James steward commits

[mslacatfan]

[MSU01]

Class of '25 high school recruit. 6'8" like seemingly everyone Logie has signed recently. His stats last year in high school were 21 points, 15 rebounds, and 3 blocks per game. His only other D-1 offer I could find was from NAU. Looks like a good player though, welcome James!

[msu_agfan]

Welcome James! We need players that like to attack the basket, and i love some of those little passes of his, could really develop into a deadly big sky player.

[MSU01]

There's a rarity these days, a highlight video in which the player doesn't shoot a single three pointer! Some of these high school players have to be falling through the cracks a little with so many college programs recruiting heavily from the portal these days.

[grizzh8r]

There's a rarity these days, a highlight video in which the player doesn't shoot a single three pointer! Some of these high school players have to be falling through the cracks a little with so many college programs recruiting heavily from the portal these days.

I REALLY like this kid's game. Good size, plays above the rim, blocks, rebounds, and on the one free throw shown, his form looks good. Solid signing, gives me some hope. Just hope he sticks around and isn't poached...

[MSU01]

There's a rarity these days, a highlight video in which the player doesn't shoot a single three pointer! Some of these high school players have to be falling through the cracks a little with so many college programs recruiting heavily from the portal these days.

I REALLY like this kid's game. Good size, plays above the rim, blocks, rebounds, and on the one free throw shown, his form looks good. Solid signing, gives me some hope. Just hope he sticks around and isn't poached...

Even if he is eventually poached at least it means he developed into a good player before it happened. I agree the film looks great although the level of competition he's playing against is hard to assess.

[84CatGrad]

How does a 6'8" kid averaging 21 and 15 only get attention from two Big Sky teams?

[BelgradeBobcat]

How does a 6'8" kid averaging 21 and 15 only get attention from two Big Sky teams?

Oh, he'll get plenty of attention after his sophomore, if not his freshman, year...

[PHAT CAT]

Amazing spring pick up. Kid looks like he's a baller. Hope he goes off on the Big Sky.

[msu_agfan]

According to this article, it looks like Logie has wrapped up the roster for this fall's team.



https://msubobcats.com/news/2025/5/20/m ... tball.aspx

[Cats and Dogs]

According to this article, it looks like Logie has wrapped up the roster for this fall's team.



https://msubobcats.com/news/2025/5/20/m ... tball.aspx

"4 BSC Championships last 4 seasons".

[snarf]

According to this article, it looks like Logie has wrapped up the roster for this fall's team.



https://msubobcats.com/news/2025/5/20/m ... tball.aspx

"4 BSC Championships last 4 seasons".

The conference counts regular season titles and tournament titles as separate items, so there are 2 countable titles each year. In the past 4 years, MBB won 3 tournament titles and 1 regular season title.

[MinnesotaBobcat]

There's a rarity these days, a highlight video in which the player doesn't shoot a single three pointer! Some of these high school players have to be falling through the cracks a little with so many college programs recruiting heavily from the portal these days.

I REALLY like this kid's game. Good size, plays above the rim, blocks, rebounds, and on the one free throw shown, his form looks good. Solid signing, gives me some hope. Just hope he sticks around and isn't poached...

Even if he is eventually poached at least it means he developed into a good player before it happened. I agree the film looks great although the level of competition he's playing against is hard to assess.

I think there’s been at least one freshman that never saw the court transfer out in the last two seasons, so I’m not sure there’s a guarantee the big schools are allowing them to develop before the are poached. I’m worried that the bigger schools are asking high school players to accept scholarships at Big Sky level schools so they can get one year of development on someone else’s dime. I honestly don’t know if it’s worth Logie’s time recruiting high school kids because of that.

[MSU01]

There's a rarity these days, a highlight video in which the player doesn't shoot a single three pointer! Some of these high school players have to be falling through the cracks a little with so many college programs recruiting heavily from the portal these days.

I REALLY like this kid's game. Good size, plays above the rim, blocks, rebounds, and on the one free throw shown, his form looks good. Solid signing, gives me some hope. Just hope he sticks around and isn't poached...

