Norm Peterson

More like replaces Matty Kavas when he graduates. Sweet stroke.

Congrats to Max.

We can take some walk-ons.

According to Rivals, as of today, here's what players we've made offers to (and haven't been crossed off the list) in the Rivals 150 for 2021: #1 5-star Jonathan Kuminga 6'8 210# sf/pf, Elizabeth, NJ #2 5-star Terrence Clarke 6'6 175# sg, Wolfeboro, NH #10 5-star Devin Askew 6'3 185# pg, Santa Ana, CA #13 5-star Kennedy Chandler 6'0 165# pg, Eads, TN #19 4-star Kendall Brown 6'7 195# f, Bel Aire, KS #41 4-star Zach Clemence 6'10 205# pf, Bel Aire, KS #49 4-star Hunter Sallis 6'4 165# pg/sg, Millard, NE #52 4-star Bryce McGowens 6'6 165# sf, Piedmont, SC #65 4-star Bryce Hopkins 6'5 180# g, Oak Park, IL #73 4-star Josh Taylor 6'8 200# f, Norcross, GA #78 4-star Adama Sanogo 6'9 230# c Hillside, NJ #83 4-star Frank Anselem 6'9 220# c Napa, CA #91 4-star Ahamad Bynum 6'1 175# pg, Chicago, IL #120 3-star Matthew Mors 6'7 220# pf, Yankton, SD #125 3-star Jordan Nesbitt 6'6 185# sf, St. Louis, MO #126 3-star Chucky Hepburn 6'1 173#, Omaha, NE #130 3-star Tamar Bates 6'4 175# sg, Kansas City I assume this all means we have a foot in the proverbial door. If there was no interest at all, we probably wouldn't be setting up in-home visits and such. I like the fact that they're swinging for the bleachers, to borrow a baseball metaphor. I don't think I've ever seen us do this before. Be interesting to see how it all pans out.

We were also in to see 4-star '21 center Adama Sanogo.

Kuminga looks like what I'm going to start calling a "Hoiberg 4." The fact they're going to go see him tells me he didn't just tell us to pound sand and didn't throw our recruiting letter in the circular file.

Before people start drawing lines on the back wall and talking about camera angles, I've stood next to Doc and he's, I'd say, about 6 foot. Fred, in person, appears at least 6'4. Abdelmassih is, what, about as tall as the shortest girlfriend I ever had? And that leaves the Davis boys, who have got to be every bit of 6'6.

Fred is legit 6'4. Maybe taller. Even if he's *only* 6'4, that means the Davis brothers are easily 6'6 each. So when people who wonder if recruits are really as tall as their listed height, well, these guys actually look taller. And athletic. And skilled. Go Big Red.

That's average, though. So, 2 1/2 inches combined. And that's likely represented by one player. So, a 6'9 guy goes out and a 6'6 guy comes in to end the game. And that could be because your 6'9 guy fouled out or because he can't shoot free-throws. Or because small ball is more successful at the end of a game when teams need to hit threes.

One of these recruiting classes soon, we're going to need to get a couple of Hoiberg 4s. Murrell might have those attributes, but we're full up for 2020.

Is it possible our guys were just gassed from the high altitude in the 2nd half?

Man, who knew that Wayne Newton could make enough money off of Danke Schoen to have a gold-plated private jet?

Past his prime like Bon Jovi past his prime?

No, it was like a Nissan crossover.

No, I was like "Dude, WTF?"

That's Rivals 4-star top 100 Max Murrell to you. https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/2020/max-murrell-255996#school-interests

Excellent point. I probably should have included that in my "hypothetical." And, no.

I think it was Rothstein who said it. At least that's who I was thinking of. I went along with it too, figuring Rothstein had seen more than I had. But after that Euro tournament, I'm with you. I think he has a lot of work to do.

What do you do? Just curious.

Yeah, TO's a little late to this party.

I wasn't the one who penciled him in as a Day 1 starter, but others have. What I saw in his U18 tourney makes me think he's somewhat more of a project.

I get that other players on other teams get better and improve as well, and it's not just our players who develop and get better over the course of their careers. I get that. But just because players on those teams are going to come back better than they were, it doesn't necessarily follow that the teams will be better than they were. The Big Ten doesn't get better and better with every passing year. There's a certain amount of stasis. The difference is that, while I think we'll have individual players who are better than they were a year ago, and so will other teams, I also think our team will overall be better than it was a year ago. Bigly.

I hope Mack is all that and a bag of chips. I'm worried about the 2 guys who were penciled in as starters who BOTH have yet to practice with the team for various reasons.