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Committed. Good scoop @trueblue32 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwh35s0BjT_

Reminds me of Jeremy Harris numbers. Bigger body too.

You and about 90% of the board, but, understandable.

Reminiscent of how we ended up with Justin Moss, and that turned out well for us (on the court lol).

And they all fill a position of need. I'm used to landing guard after guard. This would be a solid frontcourt.

Crazy story, maybe a fluke thing? especially for a healthy guy. I mean Poke for Akron had the same thing happen but not as bad as this. Man the way he hits the three and can play reminds me of the Hauser brothers

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2831483-boom-or-bust-why-tyree-jackson-is-the-drafts-most-intriguing-qb-prospect

Interesting, so he can at least hit an outside shot if the chance comes to him. Kinda has an odd bit of Idbihi feel to his shot lol. Just from his quick highlight video he looks to move well. Like someone else said, kind of more polished version of Ikenna which would be perfectly fine.

No idea, considering we aren't even sure if Nickelberry is on a real visit or not yet, if he is, I'd say he's likely.

Jim has been the guy who has worked with the Bigs, while Jamie worked with the guards. He clearly sees the hole and is trying to plug it with some big bodies. There's no reason why any of our recruiting should ever be to "aim low" at this point. They should shoot for the types of players that they are looking for in as high of quality as possible. This is a team that's been to the tourney 4 out of 5 years, so even with a new head coach, the goal should still be the same. Incoming players should see the opportunity to continue being tourney bound when they get considered for a spot here.

I'm confused. I thought the coaches were just sitting on their hands doing nothing for the last 10 days.

Our search wasn't the disaster that St. John's is in the midst of, but I would argue it was poorly executed. We hired an internal candidate after a significant delay. Our recruiting class bailed during this transition- aside from Andre Allen, the decisions were announced deliberately, well into the search. A more decisive move to ensure continuity (Whitesell or He Who Won't Be Named) may have prevented some of the defections. Our coaching hire was announced on the Saturday of the Final Four. The press conference was Monday. This prevented any appreciable networking/interviewing of assistant coaches at the prime event for such wheeling and dealing each year. As such, we are still down an assistant coach, and just hired our second. It also prevented us from regaining any recruiting momentum (hired during a dead period). Lastly, we wasted resources hiring a search firm only to select an internal candidate. This, alone, is damning. IMO, the decision (internal vs. external) needed to have been made months prior. Oats was walking- we all listened to "Gonzaga of the East" but he always added "leave for stupid money." Stupid money was surely coming this off-season. ADMA was not prepared. Love that Whitesell has the support of our returning players. I will accept the supposition that he is a superior basketball mind to Hodgson. Time will tell if he was the right selection. But the coaching search was poorly executed and cost us precious momentum, even if he ultimately proves to be the right man for the job.