2013 Recruiting Thread

[Yeah...THAT Guy]

Re: 2013 Recruiting Thread

Oriakhi is going to be a huge addition for some team next year. Can't wait to see where he goes, and if he will be the only one from UConn who decides to transfer.

Well he's the only guy that can transfer without sitting out a year.

[jake44np]

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Purdue recruit Bryson Scott was recently snubbed from the Indiana Core Six team. For some perspective, he's made the top 60 on every major recruiting site and even IU fans were complaining about the snub on Twitter.

Oh well. Guess sometimes you aren't going to get respect.

Just wait till Gary Harris gets snubbed for Yogi Ferrell for Mr Basketball.
No way Harris will get it now that he is going to MSU.
Although Ferrell's team did win the state on Saturday.

[lonewolf371]

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Just wait till Gary Harris gets snubbed for Yogi Ferrell for Mr Basketball.
No way Harris will get it now that he is going to MSU.
Although Ferrell's team did win the state on Saturday.

Yeah Ferrell is still pretty darn good. Sucks that he's going to be playing for IU but the guy's legit.

[Kobalt]

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Jabari Bird has a final four of Arizona, Cal, CU, and Washington. The Pac-12 championship caught his attention, work your magic Boyle.

[jake44np]

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Jabari Bird has a final four of Arizona, Cal, CU, and Washington. The Pac-12 championship caught his attention, work your magic Boyle.

You mean the mostly empty Staples Center caught his attention?? LOL
Wait the Pac-12 had a bball championship this year???
I am so confused here.

[KTervo]

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Watch that Wolfpack... Tyler Lewis won the skills competition in the All-American game... Looks like we might be going deep in the tournament next year as well!

[KTervo]

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Then again, that's if the ACC refs stop screwing us over in games versus UNC or Duke... That leaves to be seen.

[Nathan_OS]

Game time Fellas

[Nathan_OS]

HTF did Shabazz catch that Alley

[DakkoN]

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Why has this whole page been about the 2012 recruiting class in the 2013 thread? Shabazz/Noel/etc are all 2012.. 2013 is the Randle/Harrison twins class..

[IlliniM1ke]

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Both Illinois commits that gave their verbals when Weber was still coach have reaffirmed and will stay on board under Groce.

So far our 13 class is looking good with:

4 star PG Jalen James (#76 on rivals)
4 star SG Malcolm Hill (#50 on rivals, expected to jump up when rivals does their rankings again)

Also had 4 star SG Kendrick Nunn from Chicago Simeon in for a visit last week and he said Illinois will be a finalist for him. Nunn would be a huge get because it would instantly give Groce credibility in recruiting the CPL, it took Weber a long time to get his foot in the door there so if Groce can get this ball rolling early it would be huge for him. I really hope we can land him, having James, Hill, and Nunn playing together in the Illinois back court would be awesome and would give us our best set of guards since Dee, Deron, and Luther.

[SidVish]

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Swopshire to transfer to Northwestern.

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20120412/SPORTS02/304120063/Louisville-s-Jared-Swopshire-transfer-Northwestern-final-season-eligibility?odyssey=nav%7Chead

Jared Swopshire, a 6-foot-8 forward, will graduate from the University of Louisville in May and transfer to Northwestern for his final season of eligibility, his father said on Thursday.

Teddy Swopshire said Northwestern was the only school his son visited after they researched rosters and schools to figure out a good fit from a basketball and academic perspective.

Jared Swopshire averaged 3.3 points and 2.8 rebounds in 39 games as a reserve for the Cards this season.

“The opportunity is there for him to start,” Teddy Swopshire said. “He’s replacing (John) Shurna, so that’s the style he’s going for from an offensive and a playing style standpoint.”

There’s an added bonus for playing in Chicago for Jared Swopshire. His twin sisters Jasmine and Janna are sophomore forwards at Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Jared Swopshire, who missed all of the 2010-11 season with a severe groin injury, will take advantage of a NCAA rule that allows students who get their degree without using up their eligibility to transfer into a graduate program not offered by their first school without having to sit out a year.

Teddy Swopshire reiterated that his son had no regrets for not being able to finish his career at U of L, which didn’t have any scholarships available.

“He was there for four years,” his father said. “He’s got two Big East (tournament) championships, a Final Four appearance, and Elite Eight appearance, a conference (regular season) championship and he’s graduating.”

Teddy Greenstein @TeddyGreenstein
Rick Pitino had said he would "love to see Swopshire play 32 minutes somewhere else than 10 minutes here." Presto.

[Mo]

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Apparently Duke is now longshots with both Randle and Jabari Parker. I swear if we end up with just Matt Jones in this class, I'm going to cry.

I'm not sure who your sources are for recruiting, but they were never really in it for Jabari.

[wildcatchild]

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I read that UNC was the frontrunner for Randle. Hope it's not true, of all the guys in this class he's the one I want the most! From the clips I've seen, he's Terrence Jones with a non-stop motor.

[PhantomPain]

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I read that UNC was the frontrunner for Randle. Hope it's not true, of all the guys in this class he's the one I want the most! From the clips I've seen, he's Terrence Jones with a non-stop motor.

Randle would be a great get. But if there are any classes to not be worried about, it's the 2013 class. The class is absolutely loaded and UK will get theirs.