Still 247's #1 Big Ten Class
Could change, but Michigan is still at the top of the 2020 Big Ten recruiting rankings, and #12 in the nation, even after the fallout of the past day...
https://247sports.com/Season/2020-Basketball/CompositeTeamRankings/
Basketball is wild. It will definitely change with the re-elimination of the one-and-done rule soon.
Wait until they eliminate any age requirements & the NBA starts drafting 7th graders.
Well teams ranked 1-3 are no surprise, but 4-11 are. Weird seeing some of those teams in the top ten in hoops recruiting rankings.
The SEC is throwing bags... 5 of the top 7.
Just like in football. That conference is just a win at all costs conference. Their saying is "it just means more" is code for "we are willing to cheat to win"
What makes you think the one-and-done rule is going away?
The fact is very few one-and-dones could be immediate contributors in the NBA (Zion is the only recent one I can think of). Most of them will need a year or two to develop and adjust to the faster pace of play. I'd think the NBA would much prefer that those players get that development on somebody else's payroll.
The NBA drafts on potential...
I thought everyone knew this.
If teams think a 17 year old kid can be decent in a few years they'll draft him every time.
It's been this way for years. The only difference is right now these kids have to go play school for a year.
Exactly. The teams in the lottery are almost always more than a year away from playing for anything meaningful so they're willing to wait a couple years for that potential to come to fruition. That said, of course they'd prefer somebody else pay for that first year of development and a year to weed out who of the one and dones can really play at a higher level.
Why isn't Jace on that list?
He’s walking on
Yeah but...… do they even have 5 to put on the court right now? Juwan still have 1 year eligibility left?
Let's just give up on McDonald's AA types. Too difficult to get these guys for one year and we obviously aren't making the "strong ass offers" needed to secure these guys like other schools are
I think you can still chase those guys selectively. Players like JC are still the talent that can take a team over the top and - almost more importantly - those players lead to future ’croot interest.
You hedge risk by oversigning and keeping a heavy eye on (or tampering with) the transfer market. Juwan is still going to have a chance to go get more guys, particularly with nobody on their own campus right now
Today sucks but everyone saw this as a possibility with Todd and who knows what actually happened with JC. Maybe he was trolling from the jump, maybe being quarantined with his brother changed his mind.
Why is everyone jumping to the conclusion that is too difficult to recruit All Americans? Seems like a very small sample to draw such a drastic conclusion. The fact that we were even in contention for top players with a Head Coach that has been involved in college basketball recruiting for less than a year is a good sign (and still signed a very solid class) in my opinion.
we still lead OSU 58 to 51 all time in football
Just give it 8 more years and we won't have that either
9 more years thanks to Covid
For those of you who need a little pick me up during these troubled times I present to you::
The reality for 1-and-done types this year is that there will be no ncaa basketball in '20/'21, so I'm actually ok w/ all of this crap.
Impossible. I was told this class would be mediocre if Todd didn’t sign.
As to what our team will look like next year, we will still have one of the better teams in the B10. With Johns, Livers, and Wagner, I think we compete for the B10 championship. If we lose Livers or Franz, we won’t be that good, but we are still middle of the pack.
Guards are important. After Brooks, who was not as consistent as some would like, we have a transfer from Columbia and a true frosh. There are questions that hopefully get answered. We’ll see.
Michigan would be number five based on team avg ranking.
We only count average player rating when we want to disparage our football recruiting. We will just take the recruiting rankings as gospel this time.
April 15th, 2020 at 10:51 AM ^
9th, actually.
Would trail UK, Duke, UNC, Gonzaga, ASU (bastards!), msu, Miami (FL), and Oregon (way down the list b/c just 1 commit rated 97.58 vs. Michigan's avg of 97.47).
Let's snake-oil some croots
I saw somewhere that there's basically no chance of retrieving DDJ from the transfer portal. How about Castleton? Any chance of reeling him back in?
DDJ wanted out from basically the start with Juwan. Small chance Castleton might come back, but it is a small chance. I still believe Frank and Livers will both be around for next season.
If true then I lost fandom in him. Who wouldn't want to play for JH. Seriously.... just so odd. Unless he wants a disciplinarian coach.
April 15th, 2020 at 10:46 AM ^
DDJ wanted out from basically the start with Juwan.
Why is that? I clearly haven't heard that story.
They aight
April 15th, 2020 at 10:45 AM ^
I always found it curious that you can't sort by Avg (or any other column, for that matter - the default is Points).
In any case, looking at Avg, msu is ever so slightly ahead of Michigan - 97.79 to 97.47. Essentially equivalent, but Michigan has that average with 3 vs. 2 players, so similar quality with a greater depth.
Illinois would be third with 96.09 avg, then Minnesota (94.32), Indiana (93.36), and Purdue (93.22).
Wisconsin is listed at #3 by points, but that's based on quantity (5 commits). Avg (90.67) would drop them below Rutgers (91.18) and osu (92.82), and in line with #12 Northwestern (90.15).
Don't know that it means all that much in the grand scheme, but interesting to look at.