Keeping up with the offers/visits

[khoock]

I get excited every time i see a recent post from @thrasher31 in a recruiting thread. I think he has been first to post about 3/4 of our new commitments.

[thrasher31]

A couple guys that we have offered on this list. And DeAndre Davis is on the list also. Shows stats of how they are doing so far also. 

(Hugley, Alleyne, Dianja, and Gaines) 

[Art Vandalay]

Mashburn Jr, dang I’m old

Edited May 5, 2019 by Art Vandalay

[hhcmatt]

Feels like we're in the eye of the recruiting storm this weekend

[Red Don]

More visitors, or in the fray for some more commitments?  

 

Edit:  Or is all Quiet on the Western Front?  

Edited May 5, 2019 by Red Don

[Norm Peterson]

5 hours ago, hhcmatt said:

Feels like we're in the eye of the recruiting storm this weekend

 

Because?

[busticket]

I am guessing no visitors this weekend for us while everyone else is in the fray.

[Navin R. Johnson]

Have to play a bit of a waiting game as some prospects complete their other visits I suppose.

[Swan88]

As of Friday, Robin thought the staff might be working on a new visitor for sometime this week.  He didn’t know who that might be.

[hhcmatt]

11 hours ago, Swan88 said:

As of Friday, Robin thought the staff might be working on a new visitor for sometime this week.  He didn’t know who that might be.

 

 

[hhcmatt]

17 hours ago, Norm Peterson said:

 

Because?

 

it's the first weekend in the storm of recruits where we haven't had anyone on campus.

[Norm Peterson]

Just now, hhcmatt said:

 

it's the first weekend in the storm of recruits where we haven't had anyone on campus.

 

Got it.

[Swan88]

19 minutes ago, hhcmatt said:

 

 

Here's some info from the Pitt website on Stevenson:

• An explosive athlete with the leaping ability and strength to finish in traffic
• Showed the ability to play as a big wing or undersized four-man a year ago ... can create matchup problems with his combination of size, quickness and athleticism
• Has a nice shooting stroke out beyond the three-point line as well as the ability to put the ball on the floor
• Possesses a 40 inch vertical and a 6-11 wingspan … strength and quickness allow him to be an effective defender and rebounder against bigger opponents
• . . . 
• Academic All-ACC selection

[Norm Peterson]

Woldetensae is visiting Virginia this weekend. My guess is that ship sailed for us. Probably sailed for Illinois as well.

 

SunDevilSource is reporting Bobby Hurley just offered Andre Allen and they expect him to sign quickly, so probably take him off the list as well.

 

 

[hhcmatt]

2 minutes ago, Swan88 said:

Here's some info from the Pitt website on Stevenson:

• An explosive athlete with the leaping ability and strength to finish in traffic
• Showed the ability to play as a big wing or undersized four-man a year ago ... can create matchup problems with his combination of size, quickness and athleticism
• Has a nice shooting stroke out beyond the three-point line as well as the ability to put the ball on the floor
• Possesses a 40 inch vertical and a 6-11 wingspan … strength and quickness allow him to be an effective defender and rebounder against bigger opponents
• . . . 
• Academic All-ACC selection

 

So he was at Pitt for a year under Stallings and Capel convinces him to stay. He ends up transferring mid-season to Nevada because he gets dropped from the rotation which means he would have been eligible mid-season this year.  Not sure when he'll be eligible if he transfers here.

 

Dude was listed at 230# freshman year, 245# sophomore year. Not sure if putting on the freshman 15 was the reason he lost playing time though he'd slot in as center for us.

[Norm Peterson]

48 minutes ago, Swan88 said:

Here's some info from the Pitt website on Stevenson:

• An explosive athlete with the leaping ability and strength to finish in traffic
• Showed the ability to play as a big wing or undersized four-man a year ago ... can create matchup problems with his combination of size, quickness and athleticism
• Has a nice shooting stroke out beyond the three-point line as well as the ability to put the ball on the floor
• Possesses a 40 inch vertical and a 6-11 wingspan … strength and quickness allow him to be an effective defender and rebounder against bigger opponents
• . . . 
• Academic All-ACC selection

 

40 inch vertical. 6-11 wingspan. Holy smokes.

[millerhusker]

51 minutes ago, Swan88 said:

Here's some info from the Pitt website on Stevenson:

• An explosive athlete with the leaping ability and strength to finish in traffic
• Showed the ability to play as a big wing or undersized four-man a year ago ... can create matchup problems with his combination of size, quickness and athleticism
• Has a nice shooting stroke out beyond the three-point line as well as the ability to put the ball on the floor
• Possesses a 40 inch vertical and a 6-11 wingspan … strength and quickness allow him to be an effective defender and rebounder against bigger opponents
• . . . 
• Academic All-ACC selection

6-11 wingspan and 40 inch vertical. At 6-6, Bonzie Colson played a lot at the 5 for Notre Dame because of his 6-11 wingspan and leaping ability. I like this.

Edited May 6, 2019 by millerhusker

[arliepro]

On 5/6/2019 at 8:31 AM, hhcmatt said:

 

 

What date is he visiting?

[Norm Peterson]

1 hour ago, arliepro said:

What date is he visiting?

 

I believe it's this weekend.

[AuroranHusker]

Now that the Jayce Johnson ship sailed off to Milwaukee, I'd like to have the S.S. Shamiel Stevenson in Lincoln.

 

And with his coach moving on (again), there's been some precedent that Stevenson might be able to petition to gain immediate eligibility. He'd be a great fit, particularly if & when Roby stays in the NBA Draft.

 

 

Edited May 8, 2019 by AuroranHusker

[uneblinstu]

14 hours ago, arliepro said:

What date is he visiting?

Visit starts today.

https://twitter.com/RobinWashut/status/1126122328889470979?s=20

https://twitter.com/RobinWashut/status/1126122328889470979?s=20

 

[Norm Peterson]

He has a great twitter handle.

 

[Norm Peterson]

OK, so assuming Roby is gone (which I think at this point is a very safe assumption) that would leave us with 5 spots to fill. If we want to fill them all, which we probably don't at this point.  But we have 2 guys who will be immediately-eligible seniors.  We have 2 committed 2020 recruits.  Whatever kind of big guy Hoiberg wants or needs, I sure wouldn't mind it if it was another grad transfer.  Let's get our own Tariq Owens who can swat some shots and spread the floor a little bit.

[B-town hoopsfan]

T.J. Holyfield would be the perfect use of one scholarship. Would be a senior front court player who can shoot it at a high clip and rebound it some.  Kinda doubt we are able to get him in for a visit but worth a try.

 

we might just end up having to take a dube type grad transfer so that we have some beef in the front court for big ten play at this point

[Norm Peterson]

On 4/29/2019 at 2:15 PM, Norm Peterson said:

Not a lot of movement from people, so I'm going to start making some guesses.  Starting with, if Jayce wanted to be here after his visit, he woulda committed then.

 

 

Looking back, I was pretty good at guessing.