yes we need 1 more because for the 7th best college bball program of all time a suboptimal class is probably one with fewer than 2 consensus top 100 freshmen. the transfers arent part of the '23 recruiting class since they have different graduation years.
Luckily that's not UConn's class then
Which IG post? Don’t see anything on his. Would feel a little better if I saw an actual visit date and not just a month.
ball is 117 in the composite
Yes, because when a site like ESPN hasn't updated their rankings the composite gets skewed. I know you've followed recruiting long enough to know how 247's composite rankings work. You've made it clear you're not going to discuss this in good faith with that comment so we're done here
i thought ball dropped out after the rankings were updated because he used to be in the composite top 100
I could be wrong but I don't believe so. ESPN usually updates in May and August and has said an update is coming to their top 100 this month, and I think that's the only site he's not ranked on. He's 46 on Rivals, 84 on 247, 81 on On3. Maybe I missed an ESPN update though
Do you think a recruiting class with Castle, Ball and some developmental players we hope pan out down the road is an optimal recruiting class for '23? Let's figure out if everyone is operating in good faith.
No I've been pretty clear that I would like us to go after Jaylin Stewart and then add 3-4 transfers. That's what I'd consider an optimal recruiting class, a few elite freshman and then fill out the roster with transfers
then we’re all on the same page but for some reason you’ve been disliking and disagreeing with our comments that not landing Stewart would result in a suboptimal class.
No I've been disliking and pushing back on the claims that this is a disappointing class. There's a wide gap between optimal and disappointing
ok so youre not disappointed by a suboptimal class, that's fine. but i think since we're defining "optimal" rather liberally i.e. two consensus top 100 recruits, or three elite recruits if you're including ball, then it's fair to be disappointed for not hitting that benchmark. in other words i agree to disagree!
I agree with this, but it doesn’t soften the blow of missing on tons of our top targets this class so far.
Got it. Not surprising. Coaches have their work cut out for them but hopefully we can get him on campus and knock his socks off.
Perfectly expresses my exact thoughts. I'll just add that if we miss on Stewart, I would consider the class as still 'solid' with either, or both, Singare / Williams. Singare isn't as good as Bradshaw, Kingsley, Estrada, Miranda, but he can be a dominant rim protector and very good rebounder. I'd like to get him. Williams I haven't watched play in games so I am just guessing from clips and reports.
Yea hopefully he wants to blaze his own trail. Them just offering now hopefully has left too much ground for them to make up
Wouldn't that require ESPN to rank him lower than 189 to be outside the composite top 100? Is that likely?
On3 has him at 118
Ah, maybe that was the change that dropped the composite ranking. Could only find the commitment article when he was ranked 81st
