2018 Recruiting Thread
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Looks like it will come down to UK/KU/South Carolina for Zion.
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jayballer54 said:
OH Lordy the sky is falling lmao, - - Big Blue Nation about ready to wet all over themselves - -OH NO Ku has now been mentioned in the hunt For Zion Sooooooo - - - -.lets start throwing out the insults, I mean there is NO WAY someone like Zion would ever begin to even possibly consider coming to a place like KU if everything is on the up & up - -I mean we are Kentucky, - -we ARE the BLUEBLOOD and we get whoever, whenever, so to say that a top notch player would even begin to consider another school when WE are involved - - - -something fishy going on - - Oh I just kill myself sometimes laughing at these morons. - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
KU showcases his position the best. Wiggins, Jackson, Oubre, Henry, Rush. Wings can come here and get it done.
Zion is manchild. His brand is already unlike any prospect we would have ever landed before. Wiggins had a big following but nobody has gained this much pub since Lebron who he’s most similar to in my opinion
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BShark said:
I’m pretty confident Dotson will be a Jayhawk.
I sure hope so!
Slater said its a done deal. Wow that’s great news if true
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@BeddieKU23 That’s my boy - - hope it turns out to be true too. Now if it is maybe he can talk Zion to follow him and play for us. Let Devon do some recruiting for us, - -I seriously doubt if Zion will sign early, - -I’m sure he is going to be another of this long drawn our recruitments though. ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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BShark said:
Looks like it will come down to UK/KU/South Carolina for Zion.
Looks like a front row seat for me here in Columbia SC. I will let y’all know if any articles come out here about ZW.
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This is what Slater said yesterday
I am, but will double-check today. The word is that JQ (Quinerly) was/is going to announce this week and Devon will very soon after getting back from a family vacation.
The staff likes Grimes a lot (in regards to UK), but Kansas is in a strong position, as of yesterday. Q will be cutting his list again to 4-5.
Today-
Question in regards to KU and Zion- No lock (Zion), but they’re excellent recruiters. Adding Dotson, who ZW encouraged to play with him in Vegas, and offering his friend/teammate D.J. James will help. Adidas will be supportive, particularly given the likelihood that Langford will end up at Louisville. Per a mutual friend, Cal is not that high on Zion anyway.
Sure thing. This one is likely to have many more ebbs and flows. As soon as Dotson was added to Zion’s team for the Adidas Summer Championships for the third live session, it seemed like more than a coincidence.
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Slater also broadcasting far and wide Williamson is not a package deal with Quickley.
“I didn’t click on that thread, but will say that if anyone knew how hard it was to get that thing done, they’d be amazed. The parents are shutting down interviews to a Very select few. One wanted me to put out there that there is no package deal with Quickley and felt that their son had been badgered into saying he had a package deal at a prior venue.”
Also he said “I was with a Western Conference Scout last night.” Never in the history of ever has Matt Scott said anything close to that connections wise. SMH
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@BeddieKU23 Hmmmm, this could get very interesting. - - Cal really not that high on Zion? - - I find that hard to believe, wonder why that is? - -If these shoe endorsements paly as big a role as some feel, then it would surely have to help. - -Maybe adding Dotson wasn’t a coindience . - -got my blood pumping. - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@Kcmatt7 Well Slater has legit connections, so legit in fact that he went from just Duke writer to national 247 writer. So he is as legit as they come really. So when he says Dotson to KU is done, I take it far more seriously than if Matt Scott said it.
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Dotson to KU gets me real excited, I really like everything I see about him so far. I hope KU seals the deal soon. Also, for anyone interested, I saw somewhere that he will be on national TV tonight on ESPNU at 9:00 eastern time.
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Slater came on the KU board and stated that Dotson cutting AZ is tied to the Quinerly announcement tonight. Also that he expects Dotson to be the next shoe to drop (to KU) after his family gets back from a vacation.
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Said vacation will start after the game tonight apparently.
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Oh mannnnnnnn
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OH MANNNNNNNNNNNNN
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We need an early announcement just so we can focus on other guys.
Landing both Dotson and Grimes is huge. Adding Zion is unreal. Adding Dotson, Grimes, Zion and Robinson would start the undefeated talk.
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I have a good feeling about Robinson.
LSU will have to do something drastic with their roster in order to land him. And you risk losing the lockerroom when you do that this late in the process. I would bet they are selling him on walking-on year 1 and scholarship year 2. If he clears waivers, he will play as a walk-on if he doesn’t clear waivers he will drop classes and either play overseas or hire a trainer and prep for the draft.
KU will get his mom on campus and show her the amazing facilities where her son will be spending the next two seasons. I think it happens.
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Any chance Robinson gets cleared for this season?
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@BShark I saw where Slater made several posts on the Shiver but it was all VIP so couldn’t see discussion. - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@RockkChalkk I read of Zags the Jahvon was playing at 8:00 on ESPNU - -is Devon playing against him in that game? - -If so then ya he is on at 8:00
Think like others have said think it’s time to start a new thread on our recruiting page really long. - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@Kcmatt7 IF IF IF IF that happened and you mix them with the SOLID transfer class Coach Self has recruited this year. Also one if not two of Garrett or Vick will return. Same with Preston and Udoka one of them will return. Lightfoot and Cunliffe will return. If Newman doesn’t project in the first round he stays too.
