Posts Tagged ‘Recruiting’

Attention Whore Status? (Henry Brothers)

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

An interview in the Kansas City Star with Carl Henry, one that was semi-refuted, has caused some eyes to open about whether or not the Henry boys, Xavier and C.J., will be suiting up for Bill Self this fall. While the primary reason this is even a topic has to do with the NBA’s [...]

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This Seems Doubtful (John Wall)

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

During his press conference today, uber-talent John Wall indicated he might be in Lexington longer than some people think. Or not:
His plan is to go to UK for 2-3 years but if Cal says after a year it’s his time to go to the NBA, then he’s going to go.
I get the impression Wall [...]

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The John Wall Effect

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

And with Slam Online’s breaking post, the world revolving around college basketball has no choice but to react to the news John Wall is going to the University of Kentucky. And react it has. The news is all over Twitter, ESPN, CBS and Yahoo Sports, not to mention just about every blog with [...]

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The Rich Get Richer (National Signing Day)

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

There’s still a few weeks until the next season of college football starts, so to pass the time, we get to enjoy National Signing Day, otherwise known as the day the Rich get Richer. Which blue-chip player is going where and all that. The top-ranked player in the country is Bryce Brown, who [...]

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Tar Heels Dominate Early Signing Period

Friday, November 14th, 2008

The fellow in the above video is John Henson, a 6-10, 5-star forward who represents the crown jewel of North Carolina’s top-rated 2009 early signing period class. In what amounts to a “rich get richer” situation, the early signing period rankings have been published and while they seem to disagree with one another, they [...]

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How Young Is Too Young?

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

In light of the slight hubbub surrounding the University of Kentucky’s signing of Michael Avery, an 8th grader who obviously hasn’t started high school yet, I was reminded of this brilliant Mr. Show skit discussing basketball recruiting.

Is this the kind of thing we can expect from schools in the future? How about signing [...]

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