Recruiting 2021

[valpotx]

Oh yeah! Great news! Great get! I'm not sure how we do so well in Wisconsin but I love that we do! It's wonderful! Like his size for a PG 6'4. Have we ever had a PG that tall?

Yes, Ali Berdiel is 6'6", and Oumar Sylla is 6'7".

[justducky]

Oh yeah! Great news! Great get! I'm not sure how we do so well in Wisconsin but I love that we do! It's wonderful! Like his size for a PG 6'4. Have we ever had a PG that tall?

Yes, Ali Berdiel is 6'6", and Oumar Sylla is 6'7".

Hammink 6'7"----EVN---- 6'8"

[VUGrad1314]

This is exciting... I hope it's true!

https://www.nwitimes.com/sports/cam-palesse-to-join-aau-teammate-is-valparaisos-first-2021-commitment/article_172c51ad-8dd7-518d-af6f-c4554dc64061.html

[EddieCabot]

Oh yeah! Great news! Great get! I'm not sure how we do so well in Wisconsin but I love that we do! It's wonderful!

Coach Bowen and Coach Townsend opened doors to Wisconsin and the staff has made Wisconsin more of recruiting priority. We're also recruiting Minnesota as well

Coach Bowen was the head coach at Minnesota Duluth.  Valpo has had a "pipeline" to Minnesota going back to Harry Bell, Jared Nuness, Dwayne Totley and even Arden Skogland and now Goodnews!

You forgot Urule and Chris Halvorsen.

[JD24]

Oh yeah! Great news! Great get! I'm not sure how we do so well in Wisconsin but I love that we do! It's wonderful! Like his size for a PG 6'4. Have we ever had a PG that tall?

The best news is that he's grown an inch since you posted this based on the Valpo release of the commitment 

[vu72]

Oh yeah! Great news! Great get! I'm not sure how we do so well in Wisconsin but I love that we do! It's wonderful!

Coach Bowen and Coach Townsend opened doors to Wisconsin and the staff has made Wisconsin more of recruiting priority. We're also recruiting Minnesota as well

Coach Bowen was the head coach at Minnesota Duluth.  Valpo has had a "pipeline" to Minnesota going back to Harry Bell, Jared Nuness, Dwayne Totley and even Arden Skogland and now Goodnews!

You forgot Urule and Chris Halvorsen.

So 5 out 7 is a pretty solid percentage!

[IndyValpo]

New offer for an Indiana native PF

https://twitter.com/paytonsparks6/status/1278453737984589824?s=21
https://twitter.com/paytonsparks6/status/1245368411330433024?s=21

Committed to Ball State

[VU2014]

Chris Mantis (Region native) could be making his decision soon 👀

Would be a very big recruit for Valpo

https://twitter.com/_chrismantis/status/1285369532840841217?s=21

[VUGrad1314]

I hope we get him... Please commit to Valpo...

[VU2014]

Just thinking out loud but I think something in the realm of possibility recruiting class (not wishful thinking):

-Cameron Palesse
-Chris Mantis (definitely not a sure thing but the fit is there and the Staff really loves the Kid. His recruitment is wide open but we're in the mix)
-Cade Myer
-mystery unknown recruit or high upside redshirt recruit

Would love to land Keon Thompson but with Cameron as pg recruit in the same class and it just feels like he'd land Drake. (Side Note: Valpo NEEDS to hire Bo Patton MVille HC! He'd be an amazing addition to the status every player & high school coach in the Region respects him and he's a bright young coach.)

[VU2014]

A bunch of 2021 Recruits that Valpo offered committed elsewhere:

Ty Johnson - Loyola
Kobe Johnson - West Virginia
Payton Sparks - Ball State

3 remaining scholarships for 2021 as of right now.

7 remaining outstanding offers (some feel like lotto ticket offer imo David Joplin & Saint Thomas).

[bbtds]

A bunch of 2021 Recruits that Valpo offered committed elsewhere:

Ty Johnson - Loyola
Kobe Johnson - West Virginia
Payton Sparks - Ball State

3 remaining scholarships for 2021 as of right now.

