While our recruiting analyst has been preparing for our boots-on-the-ground coverage in Dekalb for the football opener in a few weeks, BC has quietly had a red hot few days on the recruiting trail. First, Wynston Tabbs, the #135 player in the 2018 class (that's a very good ranking, for what it's worth), shocked the northeast basketball world by committing to us last Friday. I made a promise to you guys to never do research, but if memory serves he's one of only 2 top 150 players we've had in the last like 6 years (I think AJ turner was the other, RIP).
Second, Deontae Hawkins, 5th year grad transfer from Illinos State who originally committed, then de-committed from us, has again re-committed and is now pretty much locked in for the upcoming year (as the team heads to the Bahamas next week - convenient timing but I'll take it). People who know more than me say he was one of the best players out of the mid-majors last year, and should make a sizable impact with how we line up against other ACC schools (who, you know, recruit actual ACC caliber athletes).
While I think most of us agree that Christian isn't the long-term guy, its nice to see the momentum and shows that despite how terrible we've been people still want to come to a great school in a great city, and play in the best conference in the world. While neither of these guys will take us to the top of the ACC next year, if we can work up to a consistent .500 ACC record, and get the right next coach in place, the recruiting should start to explode. We're just at the foundation now, but keeping this going should get us back to the Dudley days in no time.
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