Garrett Sundra - 2024 Wing (Notre Dame)

Yes, but far fewer than our fair share, which clearly needs to change!! I hope the staff and the fans can make a compelling case!

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I think so but they've usually been like:
FINAL FIVE
- Western Illinois
- Texas State
- Butler
- Getting hit by a bus
- IPFW

 

High school recruiting is sort of pointless for Butler right now. They're going to have to find international powerball tickets and transfers to cobble teams together. They just aren't getting guys against high majors right now with their level of competitiveness and lack of NIL. Maybe that changes some day , but the answer to your question isn't changing in the foreseeable future

 

Odd take considering literally their first high school recruit (Bizjack) was a top 100 guy.

 

WRONG!!! Top players with aspiring dreams and matching ability to play at the next level will look at the Butler program and their HC who has players he coached in the league, an AC who coached in the NBA, an AC who was the #1 draft pick in the NBA and played in the NBA, a former HC who still follows the Butler program who coached in the NBA and is President of an NBA team. Not only that, I was personally told last week by an NBA player that a few of the Pacers will be hanging at Hinkle this year.

 

Hmmm....that's a tough list to beat - a lot of good things for each of those programs. Getting hit by a bus has really gone heavy on the NIL as late.

 

JaKobe Coles is the one I can recall that had a similar list: Texas A&M, TCU, Loyola - Chicago, Minnesota and Notre Dame.

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But Coles was not as highly rated.

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NCAA Basketball: Analyzing top 5 teams for 4-star forward Garrett Sundra

by Tristan Freeman3 days ago

Garrett Sundra is a consensus four-star forward in the 2024 NCAA Basketball recruiting class. Which programs are reportedly in the mix to land him?

The latest class of 2024 NCAA Basketball prospect to update their respective recruitment is Garrett Sundra, a top-100 player from Fairfax, Virginia. He’s listed at 6’10 and over 210 pounds and is a conventional power forward that can stretch the floor.

Sundra reportedly is down to five options, with a couple from the local “DMV” area. Here’s a look at how the power-forward prospect fits with each of the potential options.

Butler Bulldogs

The Ali Ali experiment didn’t work this past season, with Andre Screen and Jahmyl Telfort likely taking most of the minutes at the four-spot. There are also incoming freshmen, Boden Kapke and Augusto Cassia coming in but both are unproven as well. There’s a desperate need for talent and a top-100 guy like Sundra is what the program needs to build back hope in the Big East.

Miami Hurricanes

Technically, the Hurricanes don’t even have a power forward on its roster, as FSU transfer wing Matthew Cleveland is set to play most of the minutes at the four-spot. So right now, there’s a big need for Sundra to join the team and get a nice role. And assuming that big man Norchad Omier came back for a 5th year, these two would be a nice frontcourt pairing when it came to spacing.

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

It’s a complete rebuilding effort for the Irish and new HC Micah Shrewsberry and a brand new roster overall. The frontcourt includes Penn State transfer Kebba Njie and four-star incoming freshman, Carey Booth. There’s no proven forward for now but if things go well for Notre Dame’s set of newcomers, it’d be a crowded frontcourt that Sundra would be going to.

Providence Friars

The starter at the four-spot is Bryce Hopkins, who is a candidate to go pro after next season. Plus, both Josh Oduro and Will McNair won’t have any eligibility left either, leaving backup forward, Rafael Castro. This is an option where Sundra can come in and have a nice role and he could eventually become the next Noah Horchler as the next stretch big.

Virginia Tech Hokies

With both Justyn Mutts and Grant Basile gone, it’s going to be a new frontcourt for the Hokies. The two frontcourt transfers the team brought are Northwestern forward Robbie Beran and UNC combo forward, Tyler Nickel. How Nickel plays will be important because he’s a former top-75 prospect that’s supposed to be the future power forward.

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So Virginia Tech is an option that could work for Garrett Sundra or he could have to play behind Nickel. Butler, Providence, and Miami stand out when it comes to a path towards early playing time but with the Bulldogs rebuilding a bit, the Frians and Hurricanes make good cases for the four-star prospect.

Published on 06/22/2023 at 14:30 PM

Last updated at 06/22/2023 at 06:11 AM

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I fear this writer's tone is more pervasive than we would like to think. We need something positive to change the narrative around our program!

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Also, I know most sports writers won't know as much about Butler as us diehards, but at least do your homework before referring to Andre Screen as a 4. If he said the same about Jalen Thomas, I may have bought it, but Screen?

 

He may have meant Jalen, I don't know - but, as I recall Jalen describes himself as a four. With Jalen at the 4 and Screen at the 5 you certainly would have some rebounding potential.

 

Not that optimistic that we'll ultimately win out here, but you never know.

 

I don't understand why he felt compelled to write the 2nd part of that last sentence.

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Is this his 2nd ND visit? It feels like he was there in June, as well.

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ND is the one to beat here.


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Do you think he is an ND lean or are you feeling it's primarily between ND and BU?

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2 Crystal Balls for ND.

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