Newest Kool Aid recruiting thread

[RichmondCat]

Sign up men, you will have a great time.

Would be quite the backcourt with Brizzi and Taylor.

Absolutely!

Could be tough to displace Grant.

Was an aggregate assessment.

[RichmondCat]

So, back to the original purpose of this thread, as Waitress set it up, we should try to provide an update every 5 pages or so.

As Waitress detailed, previously:

The Kool-Aid list reflects publicly available sources, typically internet recruiting or social media sites (e.g., Rivals.com, Verbalcommits.com, Twitter, etc.), and published reports. The list is maintained for entertainment purposes only. It contains no information received from coaches or recruits.

2021 Recruiting

Chris Ford, 6’5 SF, North Mecklenburg (Huntersville, NC)—Reported Offer
https://twitter.com/NorthMeckBall/statu ... 43617?s=20

Angelo Brizzi, 6’4 PG, Highland School (Warrenton, VA)—Reported Offer
https://twitter.com/abriz14/status/1278 ... 93313?s=21

Lucas Taylor, 6’6 SG, Heritage (Wake Forest, NC)—Reported Offer
https://twitter.com/lucas_taylor10/stat ... 10240?s=20

Will Tschetter, 6’8 PF, Stewartville (Stewartville, MN)
Scotty Draud, 6’6 SF, Beechwood (Beechwood, KY)
Jake Heidbreder, 6’4 SG, Floyd Central (Greenville, IN)
Clay "Smoke" Hodges, 5’10 G Lake Norman High (Mooresville, NC)
Redford Dunton, 6’5 SF, Heritage (Wake Forest, NC)
Mason Grant, 6’5 G, Porter-Gaud (Charleston, SC)
Elijah Williams, 6’6 SG, Providence Christian Academy (Lilburn, GA)
Reese McMullen, 6’3 PG, Christian Brothers (Memphis, TN)
Noah Harris, 6’0 PG, Rutgers Preparatory (Somerset, NJ)
AJ Allenspach, 6’9 SF, Lake Norman Christian (Simpsonville, SC)
Jared Billups, 6’4 SG, McDonogh (Baltimore, MD)
D'Angelo Stines, 6’2 PG, Mount Saint Joseph College (Baltimore, MD)
Kenny Noland, 6’3 PG, Apex Friendship (Apex, NC)
Breon Pass, 6’0 PG, Reidsville (Reidsville, NC)
Max Hrdlicka, 6’6 SG, Glynn Academy (Brunswick, GA)
Desmond Watson, 6’5 SF, St. Francis DeSales (Columbus, OH)
Jackson Price, 6’8 F, Hiram (Hiram, GA)
Jon Lucas, 6’7 G/F, Hartfield Academy (Jackson, MS)

2022:

Isaac McKneely, 6’3 SG, Poca (Poca, WV)—Reported Offer
https://twitter.com/wildcatselect/statu ... 02337?s=20

Kelechi Okworogwo, 6’6 SF, Brooklyn Collegiate (Brooklyn, NY)
Amen Thompson, 6’6 PG, Pine Crest School (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
Ausar Thompson, 6’6 PG, Pine Crest School (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
Chance Thacker, 6’4 SG, Providence Christian Academy (Atlanta, GA)
Ben Middlebrooks, 6’9 PF, Westminster Academy (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
DJ Moore, 6’3 PG, Worthington Christian (Worthington, OH)
Logan Woods, 6’2 G, Cincinnati Christian (Fairfield, OH)
Graham Worland, 6’4 G, Hough (Cornelius, NC)
Ifeanyi Ufochukwu, 6’10 C, Covenant Day (Charlotte, NC)
Ben Roy, 6’0 PG, Manasquan (Spring Lake Heights, NJ)
Noah Ross, 6’6 SG, Trinity Academy (Raleigh, NC)
Kyler Vanderjagt, 6’3 SG, Northview (Grand Rapids, MI)
Braden Smith, 6’0 PG, Westfield (Westfield, IN)
Braden Ilic, 6’8 SF, Morristown East (Morristown, TN)
Nate Brafford, 6’7 SF, Rabun Gap (Waynesville, NC)
Jaxon Hartman, 6’2 G, Wilson Memorial (Fishersville, VA)
Gabe Moss, 6’8 PF, The Hill School (Elverson, PA)
Ethan Millirons, 6’0 G, Auburn (Riner, VA)
Rowan Brumbaugh 6’3 PG, Northfield Mount Hermon (Washington, DC)
AJ Clayton, 6’7 PF, Philo (Roseville, OH)
Cade Pendleton 6’8 F, East Hamilton (Ooltewah, TN)
Keith Robbins 6’4 SG, St. Francis (Alpharetta, GA)
Aidan Abell, 6’5 SG, Westminster Academy (Coral Springs, FL)

