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The Miami Hurricanes are looking to rebuild their entire roster in the Portal, and the latest target is Western Michigan guard and Miami native Markhi Strickland.

Strickland, a 6-foot-6, 210-pound guard told ThePortalReport on Twitter that Miami head coach Jai Lucas reached out on Wednesday evening. Strickland averaged 11.3 points and 3.9 rebounds in 32 games as a junior during the 2024-25 season.

He played in all 32 games for Western Michigan, averaging 29.9 minutes per game. Strickland...

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cowboycane said:
To be fair I went and looked at his recruiting profile on 247...dude didn't even have a photo up. He signed at St. Louis. If we HAD recruited him I'm assuming the general reaction would have been "guess we don't care about competing in the ACC".
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But a Miami 2 star is a 6 star anywhere else. Haven't you heard? Can this young man play? He was solid at a midmajor, but he's not a difference maker. Knowing that this program desperately needs legitimate, high end talent, and is willing to spend for it, it's a bit shocking that Miami isn't overly involved with some of the higher end transfers. That said, this program does need some solid role players, and this young man would be a solid role player at the ACC level. I've never been a fan of taking guards that can't shoot from distance, but with his size and length, this may be someone that can be molded into a defensive stopper.
 
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AUcane said:
I'm amazed at the amount of quality Miami natives out there in the CBB landscape. This was certainly not the case 20+ years ago. Miami appears to be turning into quite the HSBB mecca. Amazing.
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Where there's athletes, there's potential for basketball players. I also think that there's been a shift, kids don't see football as the only way out anymore and for good reason. If you are a superlative athlete, basketball and baseball are the sports that have the best financial outcomes.
 
Canedude08 said:
Where there's athletes, there's potential for basketball players. I also think that there's been a shift, kids don't see football as the only way out anymore and for good reason. If you are a superlative athlete, basketball and baseball are the sports that have the best financial outcomes.
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There's always been athletes here and while we've had great teams in the psat (MHS, etc), the market is now flooded with players.
 
AUcane said:
I'm amazed at the amount of quality Miami natives out there in the CBB landscape. This was certainly not the case 20+ years ago. Miami appears to be turning into quite the HSBB mecca. Amazing.
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You must be new to the basketball board. For years, I've implored and begged for our past staff to recruit our state. The amount of talent that has come out not only in South Fla but all of Florida in the last 10-15 years would probably surprise a lot of people. A little unsettling when you sit down and think about all the guys that got away that our past staff either didn't attempt to recruit at all or tried to recruit them their senior years when it was too late.

As far as Markhi is concerned, he wasn't close to being ACC caliber coming out of high school. I haven't seen him play since he was playing on IMG's "B" team. Back then he was more potential, than production. Personally, always thought he had potential but all the bouncing around from school to school, both at the high school and college level couldn't have been good for his development. Needs some stability. I think he's been to 7 different schools since 1999.
 
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Canedude08 said:
Where there's athletes, there's potential for basketball players. I also think that there's been a shift, kids don't see football as the only way out anymore and for good reason. If you are a superlative athlete, basketball and baseball are the sports that have the best financial outcomes.
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Overall, the basketball coaching at the younger levels has improved dramatically. Young kids aren't just getting quality coaching in football anymore. Parents are ponying up to get their kids individual skill training and year round play. Now, not all coaching is good. There are still imposters out there stealing people money. But for the most part, there is better coaching in youth basketball today than there was 20+ years ago.
 
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