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Shows that everyone is doing it. They will return just like Fatts.

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ODU is a good program and close to home. It should work out for him. I think he will be a good player. Sorry to see him go. I heard last week that he transferred to be closer to home and not over playing time. ODU is a 3 hour drive (180 miles) from his home town. It doesn’t seem very close but obvi...

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SmartyBarrett wrote: ↑4 years ago And after all that, he lands at Pacific.

It shows you how little an offer really means.

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I think the twins will apply for a waiver - and have a shot to get it. This is why we do need to find a grad transfer Big as a backup plan, but it will be tough to get a good one that will want to be a backup plan. I don’t expect the rule to be effective this summer because there will be 1000 kids ...

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Top 10 makes more sense when there is a ton of time between then and your decision. But if you're a transfer or the decision is around the corner, it's more of a problem. Transfers should have learned enough during their time in school to know exactly what they are looking for. Top 5 at most. He is...

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I think the twins will apply for a waiver - and have a shot to get it. This is why we do need to find a grad transfer Big as a backup plan, but it will be tough to get a good one that will want to be a backup plan. I don’t expect the rule to be effective this summer because there will be 1000 kids ...

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DC_Rams wrote: ↑4 years ago Easy with the “need” to get stuff. We will land a target. Always a lot more out there than what meets the eye.

This is a good point. Think of the recruits that announce a commitment to URI that hadn’t been the focus of reports or speculation. Cox keeps the staff’s actions private.

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RF1 wrote: ↑4 years ago Signings and verbal commitments mean far less these days. You now have to wait until they suit up and see action in their first game for confirmation.

A verbal means nothing. Signing a NLOI is a binding contract. Can’t compare the two.

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Rhodymob05 wrote: ↑4 years ago URI isn't even listed on that website, so who knows.

247 is known for being behind. They don’t keep up with offers even.

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giovanni wrote: ↑4 years ago

Is that a subtle force out?

I believe this is Dan’s first transfer that isn’t a Grad Transfer.

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Interesting on transfers. This relates to the Mitchells. It was mentioned in their recruiting thread that they stayed in school at Maryland for the full year. This is why. From the NCAA Guidelines: If you signed a National Letter of Intent (NLI) and transfer during your first year as a full-time col...

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Nobody knows what's going to happen.....but those dates make sense for now...they needed to extend it on the back end. Is there really a back end? can't they sign anything after april 15 until school open? Typically the Regular Signing Period (Spring) is the middle of April until the middle of May....

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R83, where are you getting this? Did his coach say something on line somewhere? 83 has very reliable sources. Trust him on this. I'm sure he does, I'm not doubting that. I was just quoted if it was posted on social media or available to see somewhere. Directly from his coach that wasn’t public.

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Georgia still hasn’t offered him. It sounds like if Georgia wants him, he will go there. But he isn’t going to wait past April 25th.

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I'd love to see what one of these virtual tours look like. That brings up a point I've had privately. There are no video tours of any URI facilities that I know of. Most schools have like a YouTube video of their football or basketball arena's. URI has a basketball video that they share with recrui...

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CHICO 78 wrote: ↑4 years ago I think if we signed Berry they both would still be here.

You can think that all you want but you are wrong.
Not the case according to his coach.

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reef wrote: ↑4 years ago Agree there wasn’t much PT for Abou this coming year

Maybe we can find a decent grad transfer

His concern was that the Mitchells are only Soph. They would be there 3 out of his 4 years.

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I don't have the answers, but it makes sense that this new NCAA transfer rule is something that can be exploited, like a window left ajar, that could be closed after a season or two IF it ever goes into effect. If Cox thinks he can exploit it, let him. Clearly, the twins signing helped with the Mal...

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Also 83 said that he got info from someone that said we might get a commit in the next couple of days...that was 2 days ago.... Bogus info? Not sure if you are calling me bogus or the info I provided bogus. Here is what I posted. In the mix for... should know more in next day or SO. Rhody83 wrote: ...

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rambone 78 wrote: ↑4 years ago It's going to be transfers or else from now on, baby.

Got to make and enforce the one time only transfer, NCAA.

A transfer that gives a verbal can back out too. Columbia Grad decommitted from Duke today.

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So funny. Here we go with the he wasn’t good anyway and he wouldn’t have played talk. That is the business of recruiting everyone said with Berry. He obviously wasn’t happy with the way his friend got treated I guess. We all thought it was a good pickup last week It had nothing to do with Tres. It ...

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Starting over. This was retweeted by his mother. I think coach jones is an assistant at Scotland.

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It can’t be Nolley. He isn’t close to a decision this week.

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My guess is that I saw him in person four times when he played for Springfield Commonwealth. He was playing against weak competition and wasn’t impressive in any of the games. He was never the best player on the floor.

