Bear Down Wildcats

luteformayor2 wrote: What the fuck is going on and how can we our anyone help?

NYCat wrote:

luteformayor2 wrote: What the fuck is going on and how can we our anyone help?

Read 2nd half of pg. 16 - 17, on TOS discussion thread.

3goggles wrote:

NYCat wrote:

luteformayor2 wrote: What the fuck is going on and how can we our anyone help?

Read 2nd half of pg. 16 - 17, on TOS discussion thread.

What thread??

JMarkJohns wrote:I've talked with 97 personally on the issue. It's a lot more than I will mention. It's ugly and I don't blame him one bit for stepping back. There's much more in life.

luteformayor2 wrote:

JMarkJohns wrote:I'm going to be unpopularly blunt.

People need to stop being selfish. Maybe you don't know the shit being a message board insider has brought to the doorsteps of 97s family, but it isn't pretty, nor is it our place to demand he leave solace to pop in to give us am update, likely starting more shit.

When the dust settles, I'm optimistic we'll hear from him.

But until then, while I know he appreciates all the requests, he's not going to answer them. Please respect that. It's unfair for all he's done not to.

What the fuck is going on and how can we our anyone help?

catgrad97 wrote:Not much, probably.

In my experience watching Arizona recruit bigs over the years, especially true 5s, a helluva lot of crazy factors go into getting these guys. Most of which Lute had no patience for.

Not saying Miller won't get his man, but just saying that highly-rated true centers are the high school quarterbacks of college hoops recruiting. They've almost been conditioned to be self-centered, at least above Lute's concept of team--and even, I suspect, Miller's--by senior year of HS.

Hope I'm wrong with at least one of the three we're looking at, but it's far too easy for seven-foot five-star recruits to be prima donnas.

IndianaZonaFan wrote:I read somewhere that we stopped recruiting Carlton Bragg. Any other word on this?

JMarkJohns wrote:

IndianaZonaFan wrote:I read somewhere that we stopped recruiting Carlton Bragg. Any other word on this?

It is a Miller specialty. Recruit a redundant talent to ideal target, pick up recruitment until said player mentions you, then inexplicably drop said player as a show of good faith to ideal, so you can stress he's the only (PF) your recruiting.

Last failed in Cameron Chatman/Paul White recruitment a year ago.

Hopefully works better this year with Rabb.


Swanigan and Zimmerman are Cs.

Irish27 wrote:Caleb Swanigan will be at the Red/Blue game. I know it would be a shocker but any chance he could commit before he goes home next weekend?

UAEebs86 wrote:

Irish27 wrote:Caleb Swanigan will be at the Red/Blue game. I know it would be a shocker but any chance he could commit before he goes home next weekend?

I doubt it. Scheer was on 1290 today and said he will probably wait until spring and not even sign an LOI.

3goggles wrote:So your telling me there is a chance for Caleb Swanigan! It's our first prediction in ages on 247sports!

http://247sports.com/PlayerInstitution/ ... redictions

Merkin wrote:I wonder why the ASU game? They are not our basketball rival.

gumby wrote:The whole process makes me want to shower. SAT prep and school obligations agaiinst the backdrop of One and Done. Strange times.

84Cat wrote:I sat right across from these guys yesterday. I didn't recognize anyone else at the game. There was a really tall white kid sitting a few seats down from these guys. Maybe the guy from Corona Del

3goggles wrote:Interview with Rabb.
"PGU: Have you been in contact with any former or current Arizona players? What have you talked about?

Rabb: I talked to Aaron Gordon. He told me to at least take a visit and that I would have the time of my life. He said that I wouldn’t want to leave. He said every game is on TV, the fans are the best in the country and every game is a sell out.

PGU: Will you visit for the Red/Blue game still?

Rabb: They would like me to, but I would rather visit when they have a regular season game, possibly the ASU game.

PGU: Do you think Arizona will make your top 5?

Rabb: Yes.

PGU: Do you have a top 5 yet?

Rabb: Not yet. I’ve been busy lately with SAT prep and school obligations but I will be cutting my list very soon."

Recruits feel right at home at Red-Blue Game

Justin Simon and Ray Smith both visited the Arizona campus twice before last weekend, but the place felt different when the high school seniors showed up this time.

It was home. Their future home.

Smith, a forward from Las Vegas who committed to the Wildcats in July, knew it after he sat down in the comfy new McKale Center seats before Saturday’s Red-Blue Game, when friendly fans began to approach him to ask how he and his injured knee were doing.

Simon, a guard from Temecula, California, who committed in May, knew it the moment he arrived in town from New Hampshire’s Brewster Academy.

“It was great,” Simon said by telephone Tuesday. “I felt a lot better knowing that I was going there. It was just a really good family environment.”

Simon and Smith spent the weekend attending UA workouts, hanging out with the current Wildcats and coaches, dining at Mr. An’s and watching the Red-Blue festivities. They also spent time with UA recruiting targets Caleb Swanigan (a 2015 center), T.J. Leaf (a 2016 forward) and Marvin Bagley III (a 2018 forward).

Smith said he spent the most time with UA freshman Stanley Johnson and graduate manager David Miller, while Simon also renewed a bond with Johnson from when they played together years ago in Southern California. Simon also hung out with senior guard T.J. McConnell, juniors Kadeem Allen and Gabe York, and freshmen Parker Jackson-Cartwright and Dusan Ristic.

“I’ve really gotten to know the whole team,” Simon said. “Coach (Sean) Miller does a great job of recruiting great guys, and we’re really close. It should be fun.”

But it wasn’t just the players and coaches with whom they bonded. Smith found that out at McKale Center.

“It was amazing,” he said. “I thought the fans were really outgoing, and they knew who I was, so that was pretty cool.”

It was so much fun that it was, well, frustrating. Smith still has a few more months of rehabilitating his knee until he can get out on the court, then about six months after that until he can graduate from high school and arrive in Tucson.

That’s a long time for somebody that anxious.

“I can’t wait, man,” Smith said. “I just can’t.”

For now, though, Smith has no choice.

He is still going in three times a week to rehabilitate the ACL he tore in July with Las Vegas physical therapist Scott Pensivy. While his rehabilitation is on schedule, he won’t return to the court until at least January or February, and he remains uncertain if he will be able to finish out his final season at Las Vegas High School.

“Of course I want to play,” Smith said. “What player doesn’t want to play? But I have to be smart about it. We’re going to make sure I’m ready physically and mentally.”

Simon also has plenty to do before he arrives in Tucson. He transferred clear across the country for his senior year, from Temecula Valley High School to Brewster, meaning he’s making major adjustments in lifestyle, climate, culture and academics.

Brewster won’t even start practicing until Nov. 2, Simon said, but he’s OK with that.

“It’s really getting me ready for college and preparing me the right way,” Simon said.

Basketball, and their Arizona Wildcats careers, will have to wait for both Simon and Smith. At least for now.

gumby wrote:Can't read too much into it? Sure we can! What else is there to do in the meantime?

ZONACAT wrote:Leaf cancelled his trip to Duke

Beachcat97 wrote:Are we leading for Leaf? Maybe just in the mix?

ZONACAT wrote:Smoke with Leaf