Things have slowed down dramatically since James Evans committed. We have lost traction on a lot of recruits that we were once good with.
Some notes:
1. Pharaoh Compton will take his all of his visits. I dont think that he will leave the west coast. SDSU is a very serious contender and is the only school I can see stealing him away from us. This would be a massive robbery. Not sure what SDSU is offering him in terms of NIL, but I was told by someone that is privy to their NIL that they dont really offer much and its would be way less than what DTJ was offered. I know the NIL offer we have on the table (obviously cant disclose that) and I think that should be enough to keep him home, but I've been told that he really likes SDSU and Taj is in his ear. Months ago, Compton was a lock. Things have changed dramatically.
2. PF Brody Kozlowski left us off his final list. Kind of surprised with this one because of our Utah connections, but we werent on him as hard this spring because Compton was in the bag. Now its biting us in the behind. Staff went to his game when his AAU team was in Vegas. That wasnt enough.
3. C Emmanuel Stephen was really considering Kansas but they got their 5-Star C so Stephen wont be going there. Will visit Arizona in September and they are probably the favorites to land him. I dont see us having a chance here at this point unless Arizona takes someone else at his position.
4. We have shown high interest in a JUCO player. I cant disclose his name yet, but he would come in and provide good experience and strong numbers.
5. I think we are playing the waiting game right now with our big men situation. Last I heard, we were picking up our interactions with Doryan Onwuchekwa. Staff went to South Carolina to see him play in his last AAU tournament. He is good friends with DTJ. Not sure who the staff prefers in regards to him or Stephen.
6. Christian Nitu is someone we recently offered and is a wing out of Canada. Someone that we should keep an eye on. I heard that the staff really likes him. I really like his game and hes gotten a lot better in the past year.
Some notes:
1. Pharaoh Compton will take his all of his visits. I dont think that he will leave the west coast. SDSU is a very serious contender and is the only school I can see stealing him away from us. This would be a massive robbery. Not sure what SDSU is offering him in terms of NIL, but I was told by someone that is privy to their NIL that they dont really offer much and its would be way less than what DTJ was offered. I know the NIL offer we have on the table (obviously cant disclose that) and I think that should be enough to keep him home, but I've been told that he really likes SDSU and Taj is in his ear. Months ago, Compton was a lock. Things have changed dramatically.
2. PF Brody Kozlowski left us off his final list. Kind of surprised with this one because of our Utah connections, but we werent on him as hard this spring because Compton was in the bag. Now its biting us in the behind. Staff went to his game when his AAU team was in Vegas. That wasnt enough.
3. C Emmanuel Stephen was really considering Kansas but they got their 5-Star C so Stephen wont be going there. Will visit Arizona in September and they are probably the favorites to land him. I dont see us having a chance here at this point unless Arizona takes someone else at his position.
4. We have shown high interest in a JUCO player. I cant disclose his name yet, but he would come in and provide good experience and strong numbers.
5. I think we are playing the waiting game right now with our big men situation. Last I heard, we were picking up our interactions with Doryan Onwuchekwa. Staff went to South Carolina to see him play in his last AAU tournament. He is good friends with DTJ. Not sure who the staff prefers in regards to him or Stephen.
6. Christian Nitu is someone we recently offered and is a wing out of Canada. Someone that we should keep an eye on. I heard that the staff really likes him. I really like his game and hes gotten a lot better in the past year.
