Race was in the 80-120 ranking spot which is where Betts was going to be in 2023. Betts was a little more late on the scene. Not as many prep players are getting offers as when Race was in school due to the portal. More than fair to say that Betts isn’t more acclaimed, but same or similar isn’t far fetched.
Ahh yah no that isnt true ha. Race was a fairly high 4*, ended 134th in the country his year, had IU, MN, Baylor, Creighton etc offers. Betts was a 4* on some sites yes, consensus high 3* 233rd in the country with offers from MN, CSU, Neb.
134 is a very low 4 star and a 3 star in most years. The offers thing isn’t a great measurement because of the portal anymore. Totally agree on Betts not being more highly regarded, but they are closer than many assume. Betts rankings went up by people who actually watch him play and were on par with Race. Very similar.
You can always pull the redshirt and play him if that becomes necessary later. Announcing now he is red shirting is just sharing the plan with fans. It is subject to change.
When did programs begin sharing information like this with fans?
Read my post again. I am not talking about rankings. I said that the buzz surrounding Betts was much higher than Thompson. The rankings did not necessarily follow the buzz because he committed so quickly when the MN offer came in. Betts reclassifying to this year also led to his ranking not rising.
Programs can do whatever they like. Ben chose to announce his plan now to eliminate wondering by media and fans as to why he is not playing.
Yeah, it’s weird that people in Minnesota were familiar with a local player who is the son of a Gopher legend, and we’re less familiar with a player with a similar rank from 700 miles away.
I was about say Virginia and Villanova were starting to sniff around when Betts committed in July, think he would have had a pretty good offer list and alot of options if he had dragged it out into the Fall, kudos Ben and Jenkins for closing the deal early. Treyton Thompson was highly regarded when he was younger, he just didn't get any better when he went off to prep school and was so so his last AAU summer in 2020.Race Thompson had an injury and was kinda out of shape in high school. He Red shirted to essentially get treatment from a D1 program's doctor's and Athletic Trainers. At IU, he's done a great job of transformating his body, he put in the work and is benefiting from it now.
Probably depends on how 'hard core of a fan one is. Most fans don't know who anyone is until they're here and playing. The hardos who follow sites like 247, On3, Rivals, Prep Hoops etc, different story. Ryan James was driving the Betts hype train for about a year before he committed on all of his platforms
haven't seen a birthday, but probably
A year of hype? Hard to believe there was a year of hype with functionally no mention of it on this board. I think hardly any of us, even hard core fans, knew who he was until right before the commitment.
