Indiana and UCONN. Here come the money boys…
Hopefully the ground work was already laid for a Purdue commit!
Hopefully the ground work was already laid for a Purdue commit!
Trey Thompson offered by….
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Tough choice, play at Purdue and develop or, work under an A$$ of a coach in UCON or in the shadows at IU.
Go with a coach that's cared since the beginning or those looking for 1 night stands. CMP takes care of developing the best, the money will come
Wonder why he’s letting his recruiting drag on so long?
It was reported by Brian that they wanted to have this wrapped up this past winter and I think Trey even told Brian that. Brian tends to
Think Purdue is in the lead but who knows now.
My guess is that he wanted to commit, but that he had influential people in his life advising him to wait, so he is keeping his options open for now. This may be a case where they don’t see anyone else committing to Purdue who would cause the offer to be rescinded any time soon and they are probably correct about that.
If Painter offers another solid 2026 big, it could be a catalyst.
How many times have we heard that from Brian and then suddenly you start hearing nothing about a recruit or he keeps saying we are solid up until they commit to someone else.
Old Boiler has more insight into recruiting than Brian.
I’ll give Brian some props. He’s kind of a Purdue homer. And he withholds a lot of info he knows. He doesn’t like publishing stuff until he discusses it with the recruits. So he is often outscooped by speculative writers. But he does actually talk to the recruits he writes about rather than just writing stats and copying other reports. And he is very rarely wrong.
Yes he is! Sometimes his articles make it seem like he is the media contact for the Purdue athletic department . That’s not a bad thing. He’s also very careful what he releases and the timing of his releases. He very rarely speculates. Look at the football recruiting. Someone said Berymon is 100% for Purdue with official visits to Texas and MSU still upcoming. You can bet it wasn’t Brian who made that prediction.Wait, he is?!
Interesting take. I'd be interested to get your perspective on which specific recruits he said were solid until they ended up committing to someone else.
Sisley is the only one I can think of in recent years that comes close to that category, but the story I always heard there was he really liked Purdue but given the part of the state he was from and his family background, that was always going to be an uphill battle. I may be missing others.
I think many would disagree with that assessment. I think the bigger knock on him that I've always read is that he's not a Purdue fan and I believe I remember him posting that in the past.
It makes no difference to me whether he is or isn't. Just find it weird that anyone would spend that long (close to 30 years now?) covering a team/school they don't like or care about. If nothing else, the business has to be better when the team is good. There's alot of journalists and broadcasters who do a good job being objective while still being hopeful the team they are covering does well though. Not a mutually exclusive proposition.
Jaren Jackson Jr, Malik Hall and Jaelin Llewelyn are the 3 that come to mind. I believe Llewelyn’s caught everyone off guard
I remember being finalists for Hall and Jackson, but I don’t ever recall it being publicized that either were Purdue leans. My recollection is they were always MSU leans…. Or did I miss something?
I remember Hall being described as a Purdue lean until Izzo offered late.
I don’t remember any of those being described as ‘solid’ for Purdue as the original poster referenced.
Agree with the other poster that Hall was a Purdue lean and it was somewhat of a surprise that he went to MSU, primarily because of the MSU pitch (you need to be surrounded by better players vs being ‘the guy’) and perceived cultural fit issues. I remember hearing we had a chance with JJJ but never being in the drivers seat (I could be wrong). I thought there was surprise that JL went Ivy, particularly the quick commitment. We may have been perceived to have been the leader there but I don’t recall MP and staff pursuing him heavily or for an extended period of time.
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Hall seemed like a can't miss for a little while IIRC. JJJ seemed like a possibility but nowhere near a lock. Don't remember Llewelyn's recruitment at all.
Zach Randolph was sort of a Purdue lean, but he wanted a package deal with his guard buddy. And either Purdue didn’t like his buddy or his buddy didn’t like Purdue. Randolph and his little buddy ended up as a package deal deal to MSU. The sad part was his little buddy turned out to be pretty good in college.
