Correct and incorrect. We're lucky things fell the way they did and we got Monte.Idk about the other guys but Monte didn't have an offer from MSU, he didn't even have a Michigan offer IIRC. Totally different ballgame.
Correct and incorrect. We're lucky things fell the way they did and we got Monte.Idk about the other guys but Monte didn't have an offer from MSU, he didn't even have a Michigan offer IIRC. Totally different ballgame.
MSU had an offer to both Monte and another guard. Izzo said first come first serve. The other dude committed 1st. Monte followed his heart, path to Big12 Championships and the NBA. IIRC
Anthony Pendleton was the guard that went to USC. I remember hearing that they all wore tape on their knuckles. Something about keeping their hands in proper shooting form.Many on here probably know this, but some may not. Grayer and Rice were on the same HS team - Flint NW (a year apart). And, get this, Andre "Bad Moon" Rison, NFL WR, was the PG, at least during Rice's senior year, as my HS team scrimmaged them at Johnny's team BB camp. I also played (I use that term loosely; I was a so-so HS player) against Grayer the year before in Johnny's camp. Wow, the talent Grayer & Rice had was crazy. That Flint NW team that Rice came with to ISU camp was ranked ~3rd in the country...also had a guard go to USC... even the reserves were slamming in rebounds. Impressive talent. If we'd have just gotten Rice... I always wondered if Tom Schafer transferring to ISU at the time had any influence on Rice's decision too. Don't know.
Many on here probably know this, but some may not. Grayer and Rice were on the same HS team - Flint NW (a year apart). And, get this, Andre "Bad Moon" Rison, NFL WR, was the PG, at least during Rice's senior year, as my HS team scrimmaged them at Johnny's team BB camp. I also played (I use that term loosely; I was a so-so HS player) against Grayer the year before in Johnny's camp. Wow, the talent Grayer & Rice had was crazy. That Flint NW team that Rice came with to ISU camp was ranked ~3rd in the country...also had a guard go to USC... even the reserves were slamming in rebounds. Impressive talent. If we'd have just gotten Rice... I always wondered if Tom Schafer transferring to ISU at the time had any influence on Rice's decision too. Don't know.
That was Michigan and the other recruit was Derrick Walton
I've asked about this. Sounds like it is a minor factor. Will still be tough to overcome a Flint kid with an MSU offer IMO.
Now make the MSU list.Jeff Grayer, Barry Stevens, Justus Thigpen, Monte Morris...just say’n
Has Monte been asked for some help to nudge him over the line?
According to lore, Orr had a verbal from Rice - and then the three targets that Frieder had went to other schools (Lowell Hamilton to Illinois, Roy Marble to Iowa, and Todd Mitchell to Purdue). Supposedly Orr had asked Frieder about recruiting Rice and got the OK, but when Frieder lost all his targets, he went running after Rice and promised him the moon. The rest is history.
Can you imagine Rice and Grayer on the same team? (Only for one year, but still.....)
Yep. Monte said he tried to call to accept the offer at 7:00 AM the next morning and Walton had already accepted.
Now make the MSU list.
Does anyone know if MSU has any other higher rated guard targets out there for that class?
Follow up question: do they have any studs coming in the 2019 class that could be a roadblock?
Yep, Pendleton. I don't recall any of the others having tape on their knuckles, but Rice always did. Never heard why.Anthony Pendleton was the guard that went to USC. I remember hearing that they all wore tape on their knuckles. Something about keeping their hands in proper shooting form.