Messed up is the right word. You can just look at the 247 composite ranking history and see he was 31 when he committed to us. Then one ranking service took him out of the rankings all together because he was technically in college, and another moved him a class earlier, so it got messed up.
Didn’t Blakes commit to Pitt?
You may be thinking of Nate Santos? I didn’t see Blakes commit yet, could be wrong
It was totally messed up, never seen an drop like that and I've followed recruiting for years. It's all silly, the one service (believe it was rivals) just stopped ranking him altogether which gave the false low ranking.
agree to disagree. i know 92 isnt right but when a player reclassifies he always drops that's how it works. look at sanogo he fell 40 spots.
It's all because the one site wen't from ranking him where the other sites had him to not ranking him at all. His 247 ranking never changed at all, he stayed ranked as the #5 power forward and #22 player overall.
i understand what happened but i still consider hawk and digg (or jabari) to be higher rated because the services should have moved akok into 2018 where he would have dropped at least 20 spots. didnt he have to reclassify in order to enroll early and subsequently redshirt? he must have reclassed because he's listed as a redshirt sophomore.
I disagree with you, the drop is all because one service didn't do their job and stopped ranking him.
He didn’t reclassify. Why would services put him in 2018 when he didn’t start playing in college until 2019? There’s a reason Rivals removed him from the rankings altogether while reranking Sanogo in his new class.
Eh, it was a weird situation. How often do guys leave high school mid year to go to college, but not actually reclassify to play earlier, just pay their own way at the school so they can practice? I get services not knowing how to handle it.
laugh it up. akok was listed as a redshirt sophomore on the official roster this season whereas bouk and gaff were listed as sophomores. that means akok had to reclassify in order to enroll midyear and subsequently redshirt. he has now played the past two seasons meaning he's a rising redshirt junior.
Yeah I’m sure for enrollment purposes that‘s how it had to work, but I’m talking a normal reclassification. Akok played multiple months of high school basketball while the 2018 college season was being played, so they’re not going to put him in the 2018 rankings.
I assumed he'd go to Texas to follow Beard, but yes we should be interested. He's the 2nd best guard available by my hunting list.
Wasn't suggesting potential interest-- His style seems as a ball dominant kind of PG/CG so he wouldn't fit with our roster if even doable.
I think he is an up and comer for sure however what’s on his resume up to this point? Doesn’t he have more to prove before he’s one of the best coaches in college basketball? Genuine question because many people share the sentiment.
I may be misinterpreting the rule, but that's how it reads to me. The indirect transfer in the top sentence and point 2 in the special notes
The Big East needs to change that right now. If free agency is going to continue you can't handicap your whole conference and keep up with everyone else.
Is there a loophole because we weren't a big east school when McClung played at Georgetown?
Oats isn't going anywhere. Bama is happy with the results and they just happen to be flush with money. Of course this is just an opinion that I am offering up.
