2023 USU Hoops Offers

Post by **aggies22** » April 21st, 2023, 12:30 pm

Thanks for checking this out guys!

https://bigblueusuaggienews.com/2022/08 ... ll-offers/

cval · Post by **cval** » April 21st, 2023, 12:38 pm

Great read 22.

How could we possibly have been recruiting all those guys without the board knowing, and properly vetting them?

Inconceivable

Aggie84025 · Post by **Aggie84025** » April 21st, 2023, 12:51 pm

aggies22 wrote: ↑
April 21st, 2023, 12:30 pm
Thanks for checking this out guys!

https://bigblueusuaggienews.com/2022/08 ... ll-offers/

THe big question is who is this mystery recruit you mentioned on your site that visited last weekend, his offer list is really intriguing? You had Great Osobor as cool on USU. Do you think he comes here or signs elsewhere?

SpectrumMagic · Post by **SpectrumMagic** » April 21st, 2023, 12:52 pm

aggies22 wrote: ↑
April 21st, 2023, 12:30 pm
Thanks for checking this out guys!

https://bigblueusuaggienews.com/2022/08 ... ll-offers/

Thank you @aggies22

Very interesting mystery recruit. Seems like would be a great get. Hopefully we start hearing of some further commits soon

greggers1868 · Post by **greggers1868** » April 21st, 2023, 1:00 pm

Hmmm, mystery recruit doesn’t say offer from Boise…

ThunderAggie · Post by **ThunderAggie** » April 21st, 2023, 1:33 pm

This guy fits all the criteria! A lot of similar offers and a freshman guard!

SpectrumMagic · Post by **SpectrumMagic** » April 21st, 2023, 1:35 pm

ThunderAggie wrote: ↑
April 21st, 2023, 1:33 pm
Maybe one of these dudes?

I think you’re right with Calmese. The weight listed on ESPN and 4 years to play 3. Estrada I believe only has 1 year.

ThunderAggie · Post by **ThunderAggie** » April 21st, 2023, 1:36 pm

SpectrumMagic wrote: ↑
April 21st, 2023, 1:35 pm

ThunderAggie wrote: ↑
April 21st, 2023, 1:33 pm
Maybe one of these dudes?

I think you’re right with Calmese. The weight listed on ESPN and 4 years to play 3. Estrada I believe only has 1 year.

Yeah I took down the Estrada guy he is a senior lol

Aggie84025 · Post by **Aggie84025** » April 21st, 2023, 1:40 pm

ThunderAggie wrote: ↑
April 21st, 2023, 1:33 pm
This guy fits all the criteria! A lot of similar offers and a freshman guard!

Be nice to get both Calmese and Darius Brown.

ineptimusprime · Post by **ineptimusprime** » April 21st, 2023, 1:49 pm

Any idea who is here this weekend aside from Brown?

hipsterdoofus21 · Post by **hipsterdoofus21** » April 21st, 2023, 1:54 pm

we've been turned down by a lot of guys

Yossarian · Post by **Yossarian** » April 21st, 2023, 2:01 pm

hipsterdoofus21 wrote: ↑
April 21st, 2023, 1:54 pm
we've been turned down by a lot of guys

That's what I got out of the article, too.

AGGIEinIOWA · Post by **AGGIEinIOWA** » April 21st, 2023, 2:10 pm

Nice info 22. Nice detective work Thunder. So, I'm sure there are more players in the picture than just these, but if we can land a few of these guys, I'd think the roster could look something like this.

PG - Brown, Calmese. We likely need 2 pg's now that Jones is gone unless Falslev ends up as a pg. I don't see us signing both Ford and Brown as they both have 1 year of eligibility left. If Calmese commits but Brown goes elsewhere, I could see us taking Ford. Would really love to have Brown and Calmese.

SG - Dawson Baker, Mason Falslev, and Phelps. We need Baker and I hope he can see the role he'd play. Mason and Garrison both have bright upsides.

SF - Hamoda, Naivalurua, D. Grant. I don't see us landing Battle though one can dream. Burris may play at this spot as well.

PF - Burris, Osobor, J. Grant. Positions are fluid between the PF/C positions. We probably only carry 5 of these 6 I have listed as PF/C due to scholarship restrictions unless we don't get Buru and Burris plays more SF. Or someone agrees to be a walk-on.

C- Johnson, Spurgin, Sakho. Johnson likely to play some stretch 4 I'd guess.

I think this would be a pretty competitive team.

