i've also heard marquette is where shumpert's going to go. would be a really nice get for them.

 

Quit jinxing it, fellas. The MU fan base is on pins-and-needles until Thursday, as Shumpert would be Crean's best recruiting 'get' in his time at Marquette.

**** G Trent Lockett, 09, to Arizona State over Minnesota and Iowa State.

two big announcements on television tonight:

 

on comcast, basketball player iman shumpert (oak park) will choose between marquette, unc, and georgia tech. i say he picks marquette.

 

on espnu, football player lamaar "flash" thomas (maryland) will choose between illinois, ohio state, and maryland. i say it's osu.

 

these are just guesses. i have no info.

Crazy. 90 mins to go and coaches still haven't been called.

Huge game for any Michigan fan tonight as Sam McGuffie's Cypress Fair plays Cypress Falls, two Houston area rivls. The game is set for 7:00 central time on ESPN2.

 

McGuffie has come back strong from an early season ankle injury with more than 200 yards rushing each of the last two weeks and six TD's.

 

 

6:19 is decision time.

 

It's time...

Edited October 18, 200718 yr by CWSGuy406

Apparently Crittle committed to Oregon.

6:19 is decision time.

 

It's time...

 

Georgia Tech.

kicked.in.the.sack.

kicked.in.the.sack.

 

I know that feeling

Decided to play for a gigantic whiner in Hewitt, yuck. Easily the worst choice he could have made.

kicked.in.the.sack.

 

YES!!!

 

He was ACC from the very beginning and chose the school that was on him the longest. You gotta respect and appreciate that he was loyal to a team on him early rather than the bigger-name johnny-come-latelys...

He was ACC from the very beginning and chose the school that was on him the longest. You gotta respect and appreciate that he was loyal to a team on him early rather than the bigger-name johnny-come-latelys...

 

Crean was on him before he blew up during the summer camps, but go ahead, call MU a johnny-come-lately.

Wisconsin offered Shumpert a long long time ago, I think he was a 3star at that point.

 

Good luck to him, but the fact of the matter was he wasnt going to the Big 10, so he was going to a second rate conference no matter what.

 

With as bizarre as the Shumpert recruitment was, it only makes sense he would pick Georgia Tech and shock everybody. Recruiting can suck sometimes.

 

Oh, and the johnny come lately argument is a lie, Georgia Tech was very late in terms of getting in on the recruitment. And yes, Crittle did verbal to Oregon today.

Edited October 18, 200718 yr by whitesoxfan101

Crean was on him before he blew up during the summer camps, but go ahead, call MU a johnny-come-lately.

 

I was referring more to the other program.

 

He's been wanting to go to the ACC since the beginning. Georgia Tech and Clemson were mentioned early and often.

 

I don't hide my enjoying his decision. But anyways, you guys will be just fine.

Decided to play for a gigantic whiner in Hewitt, yuck. Easily the worst choice he could have made.

 

Yeah, Hewitt's just terrible at getting his point guards into the NBA.

With as bizarre as the Shumpert recruitment was, it only makes sense he would pick Georgia Tech and shock everybody. Recruiting can suck sometimes.

 

Oh, and the johnny come lately argument is a lie, Georgia Tech was very late in terms of getting in on the recruitment. And yes, Crittle did verbal to Oregon today.

 

Actually, GT was on him at the beginning with Marquette, Bradley, and Clemson. UNC is the one who got in late.

Actually, GT was on him at the beginning with Marquette, Bradley, and Clemson. UNC is the one who got in late.

 

I know UNC was late, but I did not know GT was on him early at all. I guess I just never read it since all I knew about this story was what the recruiting sites said since Illinois wasn't really involved at all, thanks for the info.

 

And yeah, picking GT isn't exactly dumb, Atlanta is a big market, GT a very good school, and Hewitt gets point guards to the NBA. Plus, Shumpert's game is comparable to Javaris Crittendon, a 1st round pick of the Lakers this past summer IMO.

I know UNC was late, but I did not know GT was on him early at all.

 

Apology accepted...

It's not exactly difficult to turn top 40 PG recruits into NBA draft picks. He didn't get either one drafted in the top 18 picks either year. Neither GT or Marquette were in on Iman early as well. There were 3 stages to his recruitment, programs like Wisconsin, Illinois, and So. Illinois were in on Iman early, then others like GT and Marquette came on to his recruitment in the middle and UNC came on a few months later.

 

He will certainly get freedom at GT and no discipline what so ever. He can play glorified streetball for a year before leaving, lucky him.

It's not exactly difficult to turn top 40 PG recruits into NBA draft picks. He didn't get either one drafted in the top 18 picks either year. Neither GT or Marquette were in on Iman early as well. There were 3 stages to his recruitment, programs like Wisconsin, Illinois, and So. Illinois were in on Iman early, then others like GT and Marquette came on to his recruitment in the middle and UNC came on a few months later.

 

He will certainly get freedom at GT and no discipline what so ever. He can play glorified streetball for a year before leaving, lucky him.

 

Tell that to Crean and Dominic James. If he's starting his freshman year there, they should have a strong nucleus with Clinch, Aminu, and Lawal.

Tell that to Crean and Dominic James. If he's starting his freshman year there, they should have a strong nucleus with Clinch, Aminu, and Lawal.

 

Come on now, you can't compare James to Shumpert. IIRC James was a four star recruit. And if you want to go in that direction, Crean has gotten two guards into the NBA in Deiner (sp?) and obviously Wade. I'd also bet that all three of the current guards are eventually given looks (Matthews, James, McNeal).

 

I'm guessing he chose GT because he's guaranteed to open next season as their PG, whereas UNC and Marquette couldn't *guarantee* those promises. Still, choosing on the merit kind of hurts -- if he wanted to win a national title, UNC is clearly the best choice and I can't imagine GT being in that much better (if at all) of a position than MU is, and a player like Shumpert would've put MU in that pre-season talk heading into next season.

Edited October 19, 200718 yr by CWSGuy406

Come on now, you can't compare James to Shumpert. IIRC James was a four star recruit. And if you want to go in that direction, Crean has gotten two guards into the NBA in Deiner (sp?) and obviously Wade. I'd also bet that all three of the current guards are eventually given looks (Matthews, James, McNeal).

 

I'm guessing he chose GT because he's guaranteed to open next season as their PG, whereas UNC and Marquette couldn't *guarantee* those promises. Still, choosing on the merit kind of hurts -- if he wanted to win a national title, UNC is clearly the best choice and I can't imagine GT being in that much better (if at all) of a position than MU is, and a player like Shumpert would've put MU in that pre-season talk heading into next season.

 

All I was saying is that there's no sure things with recruits, especially top 50 guys who are point guards. James had an amazing freshman year....but sucked last year. I honestly think it all came down to playing time.

Take a look at top 15 PG's in the past 5 years. 100% of them are in the NBA or getting ready to be drafted early (Collins, Lawson). Even a top 40 PG recruit like Jack took a similar career path to James.