Crystal Ball for Fox now 100 percent Kentucky
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All Crystal Ball Predictions
The Wildcats now represent all 20 predictions for the No. 3 overall prospect in the 2016 class according to the industry-average 247Sports Composite.
Over the last six months, Fox has solidified himself as the premier point guard in the 2016 class, a class that is extremely high on talent, and particularly deep at the one.
"I've been doing this 12 years and in general, this is an amazing recruiting class but as far as point guards go, it's exceptional," 247Sports Director of Scouting Jerry Meyer said.
Fox (6-4, 170), who is down to Louisville, LSU, Kansas and Kentucky, canceled his November visit to Arizona and will take his last official visit to Lexington for Big Blue Madness this weekend.
He is fresh off an official visit to Kansas for its midnight madness event Late Night in the Phog, after which, the lone holdout on Fox's Crystal Ball, Jayhawks insider Matt Scott, changed his prediction from Kansas to Kentucky.
All Crystal Ball Predictions
The Wildcats now represent all 20 predictions for the No. 3 overall prospect in the 2016 class according to the industry-average 247Sports Composite.
Over the last six months, Fox has solidified himself as the premier point guard in the 2016 class, a class that is extremely high on talent, and particularly deep at the one.
"I've been doing this 12 years and in general, this is an amazing recruiting class but as far as point guards go, it's exceptional," 247Sports Director of Scouting Jerry Meyer said.
Fox (6-4, 170), who is down to Louisville, LSU, Kansas and Kentucky, canceled his November visit to Arizona and will take his last official visit to Lexington for Big Blue Madness this weekend.
He is fresh off an official visit to Kansas for its midnight madness event Late Night in the Phog, after which, the lone holdout on Fox's Crystal Ball, Jayhawks insider Matt Scott, changed his prediction from Kansas to Kentucky.
I wouldn't say 100% since we've been in this situation before with dudes like newman, diallo, and even kennard.!m hoping he comes here. But it don't want to get overly excited we all know how the crystal ball always plays out and it's not always great
I don't think we were ever 100% for those guys you mentioned...maybe 90% for Newman at one time, were never that high for Diallo (although people here assumed the Slice hire would have sealed the deal).
This guy is a lock.
How could this be? I just read on here the other day that a jayhawk fan practically guaranteed KU's signing of Fox, Giles, Bolden, and Monk during their visit this past weekend?
clearly these guys didnt see the pics of fox smiling at ku's event the other night
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Me too and now that I think about it I hope I didn't just put a jinx on it!!!!
Speaking of Crystal Balls. KU used to lead for Ferguson, Fox, Bolden AND Schnider Herard. And in most cases had recruited those 4 WAY BEFORE the schools now favored by those recruits (or in the case of Ferguson where he chose in Alabama).
Now they lead for ZERO 2016 recruits. I think Mitch Lightfoot (who's barely Top 150) is the one closest & the picks right now are for Arizona @ 29%...KU tied for 2nd at 21%.
I still have an EXTREMELY hard time envisioning Herard stiffing KU for Mississippi State (who the Crystal Ball has leading now 43% - 29%)...honestly, I think that's downright asinine!!!
It would be analogous to a considering-Kentucky recruit thinking that maybe Texas Tech is the school for him.....ridiculous.
Now they lead for ZERO 2016 recruits. I think Mitch Lightfoot (who's barely Top 150) is the one closest & the picks right now are for Arizona @ 29%...KU tied for 2nd at 21%.
I still have an EXTREMELY hard time envisioning Herard stiffing KU for Mississippi State (who the Crystal Ball has leading now 43% - 29%)...honestly, I think that's downright asinine!!!
It would be analogous to a considering-Kentucky recruit thinking that maybe Texas Tech is the school for him.....ridiculous.
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ku leads for everyone early because their staff tells everyone in the world they lead for everyone.
How nice that the Crystal Ball is now telling us what we have known here for at least a month.
where did all the KU fans go? was looking forward to hear how "KU is in better shape than most know" and "something 'changed' last minute.
I think it's the world of basketball that has changed.
Kids used to be like, "Gee I wish I could win a Big 12 Title then flame out!!!"
But now some are starting to think about the NBA.
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They likely lost the Pump brothers a few years ago as well. I wonder if the UNC*** scandal has had an impact on them as well.
Three words: "Cliff Alexander backlash".....word on the street is that AAU coaches are now counseling their heralded prospects that Bill Self isn't the best at handling OAD prospects. When he took away Cliff Alexander's playing time last season which in conjunction with the NCAA suspension resulted in a consensus top 10 prospect going undrafted he took his own reputation for coaching OAD's out at the knee's. It may not be fair Perry Ellis, Landen Lucas, and Jamari Traylor may have deserved to play more than Alexander I wasn't at Kansas's practices last year but it's definitely killing his recruiting.
Same scrubs, different fanbases. Back when Cal was first here, it was UNC fans. Somewhere between the A.Davis Block and us stealing a title from them and Kendall Marshall... They vanished. Then Kansas clowns came around for a few years.. But about a year ago, when we absolutely embarrassed them in prime time, they realized they just didn't have the talent or coaching to run with Kentucky.. So they disappear. And now we have Duke fans... A few good classes and a title, and we have about a 700% spike in Duke fans begging for attention. I'll be glad when their run is over.. Kind of miss those cheating tarholes.
I hope this is really true. I have thought Fox to UK has been done for a long time. My question is just how accurate is this Crystal Ball Predictions been over the years?
I'm hesitant to call anyone a "lock". Kobi Simmons and Miles Bridges seemed like UK locks and Fox seemed like a long-shot just a couple of months ago. Now the script is completely reversed. Recruiting is a fickle subject and opinions and allegiances can change on a dime. I'm not going to get excited until he makes the commitment official.
I feel pretty confident in assuming Fox is our next commitment. A lot of things about the kid screams "UK" to me. Letting that fan sit in on the visit with Cal was really the big one to me.
I wondered how long it would take someone to mention this. Because you're right- it hardly seems coincidental that KU suddenly seems to be struggling with recruiting less than 6 months after Cliff Alexander went undrafted. And honestly, Kelly Oubre didn't really do much for his draft stock, although at least he didn't see it plummet down through the basement.
Self seems to consistently find reasons for playing less-talented veterans in front of his potential 1 and done players. There's eventually going to be some blowback on that, and that time seems to be now.
- It's safe to call Fox a lock.
- Self recruits very well in the spring. Always does. And there are always recruitments that open back up. I'm sure he'll pick up a solid class again. With that said, I'll never worry about Calipari losing a PG to him.
- Self recruits very well in the spring. Always does. And there are always recruitments that open back up. I'm sure he'll pick up a solid class again. With that said, I'll never worry about Calipari losing a PG to him.
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