Marlon Barnes ranked #81 in new update

[Sean Miller Fan]

Pitt Commit Marlon Barnes Ranked in Top-85 in Rivals Rankings Update

On Thursday, Pitt commit Marlon Barnes fell two spots to No. 81 in the nation in the updated Rivals rankings for the class of 2023. Barnes committed to Pitt back on Jan. 9, after building a solid relationship with the staff for more than a year. The 6-foot-6 wing broke down his commitment with...

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Capel will be in Kevin Willard/Pat Chambers territory next year in that he needs a very good class SIGNED in November to not be fired in March 2023 (assuming next year doesn't go great). Chambers was about to be fired and pulled a Nick Nolte from Blue Chips with those Philly kids. Willard did the same with that NYC/North Jersey class. Capel is off to a good start with Barnes. If he can land another Top 100 and then a 125ish guy, he could get 2023-24.

 

[TheSpecialSauce]

Pitt Commit Marlon Barnes Ranked in Top-85 in Rivals Rankings Update

On Thursday, Pitt commit Marlon Barnes fell two spots to No. 81 in the nation in the updated Rivals rankings for the class of 2023. Barnes committed to Pitt back on Jan. 9, after building a solid relationship with the staff for more than a year. The 6-foot-6 wing broke down his commitment with...

pittsburghsportsnow.com

Capel will be in Kevin Willard/Pat Chambers territory next year in that he needs a very good class SIGNED in November to not be fired in March 2023 (assuming next year doesn't go great). Chambers was about to be fired and pulled a Nick Nolte from Blue Chips with those Philly kids. Willard did the same with that NYC/North Jersey class. Capel is off to a good start with Barnes. If he can land another Top 100 and then a 125ish guy, he could get 2023-24.

That’s great. Where were Jalen Hood-Schifino and Judah Mintz ranked when they verbally committed to Pitt?

 

[pittchagg]

Chambers was nowhere close to getting fired when he signed the Carr/Stevens class lol

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

Chambers was nowhere close to getting fired when he signed the Carr/Stevens class lol

Huh? He had 5 straight losing seasons before they stepped on campus. Their freshman year was their 6th straight. If 5 straight losing seasons with a poor recruiting class coming in doesnt get you close to being fired, I'm not sure what does. Had Chambers signed a poor class. He would have been fired after Year 5 or Year 6. Those kids saved his job.

 

[pittchagg]

I should have said “when the Stevens/Carr class committed,” not when they signed. They committed in summer 2015, after Chambers’ 4th year, where they had shown improvement every year and had two top 100 kids committed for the 2015 class in Reaves and Watkins.

When Chambers got there, they were having practices in the equivalent of Bellefield Hall, they didn’t have player dining or meeting facilities, and they had the worst scandal in college sports history hit as his first season was tipping off. He had a lot of patience for a reason.