Official 2024 Panther Basketball Recruit List

[PantherAlum09]

Offered:



Committed:

Redek Born............................ Norwalk, IA 6'3" G (Martin Brothers AAU) PWO
Will Hornseth.......................... De Pere, WI 6'8" F (Wisconsin Blizzard)
Max Weisbrod........................ DeForest, WI 6'4" G (DII Northern Michigan) 2 years of eligibility
Ben Schweiger........................Aurora, IL 6'7" G (Loyola Chicago) 2 years of eligibility
Cade Courbat.........................Cedar Falls, IA 6'8" SF (Martin Brothers AAU) PWO
Cael Schmitt...........................Dubuque, IA 6'2" G (DIII Coe College) 1 year of eligibility
Leon Bond III..........................Wauwatosa, WI 6'5" G (Virginia) 3 years of eligibility

Committed Elsewhere:

Jonathan Mekonnen.............. Apple Valley, MN 6'8" F (Eastview High School)--Colorado State
Dayton Forsythe……………… Dale, OK 6’3” PG (Team Griffin EYBL)--Oklahoma
Jackson McAndrew................. Wayzata, MN 6'8" F (Howard Pulley EYBL)--Creighton
Colin White.............................. Ottawa, OH 6'4" G (Ohio Buckets) --Ohio State
Isaiah Johnson-Arigu.............. Fridley, MN 6'7" F (Howard Pulley EYBL) --Miami
Matthew Hodge...................... Belmar, NJ 6'8" F (St. Rose High School) -- Villanova

Senior Year Stats for Commits:

Name	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	FT%	3PT%
Redek Born	23.0	4.9	4.1	1.5	0.2	52.3%	85.6%	38.4%
Will Hornseth	16.6	6.6	3.1	1.3	1.5	76.7%	72.9%	12.5% (1/8)

[CyCarp]

Dayton Forsythe from Dale, Oklahoma visiting tomorrow. Only offers at this point look to be lower mid-majors.

[PantherAlum09]

He got an offer from Loyola today.

[BCPanther]

Us, Loyola, Colorado State. Only needs Richmond to finish the exacta...

[orangetennis]

Dayton Forsythe from Dale, Oklahoma visiting tomorrow. Only offers at this point look to be lower mid-majors.

Definitely a baller. Skilled in all areas, ball handling, passing, creating, mid range and long range shooting, ability to get to the rim and finish...didn't see much defense on his highlights. My concern is he's only 6'2" and we're starting to get too many shorter guards. You can get by with one or two guys under 6'3" but when you've got 4 or 5 on the roster it becomes a problem. I'm not sure we'd be able to play Dayton along side RJ, for example.

[BCPanther]

Definitely a baller. Skilled in all areas, ball handling, passing, creating, mid range and long range shooting, ability to get to the rim and finish...didn't see much defense on his highlights. My concern is he's only 6'2" and we're starting to get too many shorter guards. You can get by with one or two guys under 6'3" but when you've got 4 or 5 on the roster it becomes a problem. I'm not sure we'd be able to play Dayton along side RJ, for example.

I see your point but we're also going to have two years of RJ and Born playing together so we'd actually get taller with this kid.

[achrist70]

We have had much more success with smaller more skilled players then taller "more athletic" players who are less skilled overall. So often these smaller guards have been playing against bigger competition their whole life they understand how to get their shot and aren't impacted by others height, and are able to stay in front of guys on the defensive end.

[PantherAlum09]

I see your point but we're also going to have two years of RJ and Born playing together so we'd actually get taller with this kid.

We will also have Trey Campbell mixing in quite a bit and he's a long 6'4" in the backcourt. I wouldn't be surprised if they mix and match them and Heise quite a bit to keep them all fresh.

[BCPanther]

Cade Courbat is up to 6-8 and ranked Tonight's WCF Courier... nationally in the '24 class per Prep Hoops.

He's got to be targets 1-10 at this point. We have to get that one done.

[orangetennis]

I see your point but we're also going to have two years of RJ and Born playing together so we'd actually get taller with this kid.

That's my point. It's going to be tough playing Bowen and RJ together, and my guess is it won't happen very often, but if you add Dayton you'll have no choice but to have two smaller guards on the floor together a lot. Even if he's taller than those two, he's still a small guard for D1 ball.

[orangetennis]

We have had much more success with smaller more skilled players then taller "more athletic" players who are less skilled overall. So often these smaller guards have been playing against bigger competition their whole life they understand how to get their shot and aren't impacted by others height, and are able to stay in front of guys on the defensive end.

Not sure how to respond to this, just none of it is true.
Just because we've had success with a few smaller guards doesn't mean it's a good idea to fill your roster with them.
And they haven't been playing against taller players their whole life, they've mostly been playing against average high school players. Yes they've played a lot of AAU ball against higher level competition but not the likes of which they'll see in the MVC.
I actually like Dayton as a player and would want him outside of this roster issue, but I think it could make our offense easier to defend.

[CyCarp]

I'm guessing they didn't offer Forsythe on his visit...

[BCPanther]

Nope. We may only have one ride and you figure it's Courbat's until he says no.

[PantherAlum09]

Possibly. But they do have two other offers out for this class, With Jackson McAndrew and Colin White. Colin White is a stud. Jackson McAndrew looks like a baby deer with potential. White and Derek Vorst play AAU ball together, and Vorst was offered for the 2023 class. I kind of wonder if they are trying to get a package deal going.

[orangetennis]

Nope. We may only have one ride and you figure it's Courbat's until he says no.

Didn't Chase sit on his offer for an abnormally long time and finally accepted when nothing better came along by his Sr year?