(03-14-2022 02:29 PM)golf4501 Wrote: Is that 5 commits now or 6?
I know we have Amos
The Juco guard from the Fall
The 6'5" guy that was announced last week
I seem to remember another guard in there
and now this guy
Can someone fill in the specifics, perhaps Big Red
Incoming Players:
Yazid Powell - G - JUCO - Will be a junior
David Coit - G - JUCO - Will be a sophomore
Zarique Nutter - G - JUCO - Will be a sophomore
Martice Mitchell - F/C - Transfer - Might have freshman eligibility
Taku Youngblood - G -HS
Xavier Amos - F - HS
Yanic Niederhäuser - F/C - HS
So, yeah...that's 7 players. Which...I don't know how it's all going to fit if no one is transferring out. I'm confident Osten is gone. But I think that means they still need 1 more opening. Or maybe 2.
One might think that the Mitchell stuff is not going to happen. Or maybe the Amos deal...or both?
Fwiw, both of them have active Twitter accounts and both of them have profile pics of them wearing NIU uniforms. Take that for what it is.
Part of me thinks Thornton is going to transfer and it wouldn't surprise me if he followed Cochran to Ball State. I think he can transfer and play right away if he did since he came to NIU via JUCO.
I also wonder about Crump. But I also have been very vocal in that I think Crump is going to find a way to stay at NIU for like 15 years.
I also could see a guy like Kon transfer if for no other reason than already knowing he's behind Russell and then there's an influx of guards coming in.
Manuel wouldn't be a guy any of us would miss but he's basically got no where to go if he wants to play basketball. Plus he's on scholarship (presumably) and he'd have to know he was getting another scholarship if he went elsewhere.
Anyway...I can't figure it out but I never could with Monty at the helm either and his recruiting was so elementary is was painful.