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4-star guard Haanif Cheatham just committed today.

247 Composite Rankings
#94 Matt Heldt (56 on ESPN)
#61 Haanif Cheatham (78 on ESPN)
#68 Nick Noskowiak (49 on ESPN)

Top 10 Class right now on 247

...still waiting on one more

aughnanure wrote:4-star guard Haanif Cheatham just committed today.

247 Composite Rankings
#94 Matt Heldt (56 on ESPN)
#61 Haanif Cheatham (78 on ESPN)
#68 Nick Noskowiak (49 on ESPN)

Top 10 Class right now on 247

...still waiting on one more

just huge. To me- this year is so much bigger and more important than last year.. So far so good...

woot woot, git'er done Wojo

So exciting! If we get Ellenson that will solidify one of the best classes in MU history.

It's still super early, but there are 4 BE schools in the top 25 on that list: MU at 10, G'town at 13, Nova at 23, and PC at 25. Butler at 47 and Creighton at 50. Like I said, still way early, but encouraging.

stever20 wrote:

aughnanure wrote:4-star guard Haanif Cheatham just committed today.

247 Composite Rankings
#94 Matt Heldt (56 on ESPN)
#61 Haanif Cheatham (78 on ESPN)
#68 Nick Noskowiak (49 on ESPN)

Top 10 Class right now on 247

...still waiting on one more

just huge. To me- this year is so much bigger and more important than last year.. So far so good...

Obviously, you are talking VERBAL commitments here. Some of us have learned not to celebrate too much until the paperwork is in and all of the real commitments have been cleared to play by the NCAA (Not Consistent Athletic Association).

muskienick wrote:
Obviously, you are talking VERBAL commitments here. Some of us have learned not to celebrate too much until the paperwork is in and all of the real commitments have been cleared to play by the NCAA (Not Consistent Athletic Association).

Players change their minds all the time, but I don't think academics will be an issue with this group.

stever20 wrote:

aughnanure wrote:4-star guard Haanif Cheatham just committed today.

247 Composite Rankings
#94 Matt Heldt (56 on ESPN)
#61 Haanif Cheatham (78 on ESPN)
#68 Nick Noskowiak (49 on ESPN)

Top 10 Class right now on 247

...still waiting on one more

just huge. To me- this year is so much bigger and more important than last year.. So far so good...

I love me some positive Stever!

marquette wrote:

muskienick wrote:
Obviously, you are talking VERBAL commitments here. Some of us have learned not to celebrate too much until the paperwork is in and all of the real commitments have been cleared to play by the NCAA (Not Consistent Athletic Association).

Players change their minds all the time, but I don't think academics will be an issue with this group.

If academics were the only determining factor, that would be great. However, Xavier has found out (both good and bad) over the recent years that:
a) Prospective verbally committed players change their minds before (and even after) they submit their LOI's. XU has both benefited and lost players this way.
b) Committed players who took exactly the same classes that were approved one year earlier by the NCAA were disapproved the very next year. The result --- two players had to pay their own way to Xavier and sit out the entire season (including practicing with the team) in 2012-2013 (Myles Davis and Jalen Reynolds).

All that being said, I am very pleased that Wojo is doing well in attracting quality players to Marquette and the Big East --- that is a very good thing for our young Conference!

muskienick wrote:
If academics were the only determining factor, that would be great. However, Xavier has found out (both good and bad) over the recent years that:
a) Prospective verbally committed players change their minds before (and even after) they submit their LOI's. XU has both benefited and lost players this way.
b) Committed players who took exactly the same classes that were approved one year earlier by the NCAA were disapproved the very next year. The result --- two players had to pay their own way to Xavier and sit out the entire season (including practicing with the team) in 2012-2013 (Myles Davis and Jalen Reynolds).

All that being said, I am very pleased that Wojo is doing well in attracting quality players to Marquette and the Big East --- that is a very good thing for our young Conference!

Right you are, and maybe they won't all make it to campus. However, Noskowiak is a lock. Kid has been our #1 recruiter this year, getting after Heldt, Cheatham, and Ellinson on twitter. The others seem about as committed as possible. Heldt is a local kid, rising stock, and is comfortable with Noskowiak. Cheatham has been leaning MU's way since Wojo arrived. Fingers crossed, but with any luck we'll see 'em all on campus come fall 2015.

aughnanure wrote:

stever20 wrote:

aughnanure wrote:4-star guard Haanif Cheatham just committed today.

247 Composite Rankings
#94 Matt Heldt (56 on ESPN)
#61 Haanif Cheatham (78 on ESPN)
#68 Nick Noskowiak (49 on ESPN)

Top 10 Class right now on 247

...still waiting on one more

just huge. To me- this year is so much bigger and more important than last year.. So far so good...

I love me some positive Stever!

lol....

I just know I've said this all along- this year recruiting is 100 times more important than last year. This year- all the factors are known from the get go. This year there's no pre-existing boost from the old big east. there's all the impact of FS1. there's the benefit of being bball only.