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23 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:

we don’t fit in very well from what I hear Gerry and see some of the deals teams are dealing. 

Yeah, the money isn't there for basketball, especially on the HS side. We seem to have more available for the portal, which should be a bigger focus anyway. Same with WR recruiting in HS.

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I really dont get this “when were we ever getting 5 stars in basketball?”, “we were never the joneses in basketball”Thinking.  What about the classes with Aldridge, Thompson, Bradley, Hamilton, Williams, Joseph, kabongo? Don’t get why we can’t be a football and basketball school? 

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3 minutes ago, RockyMountainHighHorn said:

I really dont get this “when were we ever getting 5 stars in basketball?”, “we were never the joneses in basketball”Thinking.  What about the classes with Aldridge, Thompson, Bradley, Hamilton, Williams, Joseph, kabongo? Don’t get why we can’t be a football and basketball school? 

All of the top NIL schools in basketball have one or two big patrons.  It appears we are lacking that or don’t want to steer football money over to basketball (my information is stale but I had heard from a big football NIL donor we did, in fact, have a couple of donors willing to write big checks for basketball but I never heard them identified and it doesn’t seem to have born out in recruiting).  
 

Also, all those Findlay Prep dudes would get 10x today or whatever modest money they might have gotten (allegedly) at the time.  

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5 hours ago, RockyMountainHighHorn said:

I really dont get this “when were we ever getting 5 stars in basketball?”, “we were never the joneses in basketball”Thinking.  What about the classes with Aldridge, Thompson, Bradley, Hamilton, Williams, Joseph, kabongo? Don’t get why we can’t be a football and basketball school? 

I didn’t say that. I said we were never among the most competitive in the basketball bag game, nor basketball NIL. I.e., we are not, and have not been, the Joneses in basketball. 

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Gerry this morning:

Austin Goosby and Cameron Williams announcements ...
 

Austin Goosby (Melissa, Texas/High) will announce his decision Friday out of Texas and BYU. There will be four hats at the table, but this has been a two horse race for multiple weeks. Goosby really likes the idea of playing at Texas, and attending school at Texas. This is where "college" athletics gets difficult, however. BYU has at least double the NIL on the table. BYU boosters are absolutely all in on basketball. As in, all in. Two family members believe it's tough to turn down NIL as high as 1.5 million because of what it sets up for Goosby's future should basketball not work out for whatever reason. He's likely a two year college player, so this could be up to a 2.5-3 million $$$ decision. Texas has been the favorite for a few weeks, but BYU is making it a very difficult close out for the Longhorns. 

Five-star and future lottery pick Cameron Williams (Phoenix, Az./St. Mary's) has Duke, Texas and Arizona as three finalists. OTF hears Duke and Texas are ahead of Zona. Duke is very inviting due to Cameron Boozer being gone to the NBA draft following the season, and the impact opportunity that provides. Williams and family really like Texas, Sean Miller and Austin ... but not sure that will overcome Duke is Duke, and the instant impact ability with Boozer exiting after the season. Duke is not an NIL pushover either, to be clear. 

 

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