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2027 Men's Basketball Recruiting

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Garnacho said:


Still not hearing his name much but ****, kid can play.
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Super underrated. He is a p5 player without a doubt. Both him and Cayden play for the Florida Rebels.

Jai, understandably so, wants to limit any defensive liabilities and prefers plus size across the lineup. So i can’t see him pursuing two separate smaller guards in the same class unless he was extremely high on both.

We have offered another small-ish guard….he’s 6’1 155 and that’s Tyrone Jamison. He is the PG for JL3 elite and he is a top 50 player.

However, Clarence should still have way more buzz.

His dad changed his last name….his father is Clarence Gilbert who played at Missouri under Quincy Snyder when they knocked off our James Jones/John Salmons team in the first round of the tournament. They lost in the Elite Eight.

Dennis Gates absolutely has to know who he is by now. Missouri has never been to the FF; only elite 8s and that was their second most recent one. Gilbert was 2x big-12 there. And, Gilbert and Gates were both top 100 players in the recruiting class of 1998.

His father is probably getting his jersey retired by Mizzou in this next dozen years or so; possibly really soon if his son ends up there.
 
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Michigan is investing heavily in Florida basketball built off of the connections Dusty May made as an assistant with UF and his time as the FAU HC.

His son played at St. Andrews which is a really good hoops school. LJ Cason and Ricky Liburd are the two Florida players on the roster right now; and he is adding another one in Joseph Hartman of the ‘26 class. He goes to the Rock School in Gainesville where Tre Mann & Joel Embiid went.
 
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cookies said:
Eric Musselman got three 5 stars, who are now poised to start together on his most talented college team ever, largely because he coached their fathers for a couple of years in the NBA at the turn of the century.

I imagine when/if Billy Donovan returns to college, he’ll be eating off of similar longevity benefits.
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Eric Musselman’s good fortune is not running out anytime soon. Beckham Black’s older brother played for him at Arkansas, Anthony Black. Top 5 player in 2027. Will be an Arkansas vs USC battle there.

In the class of 2028, he’ll have to battle Chris Jans & Mississippi State for 5 star big man Erick Dampier Jr whose father played for Musselman on the Warriors.

Thankfully, we got family ties connections of our own and a talented hotbed in our backyard much like USC does.

When Billy Donovan goes back to UNC, I suspect he will have a lotta similar connections. Back to USC, i find their school is an amazing analogue to UM given they have a traditional powerhouse program nearby who will always be a comparable model (UCLA/UF)
 
Don’t mind bringing him in on an official however this recruitment feels like a waste of time from the jump. Arkansas or USC will be the destination

 
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cookies said:
Super underrated. He is a p5 player without a doubt. Both him and Cayden play for the Florida Rebels.

Jai, understandably so, wants to limit any defensive liabilities and prefers plus size across the lineup. So i can’t see him pursuing two separate smaller guards in the same class unless he was extremely high on both.

We have offered another small-ish guard….he’s 6’1 155 and that’s Tyrone Jamison. He is the PG for JL3 elite and he is a top 50 player.

However, Clarence should still have way more buzz.

His dad changed his last name….his father is Clarence Gilbert who played at Missouri under Quincy Snyder when they knocked off our James Jones/John Salmons team in the first round of the tournament. They lost in the Elite Eight.

Dennis Gates absolutely has to know who he is by now. Missouri has never been to the FF; only elite 8s and that was their second most recent one. Gilbert was 2x big-12 there. And, Gilbert and Gates were both top 100 players in the recruiting class of 1998.

His father is probably getting his jersey retired by Mizzou in this next dozen years or so; possibly really soon if his son ends up there.
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Maaaaan, I figured that this is my little cousin before I scrolled down and saw your post!!! With me knowing his granddad's last name and that his pops grew up with my aunt's last name, wasn't no way in **** it's some other dude named Clarence Westbrook, Sr. from Broward passing out hoops talent through his genes lol.

****, I had no idea Tootie changed his last name. Must have done it after Unc passed a few years ago. Now if y'all know me on the board, y'all know I come from a football family. But Tootie on my dad's side, and my cousin Rashad from Lakeland(won a NCAA chip with Okafor & Ben Gordon) on my mom's side were some high-level hoopers. Ironic AF that they were both deadly long range shooters.

Tootie was ahead of his time, man. Undersized 2(even though he played the 1 that Elite 8 season), elite range, could create his own shot off the dribble, not the best defender but not a sieve and fearless. Being 6'2" and not 6'5" with those traits 25+ years ago was an NBA death sentence for Cuz. Today, I believe he would have an NBA career.

Y'all know who my favorite '27 recruit is now...
 
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