Jonathan Lloyd, 2010 PG Bishop Gorman HS

[AdaSooner]

So is OU holding any scholarships for Jones, Ross, Carter, etc. or is it just first come, first served right now? OU needs a point and a big desperately so I'm assuming Aziz/Thompson have one guaranteed slot. I'd think Jones would be worth holding it for. Poland is gone so is Capel looking at other SGs?

I think you could put Aziz and Jones in that "guaranteed" category, but I doubt if that list includes Thompson. Point guard is an entirely different situation for the reason you mentioned.

Why are you saying that Poland is gone? Did he commit somewhere else and I missed it? Last I heard he was still a recruit OU wants. He didn't visit last weekend. But that was because the Sooners don't have many of the allotted fifteen officials left, and Poland has already been to OU on unofficial visits three or four times.

 

[billyball]

Ada, I saw a post in a thread that stated and was linked that he had committed to usf. I did not click the link so I'm not sure. Bad news for sure if it's true.

 

[Tony]

Ada, I saw a post in a thread that stated and was linked that he had committed to usf. I did not click the link so I'm not sure. Bad news for sure if it's true.

yes:

http://blogs.tampabay.com/usf/2010/04/juco-guard-jawanza-poland-commits-to-usf.html

 

[mikeareese]

Did OU lose out on Majok? I would love Majok and Aziz.

 

[Krugerfan52]

I don't think TJ got offers from the likes of Florida or Michigan State.

I bet he goes to George Washington. Northwestern and GW are the two schools he has visited. I seriously doubt he will go to Florida or Michigan St. They are probably just looking at him as a backup. And I don't think any of these recruits want to go to OU right now. Names keep popping up because Capel is out there trying, but we are such a mess I dont think any of these kids are excited. They just seem to be looking for a better offer. The only thing Capel can offer right now is playing time and other schools can offer that too without the mess.

 

[SoonerInJersey]

I think you could put Aziz and Jones in that "guaranteed" category, but I doubt if that list includes Thompson. Point guard is an entirely different situation for the reason you mentioned.

Why are you saying that Poland is gone? Did he commit somewhere else and I missed it? Last I heard he was still a recruit OU wants. He didn't visit last weekend. But that was because the Sooners don't have many of the allotted fifteen officials left, and Poland has already been to OU on unofficial visits three or four times.

If true this is horrible news. We are starting to bring up new names (at least to us the fans). Which probably means we are out of luck with some of the prior names we invited in. And if we have to depend on unofficial visits for many of the new guys, that will only make it harder to get them.

 

[Krugerfan52]

The problem is that Zeigler, McCallum, Aziz, Lamb, Thompson, visited but didn't commit to OU. I don't think our current players were very good hosts. When Taylor, Blake and company were hosting kids there was a stretch where nearly everybody who came to Norman woud commit to OU that weekend or soon after. But think about who our hosts have probably been the last year or so. TMG, Warren, Gallon, Fitz, Pledger. Those 5 have made a lot of immature choices the past year and I doubt they impressed these recruits with the things they say and what they've done on the court.