Post by **aggies22** » April 21st, 2023, 2:15 pm

AGGIEinIOWA wrote: ↑
April 21st, 2023, 2:10 pm
Nice info 22. Nice detective work Thunder. So, I'm sure there are more players in the picture than just these, but if we can land a few of these guys, I'd think the roster could look something like this.

PG - Brown, Calmese. We likely need 2 pg's now that Jones is gone unless Falslev ends up as a pg. I don't see us signing both Ford and Brown as they both have 1 year of eligibility left. If Calmese commits but Brown goes elsewhere, I could see us taking Ford. Would really love to have Brown and Calmese.

SG - Dawson Baker, Mason Falslev, and Phelps. We need Baker and I hope he can see the role he'd play. Mason and Garrison both have bright upsides.

SF - Hamoda, Naivalurua, D. Grant. I don't see us landing Battle though one can dream. Burris may play at this spot as well.

PF - Burris, Osobor, J. Grant. Positions are fluid between the PF/C positions. We probably only carry 5 of these 6 I have listed as PF/C due to scholarship restrictions unless we don't get Buru and Burris plays more SF. Or someone agrees to be a walk-on.

C- Johnson, Spurgin, Sakho. Johnson likely to play some stretch 4 I'd guess.

I think this would be a pretty competitive team.

Isaac Johnson is more of a Horvath type on the offensive end.

SLB · Post by **SLB** » April 21st, 2023, 2:20 pm

aggies22 wrote: ↑
April 21st, 2023, 2:15 pm

AGGIEinIOWA wrote: ↑
April 21st, 2023, 2:10 pm
Nice info 22. Nice detective work Thunder. So, I'm sure there are more players in the picture than just these, but if we can land a few of these guys, I'd think the roster could look something like this.

PG - Brown, Calmese. We likely need 2 pg's now that Jones is gone unless Falslev ends up as a pg. I don't see us signing both Ford and Brown as they both have 1 year of eligibility left. If Calmese commits but Brown goes elsewhere, I could see us taking Ford. Would really love to have Brown and Calmese.

SG - Dawson Baker, Mason Falslev, and Phelps. We need Baker and I hope he can see the role he'd play. Mason and Garrison both have bright upsides.

SF - Hamoda, Naivalurua, D. Grant. I don't see us landing Battle though one can dream. Burris may play at this spot as well.

PF - Burris, Osobor, J. Grant. Positions are fluid between the PF/C positions. We probably only carry 5 of these 6 I have listed as PF/C due to scholarship restrictions unless we don't get Buru and Burris plays more SF. Or someone agrees to be a walk-on.

C- Johnson, Spurgin, Sakho. Johnson likely to play some stretch 4 I'd guess.

I think this would be a pretty competitive team.
Isaac Johnson is more of a Horvath type on the offensive end.

I figured that Johnson was a 4 on offense and a 5 on defense.

OrangeCountyAggie · Post by **OrangeCountyAggie** » April 21st, 2023, 3:41 pm

I won't loose any sleep over Dorius not being back, but it'd nice to have a 7 foot bruiser like him coming off the bench with this group. A lot of the bigs look like finesse players.

usufan1 · Post by **usufan1** » April 21st, 2023, 4:07 pm

Do we know if anyone from Sprinkle's staff has been in contact with Roddie Anderson?

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bigblue · Post by **bigblue** » April 21st, 2023, 4:27 pm

It's headed to Omaha.

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Post by **aggies22** » April 21st, 2023, 4:28 pm

bigblue wrote: ↑
April 21st, 2023, 4:27 pm

It's headed to Omaha.

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Big AAU tournament out there right now.

SLB · Post by **SLB** » April 21st, 2023, 4:46 pm

aggies22 wrote: ↑
April 21st, 2023, 4:28 pm

bigblue wrote: ↑
April 21st, 2023, 4:27 pm

It's headed to Omaha.

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Big AAU tournament out there right now.

Good stuff

GoldcoastAggie · Post by **GoldcoastAggie** » April 21st, 2023, 5:30 pm

hipsterdoofus21 wrote: ↑
April 21st, 2023, 1:54 pm
we've been turned down by a lot of guys

Nothing wrong with that. The coaches have a very short time period to establish a relationship and get a commit with transfers. They should cast as wide of a net as possible. If we bat 20-30 percent in the portal that would be a success.

cval · Post by **cval** » April 21st, 2023, 5:48 pm

hipsterdoofus21 wrote: ↑
April 21st, 2023, 1:54 pm
we've been turned down by a lot of guys

Being turned down by a lot of guys likely means we have contacted a lot of guys, including some that previous staffs might have assumed would not be interested and not bothered with.

