It's pretty obvious it's been a tough recruiting year for CC. The program hasn't completely turned the corner, and there are a lot of offers out there.
However, I'd argue it's still pretty early in the recruiting season. Only a small percentage of the 2019 NU offers have made their final decisions. Another example is MSU has four schollies available this year and no commits yet.
However, quite a few have already crossed NU off their list.
It's pretty obvious NU has some work to do before they become a regular part of the top 100 discussion.
I'm not a believer this is a make or break year for CC on the recruiting trail - especially since most of us have no clue about how players will develop (All of you screaming in excitement about the All-B10 potential of Dererk Pardon in 2015 raise your hand.) It's too difficult to recruit to NU's academic standards. You're kidding yourself if you think this is a 3-5 year turnaround similar to other programs.
But this staff does need to begin to show a little something more in the next couple years. It probably needs an NIT in the next year or two and another tourney by the end of the Nance class. Or else the preception could be the same ol', same 'ol.
CC also needs to show future prospects it can succeed with top-100 talent in Nance and Kopp.
Here's a look at where all the 2019 offers stand as far as I can see. I was only looking for firm final lists from players' personal Twitter accounts. For the most part, I'm not messing around with Internet "reporting" or a long list of offers.
First, the good news ...
NU on their final list
Yavoz Gultekin - NU, TCU, Nebraska, Georgetown (8/19)
Maceo Austin - NU PSU, VCU, Duquesne (8/1)
Majok Deng - Listen to this kid and tell me he's not NU material. I assume this isn't really a final list, but he lists NU, Duke, Stanford, Cal, Princeton, Rice, Vandy, Arizona, UCLA, Utah, Ohio State, Rice and Georgia Tech (7/7)
No published short list
Robbie Beran
Daniel Buie
David Roddy
Harlond Beverly
Prince Gillam
Nobal Days
Christian Koloko
* Zach Harvey
* Zeke Nnaji - No list but good luck getting a kid with a slew of offers including Arizona, Kansas, Notre Dame and hometown Minnesota.
Published short lists that don't include NU
* EJ Liddell - OSU, Mizzou, IL, KSU, Wisconsin
* Drew Timme - NU not in his top 10
* Donovan Williams - Miami, Georgia, ASU, Texas, Texas A&M
* Malik Hall - Oregon, Texas, Purdue, Oklahoma, MSU
* Isaiah Stewart - Long dead with NU. Published a short list in May.
Verbal Commits
Kadin Shedrick - Virginia w/ no NU in his final list
Paul Mulcahy - Rutgers
Tyler Wahl - Wisconsin
Brenden Tucker - Ahhh, the joy of doing business with 17 year olds ...NU had him on campus and was one of his "early three." Then Tucker cut his list to seven without NU, but decided to re-open recruiting. A few days after that, he committed to Charleston.
Zach Freemantle - Xavier
* Francis Okoro - Oregon (reclassified to '18)
* Kira Lewis - Alabama (reclassified to '18)
* Top 100s
However, I'd argue it's still pretty early in the recruiting season. Only a small percentage of the 2019 NU offers have made their final decisions. Another example is MSU has four schollies available this year and no commits yet.
However, quite a few have already crossed NU off their list.
It's pretty obvious NU has some work to do before they become a regular part of the top 100 discussion.
I'm not a believer this is a make or break year for CC on the recruiting trail - especially since most of us have no clue about how players will develop (All of you screaming in excitement about the All-B10 potential of Dererk Pardon in 2015 raise your hand.) It's too difficult to recruit to NU's academic standards. You're kidding yourself if you think this is a 3-5 year turnaround similar to other programs.
But this staff does need to begin to show a little something more in the next couple years. It probably needs an NIT in the next year or two and another tourney by the end of the Nance class. Or else the preception could be the same ol', same 'ol.
CC also needs to show future prospects it can succeed with top-100 talent in Nance and Kopp.
Here's a look at where all the 2019 offers stand as far as I can see. I was only looking for firm final lists from players' personal Twitter accounts. For the most part, I'm not messing around with Internet "reporting" or a long list of offers.
First, the good news ...
NU on their final list
Yavoz Gultekin - NU, TCU, Nebraska, Georgetown (8/19)
Maceo Austin - NU PSU, VCU, Duquesne (8/1)
Majok Deng - Listen to this kid and tell me he's not NU material. I assume this isn't really a final list, but he lists NU, Duke, Stanford, Cal, Princeton, Rice, Vandy, Arizona, UCLA, Utah, Ohio State, Rice and Georgia Tech (7/7)
No published short list
Robbie Beran
Daniel Buie
David Roddy
Harlond Beverly
Prince Gillam
Nobal Days
Christian Koloko
* Zach Harvey
* Zeke Nnaji - No list but good luck getting a kid with a slew of offers including Arizona, Kansas, Notre Dame and hometown Minnesota.
Published short lists that don't include NU
* EJ Liddell - OSU, Mizzou, IL, KSU, Wisconsin
* Drew Timme - NU not in his top 10
* Donovan Williams - Miami, Georgia, ASU, Texas, Texas A&M
* Malik Hall - Oregon, Texas, Purdue, Oklahoma, MSU
* Isaiah Stewart - Long dead with NU. Published a short list in May.
Verbal Commits
Kadin Shedrick - Virginia w/ no NU in his final list
Paul Mulcahy - Rutgers
Tyler Wahl - Wisconsin
Brenden Tucker - Ahhh, the joy of doing business with 17 year olds ...NU had him on campus and was one of his "early three." Then Tucker cut his list to seven without NU, but decided to re-open recruiting. A few days after that, he committed to Charleston.
Zach Freemantle - Xavier
* Francis Okoro - Oregon (reclassified to '18)
* Kira Lewis - Alabama (reclassified to '18)
* Top 100s
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