Arkansas Basketball 2024 (and beyond) Recruiting Thread **TR F Adou Thiero Commits** (2024)

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Posted on 4/29/24 at 11:32 pm to RazorHawg

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Jonas Aidoo, who was tabbed first team All-SEC and voted to the SEC All-Defensive Team this past season, has signed with the Arkansas men’s basketball program, head coach John Calipari announced.

Aidoo (pronounced AY-doo) played 90 games in three seasons at Tennessee, seeing action in 19 games as a freshman, 35 as a sophom*ore and 36 last season. His scoring and rebound averages went from 2.11 points and 2.21 rebounds as a freshman, to 5.09 and 4.89 as a sophom*ore, to 11.42 and 7.31 as s junior, finishing with 629 points and 496 rebounds in the three seasons.

Jonas Aidoo
6-11, 240, F, Sr.
Durham, N.C. || Liberty Heights Athletic Institute / Tennessee
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Arkansas 2024 Signing Class:
Zvonimir Ivišic 7-2, 235, F, So. Vodice, Croatia / Kentucky
Billy Richmond III 6-5, 205, F, Fr. Memphis, Tenn. / Camden (N.J.) HS
Johnuel “Boogie” Fland 6-2, 175, G, Fr. Bronx, N.Y. / Archbishop Stepinac HS
Karter Knox 6-6, 225, F, Fr. Riverview, Fla. / Overtime Elite – RWE
Jonas Aidoo 6-11, 240, F, Sr. Durham, N.C. / Liberty Heights Athletic Institute / Tennessee

2024 NABC Second Team All-District
2024 First Team All-SEC (AP)
2024 Second Team All-SEC (Coaches)
2024 SEC All-Defensive Team
2022-23 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll
2021-22 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll

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2023-24 (Jr. at Tennessee):
Named All-SEC (First Team AP and Second Team Coaches) … Also voted to the SEC All-Defensive Team (just the fifth Vol to earn such an honor) … Added second team NABC All-District honors … One of two Volunteers to start all 36 games … He averaged 11.4 points, 7.3 rebounds … Ranked third in the SEC in blocked shots (1.83 avg. and 68 total) … Was fourth in the SEC in rebounds per game (7.3), total rebounds (263) and offensive rebounds per game (2.78) … Also fourth in the SEC in double-doubles with 8 … Named SEC Player of the Week (Feb. 19) as he averaged 17.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game across a pair of dominant league victories versus Arkansas and Vanderbilt… His 66 blocks rank third on the UT single-season list and 100 offensive rebounds rank fifth-best in UT season history … Scored 11 points with three assists and hit three key free throws in the final 50 seconds of the NCAA Tournament Round of 32 win over Texas … Tallied 15 points on 5-of-6 shooting and added three blocked shots in the NCAA opening-round victory over Saint Peter’s … Wrapped up the regular season vs Kentucky with 11 points, eight rebounds and five blocked shots, which tied his career high … Totaled 14 points, nine rebounds and two steals in the victory at South Carolina to help Tennessee clinch an outright SEC title … Registered 14 points on 6-of-10 shooting, adding a team-best seven rebounds, in the victory over Auburn … Put up 18 points, a game-best 14 rebounds and a game-high three blocks versus Texas A&M … Produced 14 points on 6-of-9 shooting at Missouri), adding a game-best four blocks to become the 18th person with over 100 rejections as a Volunteer … Recorded his third 20-point, 10-rebound performance of the season, tied for the third-most by a Volunteer in a campaign in the last 20 years (2004-24), by leading all players with 23 and 12, respectively, in the win at Arkansas, finishing 11-of-14 from the field to set a career high in makes … Compiled an 11-point and game-best 11-rebound double-double in the victory at No. 10/8 Kentucky (2/3/24), adding a team-high three blocks … Logged nine points, a game-best 10 rebounds and two blocks in the comeback win at Vanderbilt … Had 19 points in back-to-back games … First on 9-of-16 shooting, along with a team-high nine rebounds and team-leading two blocks, versus Florida … Second on 9-of-14 shooting in the win over Alabama … Totaled 10 points, a career-high 15 rebounds and a career-best five blocks in a career-best 35 minutes at Georgia … Amassed 24 points, the second-most of his career, and 10 rebounds in the SEC-opening win over, finishing 10-of-19 from the floor to tie a career high in makes … Poured in a career-best 29 points, including 21 in the first 17 minutes, on 10-of-16 shooting versus Georgia Southern, adding 11 rebounds, two steals and two blocks … Notched 14 points, seven rebounds and two blocks in the victory over Illinois … Registered a then career-high 17 points against George Mason, shooting 7-of-11 overall and 2-of-2 beyond the arc, while adding a game-leading eight rebounds and tying his career-best with four assists … Corralled 11 rebounds — five on the offensive glass — to go with eight points and three steals versus top-ranked Kansas … Recorded a double-double in the win over Syracuse at the Maui Invitational, posting 14 points and 11 rebounds … Had 10 points and a team-high seven rebounds in the victory at Wisconsin.

