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[QUOTE="billsin01, post: 3555811, member: 837"]
Yeah, preseason hype generally needs to be taken with a grain of salt -- for us or anyone else. Happy to see the optimism surrounding Kadary but we need to let it play out.

Having said that, I do think recruiting in the current state of college basketball needs to be about an ability to pivot quickly. Kids going to the G League, leaving early, transferring by the hundreds, seemingly greater number of transfer waivers, reclassifications, etc. It also feels like, anecdotally, that there are just more teams that are in play for top kids, which may be a function of many kids feeling like they'll only be at a school for 7-19 months. Not sure that's true but Alabama, Seton Hall, Connecticut (with the Big East tie), Miami ... just a lot of schools other than Duke/UNC/L'ville/Kentucky to deal with.

I know we're excited about the Dior class and getting back to landing top 50 kids, but I give the staff credit for being nimble enough to pivot to Kadary, work quickly on Griffen and uncover a solid option like Marek or maybe Braswell (if he gets a shot -- feel like he could be a solid player). Unless you're a true blue blood, it feels like this may just be part of the process now.
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