Add another recruit:
6’8". No weight listed. Looks to be quick and good hops. I like his release on the jump shot.
3.49 composite rating on Verbal Commits.
I like his midrange turnaround jumper, leg out like Nowitzki. 8 other D1 offers.
Louis O’Keefe (6-3 PG) also committed. Had 4 other Ivy offers (Yale, Brown, Penn, Columbia). Another recruit from the Middlesex Magic AAU team along with CJ Happy and Landon Clark.
That Sabec video has some nice features. He likes to block shots and ball hawk, and he has good pivot footwork despite mostly playing against shorter guys. A couple of up-and-unders shown, which some guys never master. And his jump shot is pretty from all ranges. I have trouble projecting from HS video to DI performance in general, though.
Yes, shorter guys. How will he do agains guys his size or taller, and just as quick?
Yeah, that’s always the question in projecting up from HS. That’s why I mentioned the pivot footwork, because that is the sort of thing that players have to do when stuck post-dribble with a taller guy hovering over them. But I am in no way concluding that it will be clear sailing for the kid, only that there is some scope for optimism.
Christopher Kirkpatrick, a 6’3" guard from New Trier HS in IL, is now listed as committed to Princeton by Verbal Commits. He shows in the ratings on Verbal Commits, ESPN and On3, which is obviously a good sign.
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North Shore Illinois has produced some phenomenal ivy league players over the years
Don’t know the denominator, but listed as among top 6:
It’s hard to get too excited about recruits in the NIL/transfer era. Once they have a great season… they’re almost certainly on their way out.
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And the ivies will do nothing to change that.
At least in that event we will have had benefit of a good season to watch.
That is of course the new reality.
I would conjecture that most “great years” would be in the third year, and most third year stars would not play freshman year, so we could hope that we would get one solid year (sophomore) and one excellent year (junior) out of our best recruits.
So: could we build a program bringing in six players a year rather than five, trying to build a competitive team of 2nd and 3rd year players?
Hard to develop chemistry and sustain it with guys coming and going.
Yes, and unfortunately player transfer decisions can feed off each other. Maybe Pierce sticks around if Lee does. No longer any confidence that your top guys will stick around. Some still will, but I think now it will always be in the back of our minds as fans. Within a couple of years we may not think about it anymore though. Right now it’s more of a blow because we’re accustomed to players sticking around for 4 years.
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Totally agree.
True, but…
Not everyone will pan out as a transfer. But one can recruit a less than 4 star player as: start for us, and possibly play into a transfer.
The ivies and princeton in particular as they take in no transfers will settle into mediocrity, frequent upsets will rarely occur. When they expand the ncaa tourney they’ll be in the play in round. Won’t see the 2-15 upsets etc.Sorry for the bleak outlook.
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“guys coming and going” will take some adjustments for the coaches but plenty of teams are doing this every year and winning. Those that embrace and evolve will be successful…
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The ivies are not like “plenty of teams” concerning the portal, limited NIL and opting out of revenue sharing. They’re playing with the old rules. Problematic.