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Would definitely be an intriguing addition.

Two spots remain. Here's a position breakdown based on what each player what officially listed as: Forwards: Barre, Burton, White, Christion Wings: Halligan, MMK Guards: Steveskie, Pence, Wilson, Head, Perkins, Henderson, Jones

Ty Pence is an Akron Zip, from Illinois State. Just shared on his IG.

Off topic, but every time I get a letter from UA asking for money I think of this John Mulaney bit. (NSFW) Not exactly the same as Day of Giving, but hilarious.

1-Barre 2-Steveskie 3-Burton 4-Halligan 5-MMK 6-Head 7-White 8-Wilson 9-Perkins 10-Henderson 11-Jones 12-Christion

Doesn't really surprise me. Incoming freshmen are going to be more invested in the coach who recruited them than the school they haven't attended/played for yet. Does this mean we have 3 spots left?

Ladd follows Groce to Charleston.

Forsythe was a valuable rotation player.

This is probably the hardest team in recent memory to project because there's so many players that we just don't know what we will get. The only things I'm confident in are that Steveskie will start, and that one of Burton/Barre will start (unless we add another big!).

Starting to come together...two spots left I believe? White/MMK Halligan/Henderson Burton/Barre Head/Wilson Staveskie/Perkins

More found on White: White was a top 125 recruit in the 2024 class, and was named as the 2024 Ohio Mr. Basketball. He earned first-team all-state honors as a junior and senior as he led Ottawa-Glandorf to back-to-back state championship game appearances in 2022 and 2023. White joins LeBron James as the only high school players in Ohio to start on a state final four team four consecutive seasons. He was also the first player in Ottawa-Glandorf history to score over 2,000 career points. The Ohio kid dominated the competition as a high school senior en route to winning Mr. Basketball, as he averaged 25.1 points, 8.4 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.6 steals per games and was named the Division-III Northwest Ohio Player of the Year as a junior after averaging 20.1 points, 5.8 rebounds and 4.0 assists. White played for Indiana Elite on the AAU circuit and helped the loaded team to a 39-3 record in his final season, averaging 14.3 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game.

The quiet development of Colin White and Ivan Njegovan has strengthened Ohio State’s depth | Land-Grant Holy Land https://share.google/QXNbdzwOHalZMHpmo

Day of Giving is in two days.

These are some pretty big assumptions to make IMO.

Does anyone know if Ladd, Christion, and Jones are still committed?

Sharron was one of my favorite Zips, but even his biggest supporters have to concede that he took a step back last year. I think it's telling that Groce - apparently armed with a bigger NIL budget - didn't bring him over. I think he has the potential to be a lead guard in a winning team, but he likely wanted to be paid like he already was one, whoch is his right. Tahj Staveskie is a pretty clear upgrade in terms of both current ability and experience. I really wanted Eric to stay, but there's no way Akron can pay him like a star (the rumored $700 K) when he hasn't proven to be that just yet. Obviously the potential is there, but the advantage schools like Cincinnati have with NIL is they can pay him that and not expect him to be the centerpiece of the team. I do think we need a player with some size and scoring ability to replace him. Amarion Dickerson is my dream target, but I'm not sure if we can pull that off.

I kind of wonder with stuff like this, do players put teams in the top 3 who don't even really want them? Can they do that? Lol

He doesn't look bad or anything, but I wonder about the roster fit, with Steveskie, Head, Wilson, and Perkins on the roster...unless Perkins is going somewhere.

Apparently this kid is a big influencer on social media? My son knew who he was. He has 680 K followers on IG. No idea how good he is, though.

His IG says he is announcing his commitment tomorrow at noon.

Marvin and Zach both officially committed for next year.