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If you don't win this year Ford gets fired and all those freshman enter the transfer portal, though.

WPB heavily hinting on Twitter that we may have landed Dandridge.

I don't think talent was ever the question with that one.

That is pretty much what the source I spoke to last week said.

Like I said, take it for what its worth, but I know the guy is close to the program and he was correct on the international guy we landed today. Not saying anything will or won't happen, just wanted to pass along what I was told.

FWIW, I spoke to someone close to the program last week who told me the international player Frank was talking about was from Serbia. He said the deal should've been wrapped up that day. I asked about Dandridge and he said SLU has offered a lot of NIL money. He said the coaching staff doesn't believe anyone else will touch the amount of NIL SLU offered, but they think he may be delaying his decision to see if anyone else comes in and offers more. He wouldn't say anything was likely, but he did say the coaching staff believes SLU has presented far and away the best NIL offer Dandridge received. I'm not an insider or anything, so take it with a grain of salt, but the source said SLU is not out on Dandridge. I wasn't going to post anything unless the Serbian thing actually materialized.

Yeah, you have to take Frank for what he is, but I appreciate the fact that he gives the program a lot of coverage. Better than all the Mizzou fan boys at the P-D.

Did I miss where we've been connected to Rucker?

Yeah. I would be a hard no on bringing him back.

This is my thought too.

Coach announcement or transfer?

So a hire's been made, but not announced? I don't really care about the announcement, I just want to know that we've got a full group recruiting transfers right now.

Have they made a hire already and just haven't announced it?

Isn't there some ambiguity about how they can get paid?

Would it make sense with the uncertain NIL landscape to get someone who can target international recruits?

He actually joked about that on Frank's show last week. Frank joked that he (Frank) was available and Ford asked him if he had any recruits he could bring with him. I actually think this is likely?

Yeah, he could still turn into a good player for another program, but I don't think Ford and Co. could go into next year expecting him to be a contributor after his minutes this past season.

Combo guard, Stretch 4, 5 for me.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Keep Working Big Fella <a href="https://twitter.com/zhngchn54175559?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@zhngchn54175559</a> … <a href="https://t.co/qdazGLGo1n">pic.twitter.com/qdazGLGo1n</a></p>&mdash; Jo Jo Swift (@Day1_SWIZZY) <a href="https://twitter.com/Day1_SWIZZY/status/1628099984729030659?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 21, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Seems like he's put on some weight since he visited last year.

I'm aware of their conferences. I meant transfers that P6 schools are pursuing.

I think it is more a question of resource and time allocation for the staff. If Ford and Co. are going to reach out to these P6 transfers (Camren Hunter, Dayvion McKnight) and make final lists or whatever, then SLU must be in the game financially. You wouldn't be wasting your time going after those guys if you couldn't come up with NIL money needed to land them.

Getting mentioned for all these big-time transfers makes me think the Billiken Victory Fund must've done alright.

The point was about his freshman year. Not how he played this year.

Also, to be fair, SLU was in very early on Kalkbrenner.

You comfortable with Jimmy Bell's 2019-20 stats being counted on as one of our top two bigs next year? All I'm saying is I think that should be production of your #3 big. If that can be Momo, Vice, or Zhang, great.