macarthur31 said:

Osh, if I recall correctly, Bryant McIntosh was leading his recruitment. Pair that with Boo Buie, and you got two strong examples of underrecruited confident point guards that have thrived in Collins' program. Hoping West will continue that trend.

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macarthur31 said:

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Came across this on twitter (from a re-share from Brian James' account). My quick takes on his takes:

• Affirming to hear the type of culture that has been built, and continues to be built.
• He confirms that Leach will be a great add, and he likes the incoming frosh.
• I learned that Ciaravino's nickname is "Jello." That's cool.

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WestCoastWildcat said:

Which SEC teams would be a good match for NU that our fans would enjoy and draw our fans to the matchups with particular SEC opponents?

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cats_man_too said:

https://n.rivals.com/team_rankings/2025/all-teams/basketball --> Except this site, apparently?

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techtim72 said:

Why not do it anytime the opponent's formation fits on your side of the field and a team is willing to give up five seconds, five yards for a whole lot better pass defense? Isn't that basically a pass prevent defense that allows the 5-10 yard out? Losing track now on when the clock stops so that might be a downside of being willing to incur the penalty if the clock restarts on setting the ball.

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GatoLouco said:

You have to insert Barnhizer as a point forward into the equation. I think we will end up seeing some to a lot of that.

First indications are that Windham shows no fear. That is excellent. Mullins has more than the physical skills to be a force, but could be the guy we keep salivating for and never materializes. Ciaravino looks promising and a very well rounded player. Hunger should be more mature. But, in the end, I have no clue what this all means in terms of bench play.

The league is quite balanced. I think there's as good a chance we fight for a tournament spot as there is we end up 12-14.

I know I can't wait for the season to start.

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olshin said:

Being completely serious, just go on TikTok and search Jake West commitment ... and you'll see that Northwestern basketball got millions of hits in various content pieces. Just last night.

There's a fantastic 5 minute clip from Fox 29 news showing Jake with his parents too.

It's impossible to quantify what that means to the program. Or that his reasoning for attending is how we develop guards and improve their game for the next level, and the great coaches etc.

Of course, there will come a time in 12 months where the ability matters too ........ but what the last 2 years have meant to the program from Boo to Brooks to someone like a Jake West ...... it's incredible.

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PZAZ said:

I predict Barkley is the positive surprise of the year. We have depth which is great.

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AdamOnFirst said:

Class rankings are stupid and this one is volume and timing driven and should be taken with a grain of salt... but we have a top 10 recruiting class on all sites right now. This is a legit group!

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mshelton33 said:

For anyone who has had gripes with player scores in the past, here's head coach David Braun for you this week: "We don't put too much stock in PFF grades". But, before you close the tab, Braun has more: "It's an incredible tool for us in breakdown".

So like I've said before, take the numbers with a grain of salt, but I think there are a few different analytics here that are helpful, especially with quarterbacking in terms of time to throw, depth and location, targets, as well as blocking, run success lanes and snap counts.

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PZAZ said:

I predict Barkley is the positive surprise of the year. We have depth which is great.

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