In Reply to: Re: Adem Bona, Amari Bailey, and Peyton Watson say, ''Hi.'' * posted by BruinsFTW on June 03, 2025 at 09:13:21
Aday Mara was given 5 stars by 247 and Rivals.
Trent Perry "only" had 4 stars but was a McDonald's All-American, ranked #28 by ESPN, #30 by 247, and #35 by Rivals. That's reasonably 5-star adjacent, and either about the same, or slightly better, than Johnny Juzang was ranked coming out of high school, and all he did was lead UCLA to the Final Four.
And this year, all Cronin did was sign Xavier Booker (5 stars out of high school) and Donovan Dent (5 stars in the portal).
Six in five years (I'm NOT counting Perry) seems like a lot of 5-star recruits for a guy who "can't get any 5-star recruits."