BB Recruiting Cliff Omoruyi Decision Time for tomorrow
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While that lineup does sound like a nightmare to score on inside, I think I’d rather not have Cliff and Myles on the floor at the same time for the sake of keeping at least one of them out of foul trouble.
He started out kind of strong. However, it’s obvious that Doucoure was over-rated and Mathis has played more like a 3 star than 4. There is no doubt he has developed players, however.
What was getting people a little down was that we had one recruit last year (albeit a 4 star) and arguably the 12th-13th ranked incoming class in the B1G for next season. Tomorrow could change that big time. He also got Jones for 2021 so things could be looking way up around noon tomorrow.
Sorry but this is just a bad and wrong take
We made our first tournament in 30 years with "underwhelming" recruiting
Maybe, just maybe, our coach has a better eye for talent than recruiting sites?
Yeah, I think I'll go with that
His recruiting classes got us 20-11/11-9 in the best league in the country. He recruited the entire roster. Under appreciated, sure. Underwhelming, Come on.
Often, but not always. What they usually do is show a big improvement between the end of their freshman season and the end of their sophomore season.
0% chance
Cliff just needs to rebound block shots and dunk. Hes going to be a force in all 3 areas
Rothstein just tweeted it 20 minutes ago that Rutgers is the front runner.
Can someone keep an eye out that no last minute packages come from Auburn, Alabama via Fed Ex?
The Arizona State publisher has prepared his subscribers for the inevitable.
He is recruiting a team, not individual stars. And those same experts predicted us 12th.
I didn’t see that anyone said Jalen Jones is replacing Montez in our core.
But Jones will be earning most of Geo’s minutes in our core as a freshman.
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How can you say his recruiting was underwhelming, when he recruited the players that finished in 5th place in the B1G’s most competitive year? And when Pike recruited these players, we were stuck in last place, remember? How is all of that accomplished with underwhelming recruiting?
I’m laughing at all the people talking about this person and that person who had 90% prediction rates...these rates shouldn’t go by who they pick the last day, it should be a weighted average from crystal ball 1 to the end.
For example, if you crystal ball Cliff to ASU for 99 days and flip to Rutgers on decision day and he chooses Rutgers, you were 1% accurate, not 100%.
Things change in recruiting. When they do it is often during the last few days before a scheduled announcement like Montez Mathis.
Think about the football players who flip right before signing day.
Sometimes the info is solid for months and never changes.
But most recruitments are fluid and sudden changes happen.
Ok, but it feels like whatever is causing people to flip the day before an announcement isn’t a prediction, it’s having real knowledge. Which may be the point.
But it devalues the prediction process 90 days+ out from a decision date. Seems pretty easy to follow the most connected person on something the day before a decision
You should just think of those predictions as an educated guess by people who follow these things fairly closely.
I had an early breakfast this morning, so I can have an early lunch with a nice bottle of wine ( 2013 homemade Cab Reserve) in celebration of big Cliff’s decision. I’m not opening it until I see “Rutgers”!
Still need Duke. Need 3 bigs, and he gave us minutes when foul trouble was an issue. Stop talking $hit.
I agree and I hope Doucoure stays. However, since he is now 6-10 and 240 pounds, with good athleticism, Reiber could provide emergency minutes at the five spot.
That is what some people do.
Sometimes the most connected person will text guys he likes within 48 hours of an announcement and say something like "Joey Basketball is done to Tulsa" or "Despite what everyone believes, Montez Mathis is going to Rutgers."
The people who get that kind of message aren't supposed to make a pick off of that info?
Personally, I don't make a FutureCast pick unless I'm covering a recruitment.
If I covered a recruitment but stopped because the prospect eliminated the school I cover I might still be able to get info from the kid or his family just because I developed a good relationship with them, but I'm not contacting them weekly or even monthly. Sometimes in that case I'll check in with people who are still covering the recruitment or the kid's coaches and make a pick off of that info.
Sometimes, and this happens to me maybe 3 times per year, I'll get a text message from a HS/AAU coach or one of a kid's parents like this:
"Russ, Joey Basketball committed to UAB like 2mins ago. However can you hold on from posting it until 6:45pm? He is waiting for his edit to get completed."
(other than the kid's name that is literally a text message I got from a HS coach)
What am I supposed to do, not make a pick off of that rock solid info?
The basketball signing period begins on April 15, 2020.
Np. He doesn't have to sign a NLI, could choose to just sign the financial aid papers with Rutgers. If he chooses that route he might be able to sign those at anytime but I'm not 100 percent sure about that.
