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*Official* B1G Off-season Thread

Appreciate the info. Does Snow still have sort of a hybrid role at 247 or is he solely dedicated to IU coverage at this point?

He is all over for sure. Peegs just happens to be one of the busiest basketball boards on the network, so he spends a lot of time there. It wasn't him who said that but that is where the info came from if I had to guess.
 
Midwest basically but he’s pretty active on the IU site. Will see him at OSU/Xavier/cincy/UofL/IU boards from what I can remember.
He is all over for sure. Peegs just happens to be one of the busiest basketball boards on the network, so he spends a lot of time there. It wasn't him who said that but that is where the info came from if I had to guess.
Interesting. On a related note, I'm kind of surprised that 247 hasn't been able to recruit a couple of the newspaper beat writers to create a more sustainable Purdue site.

I'm not mad about it, because it makes my GBI subscription more valuable, but still surprising at this point.
 
I have no idea on where he ends up. I wouldn't be surprised by any of the three. I do like this from Corey Evans:

Malik Hall's recruitment has been heavily covered throughout the past few months but things have stalled slightly in recent weeks. Hall will commit on Thursday to Oregon, Michigan Stateor Purdue.


Where might he commit? Michigan State and Purdue offer the closest proximity to Hall while Oregon provides him something entirely different. However, I see Hall remaining in the Midwest and picking Purdue, though this is an entirely a gut selection.

On the other hand, Zeke Nnaji is still in official visit mode and will complete things this weekend as he heads to Purdue. The Boilermakers, while they have not gained most of the talk with the top-40 forward, are a major dark horse and can offer Nnaji a tremendous success rate with their prior bigs and high-end academics.


https://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/news/twitter-tuesday-memphis-duke-malik-hall-north-carolina

I don't have any feel or knowledge on the situation, but I've learned that I take some of the national guys' opinions with a grain of salt. They only have a general idea on most guys and it's hard to separate the ones they know well from the ones they know a bit. I appreciate what they bring, but I'd trust what the PU, MSU, and OU guys are saying first and then use what they say as supplementary information.
 
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Interesting. On a related note, I'm kind of surprised that 247 hasn't been able to recruit a couple of the newspaper beat writers to create a more sustainable Purdue site.

I'm not mad about it, because it makes my GBI subscription more valuable, but still surprising at this point.
you got to get comped. you served your time
 
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Any word on how Hunter and Anderson have looked thus far?

Hunter is coming along. He will play 15-20 minutes if I had to guess, sometimes less based on rotations.

I do not see Anderson playing much if at all this year unless he comes in and just catches fire from beyond the arc. It is all about defense with Archie and from all accounts Anderson had some major improving needing to be done.
 
I have no idea on where he ends up. I wouldn't be surprised by any of the three. I do like this from Corey Evans:

Malik Hall's recruitment has been heavily covered throughout the past few months but things have stalled slightly in recent weeks. Hall will commit on Thursday to Oregon, Michigan Stateor Purdue.


Where might he commit? Michigan State and Purdue offer the closest proximity to Hall while Oregon provides him something entirely different. However, I see Hall remaining in the Midwest and picking Purdue, though this is an entirely a gut selection.
Going with your "gut" in favor of Purdue in a Purdue vs. msu recruiting battle.
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Appreciate the info. Does Snow still have sort of a hybrid role at 247 or is he solely dedicated to IU coverage at this point?

He posts an IU insider recruiting article most weeks. But he also publishes a "Midwest Recruiting Update" which is posted on both the IU and PU 247 Premie boards. He seems to feel MSU has move into the lead by making up ground over the past mos, but feels PU is still right there. Doesn't think a decision has been made yet...
 
He posts an IU insider recruiting article most weeks. But he also publishes a "Midwest Recruiting Update" which is posted on both the IU and PU 247 Premie boards. He seems to feel MSU has move into the lead by making up ground over the past mos, but feels PU is still right there. Doesn't think a decision has been made yet...
Appreciate the info. Will be interesting to see if he ends up switching his pick over the next 36 hours. He's definitely one of the very few "experts" I pay attention to on CB picks.
 
Yeah it seems like only a couple days before are when picks really start to mean something.
Which is kind of counterproductive to the whole premise (aside from generating pageviews). They should lock those things 24 hours after a recruit sets a decision date. Either the "expert" has info and a feel for the recruitment or not. Making a pick two hours before an announcement when info is leaking everywhere isn't impressive.

/rant over
 
Midwest basically but he’s pretty active on the IU site. Will see him at OSU/Xavier/cincy/UofL/IU boards from what I can remember.
He chimes in on the Illinois board from time to time. We've had some really interesting/fun exchanges. Shared a bunch of recruiting stories with us a month ago.
 
