2010 Recruiting Discussion Thread

[BunnyHardaway]

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6'4 Victor Oladipo from Maryland made his official visit to IU this past weekend and today he gave his verbal commitment to attend IU. Olapido is ranked as the 133rd best prospect in the class of 2010 by Rivals.

IU has one scholarship left open for 2010. The IU staff is putting the full court press on Irving and he would round out the class as the prize recruit. I really hope we can beat out Duke for Irving but, it's not going to be easy.

Apparently IU is going for Selby as a backup plan, which makes no sense considering they have about a .03% chance of landing him.

I'm starting to think Irving is more of a Duke lean, but I'm afraid that we may miss out on Barnes.

[dunnyduns]

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Apparently IU is going for Selby as a backup plan, which makes no sense considering they have about a .03% chance of landing him.

I'm starting to think Irving is more of a Duke lean, but I'm afraid that we may miss out on Barnes.

http://www.zagsblog.com/2009/09/18/kyrie-irving-shuffling-visits/

Seems like IU may be out for Irving. Irving still has one visit left that he could take to IU but, even if he comes I don't think we have much of a shot now. Could be why IU is jumping into the mix for Shelby. My theory on Crean going after Shelby is to try and land a top flight recruit with the last scholarship remaining and if he can't land a 5 star talent then bank that scholarship for next season.

Or, IU's last scholarship could go to someone like Moses Morgan but, I'd rather Crean keep it for possibly Cody Zeller, Marshall Plumlee, Jeremiah Davis, or a pipedream in Rakeem Christmas in the class of 2011.

[Husker_OS]

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Alabama picks up a commitment from Rivals150 guard Trevor Releford. Huge pickup for us. Hopefully Jelan Kendrick follows suit..

[DakkoN]

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UK student section led a Brandon Knight chant today since he was at the UL/UK game. Hope we land him.

[BunnyHardaway]

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Ky Irving dropped IU recently...didn't really explain why, just said it was a "collective family decision".

He also had a UStream chat for about 2 hours on Sunday night, and Duke and Kentucky were the schools he mentioned way more than any other. He also mentioned Texas A&M, Seton Hall, and Georgia Tech, but again it seems as though Duke and Kentucky are way ahead of the rest. He's visiting Duke this weekend and Kentucky during their Midnight Madness event.

Another interesting note was that he said he thinks it's very unlikely he and Brandon Knight would play together, so UK's chances may go down if Knight commits there. Not like they need him with Knight and Bledsoe, though.

[PhantomPain]

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Ky Irving dropped IU recently...didn't really explain why, just said it was a "collective family decision".

He also had a UStream chat for about 2 hours on Sunday night, and Duke and Kentucky were the schools he mentioned way more than any other. He also mentioned Texas A&M, Seton Hall, and Georgia Tech, but again it seems as though Duke and Kentucky are way ahead of the rest. He's visiting Duke this weekend and Kentucky during their Midnight Madness event.

Another interesting note was that he said he thinks it's very unlikely he and Brandon Knight would play together, so UK's chances may go down if Knight commits there. Not like they need him with Knight and Bledsoe, though.

Most think he is going to commit to Duke when he visits, I think this weekend, or shortly after. UK is going for one of Knight, Selby or Irving. I would take any of them and be very happy and I think we will get at least one of them. Very doubtful Cal can sell two of them together.

Also Irving's God-Father is Rod Strickland, one of UK's assistant coaches so it is no real surprise that UK is in the mix. He said he won't make a decision until November and will announce on twitter, but I think if he feels right at Duke when he visits he will likely commit sooner. We'll see.

On a side note, if he does not commit to Duke on his visit or right after, and UK is serious about him (I assume they are) then it would probably point toward a UK commit. But again, we'll see.

[BunnyHardaway]

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Most think he is going to commit to Duke when he visits, I think this weekend, or shortly after. UK is going for one of Knight, Selby or Irving. I would take any of them and be very happy and I think we will get at least one of them. Very doubtful Cal can sell two of them together.

Also Irving's God-Father is Rod Strickland, one of UK's assistant coaches so it is no real surprise that UK is in the mix. He said he won't make a decision until November and will announce on twitter, but I think if he feels right at Duke when he visits he will likely commit sooner. We'll see.

On a side note, if he does not commit to Duke on his visit or right after, and UK is serious about him (I assume they are) then it would probably point toward a UK commit. But again, we'll see.

That reminds me, another thing he said is he would commit earlier than that tentative date if he had an extremely good visit to whatever school it may be. Hoping it's Duke this weekend.

[IamLEGENDsince87]

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Ohio State will mos def have the #1 class for 2010

[DakkoN]

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Kentucky just landed Stacey Poole.

[Brandwin]

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Josh Selby #4 player in the Nation on Rivals for 2010 named his short list,

Baylor, Kansas, Kentucky, Syracuse, Miami, and Indiana.

[Psyblast]

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It's down to Michigan and Florida for Casey Prather; sounds like Florida will win in the end.

Trey Zeigler or bust...

[PhantomPain]

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Some reports that Kyrie Irving is about to pull the trigger for Duke.

No surprise there. Duke has a chance to land Irving, Barnes and Roscoe Smith. I haven't followed Duke's recruiting in...well ever really. But I would imagine that would be one of their best classes in years if they got all 3?

Maybe a Duke fan will help me out on this one.

[BunnyHardaway]

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Some reports that Kyrie Irving is about to pull the trigger for Duke.

No surprise there. Duke has a chance to land Irving, Barnes and Roscoe Smith. I haven't followed Duke's recruiting in...well ever really. But I would imagine that would be one of their best classes in years if they got all 3?

Maybe a Duke fan will help me out on this one.

All signs indicate Irving was very impressed by his visit..from his Twitter:

"Duke official was great! I enjoyed every single second...everything there fits me and is right for me...you never know what will happen"

A lot of so called insiders are saying it's pretty much a done deal, but I'm not sold until it comes from Kyrie himself.

As far as the others, Barnes I have a good feeling about, but Roscoe seems to be wide open. Even without him, you put Barnes and Irving alongside Hairston and Thornton and that's easily the best class we've had since 2002 when Shelden, J.J., and Dockery came.

As far as 2011 goes, there's also strong rumors that Austin Rivers might decommit from Florida and go to Duke instead. He took an unofficial recently, and from the interview I read, he said he loved it and basically said if he were to decommit, it would be for Duke. The coaches told him where they could see him fitting in, but wouldn't recruit him until he was officially decommitted. That's definitely a situation to look out for.

[Psyblast]

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Casey Prather has given Michigan coaches the notice that he's committing to Florida.

Time to put the full court press on Zeigler.

[Cusefan]

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Ohio State will mos def have the #1 class for 2010

Thats a little early to say, Syracuse just opened its new Practice Facility which is the best NCAA Basketball facility of its kind, and would probably give alot of NBA teams a run for its money.

That being Said, Tobias Harris and Josh Selby, are all SU prospects right now. If SU gets one of those, it will put Syracuse at #1.