7 remaining outstanding offers (some feel like lotto ticket offer imo David Joplin & Saint Thomas).

No LeBron Johnson?

[VU2014]

Chris' recruitment is heating up.

Just something I've notice from many of these Non-Indiana basketball "insider". When they talk with Chris they never seem to mention Valpo. I'm wondering how much we're in the recruiting picture.

https://twitter.com/everetthoops/status/1287817300419256321?s=21

[valpotx]

Isn't it obvious?  Florida International University is such a hot spot for basketball, that they must be mentioned over VU!

[VUGrad1314]

FIU is located in a hot spot for something right now but it darn sure isn't basketball...

Unfortunately so is our state...

[VU2014]

Interesting.

Thoughts? What would be the upside of graduating early and secure a slot of a team? Maybe making sure you have college scholarship?

https://twitter.com/nick_baumgart/status/1288895583693021187?s=21

[vu72]

Found this on Cam.  Pretty impressive to be listed as the #172 player in the Nation!  David Joplin is #144 and Cade Meyer #153.  Cam is the #6 player in Wisconsin.

https://www.prephoops.com/2021-rankings/

[vufan75]

Found this on Cam.  Pretty impressive to be listed as the #172 player in the Nation!  David Joplin is #144 and Cade Meyer #153.  Cam is the #6 player in Wisconsin.

https://www.prephoops.com/2021-rankings/

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[VUGrad1314]

That has to be one of the highest ranked recruits we've ever gotten. Wow! Great get by Matt! Can't wait to see him play in 21-22! (Don't crush me too hard for this if it's wrong I only recently started paying a lot of attention to recruiting rankings.)

[VU2014]

What's impressive to me about Cam's recruitment is that the Staff has been recruiting him for years, well before he was more of a known name in the Midwest.

Something also to acknowledge is he had mono last high school season so maybe there is even more upside than other coaching staffs saw on tape.

If we could land Cam, Cade, Chris Mantis and one other mystery recruit, I'd be a happy camper.

[NativeCheesehead]

Let's also not forget Luke's presence on the recruiting trial as well. Luke is the ultimate 'living room' coach. With how he lives, acts, and carries himself, when he sits in your living room and tells you he'll take care of your son, you believe him.

[bbtds]

That has to be one of the highest ranked recruits we've ever gotten. Wow! Great get by Matt! Can't wait to see him play in 21-22! (Don't crush me too hard for this if it's wrong I only recently started paying a lot of attention to recruiting rankings.)

Lest we forget, Parker Hazen was fairly highly rated also. Not as high as Cam but still rankings can be many times inaccurate.

[VU2014]

That has to be one of the highest ranked recruits we've ever gotten. Wow! Great get by Matt! Can't wait to see him play in 21-22! (Don't crush me too hard for this if it's wrong I only recently started paying a lot of attention to recruiting rankings.)

Lest we forget, Parker Hazen was fairly highly rated also. Not as high as Cam but still rankings can be many times inaccurate.

Parker had the work ethic, positive attitude and athleticism but the skills were lacking. Nice kid but mistakes like that can't happen. I know the staff really loves his older brother and  maybe that had something to recruitment of Parker but wow was that a strikeout. All staffs/coaches have this misses. Example: Jay Harris. Highly ranked kid but played a very selfish game that work well in high school but wouldn't work against higher competition in college (also not the best work ethic from what I've heard...).

[vu72]

Parker wasn't a complete bust.  He wasn't ready for D1.  Ultimately he ended up at Lipscomb, played about 20 mpg and averaged 4.4 ppg and 4.8 rpg.  A nice bench player.

[wh]

Parker wasn't a complete bust.  He wasn't ready for D1.  Ultimately he ended up at Lipscomb, played about 20 mpg and averaged 4.4 ppg and 4.8 rpg.  A nice bench player.

The 3 most recent recruiting classes are stacked with quality recruits. That takes a lot of pressure off everyone involved that any one recruit has to perform right out of the gate. That wasn't the situation when Parker was recruited. We needed him to play veteran minutes right out of the gate. When that didn't happen we didn't have another option, so Parker became an instant bust in fans' minds. That's pretty unfair.