagg is pretty damn good. I’m sure they’re happy to have him for one year.

How many years do our transfers play for?

Older, stronger is great. Probably more so in FB, but great anywhere.

In FB we take both (obvious rosters are different). I would think you would want a balance in BB, too. But hard to argue with the results.
 
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