2022-23 (So. at Tennessee):
Played in 35 games with nine starts and was the first Vol off the bench a team-high 19 times … Averaged 5.1 points and 4.9 rebounds with 44 blocked shots … Ranked seventh in the SEC in blocked shots (1.26 avg.) … Was Tennessee’s top offensive rebounder on the season (1.8 orpg) … Led the Vols in blocks 21 times and rebounding eight times … Was Tennessee’s team leader in rebounding (5.2 rpg) and blocks (1.4 bpg) during SEC play … Through Tennessee’s three NCAA Tournament games, he shot a team-best .625 (10 for 16) while averaging 8.0 points and a team-high 5.3 rebounds … Posted a team-high-tying 10 points and seven rebounds in Tennessee’s season-ending loss to Florida Atlantic in the Sweet Sixteen (3/23/23) … Scored eight points, had five rebounds and blocked three shots in the NCAA second-round win over Duke … Was a team-high +15 in the first-round win against Louisiana … Played a then career-high 30 minutes in the home finale against Arkansas, scoring eight points on 4-of-6 shooting … Starred in Tennessee’s home win over top-ranked Alabama, posting his first career double-double and finishing with 12 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks … Had an eight-point, seven-rebound performance at LSU in which he grabbed five offensive boards … Scored a then career-high 15 points at South Carolina, making 2-of-3 from beyond the arc … Pulled down a then career-high 13 rebounds — six of which were offensive — with three blocked shots in a then career-high 29 minutes in the SEC opener at Ole Miss … Blocked a career high five shots and scored seven points with six rebounds against McNeese State … Filled the stat sheet during 24 minutes of action in the win over Kansas, totaling team-highs in rebounds (9) and blocks (2), as well as recording five points and three steals … In the win over Southern Cal, posted six points, nine rebounds and two steals in 25 minutes while recording a team-best +17 … Made his first career 3-point basket during the season-opening win over Tennessee Tech.

2021-22 (Fr. at Tennessee):
Averaged 2.1 points and 2.2 rebounds in 7.7 minutes per game while making 19 appearances off the bench … Saw action in each of Tennessee’s games after Olivier Nkamhoua was sidelined due to injury on Feb. 5 … Scored four points in five minutes during the NCAA second-round contest against Michigan … Recorded three points, three blocks and five rebounds in the win over Arkansas … Tied his season-high with five points at Georgia … In a season-high 23 minutes at Missouri, had five points, five rebounds and three blocks … Scored four points and grabbed six rebounds at Arkansas … Played a large role in the win over Kentucky with five points, seven rebounds and three blocked shots … Scored his first collegiate points with a dunk during Tennessee’s win over Presbyterian, also recording an assist and rebound in five minutes of action … His collegiate debut was delayed after an illness sidelined him for multiple weeks of the preseason in October.

