Collins reputation on the recruiting trail

[charcat]

there seems to be better talent coming to Evanston, but are the next tier of recruits starting to look at NU? What is the reaction to Collins as a recruiter here in Northern Illinois and are he and NU on the radar screen for kids in other parts of the country?

Given our academic needs, Are good students keying on Northwestern as an option, like football seems to be getting in the conversation with kids looking at Duke, Stanford, Vandy, etc. or are academic students and really top basketball talent not have much overlap?

 

[spartcat]

All I know is that our bigger (physically) recruits for the this and next year had lots of offers from power conference teams. Benson and Falzone both had something like 8-12 offers from major schools, maybe more in Benson's case. Ash had offers from DePaul and multiple Big 10 schools also. Ivanouskas had offers from Purdue and Iowa, although he committed early and didn't have a big total. We're doing well out there.