I’ve got a lot of friends who went to the game last night and it was great. Crowd was crazy. I’m not a fan of either team but still enjoy a good game of course. Without a doubt it was a perfect atmosphere to take in as a recruit.
Complete speculation, but is it possible we have a couple guys planning on returning?
I would like to be much more sold on Dennis than I am, I am very sold on Mullins and Dawkins. This looks like it is going to be a small class for us, 3, maybe 4 if something huge happens. Simply put, if I take Dawkins then I don't take Denis. Considering how Hubert's offense is built around jump shooting, I just place a huge priority on one of if not the best shooter in this class in Mullins. My concern is that Denis seems to be looking to commit BEFORE Mullins does, really hope Mullins shortens his commit date time line so that he commits before Denis.
I agree 100% I hesitated to put my actual preference since I never want to make recruits feel they are a 2nd choice! I believe Hubs clearly values shooting and seems to be looking for + size for positions! I'm hoping we have room for 4 HS prospects, and I don't see a downside to any combination of 3-4 of our best prospects!
Honestly I don't know much about Denis but I do love the idea of Mullins and his shooting chops.
Maybe he meant Dixon. In any case, there are multiple good options we apparently are in good shape for! Hopefully, Hubs will close at least 2 of them!
The reason Coach Davis is no longer looking for a big high school class is basically due to diminishing returns. He knows we may have as many as 8 or 9 scholarships to fill before the '25-'26 season starts. He knows we'll need several immediate impact players. That's why he offered half the recruits in the top 30. But as time has passed it has become more and more likely that we won't land any of those immediate impact recruits who could start or carry a huge load as freshmen. So then a decision has to be made. Do we continue offering lower ranked kids, or do we bet the house on finding most of what we need in the transfer portal? This is where Coach Davis has learned a lesson from guys like Dunn, Styles, Nickel, Shaver, and High. These lower ranked recruits are unlikely to play much as underclassmen, and there's a strong possibility they won't even be on our roster by the time they are upperclassmen. So what's really the point of spending time recruiting guys ranked that low?
I saw one UConn fan say he believes their NIL offer is half of what Indiana has offered. So I'd imagine he's pretty set on Indiana and won't drag this out much longer.
Mullins still has a tentative visit scheduled for 10/25 that had not been dropped last I heard. There was some speculation that Denis "could" have committed on his visit (did not happen BTW). I think Mullins is looking at his commit date to be around 11/7. Mullins has seemed pretty public that he is down to a final 3 of Indiana, UConn, and us and says it is a dead heat between the 3.
It doesn’t matter if Hubert treats him as a high priority. NIL packages are how you show a recruit how much of a priority they are. If the money offer isn’t competitive than Hubert won’t matter. This Goes for every single recruit.
We secured the number one recruit in GG for the 23 class..followed that up with an amazing 24 class in which cadeau was supposed to be in.. transfer portal was pretty good to us also.. what's the complaining about!?!.. we are definitely a spoiled bunch!!
We struck out on the 2024 transfer portal due to NIL, leaving us with a weak front court. We're likely going to have 8-9 scholarships available for the '25 high school recruiting class and the transfer portal. The staff was trying for a tremendous recruiting class to help replace all the talent we're going to lose. They offered about half of the top 30 recruits. As of now the most likely outcome is we are going to miss on every single top 30 recruit because of NIL. There is a very real possibility the 2025-2026 UNC basketball team will have zero 5-star recruits and zero McDonald's All Americans for the first time since the 1970s (when the McD Game didn't exist.)
I don 't know what NIL number is being tagged for Mullins, my guess would be maybe 1.2 so your 1.5 seems reasonable. I don't get the sense that his decision revolves around money as much as it does his loving where he plays, who his coaches are, and how he bonds with his team mates. His final 3 is IU, UNC, UConn, not exactly who I think of when it comes to out bidding for a player.
It matters very much how strong a priority a kid feels he is to a program, I double down on that for a kid not considered to be 1 and done, I don't see Mullins as a for sure 1&Done, he could be for sure but he would have to play himself in to that.
