2024 recruiting rankings

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gobears20
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Crawfoso1973
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Not sure what those rankings are based upon. I'll take my chances on Rob Wright and Asemota over the 21 recruiting classes ahead of them.
Dubblcans
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Crawfoso1973 said:

Not sure what those rankings are based upon. I'll take my chances on Rob Wright and Asemota over the 21 recruiting classes ahead of them.
We also aren't done yet we are still in the race for VJ Edgedombe
GruntTuff
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The beautiful thing about basketball, as opposed to football, is that it only takes (in the NIL and Transfer Portal world) one or two or perhaps even zero high school recruits each year to maintain a top five or ten program.

Drew recruits players who want to be with him and willingly accept what he expects and demands of his players. Drew only accepts transfers who want to play at Baylor and understand what that means.

Thanks to the absolute genius and character of Scott Drew, he has built something here, in WACO, for goodness sakes, where he can do that, bring in guys who want to be with him, and still be a contender for the Big 12 and March Madness championships year after year.

It's all due to his genius, character and work ethic. Of course, I'm sure he has to fork over dollars like everyone else, but the universe of guys who want to play here is huge, and it's due to his incredible accomplishment.

Thank you Homer Drew (and Mom Drew) for raising an incredible son.
vanillabryce
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https://247sports.com/Season/2024-Basketball/CompositeTeamRankings/

Here is the detailed list. Our average rating is top 4, not sure why we are listed 22, seems like we'd be higher.
vanillabryce
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EvilTroyAndAbed
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GruntTuff said:

The beautiful thing about basketball, as opposed to football, is that it only takes (in the NIL and Transfer Portal world) one or two or perhaps even zero high school recruits each year to maintain a top five or ten program.
Yep, the addition of RayJ doesn't show up on a graphic like that, and he is a major reason why we're going to contend for a Big 12 championship and No. 1-2 seed.
DanaDane
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I'll continue standing on my soapbox saying that the Natty is not going to a team comprised largely of frosh phenoms in the NIL/Transfer Portal era. The Natty will continue to be won by a team that may have a couple of frosh phenoms but that is also supplemented by some strong, older grown ass men who can hoop too. It's too easy to rebuild a team through the portal now, and the likelihood of those transfers melding together as a team is just as high as 5 Five Star frosh.
Crawfoso1973
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I suspect it will continue being a combination of freshmen and impact tansfers just like this year. Two one and done freshman and two stud transfers.
DanaDane
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Yep. I love how Drew continues to construct rosters with good mixture of true freshmen, a couple of developmental players he can redshirt so that they will be ready a year from now, some ingrown talent that has waited their turn and then some traditional transfer portal guys who are ready to produce instantly.

Any time someone or some rule change throws an obstacle in his way, Drew figures out a way around it.
historian
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vanillabryce said:

https://247sports.com/Season/2024-Basketball/CompositeTeamRankings/

Here is the detailed list. Our average rating is top 4, not sure why we are listed 22, seems like we'd be higher.

These things can be very subjective and seem arbitrary. Maybe that's the case here. How many of those 21 ahead of us have been to a Final Four in the past decade or won a natty? Not many.

I'm surprised Houston isn't on this list. I did not that the Big 12 is well represented & next year's league has 2 more (although we lose the Cows… hooray!).
historian
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DanaDane said:

I'll continue standing on my soapbox saying that the Natty is not going to a team comprised largely of frosh phenoms in the NIL/Transfer Portal era. The Natty will continue to be won by a team that may have a couple of frosh phenoms but that is also supplemented by some strong, older grown ass men who can hoop too. It's too easy to rebuild a team through the portal now, and the likelihood of those transfers melding together as a team is just as high as 5 Five Star frosh.

Thankfully that describes our team! Bridges, Dennis, Nunn, etc are contributing well to our rotation so far.
historian
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DanaDane said:

Yep. I love how Drew continues to construct rosters with good mixture of true freshmen, a couple of developmental players he can redshirt so that they will be ready a year from now, some ingrown talent that has waited their turn and then some traditional transfer portal guys who are ready to produce instantly.

Any time someone or some rule change throws an obstacle in his way, Drew figures out a way around it.

That's his true genius. Or just one aspect of it anyway.

We are so blessed to have our coaches and players.
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