Men's Basketball 21-22

[mountainred]

Cornell picked up a commitment from a 6'7" SG/SF today.  Offers from Appalachian State, Boston College and Washington State.

https://twitter.com/DJNix_23

Seems like a good get. Has a 3 star rating from 247 and Rivals, and is among the top 75 small forwards in his class. Per Rivals he also had offers from Wichita State and Charleston. We don't often get commits with offers from major conference schools.

Per this article from April, "He holds offers from Wichita State, Washington State, Boston College, Appalachian State, Auburn, and a few more smaller schools"

https://pittsburghsportsnow.com/2021/04/28/pitt-liking-what-its-seeing-from-2022-north-carolina-prospect-dj-nix/

Article also mentions his father Derrick Nix, played at UNC Greensboro.  (And put up over 1200 points or something per another article I saw).  Nice pedigree

That's the best list of offers for a hoops recruit since....well...I'm not sure how long.  I'm remember Shonn Miller having an impressive list, but I can't find it.

[scoop85]

Cornell picked up a commitment from a 6'7" SG/SF today.  Offers from Appalachian State, Boston College and Washington State.

https://twitter.com/DJNix_23

Seems like a good get. Has a 3 star rating from 247 and Rivals, and is among the top 75 small forwards in his class. Per Rivals he also had offers from Wichita State and Charleston. We don't often get commits with offers from major conference schools.

Per this article from April, "He holds offers from Wichita State, Washington State, Boston College, Appalachian State, Auburn, and a few more smaller schools"

https://pittsburghsportsnow.com/2021/04/28/pitt-liking-what-its-seeing-from-2022-north-carolina-prospect-dj-nix/

Article also mentions his father Derrick Nix, played at UNC Greensboro.  (And put up over 1200 points or something per another article I saw).  Nice pedigree

That's the best list of offers for a hoops recruit since....well...I'm not sure how long.  I'm remember Shonn Miller having an impressive list, but I can't find it.

Erick Peck also had some nice offers (I recall him being offered by Butler, for one)

[underskill]

Wasn't there a transfer from USC under Courtney too?

[mountainred]

Wasn't there a transfer from USC under Courtney too?

I had forgotten about Collin Robinson, who Steve brought in.  He played a ton in the non-conference portion of the 2008 season, and then quits right before league play.

[George64]

I had forgotten about Collin Robinson, who Steve brought in.  He played a ton in the non-conference portion of the 2008 season, and then quits right before league play.

Robinson never graduated.

[scoop85]

Wasn't there a transfer from USC under Courtney too?

I had forgotten about Collin Robinson, who Steve brought in.  He played a ton in the non-conference portion of the 2008 season, and then quits right before league play.

Didn't he transfer back to USC?

[CAS]

Mark Coury transferred from Kentucky to play at Cornell (& study business).

[mountainred]

No idea what happened to Collin.  Those teams had some amazing guard depth (Dale, Reeves, 'ski, Gore), but Collin would have played some big minutes.

Coury let me tell folks the Big Red had a guy coming off the bench who started at Kentucky!  For some reason, Billy Gillispie would start Mark each half, pull him at the first TV timeout, then not play him for the rest of the half. i think Gillispie said he like his effort in practice (Mark did work hard on the court). There is a reason Gillispie did not last in Kentucky.

Circling back, DJ Nix looks like a great recruit for Cornell.

[Weder]

No idea what happened to Collin.  Those teams had some amazing guard depth (Dale, Reeves, 'ski, Gore), but Collin would have played some big minutes.

Coury let me tell folks the Big Red had a guy coming off the bench who started at Kentucky!  For some reason, Billy Gillispie would start Mark each half, pull him at the first TV timeout, then not play him for the rest of the half. i think Gillispie said he like his effort in practice (Mark did work hard on the court). There is a reason Gillispie did not last in Kentucky.

Circling back, DJ Nix looks like a great recruit for Cornell.

Looks like he stopped playing after he left Cornell.
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/collin-robinson-1.html

According to his LinkedIn, he is now a PhD student at Oregon.

[ugarte]

Max Groebe was a transfer from UMass

[Ken711]

A couple of more basketball recruits:

https://twitter.com/adam_hinton/status/1462221666742902786

https://twitter.com/_joshuabaldwin_

[profudge]

More on Adam:  

Year2022     (HS SR)

Position     SG

Height       6-5

Weight       195

Hometown     Studio City, CA

High School  Phillips Exeter Academy

[Weder]

https://twitter.com/CornellSports/status/1473778465145245699

[Ken711]

Syracuse Will Face Cornell on December 29th Instead of Georgia Tech.

Syracuse basketball's game against Georgia Tech was postponed from Wednesday, December 29th, but the Orange has already found a replacement opponent for that day. Syracuse will face Cornell, which was originally scheduled for December 21st. That game was postponed with both teams facing a COVID-19 outbreak within their respective programs, Now, with the Yellow Jackets in COVID protocols, the date became available for the Orange and the Big Red.

[ugarte]

cool