🏀 Dream Recruits thread Class of 2025

[Hooandtrue]

Tennessee is going to kill it in the portal with Knecht example. More of a forward than a wing guard though

How the hell are we going to recruit with the Minor/Rohde drop off being used against us on top of the 40 pt game in blowouts reinforcing already existing stereotypes? I mean with more NIL money but we still don’t seem to be like the school that does that, even with the info @palmtreehoo blessed us with.

[bdhammond28]

@Hooandtrue

even with the info @palmtreehoo blessed us with.

I missed this tidbit I think. What was shared?

[Hooandtrue]

@palmtreehoo

I am posting this after having attended an event in Florida with Tony B and Ron S the prior week. The point of the post is to share what I learned but also reinforce that EVERYONE around the program is focused on getting us back into the National Championship contention. I spoke briefly with both coaches but am going to stick with what they (and some large donors) said during the presentation portion.

1. Tony is embracing NIL today
2. Ron S helped with the NIL push with Tony. I have a strong suspicion that Ron’s return will help with our recruiting (seems like we have had more missed evaluations after he left). @HoozGotNext any thoughts here?
3. UVA basketball is in the top third for NIL in the ACC but we are clearly behind UNC and Duke in dollars. Football was much lower per Carla W.
4. Multiple larger donors / BOV types made it clear that the sports programs are a priority. Using the endowment to help with the NIL push in on the table. We do not want to become Stanford when the Pac 12 dissolved was a common reframe (e.g. we want to control our destiny with conference realignment and need to invest $$$, particularly in football).
5. One prominent donor made it clear that we are playing to win championships in basketball and we all need to give a little more to make that happen (e.g. NIL). We have been at a multi-million dollar disadvantage versus UNC on the NIL front – I suspect that will change.
6. Tony seemed very engaged and self-depreciating – he made reference to the loss at VPI as making it easier to come down and ask for more help. I did not get the sense he was thinking of retiring from coaching…
7. The school very much views the athletic program as the “front porch” of the University and believes that athletic success is leveraged in admissions and larger donations.

All of us are frustrated with the relative lack of success (although I would not characterize two ACC regular season championships since 2019 as unsuccessful). I think now is the time to get behind Tony and staff and hopefully we get another shot at a “title fight” sometime in the near future.

Go Hoos!!

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[bdhammond28]

Oh this is great info. Thanks.

[norfolk_hoo]

That was so heartening to read.

I’m not super worried about Rodhe and Minor being used against us tbh. We’ve demonstrated that transfers will play. We’ve demonstrated we can get guys to the league. And we’ve demonstrated we can get transfers into the league

[DFresh11]

Good way to look at it.

[AdventiveQuasar]

My pitch would be video of the Jake Groves FT line dunk attempt on a loop. “This could be you!”

[DFresh11]

Hoo says we dont play free!

[Hooandtrue]

Even though its tbd on who enters the portal and there will be names not even on the radar that could be very enticing I think my shortlist is

Aiden Mahaney (if Randy B leaves for Stanford or Arizona St job)
Jaemyn Brakefield (Beard rumored for a lot jobs) COVID year (maybe 5th year Reece in play with this addition and a bag)
Cade Tyson
Ven Lubin

(and of course Tucker Anderson as a 3rd transfer wing shooter at the 3-4)

[Hooandtrue]

@Hooandtrue

He is so going to get paid by like Tennessee who has connections to his aau program. (he does follow Trey Murphy and Anthony Robinson on Instagram)

Speaking of the Team Curry AAU program, Ian Schieffelein from Clemson if PJ Hall also bounces.

[AdventiveQuasar]

The Chef seems like someone who would have had a terrible AAU tape but then would be obviously good when you see him in a structured game situation.

[Hooandtrue]

Ian Schieffelin BLEW UP This Summer!!

[WFS_HOO]

@Hooandtrue

Ian Schieffelein from Clemson if PJ Hall also bounces

Exactly the kind of “more average dude” I’d like to have on our team

[Hooandtrue]

@WFS_HOO

Exactly the kind of “more average dude” I’d like to have on our team

yeah looking at this thread of kids we passed on (Mahaney, Lubin), then missed on whoever we prioritized, and then settled on a player that had glaring deficiencies/making it harder than it has to be (Dante later on since we had no other pg on the roster, Bond who is a 6’5 power forward developing), I’m all for a team of average dudes. And then if one pops off, that team can be a top 3 seed.

[AdventiveQuasar]

Kinda better and saucier than expected, honestly. Like any good big, his AAU tape is like 75% uncontested putbacks haha.

[WFS_HOO]

@Hooandtrue

I’m all for a team of average dudes

I don’t want a whole team of average dudes. But it’s hard to imagine a team of say 2 dudes who both deserve acc dpoy and the league’s leading 3P% shooter surrounded by 4 perfectly average acc starters/6th/7th men would be in danger of missing the tournament.

[norfolk_hoo]

Our title team was the opposite of a team full of average dudes

[norfolk_hoo]

So what you’re saying is that you wish we hit on our player evaluations instead of missing on them? This doesn’t feel very controversial or interesting

[Hooandtrue]

@norfolk_hoo

Our title team was the opposite of a team full of average dudes

But it helps build the floor and restabilize our program with momentum that puts us back into landing those elite guys.

Our program needs to be stabilized and establish a floor of “don’t get blown out in several games and lose in the first round”

[norfolk_hoo]

Yeah I’m just not sure if it’s that or if it’s more “don’t whiff on 2/3 of your player evaluations”