High School:
Graduated from Durham Voyager Academy in 2020 and spent a prep year at Liberty Heights Athletic Institute in Charlotte, where he was coached in 2020-21 by Michael Wright … Was rated as high as No. 21 nationally in the Class of 2021 by Rivals.com, and he was tabbed as the top prospect in the state of North Carolina by the 247sports.com composite … Averaged 15 points, 11 rebounds, three assists and two blocks while shooting 68 percent in his lone season at Liberty Heights. … At the Phenom HoopState Championship in Rock Hill, South Carolina, in March of 2021, Aidoo posted a three-game scoring average of 17.3 points while leading Liberty Heights to the championship game … As a high school senior in 2019-20, he averaged 11 points, six rebounds and three blocks per game at Durham Voyager Academy. … A growth spurt prior to his sophom*ore year added five inches to his frame. … Played his AAU ball with Pro Skill Basketball’s “Team Curry” program, coached by Sim Frazier.

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Posted on 4/30/24 at 4:35 am to The Sultan of Swine

I mean by numbers alone we should end with #1 class no? We have to fill literally every spot. Once we hit like 10+ players we'll take over top spot just on the numbers.

I have no idea who we start to fill out bench roles with though. Tougher transfer sell with less PT once we get a couple more.

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Posted on 4/30/24 at 5:49 am to UltimateHog

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Posted on 4/30/24 at 5:58 am to The Sultan of Swine

The way the scoring works, adding guys below your team average, especially after the first several commits, helps your score very little.

Playing around the the class calculator, if we added Johnell Davis and Brandon Garrison, that brings us from 68.63 to 69.27 (247 rankings only)

Then adding DJ Wagner and Jordan Burks still has us at 69.27.

So a .64 increase with a basically perfect close for us.

So, Duke is just untouchable. Bama would be close... Don't know if they're done or not

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Posted on 4/30/24 at 7:05 am to The Sultan of Swine

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Posted on 4/30/24 at 7:25 am to WonderWartHawg

Those are overall rankings I posted. High school + transfer

Only meaningful ranking these days IMO

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Posted on 4/30/24 at 9:12 am to The Sultan of Swine

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Posted on 4/30/24 at 12:22 pm to beebefootballfan

Kentucky apparently gave $800k for Garrison

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Garrison averaged 7.5 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.5 blocks, and 0.8 steals in 22.6 minutes per game, starting 29 of 32 contests.

While he was generously listed at 6-foot-11, after measuring in at closer to 6-foot-8 in high school,

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between the two... I choose Aidoo....

DO you choose Aidoo, Aidoo choose Aidoo...

Awww hell, downvote away!

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Posted on 4/30/24 at 12:36 pm to The Sultan of Swine

Me thinks they overpaid to finally say they got one over Arkansas, Texas, & OU.

Also Johnell Davis apparently has been confirmed as having been on campus this past weekend. Aidoo committed yesterday, Johnell commits today imo

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We're gonna be so effing stacked

As mentioned above, not sure who we fill out the roster with after these pieces, these look to be the main rotation guys all ready. I'd personally like to seeing another young PG and another burly big who only cares about boards and defense, and then a couple 3 point bombers.

I feel like KK Robinson could possibly be a good fit. I still wish we'd try and keep Blocker as well but that ship has probably sailed

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Posted on 4/30/24 at 1:26 pm to Pygthagorean Theorem

Those two with Johnell & Aidoo….

Insane

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This is from a few days ago before Aidoo visiting and signing.

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Cassidy: It’s difficult to look away from John Calipari at Arkansas due to the fact that the situation still seems a bit surreal, but also because the former Kentucky coach is expected to land an impressive first class despite having a short time to do so. Tennessee transfer Jonas Aidoo will be visiting Fayetteville over the weekend for what feels like a hyper-important trip. Aidoo took a massive step forward as a junior at Tennessee last season and projects as one of the top veterans in the sport next season. The thought of Calipari armed with a veteran big man surrounded by younger, high-profile guards allows Arkansas fans to dream about a massive season in year one of the new regime. Baylor, Alabama and North Carolina are also involved.

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