I remember the JJJ recruitment. I do not recall what Brian said. I do recall many posters here all said he’s a legacy and because of his mother he was a sure lock to come to Purdue.
And then I read stories by different posters he decided against Purdue because of the treatment his mother received by the Purdue administration left a sour taste and she influenced her son not to come to Purdue!
It’s sometimes very hard for a fan such as myself to know which one of you so called experts knows what you’re talking about and what is just total BS.
I heard similar stories about Scotty Skiles!
It’s hard to differentiate the facts from opinion.
And then I read stories by different posters he decided against Purdue because of the treatment his mother received by the Purdue administration left a sour taste and she influenced her son not to come to Purdue!
It’s sometimes very hard for a fan such as myself to know which one of you so called experts knows what you’re talking about and what is just total BS.
I heard similar stories about Scotty Skiles!
It’s hard to differentiate the facts from opinion.
You are very confused. You are confusing JJJ with Gary Harris. Different people.
Here's what I remember.
WATCH: Zach Randolph explains why he chose to play for Michigan State basketball
A McDonald's All-American in high school (and the MVP of the McDonald's All-American game, in fact), Zach Randolph was one of Tom Izzo's biggest recruiting victories during his tenure with Michigan State basketball. Randolph has been making the media rounds heading into…
spartanswire.usatoday.com
In the middle of posting all of his made up, incoherent BS, he makes this statement:
"It’s sometimes very hard for a fan such as myself to know which one of you so called experts knows what you’re talking about and what is just total BS."
Truly demented.
Perhaps my memory is off but for sure Llewellyn was considered strong for Purdue and him committing to Princeton caught everyone off guard.
Anyways, I’ve always respected Brian because when he makes a call it is because he has info and it is sourced well. Has he been wrong? Sure but he isn’t one to make predictions out of thin air.
I recall hearing that JJJ's dad wanted him to go to Purdue but his mom wanted and got MSU.
So many variables when predicting what 17 and 18 year old boys are going to do. They can say one thing, and then feel differently the next day. Or their handlers can convince them to do something else.
Agree on Brian. He's as well connected to program as anyone in media, but doesn't abuse it. I think the respect is mutual between him and staff. Painter gave him a big donation when he had his brain surgery a few years ago, which says alot IMO. I dont subsribe, but always have enjoyed his GBI content on youtube/spotify.
Completely agree. This is a major reason why there are a lot of talented kids that this staff doesn’t recruit.
Have come a long way in the last five years, when the consensus message to a lot of top players was, “you can do better than Purdue”.
I might be misremembering this, but I thought Dawson was good friends with Travis Trice. That's the recruiting combo I remember with MSU as the winner with us not recruiting Trice and him being an even better player for MSU than Dawson imo.
I have a vague memory of Travis trice being a package deal with some other high level recruit that went to MSU .Not sure if that’s what he was referring to, and I could be wrong anyways.
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“Arizona’s Cameron Williams, a top-100 player nationally in his class due for a rankings bump, said last weekend in Omaha at adidas’ 3SSB circuit session that he’d like to officially visit West Lafayette. Purdue will line up several official visits for June, most likely, Williams included.”
Top 15/25 (depending on the site) wants to visit…
www.on3.com
“Arizona’s Cameron Williams, a top-100 player nationally in his class due for a rankings bump, said last weekend in Omaha at adidas’ 3SSB circuit session that he’d like to officially visit West Lafayette. Purdue will line up several official visits for June, most likely, Williams included.”
Top 15/25 (depending on the site) wants to visit…
Blue-chip forward Cameron Williams likely to officially visit Purdue
Four-star Arizona forward Cameron Williams is a Purdue priority and expected to officially visit this summer.
Knowing members of Zach's family, I can tell you for sure that he was never a PU lean. Izzo had him wrapped up as a Junior.
Self been struggling ever since NIL made the playing field level. Purdue can compete with NIL money and has been a top program in winning, competing, playing the best and developing guys.
All depends on what Trey wants/feels most comfortable with. Brian has said that we have been very involved with Trey and one of the first P5 (4?) to offer him and haven’t let up since.
