Tate Sage

[SwirlinLingerie]

Apologies if I missed this somewhere, but sounds like he'll be announced as a signing soon. Class of 2025, 6'7" shooting guard from Oklahoma who committed to Drake.

 

[Hawkfnntn]

Nice so he's signed on to Drake and would need to be released from their LOI I suppose... Ben sure has a type that's for sure. 6'4-6'8 guys that can all handle shoot and defend. Can't seem to get enough of em.

 

[haydensly]

Not sure when he signed but if McCollum left after he signed, he can transfer without needing to get released from his LOI. Unless I'm crazy?

 

[BigD]

If he plays tight defense he will be known as Sagebrush.

 

[Zstatman]

Simm-Marten Saadi - Estonia - Player Profile - FIBA U20 EuroBasket 2024, Division B | FIBA Basketball

All detailed statistics, points, assists and rebounds of Saadi - Estonia from FIBA U20 EuroBasket 2024, Division B

www.fiba.basketball

 

[Zstatman]

Read an article saying that Sage and this guy, Saadi, were both Drake commits under BM at Drake for this fall. Both have decommitted and looking for new homes. Saadi is 6'9" and from Estonia.

 

[Zstatman]

The plot thickens. Found this with a little more research this morning.

Saadi played last year as a post graduate at Sunrise Christian Academy outside Kansas City. I'm sure we all remember that new assistant coach Barnwell coached there two years ago before moving on to Texas Tech. So we can assume that Barnwell knows him well.

I found this little blurb on a Sunrise article:

Simm Marten-Saadi (6'9'' Forward). Marten-Saadi is quickly becoming one of the hottest names in the postgrad landscape due to his size and skill. Sam brings athleticism and toughness to the team with a year of high-level experience already under his belt.

 

[thedukeofearl]

 

[BigD]

The plot thickens. Found this with a little more research this morning.

Saadi played last year as a post graduate at Sunrise Christian Academy outside Kansas City. I'm sure we all remember that new assistant coach Barnwell coached there two years ago before moving on to Texas Tech. So we can assume that Barnwell knows him well.

I found this little blurb on a Sunrise article:

Simm Marten-Saadi (6'9'' Forward). Marten-Saadi is quickly becoming one of the hottest names in the postgrad landscape due to his size and skill. Sam brings athleticism and toughness to the team with a year of high-level experience already under his belt.

"due to his size and skill. Sam brings athleticism and toughness"

I'll take three of those please......

 

[Zstatman]

Tate Sage flips from Drake to Iowa basketball: 'I just want to go play for coach McCollum'

Iowa basketball coach Ben McCollum has landed a 2025 high school prospect, former Drake signee Tate Sage.

www.hawkcentral.com

Reads like he's a winner.

Seems to be similar to Jaidyn Coon, 6'6"-6'7" good shooting wing.

 

[BigD]

Tate Sage flips from Drake to Iowa basketball: 'I just want to go play for coach McCollum'

Iowa basketball coach Ben McCollum has landed a 2025 high school prospect, former Drake signee Tate Sage.

www.hawkcentral.com

Reads like he's a winner.

Seems to be similar to Jaidyn Coon, 6'6"-6'7" good shooting wing.

Gotta love the tude!!!

“I would say it was a different level of hunger," Sage said of the determination to finally break through in the state title. "There was this humongous itch that we felt like we needed to scratch and it was always on my mind, which kind of felt bad, because I’d go out in public and people would say comments about it. It’d kind of piss you off a little bit. Every day in practice, it was in the back of our mind, every game. We just knew we had to get to the final and we couldn’t lose it again.”