2019 Recruiting Class - Surely the best ever :D

[ChestRockwell85]

Marquette Fans, how you feeling about Nico? Would love to see him in the Big East.

[Mufan15]

Marquette Fans, how you feeling about Nico? Would love to see him in the Big East.

Tough to say. All the “experts” are predicting Arizona but it’s hard to know if they are saying that because Arizona is the home town team and a borderline blue blood and Marquette is seen as a pretty random school for a 5 star from Arizona to pick or if they actually have inside information.

Stan Johnson has a great history of recruiting Arizona and Nico has talked about the great relationship they have. The Mannion family is also close friends with Marquette freshman Brenden Baileys family so there is that connection. Thurl Bailey and Pace Mannion worked on the Utah Jazz broadcast together when Nico and Brendan where young and evidently the families have been close ever since. Nico has said the Bailey’s stay with his family whenever they visit Arizona.

So really who knows. Nico is set to visit Marquette for madness and then has his official visit with Arizona shortly after that so I’d expect him to decide by the end of October.

[scoscox]

Another 4 star has boarded the Steele Train.

Dahmir Bishop, 6'4", 4* out of Philly

https://twitter.com/dahh215/status/1040750455595393026

[gtmoBlue]

Mannion to Arizona...


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5-Star PG Nico Mannion commits to Arizona over Villanova

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[BEXU]

Another 4 star has boarded the Steele Train.

Dahmir Bishop, 6'4", 4* out of Philly

https://twitter.com/dahh215/status/1040750455595393026

Like the trend so far:

https://247sports.com/Season/2019-Baske ... mRankings/

#5 for 2020.

[Xudash]

Another 4 star has boarded the Steele Train.

Dahmir Bishop, 6'4", 4* out of Philly

https://twitter.com/dahh215/status/1040750455595393026

Like the trend so far:

https://247sports.com/Season/2019-Baske ... mRankings/

#5 for 2020.

For comic relief only: we need to start beating Nova at something.

[scoscox]

We're killing them in 2020 recruiting so far courtesy of Dwon Odom

[kayako]

Can't find the list I made for the previous 6 years

Maybe here?

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6038&start=330

Nova picks up Saddiq Bey. 4 stars on 247.

So, according to 247...

2018:
1 five star
12 four stars

2017:
0 five stars
12 four stars

2016:
1 five star
13 four stars

2015:
2 five stars
11 four stars

2014:
1 five star
19 four stars

2013:
0 five star
11 four stars

2019: (in progress)
0 five stars
5 four stars

Honestly, the 2014 number seems a bit inflated to me and I'm not sure if that's accurate. It seems they classified a couple 3 stars like Sean O'Mara (#158 overall) as a 4 star on this page (which is the number I used):

https://247sports.com/Season/2014-Baske ... e=Big-East

So maybe a glitch, but regardless 2014 still looks like the best class.

I absolutely think you can argue the 2018 class is the second best. It has the most Top 50 recruits of any BE class (yes, even beating the 2014 class- 6 vs 4). Those players just barely fell outside the 5 star range.

The only class with more 4/5 star recruits (aside from 2014) was the 2016 (1 additional 4 star recruit). That class, however, only had 2 top 50 players (vs 6 for 2018).

So assuming this is the end of the class and there's no further decommits or commits, I'd say this class is second best overall in our history. Pretty good.

[kayako]

Nova and St. John's are out of the picture for Scottie Lewis.

[BEXU]

Seems to like X - would be nice to pick up a 5* for '20

https://hoopseen.com/news/player/201805 ... ecruitment