RE: Point Guard Recruits

[Brian Courter]

Who's Ewing?

oleskl <address@hidden> wrote:I like UC's chance to land any one of the trio of
Eaton, Downey, and Ewing. I'd take any one of those
three in a second.

The key to getting Eaton away from Oklahoma State is
going to be really impressing his mom. She's the one
in charge.

Since we're talking about who UC should have taken in
certain classes, I'm going to be interested to see if
UC made the right choice in taking Jihad over
Clinkscales, especially when Clinkscales would have
kept them from needing to look for another PG for 05.


--- Brian Courter wrote:

> UC will not get Byron Eaton. This is the same old
> same old, where they go after blue chippers and very
> rarely get them. I'll bet UC has a 2% success rate
> with their first choices (and that is including only
> the players that they think they have a realistic
> chance of getting). It's frustrating as a Bearcat
> fan. I'm done getting my hopes up.
>
> dfairchild wrote:In the
> McGhee situation, the real question was whether to
> keep Eugene Land
> or McGhee. I believe Land got the nod because he was
> a local guy. With
> hindsight we would have kept McGhee and let Land go.
>
> I mean no disrespect to Land. I admire him for
> facing up to his mistakes
> and coming back and playing with the team his senior
> year. I think it took
> a lot of courage and showed that his character
> developed. (Though I cannot
> figure for the life of me why he quit with just a
> few games to go and the
> tournaments approaching?)
>
> The point I'm making is that with hindsight -
> knowing how McGhee developed
> and how Land's career went - McGhee would have been
> better to keep.
>
> Go Cats!
>
> DF
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 3:59 PM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: RE: [UC Basketball] Point Guard Recruits
>
>
> It worked pretty well for UC too...since Dermarr
> took McGhee scholly, well,
> except for Kenyon breaking his leg. If not for that,
> I think it would have
> been well in UC favor.
>
> Huggs knew he was one player away from a title run
> and that was Dermarr, not
> "Ace" Mcghee. Aaron developed nicely, but I think he
> found the right
> situation for him and that probably wouldn't have
> been staying at UC anyway.
>
> Chris
> UC '97
> address@hidden
>
> Brent Wyrick wrote:
> I seem to remember the last time we tried something
> like that it worked out
> really well ----For Kelvin Sampson and the Oklahoma
> Sooners!! Remember
> Aaron McGhee?
http://www.soonersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=300&SPSID=2
> 516&SPID=192&DB_OEM_ID=300&ATCLID=28945
>
> Brent
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: B M [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 2:19 PM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: RE: [UC Basketball] Point Guard Recruits
>
> wELL, now that 5/8 is dead, you can sign whoever you
> want, and then simply
> encourage your weakest returning scholarship player
> to transfer or walk on.
>
> "Harris, Derek C" wrote:I agree that
> in a normal situation you except the
> first player to commit. I think we did that when
> Huggins was recruiting Lionel Chalmers and Kenny
> Satterfield. Satterfield committed first and we
> stopped
> recruiting Chalmers. The situation with Eaton is a
> little
> different. We have a chance to lock one of the best
> PG's
> in the country(not stating Downey isn't either)and
> get
> one of the best PF available in the country in
> Flowers. Do
> we risk the chance of landing both an elite PG and
> PF prospect
> to get another elite PG prospect. Tough to call!!!
> Regardless
> it looks like we will have some talent visiting
> Clifton!!!
> Looking ahead a bit, if Eaton or Downey commit to
> us, we would
> have some exceptional talent in the backcourt and on
> the wings.
> Banks, Evans, Bright, Eaton or Downey. Lots of
> scoring options.
> D/Taylor Mill
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: richard l. kandell
> [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 11:36 AM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Point Guard Recruits
>
>
> Many years ago I asked Huggins this question and his
> response was that you
> don't wait around, you take the first one that
> commits, (otherwise why are
> you recruiting them in the first place) EXCEPT if
> you think/know you have a
> real shot at a Mickey D AA type, someone who was
> really very special. Then
> you make sure you keep a slot open.
>
> Richard K.
>
> PS - To Zahid - I didn't respond because I had a
> computer crash and your
> kind message was one that I lost.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Harris, Derek C"
> To:
> Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 10:11 AM
> Subject: [UC Basketball] Point Guard Recruits
>
>
> > It looks like Devan Downey will be making a visit
> to
> > Clifton as well. I found this on Insider.com
> >
> > After watching college programs from the Midwest
> and Southeast trail him
> > around all summer, Devan Downey finally decided to
> remove some of the gray
> > area from his recruitment. The 5-foot-10 point
> guard from Chester (S.C.)
> > High trimmed his list to six schools.
> > "In no order, they're Maryland, Cincinnati,
> Arkansas, Tennessee, Miami and
> > South Carolina," Downey said. The Terps and
> Bearcats will definitely get
> > visits and Arkansas is in position for one as
> well.
> > Mike will we accept the first PG to commit or is
> the coaching
> > staff looking favoring Byron Eaton over any other
> potential recruit?
> > D/Taylor Mill
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Teeters, Matthew D (Matt)
> [mailto:address@hidden
> > Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 9:02 AM
> > To: 'address@hidden'
> > Subject: RE: [UC Basketball] Contact Rules (was
> Slim Pickens)
> > And THAT is why always wear UC gear when flying.
> :-)
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mike Sherrick [mailto:address@hidden
> > Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 8:57 AM
> > To: address@hidden
> > Subject: [UC Basketball] Contact Rules (was Slim
> Pickens)
> > I see this as a very constructive post which
> points out the realities of
> > NCAA rules. Clearly, all fans should be cautious.
> Nevertheless, envision
> > the following scenario. I happen to be sitting
> next to a young man on a
> > plane, and he is about 6'11" tall, and built like
> Shaq. He strikes up a
> > conversation, mentions that he has just won
> MickeyD honors, has decided to
> > spend 4 years in college before going to the NBA,
> and is looking for a
> > school with a good basketball program. He looks at
> me, waiting for my
> > response. Being cognizant of NCAA rules, I comment
> on the weather. :)
> > Yeah, right.
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