2026 Recruiting: Abdou Toure update from aaron torres

[kansashusky]

Last week the talk has been all Providence.

I think English needs to make the tournament this year. Providence is willing to spend on a new coach.

Have you heard anything on Mingo?

 

[HooperScooper]

I don't know the actual number, but the Providence offer appears to be pretty substantial, at least relative to where Toure is ranked.

A hypothetical which can make the Toure situation make sense.

If you have 5x million to spend on freshmen, and you're a school who is not traditionally able to recruit a 5*, then you have like 3x to spend on a high 4* and maybe 1x+1x on two others in your class for a 3 man class.

And then let's say another school with a higher budget (say 6x) is able to actually get a 5* to commit, but they potentially need to spend 4x on that 5*. That leaves them with only 2x for another player, which is less than 3x. So even though they have a higher budget, if the player isn't their top priority, they can be outbid by schools with slightly less but still healthy budgets.

 

[knicksin7]

It’s the new revenue sharing model and the school is committed from the top to the bottom in a commitment to compete at the highest level. Of course the donors are on board too. Pressure in on KE. It’s on him now, everything else is in place. I know we are the little brother but the little brother is giving it everything it has. PC has set records for themselves every year in fundraising in athletics. I’m proud of them.

I think it’s also that we are just completely tired of being also rans and afterthoughts and the new rules allow for schools with a level of commitment like PC to change that perception if it’s important to them and frankly nothing is more important to the school, the donors, and the fans.

But who are the donors? Like are there random billionaire PC grads?

 

[BGesus4]

Getting liberal with the collection plate money