blueday

July 10th, 2019 at 9:53 PM ^

Whatever.Dont want a kid that puts a school in the top 2 and never visits. Just say your committed to UVA. Sounds like a drama queen. Rocketman. 

Jordan2323

July 10th, 2019 at 9:56 PM ^

I know it's a long way to signing day for the 2020 class but Howard and his staff really have their work cut out for them. With 3 more spots open for sure, not including any attrition, its gonna be tough. If you look at the top 100, most of them are crystall balled to other teams. He hasn't really offered that many players so far either. The 2020 class will be important for the program going forward. Not blaming Howard or his staff because they came on late, but they are gonna have to work overtime to make up ground. 

Megumin

July 10th, 2019 at 11:37 PM ^

I think the big tipping point in 2020 class (and really Juwan's tenure at Michigan) is how this first season goes.

If we remain a Sweet 16 team, Wagner lives up to the hype, guys take step forward and the program trajectory is good, Juwan will have the leverage to reel in these guys, especially since the handcuffs of Beilein's "offer only after visit" philosophy is gone.

If things take a step back and we're missing the tournament, it's going to be hard to find 5 stars willing to hop on board.  There are worse fates than being a mid-level Big 10 squad, but Penn St and Minnesota aren't exactly rolling in recruits.

 

Champeen

July 11th, 2019 at 9:29 AM ^

Its nearly impossible to miss the tourney with what we are returning.  I just don't get some of you.  One guy posts this team is 50/50 to make the tourney next year, and all the sheep bandwagon behind it.

This is a fucking real good team returning, and Livers is going to blow up.  No way we miss the tourney unless 2 major injuries happen.  Relax.

Megumin

July 11th, 2019 at 5:17 PM ^

Just want to say I agree with you, this is a really great team returning, especially with the addition of Wagner adding shooting chops, which was looking like the achilles heel of the squad. I'm expecting the squad to be in the mix for the Big 10 titles.

I'm just pointing out that the quality of recruits that we'll land in 2020 will be dependent on how the team performs in the season, so I'm not super worried about the lack of buzz now. If Juwan is the real deal, the recruits will come.