Duke has 2 highly rated posts and Kentucky has 3. Yet he's signing with one of them. OU is in dire need of a post like him and he could be the star. It's really hard to comprehend why he stopped seriously considering OU and instead wants to play in a log jam of 5 star posts at these schools. Griffin and Hield are proof that he can get what he wants at OU just like those schools.
Marques Bolden announcing today
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The fact that he has drawn this recruiting out until May 19 makes me glad to not be in on him still. Him and that Allen kid from Houston. There is nothing new about any school that they are looking into. And its not like Lee has made a decision on whether he is returning to Kentucky yet so its not like that could be playing on his decision since he is announcing today.
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Surprise surprise.
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Damn Mike.....doin' it again with the 5 stars.
seriously, I'd love to see one of these guys buck the trend and commit somewhere other than the usual suspects to make their own mark....but most of them don't want that.
Obviously, Duke was telling the family they would be "set for life" if he went to Duke.
seriously, I'd love to see one of these guys buck the trend and commit somewhere other than the usual suspects to make their own mark....but most of them don't want that.
Obviously, Duke was telling the family they would be "set for life" if he went to Duke.
Simmons tried. Didn't work out so well.
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That's got to be a point for Mike K: "Doesn't matter what the class you come in with looks like, if your coach can't do more with a whiteboard than play Hangman..."
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I'm thinking more along the lines, in my post, that these guys could actually pick a really solid school (like Oklahoma or any other team that is good but doesn't have a long list of 5* guys on their roster but can compete) and lead one of those schools to the promised land. They could see how things went for Buddy here.......they could set themselves up big time.
Go to Duke and be one of the guys...or go to OU or some school like it and be THE guy....NATIONALLY!
It is what it is.
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There are plenty of excellent coaches in America who don't coach at Duke, Carolina, Kansas, Arizona, or Kentucky.
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You go to Duke and don't live up to expectations, you still have a chance of going high in the draft. You go to OU and don't live up to expectations, you likely hurt your draft position.
Also, I'd argue anybody going to Duke or UK is going to improve more/quicker b/c they are going up against more talent players in practice. At Duke or UK, you go up against other future NBA players. At OU, as a big man, you go up against McNease and a roster full of stretch 4's that likely won't ever sniff the NBA.
Duke is probably the national favorite to win the NC next year with their roster.
And yet if I add up every player who ever went to either Duke or Kentucky that has exceeded Blake Griffin in NBA All-Star appearances, I would only need to count to ONE (Grant Hill) No offense, but that really doesn't support your theory very well.
Honestly, it's hard to fault a player for going to a blue blood school.
True, OU can offer a player the opportunity to be "The Man."
But there are a lot of good schools that can offer that to a player. Not many can offer what the blue bloods can offer.
I hope at some point, OU can be a school in that conversation but OU has a long way to go.
True, OU can offer a player the opportunity to be "The Man."
But there are a lot of good schools that can offer that to a player. Not many can offer what the blue bloods can offer.
I hope at some point, OU can be a school in that conversation but OU has a long way to go.
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Duke/UNC and, now, Duke/Syracuse and Duke/Notre Dame are almost always locks for national broadcast. Play two good games a year on TV, in that uniform, and it's big board helium for sure.
The point on OU'S bigs, at least this season, may be a little overstated. If there's room in the NBA for Bismack Biyombo, Udonis Haslem, and Chris Andersen, there's room for Khadeem Lattin. With a strong season this year he could establish himself as a first-rounder. But talent draws talent, based on the "practice against" and "get your rings" arguments. Someone has to take the leap of faith to pave the way for players to come. With guards, Buddy made a very good impression -- look at our depth there now. Who's gonna be OU's first blue chip big man of the Kruger era?
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One oddball, cherry-picked stat dismisses a theory? Very few kids are going to select a program based on a single outlier, nor should they.
Davidson has produced more unanimous NBA MVPs than every other program in the country combined, yet no one is arguing that more 5-star recruits should be going to Davidson.
I love OU hoops. we've got a rich tradition. But OU basketball to Duke basketball is about like Wisconsin football to OU football. If you're a recruit and you have the opportunity, you go to Duke. Just like you go play for OU football.
