Chinyelu to Washington State
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Don't think this has anything to do with NIL. Unless you're saying Wazzu>Tennessee from that perspective
I'm not a Pike can't recruit guy but missing out on Fall, Kante, and now Chinyelu is worrying. It sounds like Dembele is headed elsewhere though it's pretty easy to read the tea leaves and see that Rutgers began pushing harder for him once they got wind Chinyelu wasn't coming. Nothing wrong with losing out on a 5 star (Fall)... losing Kante is rough given the Gavin connection but still understandable since it's Michigan. There's still the guy from California but since Rutgers wasn't able to close the deal with him by now I really doubt we'll get him in the spring.
It looks like Rutgers might have to settle for a Portal transfer in the Spring.
According to his IG story, there is a countdown to Wednesday, 12AM announcement or Tomorrow night, Midnight.
It's really hard to tell what's behind the college choice of an international player, since many people and factors are usually involved... He's stated before that he likes the international flavor of the WSU team, and likes the success they've had with international players... Not sure if that was a significant reason for his choice, but WSU currently has 6 international players on their roster, and another from NY who spent several years studying at an Islamic school in Senegal... Chinyelu, although Nigerian, currently lives and plays for the NBA Academy in Senegal, and WSU currently has 2 bigs from Senegal, including Mouhamed Gueye who's become a very good player as was mentioned in an earlier post.
And after choosing WSU, Chinyelu stated: "Washington State stood out with their style of play and the experience the coaching staff has with African and international players...."
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Considering Pike was even in on him given that Washington State pipeline. I guess when Cliff goes to the NBA., then Pike will have another feather in his cap when people talk about developing for NBA. I really never thought we had a chance for him and Pike got us that chance.
Papa Kante to Michigan is a close call. Papa should have considered us even arguably more than Michigan , as likely Dylan will come here with Griffiths already here and a chance to go for the title. No one Michigan is bringing in is higher rated than Dylan and no sure if they have anyone higher rated than Griffiths . They definitely do not have anyone that will shoot better than Gavin , which would have helped him more in my opinion at Rutgers instead of Michigan. I don’t consider it a failure or a concern like Kgg expressed of Pike’s recruiting. His eye for talent and multi dimensional basketball players is pretty damn good.
Papa Kante to Michigan is a close call. Papa should have considered us even arguably more than Michigan , as likely Dylan will come here with Griffiths already here and a chance to go for the title. No one Michigan is bringing in is higher rated than Dylan and no sure if they have anyone higher rated than Griffiths . They definitely do not have anyone that will shoot better than Gavin , which would have helped him more in my opinion at Rutgers instead of Michigan. I don’t consider it a failure or a concern like Kgg expressed of Pike’s recruiting. His eye for talent and multi dimensional basketball players is pretty damn good.
