MarcAg said:

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Rencher is visiting Maryland this week.

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Fanatic15...Drs2B! said:

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Should've write THREE commitments.

Looks like the redshirted, bench warming class of 2024 - at least Mills and Turkson, who are both from the Northeast USA anyway, will probably be doing what Payne and Solo did - and will be following Buzz to Maryland.

However, the third member of that class, Chris McDermott, who was actually the only freshman that played in multiple games (*and showed good defensive and rebounding skills in limited minutes) is from Houston - as a high school senior awarded the Guy Lewis Award for Outstanding High School Basketball Player in Greater Houston Area (thought appropriate to mention in light of Houston Cougars Men's Basketball success this year) - he might want to stay close to home.

Seems like McDermott should be one of Bucky's FIRST calls/visits to try to keep him in Aggieland.

Also wondering if anyone has any updates on NEXT YEAR'S incoming Fish Class - Jasir Rencher, from Northern California, a 6'5" shooting guard/small forward who reportedly had a great senior season to finish around #80 in recruiting rankings, 6'2" point guard Jeremiah Green, from Chandler, AZ, and 6'2" shooting guard Aaron Glass, from Rancho Cucamonga, CA.

All three kids are from the Western USA (thus, perhaps less likely to bolt for Maryland) and are still listed as committed to Texas A&M. However, my understanding is that they are NOW allowed to look around in the event of a coaching change - right?

Again, in addition to hitting the transfer portal hard, would be great if Bucky could find a way to contact, visit, and ultimately keep some or all of these kids IF THEY MATCH the type of players that he believes would fit into his system of "Buckyball".

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Ag-ME said:

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Fanatic15...Drs2B! said:

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Should've write THREE commitments.

Looks like the redshirted, bench warming class of 2024 - at least Mills and Turkson, who are both from the Northeast USA anyway, will probably be doing what Payne and Solo did - and will be following Buzz to Maryland.

However, the third member of that class, Chris McDermott, who was actually the only freshman that played in multiple games (*and showed good defensive and rebounding skills in limited minutes) is from Houston - as a high school senior awarded the Guy Lewis Award for Outstanding High School Basketball Player in Greater Houston Area (thought appropriate to mention in light of Houston Cougars Men's Basketball success this year) - he might want to stay close to home.

Seems like McDermott should be one of Bucky's FIRST calls/visits to try to keep him in Aggieland.

Also wondering if anyone has any updates on NEXT YEAR'S incoming Fish Class - Jasir Rencher, from Northern California, a 6'5" shooting guard/small forward who reportedly had a great senior season to finish around #80 in recruiting rankings, 6'2" point guard Jeremiah Green, from Chandler, AZ, and 6'2" shooting guard Aaron Glass, from Rancho Cucamonga, CA.

All three kids are from the Western USA (thus, perhaps less likely to bolt for Maryland) and are still listed as committed to Texas A&M. However, my understanding is that they are NOW allowed to look around in the event of a coaching change - right?

Again, in addition to hitting the transfer portal hard, would be great if Bucky could find a way to contact, visit, and ultimately keep some or all of these kids IF THEY MATCH the type of players that he believes would fit into his system of "Buckyball".

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Payne we could have used this next year. I'm not sure Solos skill set would have ben used much. The guys on the bench were probably "Buzz" type of players and might not have been needed or wanted by the new coach. So I think we are really only going to lose one player that would have been a big help next year.

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Aston04 said:

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Ag-ME said:

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Fanatic15...Drs2B! said:

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Should've write THREE commitments.

Looks like the redshirted, bench warming class of 2024 - at least Mills and Turkson, who are both from the Northeast USA anyway, will probably be doing what Payne and Solo did - and will be following Buzz to Maryland.

However, the third member of that class, Chris McDermott, who was actually the only freshman that played in multiple games (*and showed good defensive and rebounding skills in limited minutes) is from Houston - as a high school senior awarded the Guy Lewis Award for Outstanding High School Basketball Player in Greater Houston Area (thought appropriate to mention in light of Houston Cougars Men's Basketball success this year) - he might want to stay close to home.

Seems like McDermott should be one of Bucky's FIRST calls/visits to try to keep him in Aggieland.

Also wondering if anyone has any updates on NEXT YEAR'S incoming Fish Class - Jasir Rencher, from Northern California, a 6'5" shooting guard/small forward who reportedly had a great senior season to finish around #80 in recruiting rankings, 6'2" point guard Jeremiah Green, from Chandler, AZ, and 6'2" shooting guard Aaron Glass, from Rancho Cucamonga, CA.

All three kids are from the Western USA (thus, perhaps less likely to bolt for Maryland) and are still listed as committed to Texas A&M. However, my understanding is that they are NOW allowed to look around in the event of a coaching change - right?

Again, in addition to hitting the transfer portal hard, would be great if Bucky could find a way to contact, visit, and ultimately keep some or all of these kids IF THEY MATCH the type of players that he believes would fit into his system of "Buckyball".

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Payne we could have used this next year. I'm not sure Solos skill set would have ben used much. The guys on the bench were probably "Buzz" type of players and might not have been needed or wanted by the new coach. So I think we are really only going to lose one player that would have been a big help next year.

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Either the redshirt freshmen following Buzz aren't that good or Buzz is a total idiot for not playing them over Hef and Jace.

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CDub06 said:

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Which is why we're still following Aggie Athletics no matter how much it hurts...

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CDub06 said:

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Which is why we're still following Aggie Athletics no matter how much it hurts...

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NyAggie said:

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bobinator said:

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Yeah anyone thinking Maryland won't be good is delusional. And they'll probably be better faster than we were with the new rules and no Covid year.

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Yep

Buzz will have them In the tourney, but probably not get them last the second round

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TMF said:

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NyAggie said:

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bobinator said:

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Yeah anyone thinking Maryland won't be good is delusional. And they'll probably be better faster than we were with the new rules and no Covid year.

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Yep

Buzz will have them In the tourney, but probably not get them last the second round

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I guess we should define good vs expectations. Getting to first round and no more might be good. I don't think that is good based on expectations. He was paid to do more than that here and never could. To me that's not good. I don't see him doing better than that at Maryland. He will likely make the tourney but I don't see him making a deep run. And I hope he fails. I don't think we have anything to tank him for. He's not leaving us in a better spot than when he took over. His predecessor did more.

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