'09 Recruiting Discussion

[BiggestKJ]

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Imagine if Cousins backs out of his comittment to UAB like rumors are saying and he signs with Memphis....

Here's to hoping Good 'Ol Roy can pull a Brandan Wright and yank DeMarcus Cousins from UAB if he backs out.

Highly doubtful, but still possible. He's added UNC to his list of schools.

[LionsFanNJ]

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That'd be sick, I'd like to see St. John's get back to the level they were at up until the late 90's.

With St. Johns being in a big time conference and in the HEART of NYC. I'm surprised they don't get more big time city players there. Plus come on. They play big home games in the GARDEN. I always thought that would be a big recruiting boon for coaches to get players there. Guess i'm wrong in that.

[BiggestKJ]

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With St. Johns being in a big time conference and in the HEART of NYC. I'm surprised they don't get more big time city players there. Plus come on. They play big home games in the GARDEN. I always thought that would be a big recruiting boon for coaches to get players there. Guess i'm wrong in that.

I always thought the same thing. But it could also work against them. Some kids don't handle the pressure enough. And that's as pressure as you can get, in the GARDEN, besides playing in Fenway and Yankee Stadium.

[J0nnD0ugh]

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Not an '09 recruit. But I was looking @ some blue chips UNC is looking @. Tell me if you see anything unusual in this kid's college choices.

http://northcarolina.scout.com/a.z?s=78&p=8&c=1&nid=3370777

[PdiddyPop]

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Not an '09 recruit. But I was looking @ some blue chips UNC is looking @. Tell me if you see anything unusual in this kid's college choices.

http://northcarolina.scout.com/a.z?s...=1&nid=3370777

Furman?

[J0nnD0ugh]

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Furman?

Someone's got to explain that one to me.

[PdiddyPop]

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Someone's got to explain that one to me.

Guess since he had most of the ACC listed, plus UCLA and Stanford for the Pac-10 maybe he loves Southern Conference hoops?

[auburntigersfan]

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I feel bad for my hs basketball team. They're undefeated in conference going into the tournament this weekend, but they will have to play Dallas Episcopal who they didn't play in the regular season b/c they were in the south region and we are in the north.

They have to go up against this guy. http://basketballrecruiting.rivals.c...2&pr_key=68341


And on espn they are a top 20 team in the southwest, ranked up there with the two best 6a teams in Oklahoma. I mean, our school is #1 rank in 3a (even though we don't play in the state system, they still rank us) we don't have much of a chance.

[ehh]

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I didn't know Pressey moved out to that part of the country. He is certainly a late blooming prospect - that BABC team was pretty nasty with him and UConn's two incoming commits for next year (Oriakhi and Coombs-McDaniel)

[R1zzo23]

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Quick question: how the hell do you guys know so much about HS basketball and the kids dominating the game? I've always been so in to the recruiting aspect of college athletics, but never could find the resources to really stay up on it.

[J0nnD0ugh]

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Quick question: how the hell do you guys know so much about HS basketball and the kids dominating the game? I've always been so in to the recruiting aspect of college athletics, but never could find the resources to really stay up on it.

I don't pretend to be an expert. All I learn is by visiting recruiting sites like scout & rivals.com & visiting school forums for more inside info. When you're on sites like this one, you'll get a flood of info from a number of eyes.

[ehh]

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Quick question: how the hell do you guys know so much about HS basketball and the kids dominating the game? I've always been so in to the recruiting aspect of college athletics, but never could find the resources to really stay up on it.

I coached AAU ball for a while so I know most of the big programs in New England.

Besides that it's pretty much what JD said. Scout/Rivals boards are a great source because people who watch the kids play live will give a (hopefully) unbias evaluation on the kid.

Plus there are tons of regional/local sites that focus recruiting.

For local stuff, I visit this site regularly.

http://newenglandrecruitingreport.com/

It's great because of all the prep schools in New England, a lot of players who are originally from other parts of the country get tracked on this site.

Another good site....

http://www.zagsblog.com/2009/02/11/luhi-downs-st-anthony-hurley-promises-changes-tobias-achraf-talk-uconn/

[ex carrabba fan]

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Read on another message board that Renardo Sidney will be a Trojan

[KG]

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I just heard that Baylor will most likely sign John Wall considering they hired his AAU coach.

If Calipari had landed him, Memphis could be looking at having the #1-3 players in the country assuming they get Demarcus Cousins.

Anyone know where Lance Stephenson is leaning?

I know he was at a Kansas game last week and MD the week before.

[BunnyHardaway]

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I just heard that Baylor will most likely sign John Wall considering they hired his AAU coach.

If Calipari had landed him, Memphis could be looking at having the #1-3 players in the country assuming they get Demarcus Cousins.

Anyone know where Lance Stephenson is leaning?

I know he was at a Kansas game last week and MD the week before.

They hired that coach awhile ago and most people expected a commitment soon thereafter, but nothing. Some analyst on ESPNU said it was down to Duke and Memphis, but I'd still put N.C. State and Baylor in there as well.

As for Stephenson, it looks like it's down to Kansas and Maryland, but I wouldn't count St. John's out yet.