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I have don’t much about Ellis, but he looks pretty good in the clips. My question is everyone keeps talking about how great a get he would be but, a) other than having are name mentioned along with a ton of other schools, what would make us think he is even considering coming to URI at this point o...

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phipsiGD'11 wrote: ↑4 years ago
Billyboy78 wrote: ↑4 years ago Here's the JUCO rankings. Ellis is at #9. Just for fun, see who is at #21.
https://www.jucorecruiting.com/2020-jun ... gs-top-100
I thought Mading wasn't even starting on his JuCo team.

What happened to all those P5 offers for Mading? Very quiet.

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Billyboy78 wrote: ↑4 years ago
Rhody83 wrote: ↑4 years ago I heard last night from a source who has never sent me any recruiting info ever.
He said they are in the mix for a big time player should know more in the next day or so.
Transfer or high school kid?

My guess and this is a total guess - a transfer from a P5 school or Keon Ellis.

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How would his situation been any different if Rese stayed and Malik never transferred in? He would have been playing behind Tyrese. Berry is not a SF (Tyrese is). Berry was hoping for a commitment offer from Vanderbilt - P5 close to home. They strung him along and he waited longer than he should ha...

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Rhody83 wrote: ↑4 years ago I heard last night from a source who has never sent me any recruiting info ever.
He said they are in the mix for a big time player should know more in the next day or so.

Not a joke.

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I heard last night from a source who has never sent me any recruiting info ever.
He said they are in the mix for a big time player should know more in the next day or so.

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This happens all the time in recruiting at all schools. It is part of the process that is understandable by the coaches, recruits and parents. Berry was most likely hoping for a commitment level offer from Vanderbilt. Take URI’s recruitment of Abou. URI didn’t offer him until March 10th. He had othe...

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Makhi was voted defensive player of the year in the UA AAU. He led that team to the UA Championship in Vegas. He had the best Tournament. I believe that team 4-5 P5 players and Mekhi Long was the 6th man for the Summer session.

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I believe Sheppard starts at PG and Toppin starts at SF. I don’t see Malik starting.
If you think he is a SF, than URI could’ve still taken Berry as a SG.

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I seem to recall Dayton playing more than 5 players last year. They definitely had a very effective backup or two for their backcourt, and even when Obi went out, his replacements in the front court with their limited minutes still managed to devastate us. I'm thinking that is a model, with somewha...

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Roz wrote: ↑4 years ago Typical lack of leadership from the NCAA

The vote was scheduled for April before the NLOI signing dates but was pushed back due to the Coronavirus.

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Pushing the decision on the transfer rule back 2 months will cause MANY schools to hold off their decisions regarding who to sign. Lots of kids will be left twisting in the wind. I don’t think that will happen with the good transfers. Tyrese will commit to a P5 school in April. Long will be left tw...

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Lindo was trying to do more than Turgeon wanted him to do. Lindo was supposed to be their cleanup/dirty work guy. Lindo wanted to be a star. Lindo was on the DC Premier team with the Mitchells that won the UA AAU Championship. Lindo had a very good AAU season and leveraged that into the commitment ...

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I'd be content with 9/5, similar to his production at Charlotte I think Stevey hit it on the post earlier...in my mind we are losing point production with Rese gone (same could be said for rebounds), but gaining a much better defensive player. I guess we could look at it this way, maybe slightly le...

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Berry learned a valuable lesson...can’t hold a university hostage. He was waiting on the call from another job but hadn’t even been interviewed. I’ll never understand this logic. We wanted him the day of the VCU game. He knew that’s why he kept teasing the fans, it all makes no sense. It’s a juggli...

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The downside of recruiting has to be telling a kid you are withdrawing the offer. The flip side of recruiting a kid for years only to have another school swoop in at the end and sign him. A father of a top 50 recruit explained the process to me years ago when I was at the Hall of Fame Classic in Ja...

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The spot definitely gets filled with someone who has immediate eligibility. I am not sure if there is a leading candidate at this point. After going 4 for 4 on their priority recruits Cox can change his strategy now. They could go for a higher rated recruit (with a lower probability of closing). My ...

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Before Malik entered the transfer portal, URI would’ve accepted a commitment from Berry. Some time shortly after Malik entering the portal, he became the priority over Berry. URI continued to pursue both players. Berry hadn’t decided when he left for Phoenix. My guess is that Malik was given until W...

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rambone 78 wrote: ↑4 years ago 83, like I said in another thread...we still need shooters.

We will have a big team and pretty athletic. Hopefully good defensively.

But shooting will still be an issue.

Berry would have helped there.

Agree on Berry. I like him a lot. URI is no longer pursuing Berry.

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I'm guessing it was explained to Ousmane that Berry might not come here before he committed. Then Berry really did a foot drag for some inexplicable reason. Anyway, "we got Malik Martin!!" Malik Martin wasn’t the second choice. Coach Cox wanted Malik over Berry. If Malik had said no, they...

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