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bear said:
On what evidence? Pure guessery?
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aceboon said:
don't understand why anyone is still heavily invested in that, I just took a quick look after your post and I see a recent Georgetown pick for King when they're not even in his top 5, and a UF pick for Kegler today when they don't even have a head coach. Also, its been stated a bunch of times that UConn isn't even recruiting Mack so who cares.
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Its all some of us got to go on man. Let us be. We've discussed the validity of it ad nauseum on here, yeah we get that its still throwing a dart at a board, but to say its not resourceful on a global level is asinine. I'm not in the know enough to know Ollie doesn't want Mack anymore, and for you to draw that conclusion that he's definitively not coming here seems just as far a reach as saying King is going to Georgetown. See Deandre Daniels. Also, its probably just as accurate / subjective as the rankings, but they still provide a good guideline.
 
HuskiesAllDay said:
Not that anyone really knows anything when it comes to recruiting (except for The Bruce of course) including "experts" for recruiting sites, but it is a little annoying how often posters say they love our chances with a kid or think we have no shot.

Some posters (tcf, 3, 99) are clearly more plugged into the recruiting scene and others seem to have some inside info (zionn), but it's impossible to distinguish when people are making complete and utter guesses or they actually have at least somewhat of a feel for a particular recruitment and where we stand.

I try to ignore most of it anyways but these threads get filled with predictions that you have absolutely no clue about the merit to.

Edit: I purposely left chief off the insider designation for obvious reasons...
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I pretty much only put stock in information from the posters you mention. Also annoyed by the "I see X going to X" baseless assertions that some people like to make. If anything all of the evidence points to the kid not going to UK.
 
bear said:
On what evidence? Pure guessery?
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He talks to Calipari once or twice per week. You don't talk to a coach multiple times per week if you weren't favoring one school. Trust me.
 
You can say all you want about people's "meaningless" predictions, but I make my judgements on trends. And the trend as of the last 5 years or so has been that we have no shot against the names we are going up against in his Top 5. No, the sky is not falling, but this kid seems like he likes and respects Ollie, but has other things in mind.
 
The "good" thing about recruiting against Kentucky is that if it's merely a top-25 player, there's a great chance they're going to go in another direction.
 
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BUHusky10 said:
You can say all you want about people's "meaningless" predictions, but I make my judgements on trends. And the trend as of the last 5 years or so has been that we have no shot against the names we are going up against in his Top 5. No, the sky is not falling, but this kid seems like he likes and respects Ollie, but has other things in mind.
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Yes, on his mind is "I'm a top 25 player and I want to see top programs."

For the Crystal Ball worriers, I'm shocked UL is trending also, then I realized they have his next visit.
 
caw said:
Yes, on his mind is "I'm a top 25 player and I want to see top programs."

For the Crystal Ball worriers, I'm shocked UL is trending also, then I realized they have his next visit.
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The crystal ball thing is really incredibly dumb. King's two leaders are listed as Louisville and Ohio State. The same Ohio State that didn't make his final five and aren't listed under schools recruiting him.
 
I'd rather have Kegler, although Kegler got one Florida and one Miss St. pick yesterday too.

Multiple reports have said King basically doesn't play defense. That doesn't fly, ask Omar.
 
RipCity said:
I'd rather have Kegler, although Kegler got one Florida and one Miss St. pick yesterday too.

Multiple reports have said King basically doesn't play defense. That doesn't fly, ask Omar.
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It's hilarious that one guy on the Crystal Ball picked Florida for him literally the same day that Donovan left for OKC.
 
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Maybe this is why we aren't recruiting brown very hard.... King is better.
 
jazyj said:
in college they're both wing guard type players
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Sure, one plays the 2 and the other plays the 3, which are often interchangeable. But they aren't the same size and do not play anything alike. There is no chance the staff would stop recruiting Brown because of King, especially with the amount of open spots.
 
walker11 said:
Sure, one plays the 2 and the other plays the 3, which are often interchangeable. But they aren't the same size and do not play anything alike. There is no chance the staff would stop recruiting Brown because of King, especially with the amount of open spots.
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This, we are going to have at least 4 scholarships open for 2016 even up to 7 which is a lot they aren't going to stop recruiting players who play the same/similar position. 2016 is a huge recruiting year for the program like many others have mentioned.
 
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One thing I think we have going for us over Louisville is that we can likely offer him a starting spot right away.

At UL he'd be behind Deng Adel, who is very good but not a one and done. Hamilton is likely gone after this year, leaving a huge chunk of playing time open at the 3 for King. With his shooting stroke and 7'0 wingspan, King is likely a one year college player.
 
4in16 said:
This, we are going to have at least 4 scholarships open for 2016 even up to 7 which is a lot they aren't going to stop recruiting players who play the same/similar position. 2016 is a huge recruiting year for the program like many others have mentioned.
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Battle, Alkin, Gilbert
 
4in16 said:
This, we are going to have at least 4 scholarships open for 2016 even up to 7 which is a lot they aren't going to stop recruiting players who play the same/similar position. 2016 is a huge recruiting year for the program like many others have mentioned.
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Definitely 6 scholarships if we only add Gibbs for next year. Currently have 3 scholarships open with 3 seniors graduating.

Scholarships grid for anyone interested:
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Thanks TCF. I knew we had some scholarships to give but didn't realize we have at least 6 assuming no one leaves early. It goes without saying that this is by far the most important recruiting class in a long time..
 
tcf, could you lay out, at this moment in time, those recruits we have interest in/offered for 16 & 17?
thanks
 
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