****Official Class Of 2025 Recruiting Thread****

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He wanted to be a Cyclone but we took Nojus over him.
True. At the time there was a big debate on which of Nick or Nojus would be the better take as they were closely ranked at the time (plus Nick is a WI kid and Nojus was a supposed Illinois lock).
The staff clearly believed Nojus had the higher potential and was their priority. That looks right as of today as Nojus ranking has risen where Nick has stagnated. Still it will interesting to follow thier career's to see how it plays out in college.
 

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Just saw on 247 that Jamarion Bateman was at the KU game on Saturday. Great game to have a recruit in for, that's for sure!

With as good as our team is and back to back solid recruiting classes, I haven’t paid as much attention to 2025 class as i normally would. I wish Bynum would have been at that game. Would love to get Batemon and Bynum.
 

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We desperately need some bigs. Genuinely concerned about our front court next year although you have to think immediate playing time on a top 10-15 program with the talent we have returning at guard and on the wing is going to be a draw in the transfer portal.
 
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We desperately need some bigs. Genuinely concerned about our front court next year although you have to think immediate playing time on a top 10-15 program with the talent we have returning at guard and on the wing is going to be a draw in the transfer portal.
I'd love to see Omaha stay and then add one graduate transfer big (if Omaha doesn't stay, two graduate transfer bigs). Between those two and JT Rock, I think that would be plenty with our great guards.
 

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I haven’t been following this class very well, but would love to land Bynum or Rodgers as we need bigs, and/or Hannah and Batemon. My dream would be Bynum, Hannah, and Batemon. There was Xzavion Mitchell from WI as well that can play multiple positions that would be a solid get. Not sure what the priorities would be of those following this class more closely?
 

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I haven’t been following this class very well, but would love to land Bynum or Rodgers as we need bigs, and/or Hannah and Batemon. My dream would be Bynum, Hannah, and Batemon. There was Xzavion Mitchell from WI as well that can play multiple positions that would be a solid get. Not sure what the priorities would be of those following this class more closely?

It’s a lot more quiet this recruiting cycle. I know where we stand with Bateman but have no idea on where we stand on the rest of the recruits
 
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I'd love to see Omaha stay and then add one graduate transfer big (if Omaha doesn't stay, two graduate transfer bigs). Between those two and JT Rock, I think that would be plenty with our great guards.
Omaha is definitely not going pro and doubt he transfers. Hopefully he's progressing and is ready to go next season. It's been a bit frustrating not seeing that highly rated of a guy not play much yet.

A lot of people seem to forget that Stinson is in the 25 class and there's little mention of him recently. He may be the next point guard for us after playing behind Lipsey for his senior year.

With a year of redshirting I feel good about Rock being able to step in next season and being able to contribute minutes.
 

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Omaha is definitely not going pro and doubt he transfers. Hopefully he's progressing and is ready to go next season. It's been a bit frustrating not seeing that highly rated of a guy not play much yet.

A lot of people seem to forget that Stinson is in the 25 class and there's little mention of him recently. He may be the next point guard for us after playing behind Lipsey for his senior year.

With a year of redshirting I feel good about Rock being able to step in next season and being able to contribute minutes.
My worry is not the draft. It's the G League. Hopefully he is enjoying his experience at Iowa State and sees the value in that. TJ and his staff will definitely develop his skills as much as is possible (and he's got a ton of them once he gets up to speed).

I've read on here that we may have cooled on Stinson.
 

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Omaha is definitely not going pro and doubt he transfers. Hopefully he's progressing and is ready to go next season. It's been a bit frustrating not seeing that highly rated of a guy not play much yet.

A lot of people seem to forget that Stinson is in the 25 class and there's little mention of him recently. He may be the next point guard for us after playing behind Lipsey for his senior year.

With a year of redshirting I feel good about Rock being able to step in next season and being able to contribute minutes.
I dont think anyone is forgetting, we're just not recruiting him. His stock is down and doubt he's going to be an impactful high major recruit.
 

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True. At the time there was a big debate on which of Nick or Nojus would be the better take as they were closely ranked at the time (plus Nick is a WI kid and Nojus was a supposed Illinois lock).
The staff clearly believed Nojus had the higher potential and was their priority. That looks right as of today as Nojus ranking has risen where Nick has stagnated. Still it will interesting to follow thier career's to see how it plays out in college.
Nojus has more length and is way more athletic.