The 2023/24 UNT Basketball Transfer/Recruiting Tracker

2020 Sucks · April 11, 2023

Mitchell is a JJ-like defender, and a better shooter than JJ. But he only has one year and that’s a drawback. I’m thinking he would have committed by now if he was coming. Hodge is probably going to release the hounds offensively with the team built around Aaron and Rubin. They want to speed things up! We need a PF that can run…wish Stone would grow 3 inches over the summer!

Green Otaku · April 12, 2023

Looks like Hodge's staff is taking a bit, but we at least have news that the 1st assistant has been chosen. Hopefully they can wrap things up quickly and get to hitting the portal/recruiting.

Edited April 12, 2023 by Green Otaku

97and03 · April 13, 2023

Dentonborn79 · April 13, 2023

kendall mcgruder in portal

Green Otaku · April 13, 2023

13 hours ago, 97and03 said:

4 star coming out of high school. He had less points per game this year, but also had less minutes. When he's on the court he can score, the only negative is he doesn't have great 3pt numbers. This would be a huge get.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4433165/demarr-langford-jr

SUMG · April 13, 2023

Yaxel Lendeborg, really good PF out of Arizona Western JC.

He committed to St. John's.....but never signed. Doesn't want to play for Pitino I guess. Not sure.We had offered him....back in 2022.

Not sure if we're interested now or not. Phil Forte does follow him on Twitter. FWIW

UNTLifer · April 13, 2023

1 hour ago, SUMG said:

Yaxel Lendeborg, really good PF out of Arizona Western JC.

He committed to St. John's.....but never signed. Doesn't want to play for Pitino I guess. Not sure.We had offered him....back in 2022.

Not sure if we're interested now or not. Phil Forte does follow him on Twitter. FWIW

https://kyma.com/sports/college-sports/2023/03/29/arizona-western-standout-yaxel-lendeborg-reopens-recruitment-will-explore-new-offers/

SUMG · April 13, 2023

1 hour ago, UNTLifer said:

https://kyma.com/sports/college-sports/2023/03/29/arizona-western-standout-yaxel-lendeborg-reopens-recruitment-will-explore-new-offers/

He's #9 on a list of top 100 Juco Players.

Edited April 13, 2023 by SUMG

Green Otaku · April 14, 2023

5 hours ago, SUMG said:

Yaxel Lendeborg, really good PF out of Arizona Western JC.

He committed to St. John's.....but never signed. Doesn't want to play for Pitino I guess. Not sure.We had offered him....back in 2022.

Not sure if we're interested now or not. Phil Forte does follow him on Twitter. FWIW

Hopefully the staff at least takes a look at him.

SUMG · April 14, 2023

A St. Louis commit...has gotten out of his commitment. They released him from his NLI. A big post from Germantown, Tn. Had some decent offers. Not sure if it means anything....at all.

https://247sports.com/Recruitment/Brock-Vice-155627/RecruitInterests/

And Coach Forte is who recruited him to SLU:

Edited April 14, 2023 by SUMG

GMG_Dallas · April 14, 2023

I know it's been said before but hopefully Hodge continues to recruit high-character athletes. We went from prostitution/pimp related charges against players and I believe a staff member to nothing in 6 years. When I see reports of top Memphis recruit Mikey Williams being arrested for 5 charges of assault with a deadly weapon it reminds me how important it is to still have a respectable program that isn't causing harm to the community.

SUMG · April 16, 2023

Shereef Mitchell (Creighton) is off the board. Commits to Ohio....

Green Otaku · April 16, 2023

Really hoping this staff comes together quickly and we start hearing some more noise on who UNT is interested in soon.

Glory to the Green · April 16, 2023

This is Aaron Scott’s dad. I’m sure he has some info…

TheNewEra · April 18, 2023

https://twitter.com/northtexaseagle/status/1648423189788397569?s=46&t=Kx5oiKD-HcSCIlwnvYjN1Q

blow up this kids mentions, could be a massive pull!!!

Andrew · April 18, 2023

18 minutes ago, TheNewEra said:

https://twitter.com/northtexaseagle/status/1648423189788397569?s=46&t=Kx5oiKD-HcSCIlwnvYjN1Q

blow up this kids mentions, could be a massive pull!!!

Twitter 🤮

Hot take but Twitter is garbage lol. Maybe I’m just too old for that nonsense 🤣

Censored by Laurie · April 19, 2023

4 hours ago, Andrew said:

Maybe I’m just too old for that nonsense 🤣

same could be said for GMG.com. just give it all up. what was wrong with the day-after box score in the newspaper anyway?

greenminer · April 19, 2023

14 hours ago, Andrew said:

Twitter 🤮

Hot take but Twitter is garbage lol. Maybe I’m just too old for that nonsense 🤣

Communities putting their thoughts online for the world to see. thank God that's specific to Twitter. Can you imagine what the internet would be like if that was anywhere else?

SUMG · April 19, 2023

Great Osobor, PF/C ....Montana State. Averaged 19 minutes....10.1 ppg and 4.6 rpg

Lots of competition for him....but we're apparently interested.

UNTLifer · April 19, 2023

9 minutes ago, SUMG said:

Great Osobor, PF/C ....Montana State. Averaged 19 minutes....10.1 ppg and 4.6 rpg

Lots of competition for him....but we're apparently interested.

https://247sports.com/Player/Great-Osobor-46140965/

Censored by Laurie · April 19, 2023

57 minutes ago, SUMG said:

Great Osobor, PF/C ....Montana State. Averaged 19 minutes....10.1 ppg and 4.6 rpg

Lots of competition for him....but we're apparently interested.

That’s a super efficient 10ppg. Foul trouble or fitness keeping him from 25-30 minutes a night?

NorthTexasWeLove · April 19, 2023

1 hour ago, Censored by Laurie said:

That’s a super efficient 10ppg. Foul trouble or fitness keeping him from 25-30 minutes a night?

It is, indeed. Big fella makes the most of his minutes.

Green Otaku · April 19, 2023

6 hours ago, SUMG said:

Great Osobor, PF/C ....Montana State. Averaged 19 minutes....10.1 ppg and 4.6 rpg

Lots of competition for him....but we're apparently interested.

Great numbers.

BleedingGreen · April 20, 2023

11 hours ago, SUMG said:

Great Osobor, PF/C ....Montana State. Averaged 19 minutes....10.1 ppg and 4.6 rpg

Lots of competition for him....but we're apparently interested.

With a name like Osobor , some might say he fits our offense .

Censored by Laurie · April 20, 2023

19 hours ago, SUMG said:

Great Osobor, PF/C ....Montana State. Averaged 19 minutes....10.1 ppg and 4.6 rpg

Lots of competition for him....but we're apparently interested.

the more I dig into this kid, the more I like him. turns out he only started 2 games, thus the lower minutes total...looks like team liked to play four guards around one big...one of those starts was their 77-65 loss to Kansas State in the first round of the NCAA, where he went 5-6 from the floor, 11 points, 7 boards, 3 blocks and 2 steals against KSU.

looks active, good hands and role understanding...clearly makes the most of his minutes...rebounding and blocks numbers should go up with a bit more experience.

he's an inch shorter than Sissoko, but would likely almost always just be in rotation at the 5 the way we play. he looks more polished and I think would push Sissoko for the starting spot if he lands here.