Congrats on the commit ( 🤮) This one stings, no bones about it, but at least he’s still a year out, and wasn’t a signing day flip or something. Besides, really Hard to blame the kid for decommitting, esp with the uncertainty on the NCAA cloud hanging over us.
Wonder if he’s due another jump in the rankings, or if cal is seeing the writing on the wall regarding the emergence of the g league elite and the impending end of the one and done (we’ve heard about for a decade lol) Hel I imagine committing to UK and drawing interest from Cal will probly garner a jump in the rankings by itself. Seems to work that way, especially in football rankings.
Regardless he’s still a great pickup, I wasn’t trying to shade the guy or UK, i was very much excited when he verbaled to us, bc that’s kind of where we (used to) operate recruiting wise, top 30-75 with and occasional top 25 player.
I’m just used to duke and Uk landing more top 10-15 kids than top 30-50. Regardless, very good pickup.
But Recruiting is so batshit crazy, so I don’t get too involved until I see the kids on the court. Like I can’t understand how so many kids choose between rivals (which not saying we were even on Hopkins radar after the decommit but we obv were at some point). But like how can anyone’s recruitment come down to picking between duke or unc, how can you like them both to the point you can’t decide between the two when they are bitter rivals that hate each other. Same for UK/UL, I mean obv we are not blue blood like duke/unc so the comparison is not exactly the same, but it’s the same premise, I don’t understand how anyone could have both UK and UL on their list. Or mich/osu bama/auburn. Seems if they liked one, they wouldn’t like the other.
But I guess the have a lot more to consider than just what they like, bc it also amazes me that so many kids change and alter their lists and entertain 15-20 scholarship offers when making their lists. It just makes me think, esp with the elite guys who can basically pick and choose any school, like how do these guys not have a favorite college team?
Guess maybe I’m over estimating the importance of college sports to sports fans in places with pro franchises?
Wonder if he’s due another jump in the rankings, or if cal is seeing the writing on the wall regarding the emergence of the g league elite and the impending end of the one and done (we’ve heard about for a decade lol) Hel I imagine committing to UK and drawing interest from Cal will probly garner a jump in the rankings by itself. Seems to work that way, especially in football rankings.
Regardless he’s still a great pickup, I wasn’t trying to shade the guy or UK, i was very much excited when he verbaled to us, bc that’s kind of where we (used to) operate recruiting wise, top 30-75 with and occasional top 25 player.
I’m just used to duke and Uk landing more top 10-15 kids than top 30-50. Regardless, very good pickup.
But Recruiting is so batshit crazy, so I don’t get too involved until I see the kids on the court. Like I can’t understand how so many kids choose between rivals (which not saying we were even on Hopkins radar after the decommit but we obv were at some point). But like how can anyone’s recruitment come down to picking between duke or unc, how can you like them both to the point you can’t decide between the two when they are bitter rivals that hate each other. Same for UK/UL, I mean obv we are not blue blood like duke/unc so the comparison is not exactly the same, but it’s the same premise, I don’t understand how anyone could have both UK and UL on their list. Or mich/osu bama/auburn. Seems if they liked one, they wouldn’t like the other.
But I guess the have a lot more to consider than just what they like, bc it also amazes me that so many kids change and alter their lists and entertain 15-20 scholarship offers when making their lists. It just makes me think, esp with the elite guys who can basically pick and choose any school, like how do these guys not have a favorite college team?
Guess maybe I’m over estimating the importance of college sports to sports fans in places with pro franchises?