It's been trending that way the last few years. The business of college basketball dictates that you can't wait until the spring to get recruits. If you wait until spring, you're dead in the water. |
Last year Duke had a monster recruiting class. This year North Carolina has a monster recruiting class. These two teams, with the way their personnel is rigged, should basically alternate Final Four appearances. |
That's the guy. He's next on everybody's list. This is going to be quite a tug-of-war over him. |
The system was the most important thing to him when making his decision. I think he is the one guy who is watching this maybe closer than the others. |
The term 'combo guard' can sometimes have negative connotations. People think maybe a guy isn't a point, but doesn't shoot it well enough to be a wing. Nolan Smith is the opposite of that. |
The way it was setting up the (recruit) class of 2006 season wasn't going to be make-or-break (for UC) anyway. I still believe the class of 2007 is more important. Following the end of the season, they need to move swiftly if they're having a fighting chance, because the region is loaded, and I'm not just talking about (North College Hill's O.J.) Mayo. To do that, a full-time guy, whether it's (associate head coach) Andy (Kennedy) or someone else. You have to give him a fighting chance. It has to be a swift mandate for Andy Kennedy or someone else. |
The way it was setting up the (recruit) class of 2006 season wasn't going to be make-or-break (for UC) anyway. I still believe the class of 2007 is more important. Following the end of the season, they need to move swiftly if they're having a fighting chance, because the region is loaded, and I'm not just talking about (North College Hill's O.J.) Mayo. To do that, a full-time guy, whether it's (associate head coach) Andy (Kennedy) or someone else. You have to give him a fighting chance. It has to be a swift mandate for Andy Kennedy or someone else. |
This is a guy who enters college with a lot of tools just looking to polish it up. He needs the little nuances that come from playing in Lute Olson's program. |
This is a guy who enters college with a lot of tools just looking to polish it up. He needs the little nuances that come from playing in Lute Olson's program. |
Until a coach is hired, I don't think there's really anything those guys can do or would do. The new coach will have to decide if the recruit is the type of player that they want, and the player will have to decide if they want to play for the new coach. |
You draw and pick from a little bit of everything. |
You're talking about a 6-8 guy on the wing who can flat-out get it and score. That's going to be the guy who has the best chance to make the biggest immediate impact. |