Nick Richart - 2023 PF - signed NLI with Charlotte

[run49er]

Verbal Commits

Nick Richart

Nick Richart 2023 AAU

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Brandon Ramsey

[ninerJ]

WTH just happened here ???

[Ninereast1]

Kid has some moves!

[run49er]

Ramsey’s assessment correct as Richart committed a week after we offered.

[ninerfan55]

Is this kid a late bloomer? No 247 profile and not super impressive offers. Not hating, just saying.

[run49er]

Some more about Richart from Illinois State message board RedbirdFan:

Indianapolis Star, 5-16-2022

Nick Richart

The 6-9 Richart put together a solid junior season at Zionsville, averaging 9.5 points and 6.1 rebounds on 60% shooting from the field and continues to get better. Division I schools are starting to take note. Wofford, Columbia, Penn, Furman, Belmont and Illinois State are interested. Richart has a nice shot and you can really tell his work in the weight room is starting to pay off. He should be in line for a strong senior season.

Indianapolis Star, 6-21-2022

Richart said he has added about 30 pounds since his freshman year and is now up to 225 pounds, which has also added to his confidence. He picked up an offer earlier this month from Illinois State and is receiving interest from several other schools, including Belmont, Columbia, Penn, Brown, Cornell and Air Force. “It was a happy surprise (to receive the Illinois State offer),” he said. “They really like my footwork and how versatile I can be running the floor and they said they like how I fit their character model as far as being a good teammate and guys that like playing the game and contribute to the chemistry.”

Offered/Committed Elsewhere - Nick Richart, 6-10, PF, Zionsville, IN

[49er1]

Curious. We’re not mentioned as any of his interested schools in either of these articles. Hmmm…
Must have heard about the awesome pillars we are establishing here. Our secret recruiting bait.

[run49er]

Per the Ramsey tweet, sounds like our involvement very recent.

[ghostofclt]

[Gassman]

With all due respect to the young man, and I hope I’m proving woefully incorrect, but this just doesn’t look like an AAC level recruit.

This is just not the level of player I’m expecting now that we are recruiting for the AAC.

[4ever_niner]

Welcome to Charlotte!

[49er1]

That’s the kind of stuff they said about Steph Curry coming out of high school.

[ninerfan55]

We need to stop applying that logic to every recruit

[NinerintheheartofACC]

I agree. I’m pretty impressed with what I’ve seen so far, and the fact that we are moving to the AAC is irrelevant; we are still Charlotte and our record speaks for itself. We are not going to be drawing top recruits……… unfortunately😭

[ninerfan55]

Tell that to ecu, nmsu and charleston who all recently landed 4 atar recruits.

[ninerJ]

[Gassman]

I feel you. We are not going to be getting top recruits till we improve.

BUT

We should be competing against the lesser teams in the AAC not Belmont, Columbia, Penn, Brown, Cornell, Air Force and Illinois State.

If that pattern continues we are doomed.

[NinerWupAss]

I have zero faith in this staff recruiting the talent we need to compete in the AAC.

Our record is not the determining factor in landing the recruits we need. It is the staffs ability or inability to sell a vision and evaluate talent accurately. Sadly I don’t see this staff being able to do either of those.

[ninerfan55]

Jones, on paper, looks like a quality AAC recruit. This kid, not so sure. Land jones and ill have a little more confidence in rons recruiting ability