Even if he is eventually poached at least it means he developed into a good player before it happened. I agree the film looks great although the level of competition he's playing against is hard to assess.

I think there’s been at least one freshman that never saw the court transfer out in the last two seasons, so I’m not sure there’s a guarantee the big schools are allowing them to develop before the are poached. I’m worried that the bigger schools are asking high school players to accept scholarships at Big Sky level schools so they can get one year of development on someone else’s dime. I honestly don’t know if it’s worth Logie’s time recruiting high school kids because of that.

I don't recall a MSU player going to a big school after their true freshman year. Trap Johnson is going to UC San Diego, a good program but in terms of their conference affiliation pretty close to the Big Sky level. We don't know the reasons behind his decision to transfer but I certainly doubt it has much to do with a step up in his level of competition. I'd argue that recruiting high school players is still extremely valuable, since so many larger programs focus so much on portal players that means that some high school players are still out there to be signed that a Big Sky team may not have had a chance to get in the past.

[tetoncat]

Similar to football 4 and 5 stars will still get signed. Cats may have chance for more 3 Star if overall focus switches to portal players. But,most high end teams are not rebuilding their whole roster.

[Cataholic]

Similar to football 4 and 5 stars will still get signed. Cats may have chance for more 3 Star if overall focus switches to portal players. But,most high end teams are not rebuilding their whole roster.

Unfortunately, a lot of high end teams are actively rebuilding rosters every year. There was a graphic about the teams that made the Sweet 16 and how their rosters were built. It was amazing how many teams were composed of portal transfers. My recollection was almost every team featured a key transfer (like a starter) and the majority had more than two transfers starting. I can’t remember which team, but their starting five was all portal transfers.

[tetoncat]

Similar to football 4 and 5 stars will still get signed. Cats may have chance for more 3 Star if overall focus switches to portal players. But,most high end teams are not rebuilding their whole roster.

Unfortunately, a lot of high end teams are actively rebuilding rosters every year. There was a graphic about the teams that made the Sweet 16 and how their rosters were built. It was amazing how many teams were composed of portal transfers. My recollection was almost every team featured a key transfer (like a starter) and the majority had more than two transfers starting. I can’t remember which team, but their starting five was all portal transfers.

We're all those transfers from same year like Indiana will have to do, or over multiple years where they pick up 2 or 3 a year and end up with 6 or 7 main players

[Cataholic]

Similar to football 4 and 5 stars will still get signed. Cats may have chance for more 3 Star if overall focus switches to portal players. But,most high end teams are not rebuilding their whole roster.

Unfortunately, a lot of high end teams are actively rebuilding rosters every year. There was a graphic about the teams that made the Sweet 16 and how their rosters were built. It was amazing how many teams were composed of portal transfers. My recollection was almost every team featured a key transfer (like a starter) and the majority had more than two transfers starting. I can’t remember which team, but their starting five was all portal transfers.

We're all those transfers from same year like Indiana will have to do, or over multiple years where they pick up 2 or 3 a year and end up with 6 or 7 main players

It didn’t say, but I recall at least one team had all new starters and they were all in their first year with the team. Terrible way to run a program but some of the high profile programs can get away with it since they have NIL money and put kids in the pros.

[Cataholic]

Here is that article with the makeup of sweet sixteen teams. The tweet referenced in the article is really amazing.

https://www.outkick.com/sports/wild-sta ... t-sweet-16

[rfischer94]

There's a rarity these days, a highlight video in which the player doesn't shoot a single three pointer! Some of these high school players have to be falling through the cracks a little with so many college programs recruiting heavily from the portal these days.

I REALLY like this kid's game. Good size, plays above the rim, blocks, rebounds, and on the one free throw shown, his form looks good. Solid signing, gives me some hope. Just hope he sticks around and isn't poached...

He can REALLY finish at the rim, and not just with point blank dunks -- he has a really nice soft touch. I am impressed!