Busting Brackets
Fansided

NCAA Basketball Recruiting: Pros and cons of 5-star Derik Queen's final 4 teams

By Tristan Freeman

Montverde s Derik Queen (25) goes for a lay up against Whitehaven s Bob Hickerson (20) during a
Montverde s Derik Queen (25) goes for a lay up against Whitehaven s Bob Hickerson (20) during a / Stu Boyd II-The Commercial Appeal / USA
facebooktwitterreddit
Prev
2 of 4
Next

Indiana Hoosiers

Pros

Coach Mike Woodson has NBA experience and the overall ability to develop players. We’ve seen it work in the past couple of years, including Trayce Jackson-Davis and transfer Kel’el Ware this year, leading the team with 15.0 ppg and 9.4 rpg. 

Indiana likely will lose Ware to the NBA Draft after this season and unless Malik Reneau slides over to the five-spot, there will be a big need for an impact center to come in. Playing time won’t be an issue for Queen, who’d get to play for one of the top programs in NCAA Basketball.

Cons

Are we sure that Coach Woodson will be around after this season? The team is 14-11 overall and out of the NCAA Tournament picture and he could be on a potential “hot seat” if the program opts to look at alum and current FAU HC, Dusty May.

Plus, seeing the roster issues and the lack of movement could be a problem. Queen doesn’t have the same skillset as Ware does so unless there’s a complete overall strategy, the Hoosiers could struggle again, affecting Queen in the process.

Home/NCAA Basketball News