PF Sacha Killeya-Jones (Kentucky Commit) | Page 3 | The Boneyard

PF Sacha Killeya-Jones (Kentucky Commit)

Status
Not open for further replies.
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/r...n-gabriel-sacha-killeya-jones-make-vegas-leap

The two stars who led their respective teams in the championship game of the Adidas Summer Championships had one thing in common: They were both virtually anonymous a year ago.

...........Sacha Killeya-Jones was a football player until his sophomore year of high school.

"I outgrew the football," he told ESPN on Sunday after leading a comeback victory for Team Loaded (Va.) in the title game. "I couldn't play quarterback anymore."

The 6-foot-9, 210-pound athletic forward is, like Gabriel, being recruited at the highest level thanks to a combination of size, athleticism, recent productivity and high upside.

Killeya-Jones, a one-time Virginia commit, has fielded offers from the likes of Kentucky, Kansas, North Carolina, UConn, Florida, California and Maryland. He also said he's still considering Tony Bennett and the Cavaliers.

"It's ridiculous how this has all happened," Killeya-Jones said of the recent interest. "Especially because I feel like I'm still so new to the game and can get so much better."
 
tcf15 said:
So, we're going by professional career and ignoring everything else she did up to this point? That's how you determine whether or not somebody sucks at basketball?
Expand ...
She's not good, until she proves otherwise, she's not. It's a small sample size, but 3ppg and defense that got her benched is bad.
 
.-.
Gabriel has planned visits to Duke, Kentucky and Maryland, but not us. Looking like we may be falling out of that race, unless Ollie can swing us getting his last OV. Not getting my hopes up though.
 
RipCity said:
Gabriel has planned visits to Duke, Kentucky and Maryland, but not us. Looking like we may be falling out of that race, unless Ollie can swing us getting his last OV. Not getting my hopes up though.
Expand ...

Could it be that Gabriel has been here so many times that there is no point in taking an "official" visit?
 
RipCity said:
Gabriel has planned visits to Duke, Kentucky and Maryland, but not us. Looking like we may be falling out of that race, unless Ollie can swing us getting his last OV. Not getting my hopes up though.
Expand ...

Maybe we don't land this kid, but it kinda makes sense that he has scheduled visits for the places that require plane tickets and thus far unscheduled visits with the places that be can drive to whenever he wants.
 
.-.
RipCity said:
Gabriel has planned visits to Duke, Kentucky and Maryland, but not us. Looking like we may be falling out of that race, unless Ollie can swing us getting his last OV. Not getting my hopes up though.
Expand ...

You have repeated this exact sentiment in many threads but those in the know think we have at least a decent shot. I am cautiously optimistic, especially if Giles commits to Duke, as expected.
 
If he doesn't visit again, he's not committing here, regardless of how many times he visited with the rivals squad. Ozzie said "we should get his last visit" when he planned his first two. Now he's planned one to Maryland. I'm not claiming to know anything, just saying that typically this wouldn't be a good sign. I've also made that same point about Giles and Tatum likely being in the fold at Duke, and am not some eternal pessimist. Just stating the fact that I'm not expecting much in this particular case. Hope I get a nice surprise.
 
RipCity said:
If he doesn't visit again, he's not committing here, regardless of how many times he visited with the rivals squad. Ozzie said "we should get his last visit" when he planned his first two. Now he's planned one to Maryland. I'm not claiming to know anything, just saying that typically this wouldn't be a good sign. I've also made that same point about Giles and Tatum likely being in the fold at Duke, and am not some eternal pessimist. Just stating the fact that I'm not expecting much in this particular case. Hope I get a nice surprise.
Expand ...
He had the OV dates set for UK, Duke & Maryland when he announced his top 5:

Gabriel, who will rise into five-star territory when the 2016 class rankings are updated, also set up a trio of official visits. Gabriel will visit Maryland the weekend of September 5th. He’ll then visit Kentucky the weekend of September 26th and Duke the weekend of October 15th. Gabriel hasn’t finalized dates with Providence or UConn.

Nothing has been scheduled since he named his top 5.
 
Really don't like being grouped with providence here, but it makes sense he wouldn't have scheduled officials yet since he's been on campus 2-3 times for each school. then again an OV is much different than an unofficial... I'm of the view he wants to see K's pitch, sniff out the PT situation at both ACC schools actually. Kentucky has got to be out the picture since SKJ is such a similar prospect...
 
tcf15 said:
He had the OV dates set for UK, Duke & Maryland when he announced his top 5:

Gabriel, who will rise into five-star territory when the 2016 class rankings are updated, also set up a trio of official visits. Gabriel will visit Maryland the weekend of September 5th. He’ll then visit Kentucky the weekend of September 26th and Duke the weekend of October 15th. Gabriel hasn’t finalized dates with Providence or UConn.

Nothing has been scheduled since he named his top 5.
Expand ...
Oh, I thought he recently set a date for Maryland, I guess that is a good thing then. But hopefully we get an OV where he visits and we focus on him rather than entertaining he and his teammates as well.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Forum statistics

Threads
168,215
Messages
4,557,541
Members
10,442
Latest member
StatsMan


Top Bottom