Did Zion arrive on campus tonight ?
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Official visits are 48 hours. He got there in time to see Wall get inducted into the HOF and talk to him or Cal is a moron, go the football game tomorrow night, and he would leave Sunday around 4-5pm after meeting with Cal in his office like he does every official visitor.
Official weekend visits usually run from early afternoon Friday til early afternoon Sunday.
Official weekend visits usually run from early afternoon Friday til early afternoon Sunday.
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I like the timing with the football game.
We lose: nothing to see here. Everyone already knows we suck.
We win: so much energy on campus, Zion could commit on the spot.
We lose: nothing to see here. Everyone already knows we suck.
We win: so much energy on campus, Zion could commit on the spot.
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Except he saw us beat South Carolina last week so he knows we have a good football team.
Like you said, Angus . . . I sure hope Zion was in attendance for John Wall's HOF induction, etc., etc. (And thanks for the info. I didn't know the 48-hour limit.)
Now that Quickley has publicly committed, I'm really excited about the possibility of getting a public commitment from Zion sooner rather than later !
Go 'Cats !
Now that Quickley has publicly committed, I'm really excited about the possibility of getting a public commitment from Zion sooner rather than later !
Go 'Cats !
It was reported that John Wall picked Zion up at the airport.
Tonight when Zion sees the sea of blue and hears the crowd going crazy in a packed house, I hope someone says to him amidst the crazies and the noise, "You know this is a 'basketball school,' right?"
Too many of you all think that a big football win will be the deciding factor in a basketball recruits decision. Win or lose, enjoy or not enjoy the game, more times than not, the recruit is here for Cal and can he get me to the NBA.
Yup recruits don't care about the football game or the outcome of a game. They're their to chat with the players and check out the girls.
For those of you keeping score, the football environment at UK probably is a bit inferior to the one at Clemson.
The bigger issue will be how the fans interact with Zion. If he’s a people-person and loves the spotlight, that will play a bigger factor than any type of atmosphere Kentucky football creates.
Comes down to a few questions:
The bigger issue will be how the fans interact with Zion. If he’s a people-person and loves the spotlight, that will play a bigger factor than any type of atmosphere Kentucky football creates.
Comes down to a few questions:
- Does Zion want the spotlight?
- Does he want to work his ass off under a coach who will demand his best?
- Does he want to be part of a real fraternal basketball order in the NBA?
- Does he care about winning on the college level?
If those answers are “yes”, we’ve got him.
So the mystery deepens. Who did John Wall pick up at the airport last night? Was it the PG from South America we've been waiting on? Was it Mitchell Robinson? Maybe it really was Zion, but he doesn't want anyone to know he was here. Perhaps it was just a recruiting rumor started by Self and the Kansas crew??? Someone get to work on this and solve the mystery before Duke claims to have Zion wrapped along with Barrett.
UPDATE: We have confirmation that it was not John Wall after all. It was Andre McGee just picking up another fare at the airport.
Very sad to hear. Prayers to his family for sure.
That said, did he get even more muscular lately? Why does he look 28 in this photo? Insane build for a 17 year old.
Dangit. This was a huge weekend with a ton of hype and would have been perfect timing for him to come.
I guess a death in the family is an understandable reason though.
I guess a death in the family is an understandable reason though.
You can tell the pessimistic morons cause they will say this means he ain't coming to UK . If you have a family issue you reschedule , period.
Not sure whether it's the energy on campus or what I'm saying that you all are missing.
No, a basketball recruit is not going to have any ongoing vested interest in how the Kentucky football program is going. Though we are thankfully trending up, we do generally suck and anyone who is seriously interested in us already knows that and accepts it. Basketball recruits aren't generally interested in letting football program strength decide their school picks anyway. That's all common knowledge and it ought to be pretty clear I was banking on that in my post, not arguing against it.
But none of that changes the fact that if we beat Florida, the atmosphere on campus and especially in Commonwealth or "Kroger Field" will be absolutely incredibly electric. If Zion exeperiences all that, starting with 50-yard line seats surrounded by Kentucky athletes and then continuing through the night and into Sunday seeing all the girls' reactions, all that energy will effect him. He's a highly competitive seventeen-year-old ultra athlete and it would be the higher profile and the second consecutive SEC win for a program that has a passionate fanbase and hasn't /generally/ gotten wins like that to celebrate in 50 years. Occasionally, but not nearly enough to make it feel like less than a miracle, and pretty much never near the beginning of an unblemished season.
It would affect him. To say it wouldn't is to greatly misunderstand human nature. It's not going to be "the" deciding factor. No one ever said that was on the table. But it absolutely could take a kid who loves what he sees already and is suddenly thinking really seriously about maybe committing here in six months anyway, and make him get caught up in the moment and committ on the spot. Or maybe it could just make him feel for 30 seconds that he's found his home in a way he's not gonna feel on another visit and that could be the thing that makes Capel's advances in a few weeks sound manipulative instead of intriguing.
But on the other hand it won't hurt anything if we lose, coz we suck, so we're playing with house money. That's all I was saying.
If you're saying he won't guaranteed pull the trigger on spot if we win, well, no crap, Sherlock. Amazing detective work there. But if you're saying it's not likely to affect him at all if we win, or that there's no realistic chance it could push him to commit even on the spot, you just don't know either campus or 17 year-old kids or both.
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Its too bad but obviously doesn't mean much if anything for us. It sucks Zion has a family issue for sure but beyond that whatever.
Family first.
I understand this completely.
Prayers for the family.
I understand this completely.
Prayers for the family.
Sez the guy with the 200+word quote of himself for a signature.
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