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Originally Posted by Mizzou B-ball fan
It was Georgetown and Mizzou. North Texas was the local school, but was more of a nod to the coach than any real interest. Any school that did not have an African-American coach was never under consideration, so that was the reason for the relatively abbreviated list rather than a lack of interest by other schools. Many major programs wanted him, but his mom wanted her son to go to a school with a black coach. I'm not saying that's the best reason to pick a school, but to say that the big legacy schools had no interest is simply false.
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Even before his mom got involved he had KSU and Arizona State as his "leaders". And we all know he gave an early verbal to KSU until his mom got a hold of him. ASU dropped off when they started doubting he would get his academics in order. Mitchell has long been a potential academic casualty and hence why he didn't get more offers from some of the bigger schools.
Personally, I still think his mom getting involved in the middle of the recruiting process is what ended up costing him his eligibility this year/semester. If he would have stayed in Florida where KSU placed him he likely wouldn't be having these troubles.