FISHERS — A couple notes from tonight at the Charlie Hughes Shootout in Indy-ish ...
• Purdue had assistant coaches Micah Shrewsberry and Steve Lutz present, and there was certainly value in having multiple coaches on hand, because of the three 2021 targets who were at Hamilton Southeastern tonight — Caleb Furst, Trey Kaufman and Khristian Lander — their games all overlapped time slots in different gyms, so you had to pick.
Here's how that broke down: When all three were playing separately, Shrewsberry watched Furst and Lutz Kaufman. Indiana head coach Archie Miller chose Lander.
When Furst's team played Lander's team in the final time slot, Lutz watched for Purdue, and Shrewsberry watched Kaufman.
Fascinating stuff, I know.
Anyway, Matt Painter was in Chicago tonight to watch Max Christie, who is playing this weekend after sitting out the first June eval period. Painter will be in Indy tomorrow, then Maryland Sunday, I think, for Hunter Dickinson. Brandon Brantley is already out there, and Lutz will replace Painter in Chicago Saturday. Shrewsberry will presumably stay in Indy.
• Furst had assistant coaches from Purdue, Butler, Michigan State, Northwestern and Stanford at his first game, and most of them returned for his second game. A Michigan assistant was there too, but probably for Lander more so.
Interesting that Stanford sent somebody out to Indiana on Night 1 right after it offered both Furst and his buddy, Luke Goode. Not sure what Furst's stance on proximity to home would be at this point, but Stanford is always a formidable recruiting adversary on certain kids, and Furst would qualify as that type of kid.
Of course, if it comes down to brass knuckles time with Stanford, Purdue can always play the 'They're sending their kids to us' card. Kidding, of course.
• Lander had assistant coaches from North Carolina, Florida and Michigan (probably for Furst, too), as well as Miller and Lutz watching in the final game of the night, a win over Furst's Blackhawk Christian team in which Evansville Reitz's full-court pressure and superior backcourt athleticism sped Blackhawk up and led to the win.
Furst probably had 25 or so. Here's the best video an iPhone could shoot, and we missed a bunch of stuff from Furst.
• Kaufman was credited at the scorer's table with 35 in Silver Creek's first game, against Hamilton Southeastern.
We'll have video of both his games tonight too, but won't be able to turn that around right away.
We'll be back in Indy Sunday, for Jaden Ivey's two games that day, including a 10:15 a.m. game with Trey Galloway and Culver Academies.
• Purdue had assistant coaches Micah Shrewsberry and Steve Lutz present, and there was certainly value in having multiple coaches on hand, because of the three 2021 targets who were at Hamilton Southeastern tonight — Caleb Furst, Trey Kaufman and Khristian Lander — their games all overlapped time slots in different gyms, so you had to pick.
Here's how that broke down: When all three were playing separately, Shrewsberry watched Furst and Lutz Kaufman. Indiana head coach Archie Miller chose Lander.
When Furst's team played Lander's team in the final time slot, Lutz watched for Purdue, and Shrewsberry watched Kaufman.
Fascinating stuff, I know.
Anyway, Matt Painter was in Chicago tonight to watch Max Christie, who is playing this weekend after sitting out the first June eval period. Painter will be in Indy tomorrow, then Maryland Sunday, I think, for Hunter Dickinson. Brandon Brantley is already out there, and Lutz will replace Painter in Chicago Saturday. Shrewsberry will presumably stay in Indy.
• Furst had assistant coaches from Purdue, Butler, Michigan State, Northwestern and Stanford at his first game, and most of them returned for his second game. A Michigan assistant was there too, but probably for Lander more so.
Interesting that Stanford sent somebody out to Indiana on Night 1 right after it offered both Furst and his buddy, Luke Goode. Not sure what Furst's stance on proximity to home would be at this point, but Stanford is always a formidable recruiting adversary on certain kids, and Furst would qualify as that type of kid.
Of course, if it comes down to brass knuckles time with Stanford, Purdue can always play the 'They're sending their kids to us' card. Kidding, of course.
• Lander had assistant coaches from North Carolina, Florida and Michigan (probably for Furst, too), as well as Miller and Lutz watching in the final game of the night, a win over Furst's Blackhawk Christian team in which Evansville Reitz's full-court pressure and superior backcourt athleticism sped Blackhawk up and led to the win.
Furst probably had 25 or so. Here's the best video an iPhone could shoot, and we missed a bunch of stuff from Furst.
• Kaufman was credited at the scorer's table with 35 in Silver Creek's first game, against Hamilton Southeastern.
We'll have video of both his games tonight too, but won't be able to turn that around right away.
We'll be back in Indy Sunday, for Jaden Ivey's two games that day, including a 10:15 a.m. game with Trey Galloway and Culver Academies.
