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OSU Men's Basketball Recruiting/Projections/General Discussions

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For additions for the 2019-20 roster, at this point it feels like OSU is only really going after Diallo and Giddens. They put out feelers on a few grad transfer wings, but it looks like that was more of an establish a Plan B type recruiting effort. It seems to me that they want to add Giddens and Diallo and call it a day for the upcoming season, and if they dont get at least one or the other then they could look at developing Plan B further. My suspicion is if they can get Giddens and Diallo, they will take them both and redshirt Diallo.
 
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I agree. If you RS Diallo, you might get two good seasons out of him instead of just one. And they can burn the RS next season if they absolutely have to (things would have to be pretty dire because we'd probably be better off playing any one of Liddell, Young, or Andre in the post).

Someone on a different board said they read a recent Pitt article that states we haven't even officially offered Diallo according to Diallo, but I can't find the article so that might be inaccurate. And even if it is accurate it might be changing when Pedon visits him.
 
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nomatta said:
I don't know if he's right but Jardy's saying the Diallo commitment means we are done adding anyone else eligible to play next season.
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They do have an open roster spot, and at this point with no additional personnel losses, the only addition that makes a lot of sense is a grad transfer big so Diallo can redshirt. There is always a chance they find a sit out transfer that is too good to pass up, but I don't think that is likely at all. If there are any additional early departures, they could add a different type of grad transfer at that point.
 
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QualityLoss said:
I personally think we should be giving Hugley more of look anyways. He is a good athlete for his size who make a fine back up in 2020.
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2020 recruiting is extremely wide open without any clear direction, but my early money is on hugley being offered and ultimately becoming a buckeye. otherwise, keeping it in-state, i like mo njie and his rate of progress. solid length and good feet. will be one to watch this aau season. i could see him blowing up.

edit: for njie to go from averaging 2 points two seasons ago to the footwork he has now is damn impressive. once he gets to the point of developing a 15-footer, which will come, look out. really, really liking his game.
 
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OSU_Buckguy said:
for one, it's interesting that the staff (particularly pedon) is reaching out to another player available for 2019. for two, it's interesting that it's a juco player.

sean mcneil is a 6'4" freshman shooting guard playing for sinclair community college (dayton). from northern kentucky, he had originally committed to bellarmine (d2) for 2017 but decided he wasn't ready for the academic side of college basketball when he showed up for orientation. he spent a year at a local cc without playing organized ball.

so far at sinclair, he is leading all of juco at 31 points per game while shooting 88% from the line and 42% behind the arc (on very high volume with deep range). the rebounding stats are also impressive for a sg. the ballhandling is pretty nifty, too. one caveat, however, is that sinclair is a d2 (of 3) juco college. he's not getting those stats against the type of competition that, say, cj jackson faced.

a caveat to that caveat is that some big players are getting involved. dayton, toledo, and wku have offered. wvu offered today. uva, marquette, xavier, missouri, and ttu are sniffing around, which perhaps allays some academic concerns. and the tape below is rather impressive, regardless of competition. huggins won't be the last coach from a major program to offer.

i have nothing to base this on, but i'd bet that wvu will prove to be the leader. it's his first big offer. they need players. the path to playing time should be open. perhaps most important to mcneil is that the environment at and around wvu probably fits a player from northern kentucky who has been apprehensive. on other hand, his hometown is more or less a suburb of cincinnati, so wvu ain't exactly close. perhaps wku, xavier, and dayton have the upper hand, with programs like uc and louisville to follow.



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fwiw, it's wvu. not sure we even wanted a guy who goes by the name "hot boy 22."

 
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ShowMeBuck said:
Good Lord I’m gonna stay out of the hoops thread I guess. We are talking about guys potentially transferring out who aren’t even on campus yet? This is insane. Diallo verbals today and 24 hours haven’t even passed and we are talking about when he may be transferring out? That’s gotta be some kind of record.
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I am not talking about anyone specific, I mention a large group of names, but the basic point is we should have more than two scholarships available.

But even if we do, it feels like we might not use more than two, so in terms of that I guess it wouldn't matter if no one transfers. But then if no one transfers or leaves early, and Holtmann's for real about not wanting to max out his classes, then maybe we only grab one guy in 2020?

That feels unlikely to me but if you just want to assume no one is going to transfer, okay. I guarantee that's not what Holtmann's assuming when he looks at the 2020 class, though.
 
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nomatta said:
I am not talking about anyone specific, I mention a large group of names, but the basic point is we should have more than two scholarships available.

But even if we do, it feels like we might not use more than two, so in terms of that I guess it wouldn't matter if no one transfers. But then if no one transfers or leaves early, and Holtmann's for real about not wanting to max out his classes, then maybe we only grab one guy in 2020?

That feels unlikely to me but if you just want to assume no one is going to transfer, okay. I guarantee that's not what Holtmann's assuming when he looks at the 2020 class, though.
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Dude. You mention Gaffney and Diallo as possible transfers and neither are even on campus yet. That’s absolutely ridiculous.
 
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nomatta said:
I definitely think we will have another transfer out--most likely one of Jallow, Ahrens, Young, or Gaffney--at some point before the 2020-2021 season. Heck maybe Diallo Ledeaves after one season or one of Duane or Luther decides they don't want to be behind the other one at SG. But even so, I think you're looking at 2 more players, max, transferring. Then again, maybe there is an early entry from somewhere--Carton goes full DAR Effect or Kaleb to Europe (though the latter would be more like an "early exit").
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so possible departures by 2020: jallow, ahrens, young, gaffney, muhammad, washington, carton, and kaleb. why in the world did you stop there? why not add liddell and diallo? or what about walker? definitely going to be a grad transfer prospect. heck, if we sign morton this fall, maybe he'll transfer before the season starts.

we get it. transfers will happen here. they happen everywhere. no use worrying about every player leaving town by 2020-21 when we're not even a month removed from 2018-19.
 
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