We would have 4 transfers and probably 5 guys from the rotation returning. So that’s 9 guys on scholarship not including the mop up guys. With the Lawson’s, Robinson, Moore, the 5 rotation guys, and a recruiting class like that I could see KU winning it all. Going undefeated would be another record (reserved for the Birthplace of Basketball) that would put Coach Self on a level above ALL other college coaches after winning his 15th straight conference title!
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I cannot see the posts, they show…
You might need to do a screen shot if you want us to see the posts without registration; I am not sure if it is allowed.
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@dylans like 20% he gets cleared. It is a dangerous precedence the NCAA would be setting. So the argument can’t be “he never played any games so he should be allowed to leave.” That opens a whole new door that coaches and the NCAA do not want to deal with recruiting-wise.
The argument needs to be framed like this: “Mitchell left WKU because (insert very very good reason). Because he hasn’t played a game yet, he should be granted waivers.”
If I was the lawyer that will be dealing with this case I would say this. It is obvious to everyone the situation went South after his God Father was fired, which was the entire reason Robinson was committed to WKU in the first place. He attempted to honor his commitment, but the relationship was irreparably damaged by that point. Classes have not even started in the Fall, nor have official practices. There is no reason for the NCAA to force Mitchell to sit out for a season or school year he was never apart of. Holding Mitchell hostage because he took a few Summer classes is not fair to him, nor is it allowing him to be treated like any other student. All other students are allowed to take credits elsewhere over the summer and transfer them to their school. So as long as Mitchell isn’t breaking any University policies, his Summer credits should not be of a concern to the NCAA. We do understand that Mitchell’s case is an unusual one. But, cases like these are the reason the waiver was created in the first place. If Mitchell does not receive waivers, we will be appealing the decision and begin looking into legal action.
I would release a statement like that publicly. And I would let the media pressure and threat of legal action pressure cook the NCAA. The last thing the NCAA needs is high profile athletes taking action against them. It creates a strong media bias in favor of the athlete as well as legal precedence that they can’t ever change the rules on.
I would put Robinson on TV and make sure that he spoke to every single announcer about his situation before every game just to make sure that it gets mentioned on National TV as many times as possible.
The idea is, if you make it a bigger hassle for them than it would be for you, they will cave. Legal action for the NCAA is it’s death sentence too. It is very nice to have an overarching system and set of rules for everyone. But if it becomes more of a hassle to follow the rules than to not follow the rules, that is when the death of the NCAA starts. So, they will cave to a lawsuit that they could possibly lose 90% of the time.
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@JayHawkFanToo Yea I could get in trouble if I did that.
Essentially it said this though. Robinson visited LSU twice last week. Any report saying him to LSU is far from a done deal with his KU visit this weekend. LSU will have to make a roster move to add him as well, making it a longer shot to LSU. (Of course the author then posts that he still thinks Robinson will end up at LSU).
It also said that Robinson has to be enrolled in classes by 8/31 because that is the last day to add a class at LSU (not sure for KU). So his decision will be made very soon.
He also said UK might be getting involved, but I haven’t heard that yet from any other source.
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He did pass on the trip the team took to Costa Rica so that should earn him some points.
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@JayHawkFanToo good point.
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Also, I don’t know buy I feel like by now all of the players at LSU probably signed or accepted their basketball scholarship for the season. I would think it would be illegal for a scholarship to be taken away now without the player voluntarily giving up his scholarship. So, if nobody from the LSU roster wants to give up their scholarship, I don’t know what they do.
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Robinson also just started following several KU twitter accounts.
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This stuff is getting real!
Good signs pointing towards KU. I hope he can get eligible in Larryville. Although you can’t count out lsu as Ben Simmons has proven.
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Ya, this Zion recruitment starting to get very real - -very interesting also. - -We just got our 3rd CB of the day for him landing at Ku. - -Now it has UK at 42% – & KU at 25% - -we trending, closing the gap on this boy - -JUMPIN - - -GEE - - -HOSSA- - -FATS. - -maybe someone has some inside poop and like they usually where there is smoke there is fire - -let’s hope it get’s real. - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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He also said that he thinks Robinson playing professionally overseas is the most likely option fwiw.
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UK insider saying Zion, Reddish and Barrett should all be fall decisions. The surprising one here is Barrett. Looks like things will happen quickly there.
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@jayballer54 Slater said Dotson should commit to KU within 2 weeks. Edit: Combining multiple posts he made here over the last couple days. That’s the gist.
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@BShark that would be great. First domino to fall.
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I agree, and he is a really good PG. Legit PG, high four star, maybe a 5 star when it’s all said and done. Top 25 player imo. Can shoot, penetrate, good vision. Projects as a multi-year player too, I think he will be a great Jayhawk.
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@BShark I’ll believe it when I see it. No chance this mommas boy leaves the US.
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Francis Okoro offered. 2019 PF. Probably doesn’t end up here, but he looks like a good player.
