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The point has been made that the box scores are suspect at best. Expressions Elite played their whole game yesterday with 1 turnover while committing 0 personal fouls. To be quite honest, I've also seen baskets credited to the wrong teams and scores go both up and down as they are corrected and mis-corrected, and recorrected.
 
Nothing too informative in here but does talk briefly about Meleek Thomas, Darius Acuff (likely between Kansas and Arkansas), and Acaden Lewis at Peach Jam.

www.on3.com

EYBL Peach Jam: Saturday's Top Performers

On3's Joe Tipton was courtside in North Augusta, SC for Peach Jam. Here are your top performers from Saturday.
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Literally all my Peach Jam eggs seem to be headed into the Meleek Thomas basket.
I'm from Missouri with Adams, Lewis, and Greer, 'show me',
Acuff just seems unlikely even though we are in his 4
Burries I hear nothing about with us,
If we miss on Mullins, getting Mahaney's, Calcaterra's, Diarra's, Newton's, Spencer's, and Alleyne's in the portal isn't bad
Aristode is a lot like Abraham, I like him but Hurley may just want other attributes for the front court this go round
Bungalo is much bigger, Ament seems to be an alpha stud, & Reibe is 7' who can make a 3, all are tantalizing
Cenac brings power but I haven't got a feel for his interest, I know nothing of John Cook that has been mentioned
We surprisingly seem not involved with London Jamison
Give me Thomas & Bungalo and surprise me after that
 
some of the teams in this are so bad it's really just scouting for breadcrumbs. the first adams game was a disaster. honestly believe whatever pep talk hurley gave to the players he scouted worked better than their own coaches.
 
BigErnMcCracken said:
The weirdness of it always hits home when it's some 70 year old dude like Izzo who could be doing anything else in the world he wanted and he's sitting in some crappy bleachers watching a glorified open run in the middle of July.
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He's carrying the weight of the B1G. Their last champion and this will be the 25th year since he won so this one could be special.....
 
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awy said:
some of the teams in this are so bad it's really just scouting for breadcrumbs. the first adams game was a disaster. honestly believe whatever pep talk hurley gave to the players he scouted worked better than their own coaches.
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I don't believe the coaches aren't really scouting in the traditional sense at these events. I mean... half the time they're on their phone. If we've offered a kid, we've clearly scouted them way more than enough to know their game.The coaches presence is more for building relationships with kids and theor families.
 
navery12 said:
Definitely too early and not the setting to make any broad generalizations about recruits off of Peach Jam. This was your takeaway about our 2023 class that ended up being great and a huge part of winning the Big East and national championships last year and are expected to be the core part of another deep run this year

Peach Jam Sunday 7/17
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What am I missing here? Ricker said he doesn't see the Ball, Ross, etc. class doing much if they're our core group. Singare and Ross hardly played, Ball played when Castle was hurt and then disappeared, and Stewart didn't do much until late in the season but would hardly be called a member of the core group. Castle was it and he even called Diarra's impact on their playing time exactly right.

Here's part of Ricker's 7/17 Peach Jam quote you referenced:
"I don't see how we win The Big East and make deep Ncaa runs if this became our core group. IMO these guys seem most suited to help a team that has a core of alpha players like Clingan, Karaban, Johnson, Castle, portal transfers, etc Diarra seems like he would keep these guys glued to the bench."
 
Scrutiner said:
What am I missing here? Ricker said he doesn't see the Ball, Ross, etc. class doing much if they're our core group. Singare and Ross hardly played, Ball played when Castle was hurt and then disappeared, and Stewart didn't do much until late in the season but would hardly be called a member of the core group. Castle was it and he even called Diarra's impact on their playing time exactly right.

Here's part of Ricker's 7/17 Peach Jam quote you referenced:
"I don't see how we win The Big East and make deep Ncaa runs if this became our core group. IMO these guys seem most suited to help a team that has a core of alpha players like Clingan, Karaban, Johnson, Castle, portal transfers, etc Diarra seems like he would keep these guys glued to the bench."
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That the 2023 class being referenced are expected to be huge core pieces to a top 5 national championship contender this season
 
Scrutiner said:
What am I missing here? Ricker said he doesn't see the Ball, Ross, etc. class doing much if they're our core group. Singare and Ross hardly played, Ball played when Castle was hurt and then disappeared, and Stewart didn't do much until late in the season but would hardly be called a member of the core group. Castle was it and he even called Diarra's impact on their playing time exactly right.

