nwwarrior09
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Including the 2021 class - the last 4 classes have produced:
2018 - Tre Jones (#15, PG, Duke), Daniel Oturu (#50, C, Minn)
2019 - Hurt (#12, PF, Duke), Zeke Nnaji (#40, PF, Arizona)
2020 - Jalen Suggs (#11, CG, Zags), Dawson Garcia (#37, PF, Marquette), Dain Dainja (#89, C, Baylor)
2021 - Chet Holmgren (#1, C, projected Zags)
Plus another handful of #100-#200 ranked guys. Going strictly off recruiting rankings, they could have a very solid team keeping most of the in state talent in state. Taking out the academy guys, the state of Minnesota is about on par and possibly more talented than Ohio over the course of the last 4 years.
Ohio's been very lean on top-shelf talent the last 4-5 years; I think Branham is the first top-30 Ohio recruit since 2016. Even excluding the academy kids they're consistently producing 1 kid and sometimes 2 kids a year that are above what Ohio's been producing. If Minnesota gets that one kid more often than not they're consistently in the tournament and very competitive in the Big Ten.