2023 Recruiting Updates

[bisonfan08]

6’ 6” Owen Leach of Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton with a 4 point play, DGF trails 9-8 to Albany 2A semifinal.
Leach signed with Duluth in December, one to keep an eye on in the future.

Game is on channel 41 Sparklight
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I watched him play against Hawley a few weeks back, he's a really solid player, was far and away the best player on the floor in that game, went for over 40 points in that one if I remember correctly. Definitely has D1 potential, just needs to improve his overall quickness to bring his game to that level. Needs it offensively to get by people a little easier and needs it defensively to be able to guard on the ball at the D1 level. Great effort player, has a really good shot and solid handles, if he can continue to improve, especially his burst, he's got a shot to bump up for sure.

[El_Chapo]

6’ 9” Patrick Bath of Totino-Grace named to AAA All-Tournament Teams.
Bath is a 2023 NDSU interest who attended Shanley his freshman season.
Totino-Grace defeated DeLaSalle 50-44 to win the Minnesota AAA title.

https://www.prephoops.com/2022/03/to...chool-history/

https://twitter.com/patrick_bath21/s...uQjGOJ3RdIijfg

Just committed to Drake. NDSU didn't offer which is ridiculous was a top 5 Minn 2023 kid

[bisonfan08]

Just committed to Drake. NDSU didn't offer which is ridiculous was a top 5 Minn 2023 kid

Bath made it pretty clear he wanted to go P6, held out as long as he could for that offer and it never came. Drake jumped in the game late as the best option he had and he took it. If he has a solid year or two it wouldn't surprise me to see him hit the portal trying to move up. There's a reason he didn't have many offers from the area, USD only Summit school to offer, it's because he wanted to play at a bigger school in a larger conference.

[Jay]

https://twitter.com/jeremiah_burke5/...9x2nhINMpOtW8A

[El_Chapo]

https://twitter.com/jeremiah_burke5/...9x2nhINMpOtW8A

lol we beat out Winona state!.

[bisonfan08]

https://twitter.com/jeremiah_burke5/...9x2nhINMpOtW8A

D2 player of the year and first team all American, averaged 14.6ppg and 9.9rbg, Thanksgiving weekend played a 2 day MTE and went off with 24pts & 23reb in game 1 and 31pts & 22reb in game 2. He also shot it at 38.8% from 3 last season so if he can translate his skills up to D1 he could be a really solid player for us. The only downside to this signing is by bringing in a forward it means the coaching staff probably does not believe Grant is coming back, which really sucks

[El_Chapo]

D2 player of the year and first team all American, averaged 14.6ppg and 9.9rbg, Thanksgiving weekend played a 2 day MTE and went off with 24pts & 23reb in game 1 and 31pts & 22reb in game 2. He also shot it at 38.8% from 3 last season so if he can translate his skills up to D1 he could be a really solid player for us. The only downside to this signing is by bringing in a forward it means the coaching staff probably does not believe Grant is coming back, which really sucks

JUCO D2 not D2.

and yes you are correct about that latter.

[bruinbison]

D2 player of the year and first team all American, averaged 14.6ppg and 9.9rbg, Thanksgiving weekend played a 2 day MTE and went off with 24pts & 23reb in game 1 and 31pts & 22reb in game 2. He also shot it at 38.8% from 3 last season so if he can translate his skills up to D1 he could be a really solid player for us. The only downside to this signing is by bringing in a forward it means the coaching staff probably does not believe Grant is coming back, which really sucks

Jeremiah Burke article:

https://www.inforum.com/sports/bison...erican-forward

Only Boden Skunberg and Sam Hastreiter (in a smaller sample)
shot better than Burke from 3 land, so he has a chance to fill a role right away. Grant Nelson only hit on 27% of threes.
That’s a lot of rebounds as well for Burke, hope it’s a well rounded game he brings to the Bison.

[bisonfan08]

Jeremiah Burke article:

https://www.inforum.com/sports/bison...erican-forward

Only Boden Skunberg and Sam Hastreiter (in a smaller sample)
shot better than Burke from 3 land, so he has a chance to fill a role right away. Grant Nelson only hit on 27% of threes.
That’s a lot of rebounds as well for Burke, hope it’s a well rounded game he brings to the Bison.

I think he's got a shot to step in and start at the 4 right away for us assuming Grant is gone with Hastreiter coming off the bench. The question with Juco guys is always if they are able to keep up the offensive production and style of play going against D1 defenders instead of Juco guys but he's a strong, physical player and I think he fits us well.

No PG commitment so far has me wondering if we just plan to role with Miller or Waddles as the backup to DWT like we did in the 2nd half of last season. Right now depth chart to me looks like:

1 - DWT / Waddles
2 - Miller/ White / Bradley
3 - Skunberg / Dissette
4 - Burke / Hastreiter (could also play the 3)
5 - Morgs / Streit / Feddersen (could also play the 4)

Assuming PG is still a priority but still a pretty solid rotation with good roster flexibility being able to go bigger or smaller depending on matchups.

[bruinbison]

Darik Dissette participating in the ND Lions All-Star Basketball Games

https://www.inforum.com/sports/prep/...ll-star-opener