Here's a big, but not for the upcoming season. Bunch of offers already...Mizzou, Loyola, Georgetown, TCU, Rice, etc. Texas kid, academics must be strong.
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Matt Reed - 2023 Decommit
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Gonna be keeping a close eye on this kid...a big should be a priority for the next class. Minimum of two slots to replace Grace and Goose, and presumably a max of four if Burton and Crabtree don't use their extra years. (I'm assuming Quinn is planning to use his extra year.)
Hmm, Gipe couldn't tell any stories about sinking a three to eliminate Kansas from the NCAA tournament. Advantage CSU there.
Exact same Spider gear Haugh's parents were wearing the day before...all part of the photo shoot wardrobe handout!
I would take it the full staff means we think we are in the hunt and really trying to see what we can do to finish. I have seen him twice on AAU circuit. He'd be an excellent get. He is very skilled albeit not a great athlete. But much like we have had success with small PGs, we have had success with skilled not so athletic bigs. Hopefully we can sell that to him! He is well ahead of Walz for example in my opinion.
appreciate your first hand info, Philly.
just for clarification ... when was the last time you saw Walz play? was it last winter?
I thought in the Summer practice video he looked well built for his age and moved Ok. He looked pretty coordinated for a big freshman.
No surprise here, but we’re in Reed’s top four…I choose to be optimistic about UR being listed first.
hmm, all seem like solid mid major programs, though Tulsa down last year. I watched some of the video that SF posted on here. Really like the looks of Reed. Game film he looks like a hard worker, good skill level. Posts up hard, and just as comfortable to step out and hit a three. Hope we get him!
Yeah, just meant the makeup of our school is much different from the other three, so it's not like we're having to compete with Davidson and Stanford or something. If he wants a bigger school, he has three to choose from. If not, he's coming here.
Also, three middle of the country schools and then us on the East Coast. We certainly are the outlier in this group in a number of ways, so I kind of like that. If he wants what we uniquely have, we are set up as the only school to offer that.
Good points and I do like that we seem to be a completely different option as far as actual location, size, etc of the school. Seems to have ruled out the offers/interest from the power conference schools. From the tape, love that he looks quite comfortable all over the court. Knows how to use his body to get in position inside. Looks like real high hoops IQ.
I suspect some here will be surprised to learn that Tulsa is actually a little bit smaller than UR.
Really like this guy. Can't jump over the Manakin-Sabot phone book, but boy can he shoot it, and works inside. I was cracking up watching this clip b/c you can hear the other coach getting frustrated with his defense giving Reed too much room.
That's correct on when I saw him HS games - - several as he is very close by. HS is tougher to assess because competition is all over the board. Especially for bigs who may be lining up against a 6'3 guy on other team. AAU is easier to assess
lol, athleticism is certainly a concern.
but with his shooting and size, he'd be ACC if he was athletic. we can work on that a bit. I don't remember .. but I'm hoping TJ looked like that in HS.
Yep agree, if he had hops he would have all the big boys after him. He would be a good get for us.
Hunger was the near perfect fit last recruiting class. Reed this. Spiders were all in on both. Hoping we bat .500.
agreed. big, physical, hard working, and a shooter. he's a must get.
Matt Reed, 2023 3-star post, talks visits and footwork
Jan. 20, 2022 - '23 Matt Reed, from Lewisville, Tx, is seeing his recruitment start to pick up. He talked exclusively with On3 about where.
Not a new interview, but I like this quote:
“I want to go somewhere I can play early,” Reed said. “It doesn’t have to be the highest level, but someone who plays through a big like me and I can get on the floor early.”
I realize we will have Quinn still, but we do lose Grace, and could use a college ready big. Have to believe we can make as good a case as anyone for playing through the big and big man getting touches.
Not sure he’s visited Colorado State from among his top four. His visits to UR and UNI were also pre-8/1, so he could technically visit again, or he could throw other schools into the mix.
I have a really great and awful feeling about this. (There, everyone happy?)
