As we can all tell, this staff is a pretty big change from what has transpired here in the last decade when it comes to recruiting.
Matt Wells’ staff would randomly offer kids from Illinois and Florida, but they had next to 0 shot at getting any of them. The one they did get, Alante Brown, ended up not qualifying anyways.
Joey McGuire and James Blanchard have obviously recruited West Texas and the entire state very well. 22 of the 26 commits for 2023 are from TX. All three for 2024 so far are from TX.
But they’ve also supplemented those guys with selective out of state kids. Guys they were early on.
Tech was the first P5 offer for all of the following commits. They were the first offer overall except in the case of Dingle Jr (Charlotte) and Stevenson (Austin Peay).
Tech’s top two remaining targets for 2023 are out of state kids, and you guessed it, they are the first P5 offers for them too.
This is a trend I see continuing into 2024 and the future. This week they’ve offered four new prospects, two of them are from out of state.
It feels like they’re hitting the Midwest hard, especially lately. Look back over the past decade at Iowa State and Kansas State, and how those teams continually have won the head-to-head matchups against Tech. I like the strategy of selectively plucking guys from right under their noses. Just like Tech fans are left scratching their heads over how Deuce Vaughn (from Round Rock, TX) ended up in Manhattan, I’m optimistic they’ll be doing the same in the future. This staff can evaluate and I’m excited to see it play out.
@johngreenslade
Matt Wells’ staff would randomly offer kids from Illinois and Florida, but they had next to 0 shot at getting any of them. The one they did get, Alante Brown, ended up not qualifying anyways.
Joey McGuire and James Blanchard have obviously recruited West Texas and the entire state very well. 22 of the 26 commits for 2023 are from TX. All three for 2024 so far are from TX.
But they’ve also supplemented those guys with selective out of state kids. Guys they were early on.
Tech was the first P5 offer for all of the following commits. They were the first offer overall except in the case of Dingle Jr (Charlotte) and Stevenson (Austin Peay).
Tech’s top two remaining targets for 2023 are out of state kids, and you guessed it, they are the first P5 offers for them too.
This is a trend I see continuing into 2024 and the future. This week they’ve offered four new prospects, two of them are from out of state.
It feels like they’re hitting the Midwest hard, especially lately. Look back over the past decade at Iowa State and Kansas State, and how those teams continually have won the head-to-head matchups against Tech. I like the strategy of selectively plucking guys from right under their noses. Just like Tech fans are left scratching their heads over how Deuce Vaughn (from Round Rock, TX) ended up in Manhattan, I’m optimistic they’ll be doing the same in the future. This staff can evaluate and I’m excited to see it play out.
@johngreenslade
