***Official 2023 Transfer Thread***
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They have enough NIL to pay for a 4 bedroom house and a personal chef for JT Daniels. Lots of money there apparently
This is going to become an issue, as our commissioner builds this elite BB conference players will be defecting and WVa, UCF and Cincinnati are in their backyards. Hopefully we'll be able to do the same to the old BiG west schools.
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Huggins is killing it in the portal. It was early, but he had the number ranked portal class before this commitment.
Dickinson is a nice player.
But based on guys we have signed in portal and HS recruits I am hoping ISU plays significantly more up tempo next season.
Per an ESPN article:
“Spearheaded by the Country Roads Trust collective, founded by Forbes-listed billionaire Arizona Diamondbacks owner Ken Kendrick and former Mountaineers athletic director Oliver Luck, West Virginia has significantly increased its activity in the name, image and likeness (NIL) space, reeling in one of the transfer portal's top point guards in Arizona's Kerr Kriisa.
Edwards said that the NIL factor at West Virginia was "a bonus," but not the primary factor in his decision-making process.”
We may not be picking up any top 5-20 ranked transfer guys, but personally, I love the pickups of Gilbert, Paveletzke, and Jones. I think all 3 of those guys are dogs in their own way
Looks pretty solid. I imagine official announcement tomorrow?
It will officially be announced, if not tonight, tomorrow.
The rankings seem all over the place depending on which place you look, but On3 has Gilbert as #17 and Pav as #25
They still have Williams from Nevada as a 100% to Iowa State, not sure I trust their rankings.
Definite grain of salt. On3 did have Gilbert as 100% to ISU, so there's that, but had Pav 100% to Marquette.
I guess I'm not saying it has to be correct all the time to trust in general.
Yeah that is outdated, but as far as a recruiting service they're on par with 247 and have surpassed Rivals.
That's a good haul then for TJ if those rankings are accurate. I noticed 9 of the top 20 transfers are either projected or going to the Big 12.