Article: What 2024 Commit John Bol Brings The Gators

Coach G has been putting band-aids on our program via the portal but long term he needs to recruit elite talent out of HS for continuity. This is a great start.

 

Great pickup!

 

Great pickup
He has a great post move where he stands sideways and kind of just disappears. Hard for the defense to pick him up when they can’t see him..
This young man needs some calories asap!

 

Clayton (94.00), Handlogten (94.00) and Pullen (92.00) are pretty nice 'band-aids'.
Reeves (91.00) was a 5* recruit and didn't pan out....but I hear what you're saying.
By the way, Clayton and Handlogten will be around for a couple years too.

 

This is breaking news. So, Pullin will get 6 years of college basketball. Is this the first time this has ever happened to a college basketball player?

 

My bad, misread the clip below from an article.
Good thing the resident Know It All fact checked me.

"Pullin made 77 starts and 109 appearances in his four years at UC Riverside, becoming a full-time starter as a sophomore.
He is ranked the No. 12 point guard and the No. 56 overall player in the On3 transfer portal rankings."

 

Wouldn’t the extra covid year essentially allow for 5 years of undergrad and an additional 6th as a graduate? Idk

 

No. This is his final year of eligibility.

 

That definitely seems to part of his plan. Even alluded to it in his presser. Bringing in portal kids with upside and multiple years of eligibility left who have used their free transfer (Richard, Fudge, Clayton, Handlogten) alongside freshmen who are physically ready to play rather than projects who will take time or who will transfer early because they don't want to wait to play (thus, Haugh reclassifying), then fill it out with super seniors/grad transfers who can immediately fill remaining holes.

On paper, we stand to bring back 9 guys next year. Obviously we may lose some to the league (Kugel, but there is always an outside chance on guys like Richard, Clayton), and you are always gonna have portal attrition. But with two solid kids committed for 2004, plus a couple of other high profile recruits seriously considering us, we are in very good shape to not be as dependent on incoming transfers next year.

 

What year is it? I might have dementia sitting in.

 

Right. 2024. Though I feel the dementia.

 

Thanks for the clarification. I couldn’t figure out why I had lost distance on my drives.

 

Decommitted today = unreal

 

Unbelievable

 

"My client."
Jeez. What has recruiting come to?
That's a rhetorical question, by the way; it's quite clear what it's come to.

 

My college basketball fandom continues slip sliding away.

 

Doesn’t everyone hire an agent as soon as they finish 11th grade?

 

"According to 247 Sports, elements of Bol’s NIL deal couldn’t be agreed upon over the last 20 days, and it led to Bol pulling his commitment from the Gators."

Deja Vu.