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He would’ve started
2020 Recruiting: Thomas not making visit
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If anyone here was 17 years old, a great player, supremely confident in his ability, focused on getting to the NBA, with a horizon of basketball history limited to the last 4 or 5 years, and with all his family and friends latching on to the hype train, which of the following reasons for picking a school would you home in on?
1. A school in a high profile league that gets optimum TV exposure;
2. A school with a coach that gets hyped day and night;
3. A school that has players drafted every year;
4. A school with draftees widely recognized as among the best in the NBA;
5. A school that finds a way to "help" your family;
6. A school that goes to the tournament every year;
7. A school that goes to the tournament most years;
8. A school with a coach who has put very few players in the NBA;
9. A school with a coach with great knowledge, who cares about his players and helps build players for life after basketball;
10. A school that has won more championships than any other over the last twenty years.
1. A school in a high profile league that gets optimum TV exposure;
2. A school with a coach that gets hyped day and night;
3. A school that has players drafted every year;
4. A school with draftees widely recognized as among the best in the NBA;
5. A school that finds a way to "help" your family;
6. A school that goes to the tournament every year;
7. A school that goes to the tournament most years;
8. A school with a coach who has put very few players in the NBA;
9. A school with a coach with great knowledge, who cares about his players and helps build players for life after basketball;
10. A school that has won more championships than any other over the last twenty years.
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It's easy to spot the fans who are living in a UConn basketball bubble.
#fakenews. Straight up not true made up, not grounded in reality. You shouldn't lie to people like this.
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I feel like the UConn basketball bubble is wanting a big ranked outside the top 100 more than a 5 star elite scorer
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Especially when 5th year Alterique will not be at UConn
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First big willing to commit gets the scholarship.
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My fault. I meant to use the sarcasm font on that post.
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Agreed, if I'm the staff I'm doing everything I can to hop back into his recruitment, especially with L$U possibly in hot water and UCLA prioritizing another 5 Star SG. Even if he commits to LSU, given their situation you never know if a decommitment is possible later on. Our 2020 class needs a dynamic scorer/ reliable 3 point shooter, unless we see huge leaps from BA, JB and JG this season.
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He’s in the dream mix.
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"Coach Wade was very consistent in the recruiting process," Thomas said. "Always staying in contact with both me and my mother. We are very close. Her being comfortable was important to me. When we visited back in September, we watched the team practice -- got to know the guys on the team more. Since then they have been in constant contact with me or my mother everyday. His consistency in the recruiting process was a big difference."
www.espn.com
LSU lands five-star scorer Thomas, No. 18 overall
LSU has gotten a commitment from five-star scorer Cameron Thomas, ESPN's fourth-ranked shooting guard and No. 18 overall player.
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Very consistent in his recruiting process. Here he is walking into moms workplace:
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I agree 100%. This will be a good but young team next year providing both CV and AG leave. Goo news is there will be enough talented for an impactful Grad to join and provide the leadership to be very good. We will see but I like being patient and maybe getting a Seth Towns or alike.
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I'm not holding my breath and it seems neither are any of the teams implicated as there doesn't seem to be any change to their recruiting practices based on the results.
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True. And it makes Georgia Tech's postseason ban an even bigger travesty than it already was. Feel for them
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I gotta disagree Kenny. If it's a choice between an average GT and nothing, you take the GT. There's absolutely no downside to that. At worst, you get an extra practice body. And you've effectively bought insurance against a rash of injuries.
All while keeping a valuable scholarship open for premium talent the following year.