Call us the new Boise

Yossarian · Post by **Yossarian** » April 21st, 2023, 6:12 pm

GoldcoastAggie wrote: ↑
April 21st, 2023, 5:30 pm

hipsterdoofus21 wrote: ↑
April 21st, 2023, 1:54 pm
we've been turned down by a lot of guys
Nothing wrong with that. The coaches have a very short time period to establish a relationship and get a commit with transfers. They should cast as wide of a net as possible. If we bat 20-30 percent in the portal that would be a success.

If they're the right 20 - 30% getting guys just to get guys because you cast a wide net isn't really helpful.

GoldcoastAggie · Post by **GoldcoastAggie** » April 21st, 2023, 6:37 pm

Yossarian wrote: ↑
April 21st, 2023, 6:12 pm

GoldcoastAggie wrote: ↑
April 21st, 2023, 5:30 pm

hipsterdoofus21 wrote: ↑
April 21st, 2023, 1:54 pm
we've been turned down by a lot of guys
Nothing wrong with that. The coaches have a very short time period to establish a relationship and get a commit with transfers. They should cast as wide of a net as possible. If we bat 20-30 percent in the portal that would be a success.
If they're the right 20 - 30% getting guys just to get guys because you cast a wide net isn't really helpful.

I'd disagree. Its not just to get guys. There are plenty of players out there that can be great gets, just because we go after more of them doesn't mean we are doing it just because they are warm bodies. The strategy with high school guys used to be to find diamonds in rough or to get in early and be the first to offer with local guys. That strategy doesn't work with transfers.

bpd · Post by **bpd** » April 21st, 2023, 6:41 pm

hipsterdoofus21 wrote: ↑
April 21st, 2023, 1:54 pm
we've been turned down by a lot of guys

Most of those were turned down in the previous staff. The Wyoming kid decommitted from them a while back ago. In fact most of those kids signed a letter of intent in November.

TrueAG · Post by **TrueAG** » April 21st, 2023, 7:00 pm

They also could be available again in a year or 2. Wide net makes more sense than ever.

smfdaggie · Post by **smfdaggie** » April 21st, 2023, 7:09 pm

usufan1 wrote: ↑
April 21st, 2023, 4:07 pm
Do we know if anyone from Sprinkle's staff has been in contact with Roddie Anderson?

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We are missing the boat if we don't at least reach out. Worst he can say is no thanks.

hipsterdoofus21 · Post by **hipsterdoofus21** » April 21st, 2023, 7:19 pm

Why are we wasting time at an AAU tournament? Any good freshman we bring in will be gone in a year.

cval · Post by **cval** » April 21st, 2023, 7:26 pm

hipsterdoofus21 wrote: ↑
April 21st, 2023, 7:19 pm
Why are we wasting time at an AAU tournament? Any good freshman we bring in will be gone in a year.

But the ones that say no will be in the portal in a year or two. They will remember you.

hipsterdoofus21 · Post by **hipsterdoofus21** » April 21st, 2023, 7:28 pm

Good point, the long con

bigblue32 · Post by **bigblue32** » April 21st, 2023, 7:43 pm

hipsterdoofus21 wrote: ↑
April 21st, 2023, 7:28 pm
Good point, the long con

I mean maybe we play the long con once we can field a team for next year lol hopefully we've lined up some good players.

MetsJetsAggies · Post by **MetsJetsAggies** » April 21st, 2023, 9:51 pm

Kind of surprised to see some of these guys have only “cool” interest, esp Osobor

hipsterdoofus21 · Post by **hipsterdoofus21** » April 21st, 2023, 10:11 pm

MetsJetsAggies wrote: ↑
April 21st, 2023, 9:51 pm
Kind of surprised to see some of these guys have only “cool” interest, esp Osobor

Yeah that one surprised me

cval · Post by **cval** » April 21st, 2023, 10:15 pm

I believe 22 has said before that cool means they have not visited or scheduled a visit, or something like that.

bluegrouse · Post by **bluegrouse** » April 21st, 2023, 10:20 pm

bigblue32 wrote: ↑
April 21st, 2023, 7:43 pm

hipsterdoofus21 wrote: ↑
April 21st, 2023, 7:28 pm
Good point, the long con
I mean maybe we play the long con once we can field a team for next year lol hopefully we've lined up some good players.

It is possible (and essential) to do both at the same time.

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