Nail Biting Thursday!

[tentoes4rings]

I don't think it had anything to do with conference alignment. Remember when Memphis was in C-USA they had the best recruiting class in the country for multiple years. When you have a non-conference schedule like we will have it all equals out. I think it had more to do with Ollie and staff being honest with these kids, telling them that nothing will be promised and they will have to work for everything which resonates with some kids (daniels/d-ham) who are the type of kids who can appreciate the honesty and see through the lies. Where as a guy like shaka sits down with Mack and tells him hes going to be a 2k point scorer....

Yeah, the Memphis period was under Calipari though, who has since taken things to another level on a bigger stage. I think KO and staff are very genuine and as you touched on, some kids just want to hear what they want to hear, not about hard work and challenges. Steve Enoch signed a tweet tonight with Class of '19. Those are the kind of kids I'll take all day long.

 

[jibsey]

Yet we lost 2 recruits today to UNLV and Virginia Commonwealth. Who play in leagues worse than ours...

We recruited Briscoe? I'm not yet convinced that our league does not hurt our recruiting, Enoch and Adams have helped big time and Stone would finish it but we were the ones who won in 2011 and 2014 not UK.

 

[ctchamps]

We recruited Briscoe? I'm not yet convinced that our league does not hurt our recruiting, Enoch and Adams have helped big time and Stone would finish it but we were the ones who won in 2011 and 2014 not UK.

Maybe it does, maybe it doesn't. I'll be convinced when we don't get any top recruits, regional or otherwise!

 

[ctchamps]

Yeah, the Memphis period was under Calipari though, who has since taken things to another level on a bigger stage. I think KO and staff are very genuine and as you touched on, some kids just want to hear what they want to hear, not about hard work and challenges. Steve Enoch signed a tweet tonight with Class of '19. Those are the kind of kids I'll take all day long.

I honestly think Mack was torn over his decision. I believe he would have taken less playing time over what Shaka promised him and attended UConn but proximity to his family was too difficult to overcome.