Baller45

The portal is a beast that goes both ways. If a staff does not recruit guys in high school and they blow up in D2, some guys are not going to consider playing for coaches who did not recruit them earlier in their own region.

A look at the other side of the coin. Sather hit on Bruns. Bruns is back home a year later. Sather hit on Eaglestaff. Eaglestaff is here for 3 of 4 years and will go get paid somewhere for his final year, then be an ambassador for the University of North Dakota for the rest of his life. I am not a college basketball coach but I can see the logic in the Ouse decision. You are bringing in 3 6’8” wings. I would imagine the Curtis twins, at least 1 of them, can add value very early. Do guys from MN stay for 4-5 years? In this day and age, probably not. If they are gone after 3 years, you have a guy who has been in your program for 3 years with 2 years of eligibility left that can fill a role. Just my opinions.

How do we evaluate a ceiling? If a ceiling for a player was D2, for example, would that indicate that the player was going to be heavily recruited at a level below D2 and get a scholarship or PWO option at a few D2s? If a ceiling for a player was D1, for example, would that indicate that the player was going to be heavily recruited at a level below D1 and get a scholarship or PWO option at a few D1s?

If Ouse did not end up at UND he would have ended up at a different Summit school. North Dakota media has not given 3 players from any boys team All State in 16 years.

We do not need to hate on Bell to compliment Schiller. Schiller is a baller and her game does plenty of talking.

Speaking purely to the comments on the recruitment of the Century pair. Erikson committing the day after he got offered did really eliminate any chance of him accumulating multiple D1 offers. I know off hand that he spoke with schools in 3 different mid major conferences, but UND was the school he particularly wanted to go to for a variety of reasons. Doppler was communicating with several different coaching staffs and also committed before the July live periods began. Doppler, in particular, is a lot better offensively than he gets to show in high school due to the unique style of basketball that Century plays as far as their pace and their spacing. Also watched Bothun several times during the summer and I think he is going to be a very nice piece in a few years. Can really really shoot it.