2020-2021 B1G Basketball Thread

[MichiFan87]

Sounds like the G League is now signing top recruits for a decent amount of money, including Todd and someone else. Good for them. Hopefully it will reduce the amount of corruption in college basketball.

[ELA]

The one and dones are going away in the next CBA anyway, just in time for MSU to lose out on a once in a lifetime recruit, unless he re-classifies, which apparently isn't totally out of the question.

[ELA]

Also, I hate to defend the NCAA but the NBA created a rule, that the NCAA got blamed for, that hurt the NCAA, that the NBA is now getting credited with creating a new rule that allows players to circumvent the NBA rule that everyone hated in the first place

[MaximumSam]

I don't know that it's that big a deal for college basketball. Still, I would like to see the NCAA work with the idea that a decent amount of guys are going to get paid to play basketball. There is no reason to work against these people.

[MaximumSam]

Dejulius heads to Cincinnati

[847badgerfan]

I don't know that it's that big a deal for college basketball. Still, I would like to see the NCAA work with the idea that a decent amount of guys are going to get paid to play basketball. There is no reason to work against these people.

A decent amount do now. Dook, Kentucky, Kansas, etc. The pockets are deep in those places.

[ELA]

Dejulius heads to Cincinnati

I'm not sure what their makeup is now that Cronin is at UCLA, but he plays like a Cincinnati guard.  Not sure why he left UM, I was pissed MSU prioritized Loyer over him, I think he could be really good.

[MichiFan87]

DeJulius could be good, but he was quite inconsistent at both ends of the floor. On offense he took some bad shots, drove at the wrong time, and was reluctant to make the right pass, though he didn't turn it over much. Defensively, his effort wasn't predictable, which is especially noticeable when you play next to Simpson and Brooks.

[ELA]

https://twitter.com/FredKatz/status/1251351851989184518?s=19

[ELA]

MSU picks up a commitment from in state 4* SG Pierre Brooks out of Detroit, out of UM and Xavier.  With two nearly identically ranked, identically sized, in state SGs in Pierre Brooks and Kobe Bufkin, the thought for some time was that Brooks would go to MSU and Bufkin to UM.  I actually like Jaden Akins, who is a combo guard, with the ability to play on ball more than either Brooks or Bufkin, but is for some reason rated lower (I'm guessing size?) than either, quite a bit more.  Not sure how this impacts MSU's chances with Akins.  If they are still fully in on him, means they must like him quite a bit as a PG, considering how hard they are still recruiting Max Christie out of Chicago, as well as Emoni Bates, who seems a lock to be the #1 pick in the NBA Draft in 2023, the first year presumably they return to allowing kids to jump straight from high school, but may reclassify and play a year of college first.

[bayareabadger]

MSU picks up a commitment from in state 4* SG Pierre Brooks out of Detroit, out of UM and Xavier.  With two nearly identically ranked, identically sized, in state SGs in Pierre Brooks and Kobe Bufkin, the thought for some time was that Brooks would go to MSU and Bufkin to UM.  I actually like Jaden Akins, who is a combo guard, with the ability to play on ball more than either Brooks or Bufkin, but is for some reason rated lower (I'm guessing size?) than either, quite a bit more.  Not sure how this impacts MSU's chances with Akins.  If they are still fully in on him, means they must like him quite a bit as a PG, considering how hard they are still recruiting Max Christie out of Chicago, as well as Emoni Bates, who seems a lock to be the #1 pick in the NBA Draft in 2023, the first year presumably they return to allowing kids to jump straight from high school, but may reclassify and play a year of college first.

This reminds me, UW is trying to pull a three-star shooting guard out of Michigan to complete its class.

He's set to announce May 4, with some dust he might chose NW over Wisconsin, but Wisconsin seemingly having been some sort of favorites (he was waiting on in-state offers that have yet to materialize and likely won't)

[ELA]

This reminds me, UW is trying to pull a three-star shooting guard out of Michigan to complete its class.

He's set to announce May 4, with some dust he might chose NW over Wisconsin, but Wisconsin seemingly having been some sort of favorites (he was waiting on in-state offers that have yet to materialize and likely won't)

Yeah, it's kind of weird how similar the 4 Power 5 type kids from Michigan are this year.

Kobe Bufkin is a 6'5" SG ranked #92 overall
Pierre Brooks is a 6'5" SG ranked #96 overall (MSU commit)
Jaden Akins is a 6'3" PG/SG ranked #99 overall
Julian Roper is a 6'3" SG ranked #137 overall

Looking at their film, as I said, I like Akins best of the four.  I like his ability to play on or off the ball, the other 3 are clear #2s.  My guess is Roper didn't get a UM/MSU offer because he's 2 inches shorter than Bufkin and Brooks, and can't play the 1 like Akins.  Just a bad year to be a slightly shorter pure 2 in state.

[MichiFan87]

Michigan is definitely trying to get another grad-transfer at SG with Justin Kier from George Mason appearing to be the top option, and Michigan should have the best team next year of the schools he's reportedly considering.

Even if the rule passes to allow immediate eligibility for transfers, that probably won't help Michigan much with the number of credits that don't get transferred (same reason they almost never recruit JC players or non-graduate transfers, anyway), so I think it's smart to focus on grad transfers, regardless.

As for 2021 recruiting, Michigan has offered Akins but not Roper or Bufkin. If they take a grad transfer, they'll have 5 seniors next year along with the possibility that Wagner goes pro then, so whatever can be done for recruiting as restrictions on events start to get reduced will be more important.

[ELA]

Some buzz Akins might drop for MSU sooner rather than later.