re: Tide Hoops | Offseason

New baby, haven't had time to watch too much CBB, wanted to see how you guys feel about your team as we enter conf play


Also, congrats on beating both Gonzaga / Houston. Huge wins for you guys and great for the conference. Beat Baylor and you'll have the hat trick for #1/2/3 in KenPom

Per KenPom, SEC is the #3 conference and clearly ahead of #4 Big East. Hoping we can get 9+ teams in the NCAAT this year

Brandon Miller with a Vince Carter in the Olympics type dunk.

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ETA: that kid is pretty far from 7'+ though.

2022 Player Rankings from "The Circuit"
Twitter page link for "The Circuit"

The Circuit is a grassroots high school basketball site that follows all things amateur hoops. They know just as much about HS recruits as any of the "major" sites that are probably more interested in football recruiting anyways, so the rankings are legit. They differentiate players into more subset positions than my taste, but it's definitely informative.

Anyways, thought y'all would be interested to know that they say we will actually have 3 5*s coming in next year. Here are their SEC guys in the top 100:

2. 5* Chris Livingston - SF - UK
5. 5* Brandon Miller - SF - BAMA
8. 5* Nick Smith - CG - Arky
10. 5* Cason Wallace - CG - UK
13. 5* Jordan Walsh - "Dual" Forward - Arky
14. 5* Skyy Clark - PG - UK
15. 5* Rylan Griffen - CG - BAMA
18. 5* Jaden Bradley - PG - BAMA
19. 5* Lee Dort - PF - Vandy
26. 4* Julian Phillips - SF - LSU
32. 4* Malik Reneau - "Hybrid" Post - UF
36. 4* Noah Shelby - "Hybrid" Guard - Vandy
37. 4* Chance Westry - CG - Barn
67. 4* Colin Smith - SF - Vandy
73. 4* Noah Clowney - "Hybrid" Post - BAMA
74. 4* Malique Ewin - C - Ole Miss
77. 4* Derrian Ford - CG - Arky
85. 4* Aidan Shaw - SF - Mizzou
93. 4* BJ Edwards - CG - UT

I mean 3 5*s and another top 100 guy is unprecedented here. Great time to be a BOG.

Didn't notice that Rylen Griffin is now a 5-star. When did this happen? He deserves it for sure.

Can you believe Oats/Hodgson's recruiting? Three 5-stars in one class! That's Kentucky level harvesting. Amazing. If he keeps this up; we will have a National Champoinship.
We have never had someone recruiting at this level nationally. We have always been a regional recruiter and that has held us back from greatness.

Whether he gets a fifth star or not, I think we can all agree that he looks like a great player and a great fit for what we do. The staff signed what looks to be an all around great class from both a talent and fit standpoint. Hopefully we do it again in the 23 class.

I think he's going to LSU unfortunately.