Kassoum Yakwe

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Travis Hines reporting that Yakwe may reclassify to 2015 this year. . . would be potential for a HUGE package deal with Diallo.

Wow. Adding those two plus Burton and Williams to McKay and Nader would really change things. Some very good length to catch Morris, Cooke, and Georges passes.
 

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With minutes?

Custer, MT, BDJ.

I know it happens in CBB people are unhappy with minutes all the time but it hurts chemistry which Fred has said numerous times is the biggest component of going places.

Are you saying they ARE unhappy with playing time, or you ASSUME they are unhappy with playing time?
 

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This concerns me a bit. How would he get any minutes playing behind McKay, Georges, Diallo, and Nader? He's good an I wont deny that but I don't think he's going to want to reclassify just to sit on the bench. Only way I see this playing out as a positive for us is if there is more than basketball behind him reclassifying. It just bothers me that St. John's is also going after both and loses 7 senior for next season too. Even after I thought of all that seeing he's reclassifying has me excited that we could pull in 2 big recruits at once.
 
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This concerns me a bit. How would he get any minutes playing behind McKay, Georges, Diallo, and Nader? He's good an I wont deny that but I don't think he's going to want to reclassify just to sit on the bench. Only way I see this playing out as a positive for us is if there is more than basketball behind him reclassifying. It just bothers me that St. John's is also going after both and loses 7 senior for next season too. Even after I thought of all that seeing he's reclassifying has me excited that we could pull in 2 big recruits at once.

If you are good, you don't worry about the others. How does Cal get 9 mcd AA's to all come to UK?
 

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Pretty big news if Yakwe were to reclassify. I would I would think this would be pretty promising indication of ISU's chances:
having visited twice (one being his only official used to witness Big Monday @ Hilton), potential of playing with Diallo (could be an indication of CD's current lean too), and the staff was recruiting him even before his summer/fall rise in attention thus the relationship would be there.
Then again I maybe reading too much into it.
 

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This concerns me a bit. How would he get any minutes playing behind McKay, Georges, Diallo, and Nader? He's good an I wont deny that but I don't think he's going to want to reclassify just to sit on the bench. Only way I see this playing out as a positive for us is if there is more than basketball behind him reclassifying. It just bothers me that St. John's is also going after both and loses 7 senior for next season too. Even after I thought of all that seeing he's reclassifying has me excited that we could pull in 2 big recruits at once.

His only official visit so far is to ISU. He wants to play with Diallo, and is thinking about reclassifying to do so. We are in both's top 5................................................Not Encouraging.
 

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Yakwe said he's open to red shirting in college if he reclassifies. Hmmmm.

Come join Cheick at ISU for a year and then be fully ready by 2016? Would be awesome, redshirt or no.

Edit: And then I read the article.. Here's for hoping he goes prep then ISU!
 
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