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2025 Recruiting: Tounde Yessoufou

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A long scouting report on Yessoufou in here if you're interested.

Yessoufou is a unique match-up. A combo-forward of sorts, he's somewhere between a power wing and an undersized mismatch four-man. While he may not fit in a conventional bucket, he's a mismatch problem who puts constant pressure on opposing defenses. Long, strong, and athletic, Yessoufou is only 6-foot-4 without shoes on, but compensates with a 6-foot-9 wingspan, chiseled frame, and a ton of functional power. He's very physical, plays much bigger than he actually is around the paint, runs hard in transition, can get his head up on the rim when he has momentum, and has a quick second bounce.

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awy said:
with the way high level recruits are getting paid portal may be more value at certain roles
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Yeah last summer freshman were a better value because they hadn't started asking for updated portal prices yet, but it seems like now they all have agents and most of them are looking for a serious NIL package.

The value proposition for freshmen is tough because they usually don't make a year 1 impact and then they always have a chance of leaving.
 
auror said:
Yeah last summer freshman were a better value because they hadn't started asking for updated portal prices yet, but it seems like now they all have agents and most of them are looking for a serious NIL package.

The value proposition for freshmen is tough because they usually don't make a year 1 impact and then they always have a chance of leaving.
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I would hope coaches are collectively telling agents and kids that portal prices aren’t freshmen prices. But maybe some team out there always overpays.
 
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Mooch82 said:
Feel like we’re in the top 5-6 for about 8 really good players. Would love to get 3-4 of them.
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In terms of players we are mentioned most with and we seem to be putting most time in with:

First Tier

Lewis
Thomas
Mullins
Adams
Yessofou
Reibe
Bundalo

Second Tier

Ament
Greer

These two could uptick based on how tier one lands.

The list kind of stops there, even as it comes to some more local kids like Aristide and Jemison. I’ve heard a little on Cenac and Burries but hard pressed to think we’ve done enough there for them to pivot off some of the early courters.

So really 9 kids or so, of which target should be 3.
 
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RuffRuff said:
In terms of players we are mentioned most with and we seem to be putting most time in with:

First Tier

Lewis
Thomas
Mullins
Adams
Yessofou
Reibe
Bundalo

Second Tier

Ament
Greer

These two could uptick based on how tier one lands.

The list kind of stops there, even as it comes to some more local kids like Aristide and Jemison. I’ve heard a little on Cenac and Burries but hard pressed to think we’ve done enough there for them to pivot off some of the early courters.

So really 9 kids or so, of which target should be 3.
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We're definitely recruiting Ament harder than that, but he's keeping his recruitment quiet and slow. We watched basically all of his stuff in July.

The problem is that he may have played his way into us not being able to afford him.
 
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Looks like we’re out here. Article goes on to state visit is cancelled and he’s focusing on Baylor and AZSt and the other Hurley. Not sure we ever put in too much energy with this kid. With Ament not scheduling and Greer going Creighton, our list seems pretty small about now. Would seem staff seems very confident in some of the others, which is really a list of only about 6 now (Lewis, Mullins, Thomas, Bundalo, Reibe, Adams).
 
kind of want them to find some less exposed but uber athletic guys. maybe international will be source of that. the intrigue with guys like tounde is that they have the athletic and movement ability to be high impact guys if allowed to cook in the hurley lab for a couple years, but if they are too exposed they'll be expensive and think about OAD too much.

ok this whole post is just another way of saying give me more isaiah abrahams.
 
awy said:
kind of want them to find some less exposed but uber athletic guys. maybe international will be source of that. the intrigue with guys like tounde is that they have the athletic and movement ability to be high impact guys if allowed to cook in the hurley lab for a couple years, but if they are too exposed they'll be expensive and think about OAD too much.

ok this whole post is just another way of saying give me more isaiah abrahams.
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I doubt we get in on anyone new at this stage unless there's a late decommit. We're clearly shooting pretty high with recruiting this summer/fall, and for good reason.

Those holes are better filled with proven transfers at this point IMO unless there's a really solid culture building guy like Abraham (or Springs, Singare, etc.). There may just not have been the right mental fit in that 75-150 range this year for us to pursue.
 
awy said:
kind of want them to find some less exposed but uber athletic guys. maybe international will be source of that. the intrigue with guys like tounde is that they have the athletic and movement ability to be high impact guys if allowed to cook in the hurley lab for a couple years, but if they are too exposed they'll be expensive and think about OAD too much.

ok this whole post is just another way of saying give me more isaiah abrahams.
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Yes but with Abraham we were in early on him, not in with a lot of 50-100 types this year as these 6 are all generally top 30. There must be a backup plan there, but seems like with a lot of these kids if you aren’t spending the time and in early, they see through that.

Dan Hurley is consistent with his targeted approach - they identify the players that fit and don’t water down their pool or take chances. Or look to overstretch NIL to take away from current/returning group. Hoping one guard and one big, minimum.
 
UK's new coach has two top 25 commits already and the back-to-back defending champs have none. UK is also a finalist for Lewis and Mullins and Yessoufou. smh.
 
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