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It will be interesting to see what influence the Louisville mess has on Bolden's recruitment.
 
The players coming in are Jay Jay Chandler and Isiah Jasey, both 17' kids
 
ouleopard said:
The players coming in are Jay Jay Chandler and Isaiah Jasey, both 17' kids
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Jay Jay Chandler is a 6'3" PG out of Katy Tx (west Houston suburb where Kameron McGusty is from, but different HS ..... also Matt Dimon and Rodney Anderson from the football team). Crystal Ball has 4 predictions all for Kentucky.

Isaiah Jasey is a 6'9" 220 lb PF from Killeen Tx (Same town as TaShawn Thomas is from over by Fort Hood). CB has 3 predictions all for Texas.

I know it's too early to tell where a '17 recruit may go.......
 
I wonder if Dakota Austin and Dominique Hearn might have some influence. We have had a number of players from Lancaster, DeSoto, and Cedar Hill who might make him comfortable with coming to OU. The athletes in the communities know each other.
 
I really like Jay Jay Chandler's game. I'm probably in the minority, but out of him and Trae Young I think they are on par talent wise.
 
CMSOONER said:
I think one thing most people don't take into consideration is that Lon hasn't been at as high a profile program as OU. Kansas State in the late 80's was not a big draw and neither was Florida or Illinois in the 90's or UNLV before he got there. Not that Illinois or UNLV have ever been a big draw. He built up all three programs from mediocrity to NCAA Tourny teams. It should also be noted that he left Florida for to take the Illinois job and left Illinois for the NBA. Had he stayed at Florida he possibly could have had success on possibly the same level as Donovan had when he took over the program Kruger left.
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Illinois in the 90s wasn't as high profile as OU in the 2010s? Illinois was a perennial tourney team under Lou Henson, who landed his share of big-time recruits.

To his credit, Kruger landed some high-profile in-state recruits at Illinois. His last Illinois team included...

Frank Williams (Illinois Mr. Basketball, McDonald's AA)
Marcus Griffin (McDonald's AA)
Sergio McClain (Illinois Mr. Basketball
Brian Cook (Illinois Mr. Basketball, McDonald's AA)

He left behind a lot of talent for Self. But it wasn't unprecedented recruiting success for Illinois. Henson signed plenty of studs, including Nick Anderson, Kendall Gill, and Marcus Liberty. That Flyin' Illini squad was stacked.

Florida wasn't a high-profile program until Donovan made it one. Kruger didn't recruit anywhere near as well as Donovan, even after his Final Four run. At Florida, Kruger didn't pull in the type of recruits that accounted for Donovan's early success at Florida (Miller, Haslem, Dupay, etc.).

Twenty years later, Kruger is doing a better job of parlaying his success into better recruiting.
 
I agree with you Smash. I think Lon has evolved to an up-tempo system that recruits like to play now. His overall program has adapted to what today's players want to do. Kruger played for Jack Hartman at K-State who was an OSU alum and disciple of Henry Iba. They didn't push the tempo and emphasized defense. I just think his system and style appeals to the top recruits today more than when he started coaching. JMHO.
 
usedtobe1 said:
Jay Jay Chandler is a 6'3" PG out of Katy Tx (west Houston suburb where Kameron McGusty is from, but different HS ..... also Matt Dimon and Rodney Anderson from the football team). Crystal Ball has 4 predictions all for Kentucky.

Isaiah Jasey is a 6'9" 220 lb PF from Killeen Tx (Same town as TaShawn Thomas is from over by Fort Hood). CB has 3 predictions all for Texas.

I know it's too early to tell where a '17 recruit may go.......
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Odomes is from the Killeen area. Odomes is technically from Copperas Cove but that is very close to Killeen. I would be shocked if he and Jasey don't know each other.
 
Trae Young will be at the football game on Saturday...so add another big visitor to the list!
 
@jerrymeyer247: Per his Pro Skills travel team, it's still undecided whether Marques Bolden will officially visit Oklahoma. https://t.co/X11lzH3oLg

Rumor has it may be a trip to bama.
 
CoachTalk said:
@jerrymeyer247: Per his Pro Skills travel team, it's still undecided whether Marques Bolden will officially visit Oklahoma. https://t.co/X11lzH3oLg

Rumor has it may be a trip to bama.
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That's weird considering McGusty tweeted:
"All my OU followers go show @MarquesB__ some love...he will be on campus this weekend We've gotta get him in Crimson #BoomerSooner"

But Bolden also retweeted a Bama commit saying,
"YESSIR 😏😏 gotta get @MarquesB__ but see u this weekend my brother #beattennessee"

So, in conclusion, who knows?
 
TheGimper said:
That's weird considering McGusty tweeted:
"All my OU followers go show @MarquesB__ some love...he will be on campus this weekend We've gotta get him in Crimson #BoomerSooner"

But Bolden also retweeted a Bama commit saying,
"YESSIR ���� gotta get @MarquesB__ but see u this weekend my brother #beattennessee"

So, in conclusion, who knows?
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Bama has Avery Johnson as their coach and he was the former Mavericks coach. DeSoto is in the DFW metroplex. Also, Johnson's son Avery Jr is 2 years older than Bolden and they had contact thru AAU. Avery Jr just transferred to Bama after spending his freshman year at A&M. Bama was also on Bolden's final list along with OU.

That would be a definite let-down after Bolden called McGusty, and OU got active with him again. It's kind of like the Peanuts cartoon where Lucy holds the football and pulls it away from Charlie Brown as he tries to kick it. That trick fools him every time.

I just don't think Bolden would do that unless he and coaches mutually agreed on rescheduling the trip to another weekend. JMHO.
 
braxton blackwell ‏@btwice_11 16h16 hours ago
braxton blackwell Retweeted #BananaClip
YESSIR 😏😏 gotta get @MarquesB__ but see u this weekend my brother #beattennessee braxton blackwell added,
#BananaClip @the2kferguson
Huge congrats to my brother @btwice_11 on his commitment to the 🅰🐘 Let's keep it rolling #BuckleUp


It was Bama commit Braxton Blackwell retweeting and responding to Bama commit (and former OU target) Terrance Ferguson about seeing him this weekend. I don't think Bolden is swapping OU for Bama this weekend...at least that's not what is being said there...
 
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