[RichmondCat]

“We don’t generally offer a scholarship until we speak with a kid face to face,” Davidson coach Bob McKillop says. “So all of this has put us in a holding pattern.”

From an article in the Athletic. This would explain our lack of 2021 offers. I think making an exception this summer would be wise but also have faith in the staff.

While I also have faith, we may need to reconsider this approach for 2020, the year without a Santa Claus.

Good to see the coaching staff reads the board.

[RichmondCat]

Davis Molnar, 6'7, Terry Sanford HS

2022 interest

https://twitter.com/Coach_Rick57/status ... 49313?s=20

[i77cat]

https://phenomhoopreport.com/2022-66-da ... the-court/

I liked his highlight film. My eye kept finding #23, Ezemdi Udoh. He chose football for college. Gonna be a freshman tight end at NCSU.

[i77cat]

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-baske ... oward-ucla

[DC69Wildcat]

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-baske ... oward-ucla

Good for Howard. Their head coach is Kenny Blakeny from Duke, who was hired last year with no head coaching experience and charged with turning around a chronically bad program that hasn't made the NCAA Tournament since 1992. Lefty gave Blakeny his first coaching job right out of college in 1995 at JMU. Maker choosing Howard is not unlike Fred Hetzel choosing lowly Davidson College. I hope Maker brings Howard similar success.

[collegecoach8502]

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-baske ... oward-ucla

Good for Howard. Their head coach is Kenny Blakeny from Duke, who was hired last year with no head coaching experience and charged with turning around a chronically bad program that hasn't made the NCAA Tournament since 1992. Lefty gave Blakeny his first coaching job right out of college in 1995 at JMU. Maker choosing Howard is not unlike Fred Hetzel choosing lowly Davidson College. I hope Maker brings Howard similar success.

They won't be the best team in their conference.

[MrMac]

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-baske ... oward-ucla

Good for Howard. Their head coach is Kenny Blakeny from Duke, who was hired last year with no head coaching experience and charged with turning around a chronically bad program that hasn't made the NCAA Tournament since 1992. Lefty gave Blakeny his first coaching job right out of college in 1995 at JMU. Maker choosing Howard is not unlike Fred Hetzel choosing lowly Davidson College. I hope Maker brings Howard similar success.

Or, if Howard changes their plans (or their coach) for this season, he could follow in the (rather large) footsteps of another Davidson great...?

[citycat]

Howard was 4-29 in '19-'20, 1-15 in the MEAC. It was Blakeney's first season.

Maker is not projected to be a "one and done" player at Howard. The '21-'22 season will be different in the MEAC. A&T, FAMU, and Bethune Cookman will be gone. That will leave 8 basketball playing members. That would mean 14 conference games and many non-conference games. Maybe Howard can schedule some road games for big checks and tv coverage.

[wildforthecats]

Key non-conference games for Makur Maker and Howard:

At Villanova
At NC State
At Harvard
At Yale
At Penn
Notre Dame (Martin Luther King Day)

[collegecoach8502]

Howard was 4-29 in '19-'20, 1-15 in the MEAC. It was Blakeney's first season.

Maker is not projected to be a "one and done" player at Howard. The '21-'22 season will be different in the MEAC. A&T, FAMU, and Bethune Cookman will be gone. That will leave 8 basketball playing members. That would mean 14 conference games and many non-conference games. Maybe Howard can schedule some road games for big checks and tv coverage.

I suspect the best team will be Morgan State.

[DC69Wildcat]

They won't be the best team in their conference.

Not this season.

[RichmondCat]

Will Tschetter committed to Michigan.

https://twitter.com/tigerbbask/status/1 ... 72000?s=21

[RichmondCat]

2021 6'7 Wing Christopher Mantis from Lowell, IN receiving interest from Davidson.

https://scoopmantv.com/2020/07/04/2021- ... -colleges/