RECRUITING: Darius McNeill status
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They have even less than we do coming back, and are a difficult place to get grad transfers into because Cal is a hard place to get into grad school for anybody. Plus, their talent level is quite a bit lower than ours, so they haven't been as picky.
They do have Marcus Lee, who transferred from Kentucky, so Darius will have a great guy to throw lobs to.
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Also found interesting that of the schools with only 2 commits, ISU is 4th.
1. KU 1 5*, 1 4*
2. MSU 1 5* 1 4*
3. MD, one spot ahead of us with 2 4*
That's really, really bad considering there's quite a bit of weight put on the number of commits.
Adding a 200+ ranked guy would put us around 32nd. It drops off a lot after the 3rd guy, but a 4th 200+ guy would put us at 25th. I would guess Shayok and Jacobson would be ranked higher than 200th if they counted.
If transfers counted we'd be looking at a top 30 class easily.
If he's not just full of **** (which I think he is) he's probably pissed they were looking for immediately eligible wings and guards. First of all, I can't imagine Prohm promising anything to anyone and second of all, I don't know why you'd expect a team to throw 4 scholarships at posts when they just lost 4 guards.
I think he is full of **** as well, but it still has me questioning what really changed, ya know? I'm over him now, and think this decision was a him thing, not an us thing, but its always interesting when stuff like that happens.
@NATEizKING
Thanks for talking me off a cliff.
Wigginton and Lewis are nice pieces.
Shayok and Jacobson are not doing bad at the transfer market.
If you get something out of Beverly and Brase, well, great.
Losing so many commitments hurts and missing out hurts, but we never had Juiston or Edwards for sure, and 3*s like Feazell and McNeill we can keep finding without too much problem.
Maybe not what we hoped for, but it is not terrible. Something like this was bound to happen given our 2-3 year gulf in recruiting and Prohm's (rightful) plan of action to maximize the returns from a senior-laden roster the past two years. Those two were a lot of fun.
Thanks for talking me off a cliff.
Wigginton and Lewis are nice pieces.
Shayok and Jacobson are not doing bad at the transfer market.
If you get something out of Beverly and Brase, well, great.
Losing so many commitments hurts and missing out hurts, but we never had Juiston or Edwards for sure, and 3*s like Feazell and McNeill we can keep finding without too much problem.
Maybe not what we hoped for, but it is not terrible. Something like this was bound to happen given our 2-3 year gulf in recruiting and Prohm's (rightful) plan of action to maximize the returns from a senior-laden roster the past two years. Those two were a lot of fun.
He can't come out with a list of schools until he has been released. Same with the other players. If they did that. There would be obvious tampering. Everyone has to act like he don't know where he will end up. Even the Cal coaches have to play dumb. Then when he is available the Cal coaches will scoop him up. Even though. We all know he is going to Cal, Coach Prohm knows he is going to Cal, His Mama knows. However, the game has to be played.
CycloneErik
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FIFY, Darius...
"Mom, I want to thank you for being my #1 fan, not only on the court but off the court as well. Also, thank you for telling ISU I wanted out of my LOI since I was too much of a chicken to do it myself."
CycloneErik
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Im just glad that Darius was 100% able to make this decision all on his own without anyone from Cal contacting him or ANYTHING at all while he was committed to ISU.
CycloneErik
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Im just glad that Darius was 100% able to make this decision all on his own without anyone from Cal contacting him or ANYTHING at all while he was committed to ISU.
Absolutely. It helps me to believe that college sports and everything associated with it is honest and above board in every way.
