2021 Recruiting

[Da_Lucky_One]

 

[SanAmaro2005]

Illinois winning with style points in these first couple days. Hopefully we look good in our first couple games too. I know Etienne isn't going to make a decision based on impressions from just 1 or 2 games, but it'd be good to have some early, positive performances to point to like Illinois does already.

 

[Da_Lucky_One]

Sydney Curry, Louisville Cardinals, Power Forward

Sydney Curry is a 6-7, 215-pound Power Forward from Fort Wayne, IN.

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Kansas 2021 Basketball Commits

Kansas

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This is good news for Miami as this commitment probably eliminates Kansas from contention for Jonas Aidoo.

 

[Da_Lucky_One]

Anyone with access, please post the highlights.

 

[Da_Lucky_One]

Interesting.

 

[Da_Lucky_One]

 

[ChicagoCane1992]

Interesting.

Gotta think Eitenne is Illinois or Miami

 

[Da_Lucky_One]

Gotta think Eitenne is Illinois or Miami

Personally, I think more Miami since Illinois is more actively recruiting other bigs than him.

 

[IncaneInTheBrain]

Massive whiff by the staff

 

[Da_Lucky_One]

In fairness to the staff, everything said Miami except him. His best friend committed to Miami and his family moved to Fort Lauderdale.
UCLA does have a great big man tradition just not with the current coaching staff.
The best big Mick Cronin has had was Nysier Brooks and he scored 7 points with 4 rebounds for Miami last night.

 

[IncaneInTheBrain]

Transfer portal, here we come.

 

[ChicagoCane1992]

This sucks I would have thought he was Miami or Illinois. No way did I think he would head out west. PT was definitely there for Mac next year here with Brooks leaving.

 

[hotshot]

Transfer portal, here we come.

And that is a good thing. We recruit the portal very successfully. Hope it continues because, if transfers were to dry up as a recruiting source, we'd be in really deep s***.

 

[Da_Lucky_One]

In case you are wondering, here are the bigs still available.

2021 recruits with Miami offers:
Efton Reid, Brenton Mutombo and Elijah Hutchins-Everett

Bigs currently in the transfer portal:
Paul Atkinson Jr (Yale) with a Miami offer
Will Baker (Texas) entered yesterday and Miami will probably contact him since Mac Etienne is going to UCLA.

 

[hotshot]

In fairness to the staff, everything said Miami except him. His best friend committed to Miami and his family moved to Fort Lauderdale.
UCLA does have a great big man tradition just not with the current coaching staff.
The best big Mick Cronin has had was Nysier Brooks and he scored 7 points with 4 rebounds for Miami last night.

And here I thought all along that Illinois was the front runner.

 

[RiDLer80]

Anyone with access, please post the highlights.

Nothing groundbreaking. Says a decision is coming soon but he doesn't have a date in mind. Breaks down his top 10 in little detail.

Here's what he said about Miami: "They're a big ACC school and they haven't really had bigs like me, they really like me skillset."

I'll also add Marquette's little blurb since I saw they got a crystal ball: "Great school, they just want me to play big, play like Henry Ellenson like they had a couple of years ago that went to the Draft."

Also mentions that the school's ability to help him on and off the court in case basketball doesn't work out as a backup plan is a factor too.

 

[Da_Lucky_One]

And here I thought all along that Illinois was the front runner.

Honestly, I thought it was Miami with the above mentioned connections. I thought Illinois was out because they were doing zoom meetings with other bigs last week.

 

[N7954Canes]

Can't fault the staff, nobody saw Mac committing to UCLA

 

[Da_Lucky_One]

 

[King of Allapattah]

Very disappointing to see Coach L and staff go another class without signing any Florida kids. Would've been nice to see them go after Moussa.