Spangler - His recruiting?

Regardless of how he ended up here, I feel like we are very blessed to have him now. He also seems to be very level headed for someone that seems to get a lot of elbows and shoves his way, as can be expected for someone near the basket as often as Spangler.

In the meantime, I hope a good nickname appears before he embarrasses Iowa State again :)
 
Spangler wanted to go to Oklahoma—wanted more than anything to fulfill that childhood dream. But Jeff Capel, then the head coach of the Sooners, never called. Not a single letter with the OU logo came in the mail; there were no invites to summer camps in Norman. There’s a trace of bitterness in Spangler’s voice when he recalls this.
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Just when I thought I couldn't think less of our ex-coach even more than I already did...

Spangler worked fastidiously to improve his skill set
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fas·tid·i·ous
fasˈtidēəs/
adjective
adjective: fastidious

1.
very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail.
"he chooses his words with fastidious care"

I have suddenly forgotten who or what I was angry at/about :D
 
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bgrch1350 said:
Does anyone know if ORU or Tulsa offered him out of high school?
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Rivals shows he was offered by Tulsa, TCU, Colorado, and of course Gonzaga. It's clear he took the best offer available to him coming out of high school.
 
AdaSooner said:
Rivals shows he was offered by Tulsa, TCU, Colorado, and of course Gonzaga. It's clear he took the best offer available to him coming out of high school.
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He has a picture on his instagram of him with a beautiful Gonzaga coed (from when he at GU). So, it could have been more than the states of the programs that swayed him to go to Spokane. ;)
 
Big Old Booger said:
He has a picture on his instagram of him with a beautiful Gonzaga coed (from when he at GU). So, it could have been more than the states of the programs that swayed him to go to Spokane. ;)
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Did I mention that Ryan is also an intelligent young man? :D
 
badger said:
Just when I thought I couldn't think less of our ex-coach even more than I already did...



fas·tid·i·ous
fasˈtidēəs/
adjective
adjective: fastidious

1.
very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail.
"he chooses his words with fastidious care"

I have suddenly forgotten who or what I was angry at/about :D
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Badger you are pretty badass at times. Love the meltdown thread.
 
AdaSooner said:
Rivals shows he was offered by Tulsa, TCU, Colorado, and of course Gonzaga. It's clear he took the best offer available to him coming out of high school.
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Does anyone know if OU offered Caleb Green (ORU). Spangler reminds me of him.
 
Big Old Booger said:
I honestly think Capel didn't recruit Spangler because Spangler played at a very small school and was a big fish in a small pond. I think he just could not be convinced a small school player from a state that only sparingly produces high level players (5-10 in the last 35 years: Tisdale, Price, Griffin, Dumas, Reeves, etc.) was worth consideration when he was going after burger boys.
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There have been a lot more than 5-10 high level players over that time period. I also think high level would include really good college players that didn't make the NBA. For example, I would call Terry Evans, Ryan Minor and Kevin Bookout high level players and I don't think any of them ever played in the NBA. Those three guys would make a pretty nice core for a team.

Someone like WT could probably list 5-10 Tulsa players that were high level.

Sheldon Williams, the kid at Kentucky, Eaton Thomas, Todd Day (I think he was from Tulsa), Lee Mayberry, Mark Price (you listed Price but I am assuming you meant Brent), Kevin Pritchard and many others have played out of state.
 
DenverSooner said:
There have been a lot more than 5-10 high level players over that time period. I also think high level would include really good college players that didn't make the NBA. For example, I would call Terry Evans, Ryan Minor and Kevin Bookout high level players and I don't think any of them ever played in the NBA. Those three guys would make a pretty nice core for a team.

Someone like WT could probably list 5-10 Tulsa players that were high level.

Sheldon Williams, the kid at Kentucky, Eaton Thomas, Todd Day (I think he was from Tulsa), Lee Mayberry, Mark Price (you listed Price but I am assuming you meant Brent), Kevin Pritchard and many others have played out of state.
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To me, a high level player is a burger boy or someone who gets more than a cup of coffee in the NBA. For that reason, I don't include Minor, Bookout, or Evans. I'm talking about players who are good enough that when you have them you still get to the final 4 or at least elite 8 (Tisdale, Griffin, etc.).

I wouldn't include Pritchard in that list but Mayberry maybe, and Williams for sure. Day wasn't from Tulsa...I think he was from Memphis.
 
John Starks and Anthony Bowie were a few other great players from Tulsa.
 
Big Old Booger said:
To me, a high level player is a burger boy or someone who gets more than a cup of coffee in the NBA. For that reason, I don't include Minor, Bookout, or Evans. I'm talking about players who are good enough that when you have them you still get to the final 4 or at least elite 8 (Tisdale, Griffin, etc.).

I wouldn't include Pritchard in that list but Mayberry maybe, and Williams for sure. Day wasn't from Tulsa...I think he was from Memphis.
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Dang, you are tough judge when Ryan Minor isn't even high level.
 
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