Here's part of Ricker's 7/17 Peach Jam quote you referenced:
"I don't see how we win The Big East and make deep Ncaa runs if this became our core group. IMO these guys seem most suited to help a team that has a core of alpha players like Clingan, Karaban, Johnson, Castle, portal transfers, etc Diarra seems like he would keep these guys glued to the bench."
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Can’t really fault those guys for not playing a lot of minutes behind a historically great championship team. On other high major teams they all would’ve been playing a lot except Singare
 
auror said:
Yesterday Kimani watched '26 Qayden Samuels and Hurley watched '26 Abdou Toure and today they switched so both have watched both now.
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Samuels is my early want for 2026. An athletic shooting guard with size and strength.
 
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HooperScooper said:
Nothing too informative in here but does talk briefly about Meleek Thomas, Darius Acuff (likely between Kansas and Arkansas), and Acaden Lewis at Peach Jam.

www.on3.com

EYBL Peach Jam: Saturday's Top Performers

On3's Joe Tipton was courtside in North Augusta, SC for Peach Jam. Here are your top performers from Saturday.
www.on3.com www.on3.com
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It seems that our coaches weren’t watching Acuff. I guess why waste their time when there are other targets that are in play. He’ll most likely end up the pig sooie school.

‘Darius Acuff Jr., the consensus No. 1 point guard in the class of 2025, was at the Peach Jam, the EYBL’s Premier event this weekend, where he was closely monitored by Kansas’ Bill Self, Michigan’s Dusty May, and Arkansas’ John Calipari. Acuff is down to four schools and is expected to make a decision following the Peach Jam. Connecticut is the other program on the 6-1 point guard’s finalist list.
Connecticut appears to be the odd team out, as the Huskies are the only program that does not receive an official visit. He visited Michigan on September 1, Kansas on April 18, and Arkansas on May 10.’


 
Slow start for all of the Lightning. 5 points in the first quarter. Thomas did hit 1 3, but missed a few other shots.
 
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NJHoops said:
They’re not recruiting Acuff or Dybantsa
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You are correct.

UConn: “They were one of my first offers. They were like my third offer, that was when I was a freshman. And I don’t know, I haven’t heard from him since. Obviously they’re a winning program. I mean I like to win so I mean it might be a fit.”

Anyone still want to tell us they're recruiting Dybantsa? I've been saying they aren't for months but some don't want to believe it.

On potential Kentucky visit: “I don’t know. I mean my dad probably going to pick the schools I visit because he has the best interest for me. But we’ll see.”

I've said this before also, his father doesn't seem like a fit for Hurley.

www.zagsblog.com

No. 1 2025 prospect AJ Dybantsa to release top schools later this month | Zagsblog

By SAM LANCE North Augusta, S.C. — […]
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HooperScooper said:
You are correct.

UConn: “They were one of my first offers. They were like my third offer, that was when I was a freshman. And I don’t know, I haven’t heard from him since. Obviously they’re a winning program. I mean I like to win so I mean it might be a fit.”

Anyone still want to tell us they're recruiting Dybantsa? I've been saying they aren't for months but some don't want to believe it.

On potential Kentucky visit: “I don’t know. I mean my dad probably going to pick the schools I visit because he has the best interest for me. But we’ll see.”

I've said this before also, his father doesn't seem like a fit for Hurley.

www.zagsblog.com

No. 1 2025 prospect AJ Dybantsa to release top schools later this month | Zagsblog

By SAM LANCE North Augusta, S.C. — […]
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Feel bad for AJ that Dan probably can’t just tell him he won’t deal with helicopter parents.
 
AJ seems like a great kid and the dad may not be bad at all. But it does seem like an issue of over management. Hurley doesnt want those distracting calls during the season.
 
Drame said:
AJ seems like a great kid and the dad may not be bad at all. But it does seem like an issue of over management. Hurley doesnt want those distracting calls during the season.
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it also seems like the dad wants him to bag chase, so aj is tied in with that
 
it could just be an early convo going really bad. dad have strong ideas and behaved in a way that gave red flags to staff
 
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Thomas and NH Lightning win again. He shot poorly from 3, but made a couple big plays down the stretch in a close game.
 
Huskyforlife said:
Feel bad for AJ that Dan probably can’t just tell him he won’t deal with helicopter parents.
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Some parents are honestly just nuts. Even at the D2 level where I played, I remember some dad asking for a guarantee of 10 shots per game freshman year or something when they were on an OV. It was insane.

I'm forgetting who... might've been Mustapha Heron? His whole camp was all about getting guarantees about PT and #of shots and we wouldn't recruit him.

Steph and Hawkins parents did ot the right way. Be a cheerleader, be involved, help the kid make good decisions, but don't be their agent.
 
NJHoops said:
at least it‘s now officially official. officially.
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Necessity to let recruits we are definitely interested in be aware of their situation.
 
Peach Jam on NBATV and their website/youtube. Brayden Burries on right now, we have offered him and watched him a bit (but not as much as Thomas/Adams/Lewis/Mullins). Fanta and Oglesby have the call.
 
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