So is anyone concerned that weve signed 4 players over 2 classes with a COMBINED power 5 offer sheet of St Johns and Rutgers? Bruce Weber was raked over the coals for recruiting and wasnt signing guys with such poor offer sheets nearly that often. It's certainly a worrisome trend, but I guess they did have 2 high profile wins. I hope this staff turns it around on the recruiting trail, starting with Jones.
No, for a couple of reasons.
Weber never capitalized on the NCAA run which was beaten to death. Underwood is coming off a terrible season obviously but we all know the reasons.
Ayo is coming. That is self explanatory.
We have Trent Frazier on the team already.
I was skeptical of Alan Griffin when the news broke. Watch the recent film of him, ton of 8+ minute videos where he is playing against multiple 4/5 star players and you can see he belongs. Will be very interesting to see him develop. I think he has a chance here. Great passer and shooter, something we do not currently have and has good length, very crafty.
Samba Kane was a late 2019 to 2018 reclassification. I think we got a steal here, might take a year or two though. You just can't teach that kind of length and athleticism and fluidity, kind of what we were hoping for from Egwu pre-injury to the back but looks to have much better hands, less robotic. I think I would have preferred Castleton, but like Kane better than any of the other bigs we have been recruiting.
Jones would be a great get as a long, athletic wing who can shoot the 3. Really want him, we have no one on the team like him. Like him better than Nolley for example.