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BB RECRUITING Class of 2025 Board

jakeboldenbrp
MTFAN61 said:
Speaking of the men, they have 9 players in their final year of eligibility. The women have their 6 commitments for 2025 already. What's the 2025 commitment list looking like for the men's team next year? Early signing date as discussed prior is coming up pretty soon.
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They have zero verbal commits for 2025, and to my knowledge only 2-3 offers.
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BB RECRUITING Class of 2025 Board

jakeboldenbrp
MidTennFootball said:
Will be interested to see how they make the math work with 6 commits. Not often you have the chance to sign a whole starting lineup. Having 2 commits at Center is a little surprising, but McClendon seems athletic enough that they can slide her over if they decide to go big.

Everybody is excited about Dominguez and rightfully so, it's easy to see the potential but you always wonder about players ability to adapt playing in the states and not just on the court. I'd feel alot better if Mason can prove to be a capable starter in '25-26 so the staff can develop McClendon and Dominguez at a comfortable pace.

Out of this whole class, the one I'm most excited about is Macie Phifer, the girl is a gamer and a winner. IMO, she gives off big Anne Marie Lanning (Brentz) vibes. It blows my mind neither Ole Miss or Mississippi St gave her any real consideration
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Unfortunately it puts them 1 over next season the 15 scholarships available with only 5 graduating this season. Surely someone will transfers out, because of playing time. The reality is only so many play (especially given Insell's history), but I feel VERY confident they won't lose production year-over-year, like we've seen the last 4 years returning all meaningful minutes every season (with the exception of Grabovskaia).

2025-26 is shaping up to be a solid group that will earn quality PT early in their careers. It will be underclassman heavy, so I wouldn't be surprised to dip into the transfer portal again in summer '25 and get some added experience to team up with Ta'Mia.
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BASKETBALL recruiting

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This is for the staff, why haven't you guys asked McDevitt about international recruiting? It seems like the ladies have been successful with it, and the style of play McDevitt likes the international players would be a better fit. He would get fundamental sound kids, that can actually shoot the rock. Those players have carried St. Mary's and Gonzaga, you don't have to worry about them leaving for NIL money, since they can't benefit from that.
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BB RECRUITING Class of 2025 Board

Shayne_Pickering
MTFAN61 said:
Anybody else notice the really unique thing about this 2025 class? Really like the fact the MT coaching staff decided to go totally old school. 6 new recruits, & all freshmen! Unheard of in these days & times with the transfer portal.
I think the coaching staff struck on something here when competing against the elites of women's college basketball. Instead of going for quick fixes in 2025 the coaches decided to play long ball. Can see the plan of building a unified & experienced team over the next 3-4 years. This is a foundational group coming in to hopefully transition MT into the women's version of Gonzaga brought up earlier. Very tough for a G5 school to break that Sweet 16 barrier. Must have not only talent & skill, but a unity that only the experience of playing for long times together can bring. Believe the coaches have picked up on that, & wouldn't be surprised for that to continue for the 2026 class.
All of that being said, still very glad for this year's transfers of Arike & Monson.
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It’s always better to fill in holes rather than build through the portal in any sport in my opinion
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BB RECRUITING Class of 2025 Board

MidTennFootball
Will be interested to see how they make the math work with 6 commits. Not often you have the chance to sign a whole starting lineup. Having 2 commits at Center is a little surprising, but McClendon seems athletic enough that they can slide her over if they decide to go big.

Everybody is excited about Dominguez and rightfully so, it's easy to see the potential but you always wonder about players ability to adapt playing in the states and not just on the court. I'd feel alot better if Mason can prove to be a capable starter in '25-26 so the staff can develop McClendon and Dominguez at a comfortable pace.

Out of this whole class, the one I'm most excited about is Macie Phifer, the girl is a gamer and a winner. IMO, she gives off big Anne Marie Lanning (Brentz) vibes. It blows my mind neither Ole Miss or Mississippi St gave her any real consideration
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BB RECRUITING Class of 2025 Board

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Anybody else notice the really unique thing about this 2025 class? Really like the fact the MT coaching staff decided to go totally old school. 6 new recruits, & all freshmen! Unheard of in these days & times with the transfer portal.
I think the coaching staff struck on something here when competing against the elites of women's college basketball. Instead of going for quick fixes in 2025 the coaches decided to play long ball. Can see the plan of building a unified & experienced team over the next 3-4 years. This is a foundational group coming in to hopefully transition MT into the women's version of Gonzaga brought up earlier. Very tough for a G5 school to break that Sweet 16 barrier. Must have not only talent & skill, but a unity that only the experience of playing for long times together can bring. Believe the coaches have picked up on that, & wouldn't be surprised for that to continue for the 2026 class.
All of that being said, still very glad for this year's transfers of Arike & Monson.
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FOOTBALL Middle Tennessee(1-2) vs Duke(3-0), Homecoming/'24 Hall of Fame Class, (ESPNU), 3PM, Saturday, 9/21/2024

sWiley
ewglenn said:
To be fair the G5 Guys did say that there was a problem they just always said it wasn’t Stock. They’ve said before that the university leadership was the issue. The issue everyone had to with them was they thought Stock had no blame in anything and that the fans were to blame for not showing up. The difference was the fans viewed all three as an issue and they only viewed M&M but also torched everyone that thought Stock was a problem. We’re 1/3 of the way to being better off. M&M would need to go next.
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The problems were, in order:

1. McPhee
2. McPhee
3. McPhee
4. Steve Smith
5. Nick McDevitt
6. Chris Massaro
7. Rick Stockstill


It's so typical of them to axe the person who was the least problematic and try to scape goat them. I would have been perfectly okay with keeping Stockstill and firing everyone else instead. That's what should have happened actually.
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FOOTBALL Middle Tennessee(1-2) vs Duke(3-0), Homecoming/'24 Hall of Fame Class, (ESPNU), 3PM, Saturday, 9/21/2024

ewglenn
To be fair the G5 Guys did say that there was a problem they just always said it wasn’t Stock. They’ve said before that the university leadership was the issue. The issue everyone had to with them was they thought Stock had no blame in anything and that the fans were to blame for not showing up. The difference was the fans viewed all three as an issue and they only viewed M&M but also torched everyone that thought Stock was a problem. We’re 1/3 of the way to being better off. M&M would need to go next.
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FOOTBALL Middle Tennessee(1-2) vs Duke(3-0), Homecoming/'24 Hall of Fame Class, (ESPNU), 3PM, Saturday, 9/21/2024

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I do wonder what took those guys so long to finally say something. They were hammering on the fans for years about not showing up and wanting Stock fired. Seriously, why now? How long have they been doing their show?

Is Massaro still on a monthly contract? That speaks volumes as far as I am concerned.
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