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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 4005275, member: 405"]
I think the good ones are mostly gone at this point.  It's about a month from early signing.  You can't build a real relationship with a player in that little bit of time, if you're first getting involved this late.

We've seen a bunch of surprisingly good talents show up on our radar right before signing day.  But those recruits have mostly turned out to be mirages, like it's musical chairs, and they are looking for the most prestigious landing spot at the last minute.  Those guys either don't make it to campus, or they don't hang around very long.  That's been my experience.

I think we probably get one more guy in this class.  I could even see it being someone through the portal in June 2022.  We need a wing who can get to the rim and also make a 3 point shot.

I'm not sure that Bunch is really that guy.  I don't see the ability to drive.  He can dunk, and he can make a 3 point set shot, but I don't see that much more in his game, to be honest.  And he's not Southerland, who was a freak athlete.  As someone else said, he's more like Preston Shumpert.

Pretty good player to get, but not quite a fit for what's needed on the roster, IMO, right now.  If you compared him to Woody or Griffin, he doesn't look as good to me, not as agile, not as mobile.
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