Bear Down Wildcats

gumby wrote:Logic says he would return. But it's often absent in these decisions. Can you Grant me that?

gumby wrote:

Longhorned wrote:Why would this affect Ferguson when Trier coming back isn't a development? Inside McKale, the expectation was that Trier would return. Ferguson's mom and his circle knew that. It feels like some people around here think that recruiting is a sequence of personal, emotionally-driven reactions.

Because people, like me, don't know the inside-the-McKale perspective.

gumby wrote:Logic says he would return. But it's often absent in these decisions. Can you Grant me that?

Beachcat97 wrote:If TF commits, who are our starting five next year?

Spaceman Spiff wrote:

Beachcat97 wrote:If TF commits, who are our starting five next year?

Dylan
Dylan
Dylan
Dylan
Dylan

Or, if we are not interested in hot fire:

Kobi or Allen
Trier
Smith or Ferguson
Markannen
Dusan or maybe Chance

KA/KS and RS/TF would be tossups in my opinion. Dusan has the inside track.

Beachcat97 wrote:If TF commits, who are our starting five next year?

UAEebs86 wrote:

gumby wrote:Logic says he would return. But it's often absent in these decisions. Can you Grant me that?

But often times it's about the Money. They need to make the Wright decision.

Beachcat97 wrote:If TF commits, who are our starting five next year?

After his most recent trip to Arizona, Ferguson is hoping to lock in on a decision after he finishes in Portland. The Wildcats along with Baylor and Kansas are out ahead of the pack but he's got his eyes on some others and one school in particular is trying to get him out for a visit before he decides.

“I’ve already taken unofficial visits to Kansas and Baylor so I probably don’t need to visit them. But North Carolina has really been trying to get in the mix and hitting me hard this last week so I am considering a visit to them and I've put them in my final six. I've also got Maryland who I visited unofficially and N.C. State too."

Irish27 wrote:

azcat34 wrote:

Irish27 wrote:

Lol, Hansen is an idiot.

With late April as his personal decision deadline, Ferguson wants to first visit N.C. State and North Carolina before making a college decision.

So what will be important to Ferguson as he goes through this second recruiting cycle?

"Just trust," answered Ferguson. "I mean my mom is big on trust and It's like a family base. It's not that they just want you to be good at basketball. They want to make you better and want to have a relationship with you. Location isn't that big for me. Playing style - I definitely want to run and gun."

Ferguson had positive things to say about his recent official visit to Arizona.

"I actually had a great visit at Arizona," he said. "I got to spend a lot of time with the players. I'm glad all of them were there. I spent time with Coach Miller off the court. It was good to see him relax and not sweat through his shirt."

Ferguson also commented on the impact to his recruitment of Allonzo Trier returning to Arizona.

"It doesn't (impact it) at all," he told 247Sports. "I played with Allonzo Trier on the 19 under team with Coach Miller, and we had a ton of guards on that team."

azcat49 wrote:I can't imagine thus thing playing out till the end of the month us good for us

Longhorned wrote:He's going to be a Tar Heel. Let it go.

Or a fraction of a composite known as a Wolfpack (a Wolf?). Let it go.

azcat49 wrote:I can't imagine thus thing playing out till the end of the month us good for us

pokinmik wrote:For all we know, out of the two, we could end up with only JJ and not Ferguson. Trust no one.

Dosia wrote:This kid is jerkin everyone around.

Dosia wrote:This kid is jerkin everyone around.

rgdeuce wrote:Apparently UNC offered T Ferg last July. So..... I wouldn't sweat this like a school he wanted his entire life is just now showing him some love.

Spaceman Spiff wrote:

rgdeuce wrote:

Merkin wrote:ACC for basketball and SEC for football gets just hand slaps and strongly worded letter from the NCAA compared to the PAC in both sports.

USC football is the obvious one, but remember when the UA lost a scholie for 2 years due to some Lute Olson stamped signature on some Jim Story Cactus Classic fund raising letter?

SMU got a one-year ban for academic fraud involving just one player. This stuff has been going on for 18 years? Multiple sports programs? NCAA is already to the point now where they are teetering over the edge. While I do not know the alternative, you got to figure they are one, maybe two big programs being let off from a huge explosion. The lack of accountability and self-imposed sanctions.. eh. I mean, who are we fooling, we all know the way this story is going to end. Part of me still has a glimmer of hope, not that the NCAA does the right thing (we all know who they are), but they feel like they are forced to do the right thing and even do 1/2 or 3/4 of the right thing. The thing though, is this involves at least three sports programs, so they can deliver a "harsh" penalty (across the board f*ckery for the whole athletic department) rather than multiple years focused on 1, 2, or 3 sports.

To paraphrase Tark, the NCAA is probably mad enough at UNC to drop the death penalty on SMU again.

Spaceman Spiff wrote:

Spaceman Spiff wrote:

rgdeuce wrote:

Merkin wrote:ACC for basketball and SEC for football gets just hand slaps and strongly worded letter from the NCAA compared to the PAC in both sports.

USC football is the obvious one, but remember when the UA lost a scholie for 2 years due to some Lute Olson stamped signature on some Jim Story Cactus Classic fund raising letter?

SMU got a one-year ban for academic fraud involving just one player. This stuff has been going on for 18 years? Multiple sports programs? NCAA is already to the point now where they are teetering over the edge. While I do not know the alternative, you got to figure they are one, maybe two big programs being let off from a huge explosion. The lack of accountability and self-imposed sanctions.. eh. I mean, who are we fooling, we all know the way this story is going to end. Part of me still has a glimmer of hope, not that the NCAA does the right thing (we all know who they are), but they feel like they are forced to do the right thing and even do 1/2 or 3/4 of the right thing. The thing though, is this involves at least three sports programs, so they can deliver a "harsh" penalty (across the board f*ckery for the whole athletic department) rather than multiple years focused on 1, 2, or 3 sports.

To paraphrase Tark, the NCAA is probably mad enough at UNC to drop the death penalty on SMU again.

The NCAA is getting seriously angry about UNC's academic fraud.

http://www.si.com/college-basketball/20 ... se-penalty" target="_blank

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