Interesting. This freshman class is unbelievable. Thank you for posting this.
I think you are on to something. Many on this board were advocatin mature teams rather than Freshman oriented one and done. The current problem is the result of the portal in that you might gets experienced players but they have never played together. This might represent an annual gamble as depending on very talented freshmen
I have a rule: I never commit the Bulverism logical fallacy where I assume the intent of the point being made. Even if it makes me look foolish, I’ll agree to what is true even if someone makes false inferences from it. OP is correct —- this is one of the greatest freshman classes of all time — which is precisely why falling in love with freshman this year is self-sabotage. You don’t hitch your wagon to an outlier.
Not really. There have been 2 top 15 ranked freshman in the national championship game since 2015 . I want em …….but you don’t really NEED em .
I agree but I don’t think pope does bc he has spent a lot of time recruiting them.
Interesting looking at that list it “seems” like Duke had a down year in recruiting. They only got one top 15 guy . It seems like they always have two or three top 10 guys.
Yep and I see two committed Kentucky HS players in the top 25 and, predictably, it’s not enough lol
either we "picked the wrong ones" or popes development is butt
“Most times “ a 20-25 ranked kid that stays 2 years is a better ROI than a top ten kid that is one&done. IF ….you can keep them from transferring.
Or….our freshman are playing like freshman. The top level of this high school class in an outlier, not something you can build on year by year.
I believe he ”prioritized” Caleb Wilson .
yes thats my point, since those top guys are so elite why didnt we try harder
Do you want to win National championships? If you do, you don’t want your best player to be a OAD freshman. I know it might feel like that’s a solution, but it isn’t. In the last decade, ZERO teams have won a title with a OAD freshman leading in scoring. ZERO….why we want that is beyond me. Even this year, with the greatest freshman class of all time (possibly), Michigan is by far the best team and starting ZERO freshman. We are wired to think backwards on this topic because of Calipari and the run we had over a decade ago. It’s an entirely new landscape.
Rutgers last year is a strong contender for biggest embarrassment in this era of college hoops. Feel bad for their fanbase
ok thats a cool statistic, what about the PRESENT where all the top teams that are "thriving" have good young talent
We’ll see how the season ends . I don’t really consider ark, Louisville,and unc as having “thriving “ type seasons at this point either.
there’s more than one way to skin a cat.
Yeah they aren’t anything special. Hell we almost beat UNC and we looked like hot garbage in that game
"We start winning games in conference and all this recruiting talk goes away."
You mean the teams like BYU that’s just good but not elite?
duke got to a final 4 last year i dont wanna hear that crap
You don’t want to hear that crap because it doesn’t support something you determined was true before you even analyzed it. You know who else went to Final Fours in recent seasons? Florida Atlantic and San Diego State —- very far from OAD factories. You’re picking the one team that made it there that one time, as though it’s a formula. Brother, go check the final four rosters for the last decade and come back. If you’re honest, you’ll admit you just debunked yourself.