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The only time I am publishing a book is from my death bed. Because if I published a book while still alive, I'd be killed. And while I'm not someone who fears death, I know it is going to happen eventually, I'm absolutely not trying to make it come to an end quicker, and I damn sure ain't going out because of some basketball stuff! If I get hit by a truck, shot in a gang crossfire, whatever, so be it. I lived my life, but I'm not going down from some basketball stuff, no way, no how!!!

I would say 80 percent of the time the day a kid (who I cover, not ALL kids in the country) is announcing I will KNOW where he is going. Probably another 10 percent I can narrow it down to two while being pretty sure it is school A and not school B, 4 percent of the time it is 2-3 schools and I don't know, 1 percent of the time it is Zion Williamson where I had no freaking clue.

Since we are having B-Snow story time, here is another one that is classic for me. I covered JaKarr Sampson (who ended up playing in the NBA) all through high school. The kid was my dude. He always answered the phone, we were tight. The guy advising him, an AAU coach, always told me what was up and what was happening. Also he was at Brewster Academy, where his coach Jason Smith was a close friend.

JaKarr initially committed to St. John's out of high school but didn't qualify. So at Brewster he re-opened his recruitment and both Kansas and Providence put in a ton of time, but St. John's was never out of it. From talking to JaKarr/AAU coach/HS coach I had figured the kid liked Kansas the best. In fact it was pretty clear to me that the order was Kansas, Providence, and then St. John's.

So I am at a Butler basketball game and the AAU coach texts me, JaKarr is announcing his commitment at 9 tonight, I'll have him call you beforehand so you have your story ready. This is about 7 pm, so I rush home from the Butler game (I live 10 minutes from campus) and begin writing my stories about him committing to Kansas.

So JaKarr calls me about 8:40 as he said he would, and told me he was committing to St. John's. I almost fell out of my chair and dropped the phone. I was stunned. Here is a kid who I had surrounded, and as it turns out I was wrong the whole time.

Now by 9 my story on JaKarr to St. John's was written, and no one would have known I was totally wrong for the preceding 48 hours, so in theory at least I did KNOW before the kid announced, but that one is still one of the biggest shockers to me I have had in my career.
Okay I'll go one more, because this one is just funny.

Whatever year Anthony Davis was playing AAU with Meanstreets, I think it was July of 2008 (but you guys can fact check me on that) it was the end of the old 10 day on, 10 day off, 10 day on recruiting calendar. So I am in Orlando at Disney for AAU Nationals. now I can't remember if Meanstreets (Davis) was there or not, but everyone knew that was coming down to Ohio State or Kentucky.

Well on the final night in Orlando of the evaluation period, I am having dinner at Giordano's in Lake Buena Vista, FL with an assistant at Ohio State (you enterprising young sleuths will easily be able to narrow it down to one of three people). At the table the conversation went like this.

OSU Coach: B-Snow I think we are about to get Anthony Davis

ME: No coach, no you aren't. He's going to Kentucky

OSU Coach: Cal isn't even at his games man

ME: Exactly, that is how I know he is going to Kentucky. Cal doesn't waste time in July watching kids he knows he is getting.

OSU Coach: Well let me put it this way, unless someone is really lying to us, we are getting Anthony Davis

ME: Someone is lying to you

I think it was less than a week later, Davis went to Kentucky.


I just want you to know I slogged through 247 to track these down. Their lack of a quality search/post history is infuriating.
 





I just want you to know I slogged through 247 to track these down. Their lack of a quality search/post history is infuriating.

It’s awful. Snow has some good stories. Biggest thing Peegs has added with the switch to 247.
 
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Illinois fans, know anything about Quincy Guerrier. Saw he was committing tomorrow and he was down to a final 3 of Oregon, Syracuse, and Illinois.
 
MSU has a scrimmage last night on BTN plus against a cupcake, so take all this with a grain of salt. Ward and Cash were the two best from the game (apparently, I don’t pay for BTN plus) but people seem to really like Henry. Does nothing elite but everything well. May have had the best +/- of anyone on the team.
 
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MSU has a scrimmage last night on BTN plus against a cupcake, so take all this with a grain of salt. Ward and Cash were the two best from the game (apparently, I don’t pay for BTN plus) but people seem to really like Henry. Does nothing elite but everything well. May have had the best +/- of anyone on the team.
REALLY like Henry. Hit the nail on the head. He does everything well. Kid is just a winner.
 
MSU has a scrimmage last night on BTN plus against a cupcake, so take all this with a grain of salt. Ward and Cash were the two best from the game (apparently, I don’t pay for BTN plus) but people seem to really like Henry. Does nothing elite but everything well. May have had the best +/- of anyone on the team.


Bingham with 11pts, hit 2 3's and a huge putback dunk.

Wonder if he'll actually RS or not. Seems like the skill is there, just not the strength
 
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