Trae Young's Decision Date has been set

[OUHoops]

February 16th at noon at the Norman North Gym.

https://twitter.com/TheTraeYoung/status/827580944366309378

 

[coolm]

perhaps he will hold another press conference to announce what end of the gym his announcement will be held in.

 

[jaymOU]

perhaps he will hold another press conference to announce what end of the gym his announcement will be held in.

as long as he picks Oklahoma, he can pick from whatever gym he wants to

 

[kfaerber]

as long as he picks Oklahoma, he can pick from whatever gym he wants to

He should announce from the Phog and pick OU

 

[Big Old Booger]

Isn't basketball national signing day the same as for football (so Wed 2/1)?

Is he taking an extra 2 weeks because he still doesn't know?

 

[oudna]

Isn't basketball national signing day the same as for football (so Wed 2/1)?

Is he taking an extra 2 weeks because he still doesn't know?

No, basketball has one in November and one in April.

 

[Big Old Booger]

No, basketball has one in November and one in April.

I knew about the one in November.

I thought all college sports have NSD on the first Wednesday in February? I have friends whose kids are going to play soccer in college and they signed on 2/1. The same for baseball I think.

 

[usedtobe1]

The signing date for basketball runs from April 12th to May 17th. The early period was from Nov 9-16. The link shows signing date for all sports.

http://www.nationalletter.org/signingDates/future.html

 

[Leroy]

Trae made a fool of himself bowing to the crowd tonight and almost getting into a fight with the North assistant coach.

 

[OUHoops]

Emig obviously has no intel on Young's decision, but this is an interesting observation:

http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsext...cle_91a1310b-8de7-5073-b678-73ca895b93db.html

It is becoming apparent that Lon Kruger needs Trae Young, the McDonald’s All-American guard from Norman North, about as badly as Jeff Capel needed Blake Griffin 10 years ago. Kruger doesn’t have an ace-in-the-hole older brother like Capel once had with Taylor Griffin.

But I believe Young commits to OU on Feb. 16, his decision day, just the same.

I observed him at the OU-OSU game in Norman Jan. 30. He circled around the Lloyd Noble Center floor to spend a few minutes with ESPN commentator Fran Fraschilla. He stopped for a bro hug with OU football assistant Cale Gundy.

He sort of looked like he owned the place, something you might expect from a kid who was a ball boy at Griffin’s home games.

Could you stick out in public like that if you were about to break the collective heart of an entire basketball program? Could you hang out long after another home game, as Young did earlier this season, and kick back outside the Sooners’ locker room with the fellas if you didn’t have designs on dressing in that locker room yourself?

Yeah, I know. I’m a sportswriter, not a behavioral psychologist. But still...

I’ll bet Trae Young stays home Feb. 16.

 

[Chaser728]

Emig obviously has no intel on Young's decision, but this is an interesting observation:

http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsext...cle_91a1310b-8de7-5073-b678-73ca895b93db.html

Thanks for posting this!!! I believe this as well... why go to two OU games on unofficials in the past few weeks if you're not interested in signing...

 

[thewez]

I will be 100% shocked if he goes to OSU. Not sure how they are even still in the running. Coach has been there less than a year, and the best player on the team will either be leaving, or will be playing the same position as Trae

 

[Mac]

I will be 100% shocked if he goes to OSU. Not sure how they are even still in the running. Coach has been there less than a year, and the best player on the team will either be leaving, or will be playing the same position as Trae

Maybe Trae would be used like Forte...

 

[OUHoops]

I rarely listen to The Sports Animal anymore, and some of you might actually consider this good news because of the source, but Al Eschbach seemed pretty confident in saying he thought Trae Young was going to Kansas on the air today.

 

[Chaser728]

I rarely listen to The Sports Animal anymore, and some of you might actually consider this good news because of the source, but Al Eschbach seemed pretty confident in saying he thought Trae Young was going to Kansas on the air today.

that is good to hear

 

[OUHoops]

People seem to be all over the map on this. Just read where Eric Bossi (Rivals guy I respect) said that Kansas had picked up a lot of steam over the winter "but over the last few weeks the chatter about Oklahoma has picked up again". So there's that.

I told myself I wasn't going to get entrenched in this, but here I am.

 

[MsProudSooner]

I told myself I wasn't going to get entrenched in this, but here I am.

Ditto

 

[skyvue]

Ditto

Me too, but I'll be glad when it's over, one way or the other.

 

[soonermom1000]

I hope Trae picks OU... We need him.. We've got some good pieces to the puzzle this year and to add Trae, that would be great. We are young this year and the guys are trying very hard. It's not like they are getting blown out. They are in every game. Regardless, we will be OK.....:OU-logo:

 

[CoachTalk]

Ive heard recent uptick of OU as well. but at this point i dont know if its just for attention or real. It'll be over in 10 days!