Everything Jakolby Long thread
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#100 in most recent update. 6'5" listed here, FWIW. I didn't realize he was that tall either.
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/playerrankings
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/playerrankings
Jakolby is a lock down defender who is built like a junior in college. Kid will play a lot next year as he can guard any position. We've been clammoring for a lock down defender well he's it and a good one. With Matt Thomas defense, a healthy Naz Long, and Jakolby. That's 3 very good to great defenders who will play a lot. Next years team could be a defensive stopper.
Babb could end up being a nice defender as well, as far as guards, it should be the best defensive ISU team in a long time
A lot of the top guys wait until the spring to commit. I'm guessing they will clean up there and have a top 10 class per usual.
Morris/Thomas/Jackson/Babb/Cooke/Ashton/Long. I would be very comfortable with that depth, but as we all know, it's going to come down to post depth. Hoping we land a 6'8" bruiser 5th year transfer.
As mentioned, KU is in on plenty of top 100 and will probably get close to a handful.
Great news. It's about time we had a good recruit grow into a top player. Between him and Babb we will at least add some size on the wing/perimeter.
Whoa...labeling him a lock down defender & playing a lot as a freshmen already? Hope you're right, but I've seen him play a few games and his defensive abilities were not on display. But I wasn't impressed with how his whole team played it in general, but it is high school. Yes, I like his size and I'm not saying he can't be that type of defender, just saying he will have a big learning curve from guarding high school guys to high major college players.
