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Class of 2026 PG Deron Rippey Jr. (NY/NJ) Offered
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Deron is high on Syracuse. I talk to his dad all the time. Kline was in for Deron on Sunday at the National Prep Showcase. He'll take an OV to 'Cuse next year. Lots of suitors for sure, but Syracuse at least for now is a player. With Syracuse basketball watching, NYC 5-star point guard Deron Rippey Jr. balls out
Let's see what happens with our Australian recruit next year before we worry about someone else.
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Why do you say that?
Just reading the headline it’s kind of obvious it’s not here
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Well, Deron says in the story that Syracuse is among the teams heavily involved. Not sure anything is obvious at this point in his recruitment, but he's already visited 'Cuse, the staff was just in to see him, and he plans to OV to SU next year
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As he said, “just reading the headline”.Well, Deron says in the story that Syracuse is among the teams heavily involved. Not sure anything is obvious at this point in his recruitment, but he's already visited 'Cuse, the staff was just in to see him, and he plans to OV to SU next year
I think it's a case of most of us are used to heavily recruited and highly ranked recruits being involved with us early but we generally fall to the wayside once the big boys steps up with or without a big bag $$.Well, Deron says in the story that Syracuse is among the teams heavily involved. Not sure anything is obvious at this point in his recruitment, but he's already visited 'Cuse, the staff was just in to see him, and he plans to OV to SU next year
We need to get our sexyback. It will take some time to get in shape and to get a good facelift.
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Oh, totally my friend. Plenty of highly ranked recruits in recent years had SU in the mix earlier on but ended up elsewhere. I do agree there. Encouraged by Donnie, Sadiq, Kiyan, etc., but gotta keep at it in 2026/2027, etc. Winning games on the court will help, too
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I think we need to recruit a big, two wings, and a point guard every single year.
Way too much turnover to do otherwise. The risk of having no point guard at all can tank an entire season.
Plus, if we wind up with two top point guard talents, how does that hurt?
Now the other team has to worry about two guys who can run an offense, penetrate, shoot and defend at the point.
Two guys like Flynn, Ennis or MCW can definitely coexist for 10-12 minutes a game. They each take over whenever the other is resting.
If Rippey comes here and proves to be as good as he looks, Fennell can play shooting guard when they are in together.
I agree with coexisting positional players. The problem is, it seems like recruits today don't see things that way. Most good recruits with options will go somewhere they can see a lot of playing time. Unless, of course if it's Duke, Kanas, Kentucky etc.
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Wishful thinking, but I want Rippey and Smith next year. That would be an ACC backcourt.
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Of course they did, this kid is great. I am sick of the "blue bloods" swooping in. We need to start playing big boy basketball recruiting at some point. It was a different time, but landing Pearl and selling the Dome and Big East changed everything for SU. We need the ACC to be a selling point, sell out the Dome and land dudes like Rippey and Smith...both of them
Easy to say, hard to do. We need to become a top 25 fixture like we used to be before we can regularly compete with the big boys.
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Of course it’s hard to do. Nobody said it would be easy. But, it can be done
I was excited about the move to the ACC, but after few years, we were an average or below average team, routinely looking mismatched against the best teams in the conference. I believe if we stayed in the Big East we would have fared better with wins, prestige and recruiting. Yes, I know the move was money driven but it really hurt our basketball program's success and prestige.
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I don’t think the ACC was the problem. JB didn’t adjust and he stopped recruiting.
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Tyrese Macey clone. I would back the truck up to this kids house. Find a way to make this happen. Anthony would look great being set up by Rippey Jr.
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College basketball with NIL is getting to be everything I hated before NIL.
The richer teams that were operating in the dark are still operating but now it is all up front and supposedly legal.
The loyalty of a player to a team is now more or less centered on what a player can get and what is perceived best for the player. Team play now seems degraded to how a player can build his brand.
The purchase of players through the portal is based on what they did instead of what they can or will do. This is also based on the view how a player will fit into a coach’s established system (provided that a coach has a system).
Finally, in my thought process the value of a solid college education is out the door. What (a fully paid college education in the 60s to the 80s was highly envied by the majority of students striving for is not even a consideration. I’m not sure why atheletes even go to class anymore especially if they plan to leave after one to two years take full advantage of NIL and the portal. (I know they need to stay eligible to play for a college).
It is hard to keep a team together With the portal and NIL College sportsis more of a business than before where success leads to dollars and cents.
The richer teams that were operating in the dark are still operating but now it is all up front and supposedly legal.
The loyalty of a player to a team is now more or less centered on what a player can get and what is perceived best for the player. Team play now seems degraded to how a player can build his brand.
The purchase of players through the portal is based on what they did instead of what they can or will do. This is also based on the view how a player will fit into a coach’s established system (provided that a coach has a system).
Finally, in my thought process the value of a solid college education is out the door. What (a fully paid college education in the 60s to the 80s was highly envied by the majority of students striving for is not even a consideration. I’m not sure why atheletes even go to class anymore especially if they plan to leave after one to two years take full advantage of NIL and the portal. (I know they need to stay eligible to play for a college).
It is hard to keep a team together With the portal and NIL College sportsis more of a business than before where success leads to dollars and cents.
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