🏀 Virginia's Portal Recruiting is Underway

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PUMPED!

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Jennings, Gertie, Bamgboye… Odom trying to lay the framework for a future defensive juggernaut.

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And set up a Zoom with the Troy kid who was 3rd the nation in steals.

Good to see us turning up on more lists even though I suspected we were a lot more active than was being led on

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Someone mentioned it in the H&T thread, but figured it worth asking here.

Can you build a competitive HM team build tour of mid-major “all stars”? I honestly can’t keep up with all the post portal rosters out there, but is there a precedent for that?

Jennings and Bam are good athletes (definite takes IMO), but I also wonder if you can run and gun like Odom would like to with a rosy of mid-major athletes?

Not concern trolling. Just kinda curious.

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Just perusing starting lineups of the teams left, and some of them are very heavy with mid major transfers (defining it as guys who started at a non P5), eg, Auburn, Bama, Florida. But there’s only one with only mid majors: Texas Tech

  • Toppin - New Mexico
  • Darrion Williams - Nevada
  • Elijah Hawkins - Howard
  • Chance McMilian - Grand Canyon
  • Kerwin Walton - The University of North Carolina

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It’s an interesting case study. I kid about UVa becoming VCU west groundsanf it does concern me.

Like most things I think it’s best in moderation. The remaining teams mixed mid-major with with big talent and struck a balance. TT proves to be the anomaly that happens in sports.

My worry is will Odom be able to find that blend? Or will the Hoos be stuck drinking instant?

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Look what Mike Brown did at Va Tech by bringing in Wofford guys!

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Are we on commitment watch for the VCU duo??

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iMac would be so perfect with all these athletic guys around him but I’ll let that dream die

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@jazznutUVA can we get a wiki thread pinned for just the highlight tapes for guys we’ve been connected to?

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The Troy kid looks FUN. Hard to imagine he’s a guy we’d be in on under Tony.

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I certainly hope we get IMac back, but the timelines just don’t feel favorable. He wants to make an early-ish decision, but that’ll likely be before 2/3 of our roster is in place. If a chance at winning is a consideration, and not just going with the highest bidder, we probably won’t be able to use “look at this talent we’re putting around you” as a selling point.

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Floridas 3 starting guards are mod major all stars. Alabama also has a few.

Texas Tech too. And Tennesse has igor milicic and Chaz Lanier. Zakai sorta he was a mid major recruit out of hs for the most part

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Yea dude. Pretty amazing how some these guys turn out

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Recruiting hs and portal is like the lottery. Just hoping you picked the right “numbers” to hit with your coaching and schemes

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Ya. Start it and tag me and I’ll set it up

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@haney did.

First post is now a wiki. Move them all there and I’ll delete the other posts.

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