In Reply to: Why highly rated SoCal basketball players don't go to UCLA posted by Dr.Bruin on April 09, 2025 at 14:44:11
This is what actually happened:
2021 Peyton Watson - Bruin
Jahmai Mashack - did not have a scholarship open
2022 Amari Bailey - Bruin
Kijani Wright - Cronin passed and was right
2023 Jared McCain - Loss, he was a stud.
Bronny James - Passed, for obvious reasons.
Dusty Stromer - Missed, and thank goodness.
2024 Carter Bryant - Missed.
Trent Perry - Bruin
Isaiah Elohim - Cronin passed and he was right.
As for this year, Burries makes no sense with our roster. You can argue Peat, though I think he'll be just ok.
The bigger argument would be saying that Cronin missed on Dent and Uzan, but we took Bailey and Dylan Andrews. I guess you could knock Cronin for taking Andrews instead of Dent, but it would've been a gamble at that time.