Even though he had made public comments confirming his commitment to us I was a little nervous he never posted anything on his socials but I worry no longer!!!
Ace Bailey Tweet!!!
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Still seems so surreal. Do all recruits take pics in jerseys with the captain C on them?
And he's also committing to playing four years for RU!
Richie says he’s probably a 1 and done!!
Hope he’s good enough to make this happen! Would be a win win for both sides
So does Bailey. Players take pictures in their own number
Crazy to think he could end up number 1 overall in the class….and to think we could land Harper too, who also could end up number 1 in the class…insane! while I always knew with how elite NJ high school basketball is, this is the way it should have always been for Rutgers, I never thought we would be in a position this quickly to land 2 top 10, let alone the number 1 and 2 recruits in a single class! Still in a bit of disbelief……As we all thought deep down, all Rutgers needed was a spark!
Ace is 6’-10” and can play all 5 positions on both ends of the court, inside and outside. Have never seen a player with his size, quickness and skill sets.
Getting teammate PG Jamichael Davis to commit was key to getting Ace to join RU. Kudos to Pike for getting it done with both recruiting and game day coaching.
Future is bright for RU fans.
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Maybe the "C" stands for Committed
The handle coupled with all his attributes allows everything you see.
IMO.
Captain obvious I’m sure
The part thats crazy to me. Is how such a high profile recruit- didn't make a huge deal of his commitment. No long countdown, no attention seeking. Bailey was real laid back about it lol
One and done talent. Shocked if he stayed for more than a year.
The true one and dones have ability to take their teams very deep into March. Hope that is the case here.
Would be huge, getting a guy straight into the association. For those doubting the impact of a 1 year player look no further than Yeboah.
Seems like the type of kid that lets his game do the talking. Just so happens that his game is #5 overall in the country
Once you start getting one and done talent and they go to 10 or better, you arrived and it continues. To be elite, you need to consistently have one and done guys coming in.
This is mostly true and reflects reality today. Coach K even realized eventually that the Laettners and Hurleys of the world aren’t going to win it all. And Grant Hill actually stayed four years at Duke and became a great three point shooter by his senior year…before becoming the third overall pick in the draft.
Man, I can't wait to watch this kid run the break off of a rebound... give and go at the top of the key for the ooop! This is exciting.
that was when Duke was recruiting guys who would stay for 3 to 4 years. It wasn't until he decided to go head to head with Calipari with recruiting these 1 and done guys. The times were changing and Coach K needed to adjust his recruitment.
if you look at draft board now, 1st around is filled with mostly freshmen
if you look at draft board now, 1st around is filled with mostly freshmen
Different era, you didn't have many 1 and done 30 years ago. Before KG and Kobe came out of HS, most players would spend atleast a few years in college. Now everyone gets drafted on potential, even if they were a highly rated freshman who didn't play half the year.
Yeah, the early 90’s had a bunch of three year college players get drafted like Shaq (3 yrs at LSU) (Chris Webber only played two seasons at Michigan which was rare thing to do then) but the Duke guys stayed for four. First big name Duke guy to leave early was Elton Brand who played two years at Duke before becoming the top NBA pick.
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It is kind of why watching our current team the past few years has been so much fun. Having majority of our starters stay and grow with this program and bring it to success.
But, now getting these 5 star kids that could be 1 and done, brings us to a different level. Which Rutgers needs right now.
BTW- if our FB team could ever have back to back 8 wins season with a win each year of one of the big 3- you could see the exact same takeoff.
There are 15-20 one and dones each draft the last few years. Few of them take their teams deep into March.
HS class of 2021 rankings - https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/awards/rsci-recruit-rankings-2021.html
Players ranked as high as Ace Bailey out of HS with his length, skills and athleticism get drafted in the first round even if they didn't help their college team much.
We are so close to getting to a spot where we can complain kids are jetting to nba too quckly,and not giving Pike enough time to develop them and the team. And then we can start threads where we should recruit more under radar 3 stars.
Don’t tempt me to start one right now!
Watched a bit of tape and Ace Bailey is absolutely ridiculous. All of it doesn’t mean wins for Rutgers if he can’t defend high screens. I have faith though he will.
Imagine Pike coaching a team that scores 75-80 points/game?
His Stony Brook team averaged 76 his last year there and his last year assisting Hobbs at GW (with SR PG TJ Thompson) they averaged 77/game.
I think poster's point was that Paul wears the C. Assuming Baily was the 4 was a bit obvious.
And if you remember that draft, Duke also had Corey Maggette leave as a freshman and William Avery (who had a breakout year but wasn't reasy) another underclassman all go and we heard a much different tune from K. His family spoke about him being betrayed. Maggette has spoken about K not talking to him after. Different times. That 99 Duke team that lost to Uconn was a lot of fun to watch. Might be Ks only undefeated conference season
I get it. I’m getting greedy though and thinking we can match Kevin Durant’s one year run at Texas.
They lost in the second round of the NCAA tournament though.
This is the challenge of trying to build the team around very young but highly gifted players who are not expected to be in the system long. They are away from home for the first time, may need some further physical development, and are playing with new players and a new system. This is why what Kentucky and Duke do is so difficult. Every season they will adapt their offense and defense to the players coming in, and will stick with them even when it isn’t going well because they don’t want to do anything to damage their draft status, and some seasons it never comes completely together at the end. If Dylan also commits, it is great for us, but it is also not without risks, and Pike will be judged by both how they play on the floor, but also whether he has helped or hurt these kids in the draft.