Eastern and Swanigan, yes. Kaufman hasn't committed. Did you mean Furst?IIRC, we out recruited MSU for Eastern, Swanagan, and Kaufman, right? We haven’t gone head to head with OSU that often, but Baits-Diop comes to mind (please forgive my spelling). You might be right about those folks not being true factories like Duke, Kansas, and UK. I don’t recall a single recruiting contest where we beat those guys.
Remember, the post I was responding to referenced 5* players and whined about us not getting them. Let’s not focus on MSU and OSU. Yes, I brought them up and muddied the water.
There are teams in the Big Ten that have no problem getting 5* players. We have one in Painter's tenure, and he was a legacy kid.
Number of 5* by team during the Painter era:
Michigan - 5
IU - 9
Illinois - 1 (I was shocked it was only 1)
Wisconsin - 1
Purdue - 1
MSU - 8
OSU - 10
Maryland - 3
If this were to be a list of top 50 players, you would see the gap between most of these teams and Purdue become even bigger.