According to KSR and X, he is no longer considering UK which is sudden since he has always said UK was his dream school. He is down to Arizona State, Baylor, and SoCal. I hope that means good news for Wilson after his official visit this past weekend.
Tounde Yessoufou
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The ultimate recruiting curse.
I look at this as a positive, makes me think the Staff feels good about Wilson. Or he saw the writing on the wall
It is all about the $$$$$ these days.
I’ve been of the opinion that wing recruits would be turned off after the Jasper signing as I expect him to be more of a SG(and a very highly paid one).
On paper there are already 3 conceivable starters for the 2 wing spots. Sophomore(former top 40 recruit) 21 plus year old Chandler and senior former top 75 recruit Otega to go along with Jasper.
I expect Tounde to be a very high dollar player as well. Very cool prospect though. I would think he’s planning to slide into VJ’s spot at Baylor next year.
On paper there are already 3 conceivable starters for the 2 wing spots. Sophomore(former top 40 recruit) 21 plus year old Chandler and senior former top 75 recruit Otega to go along with Jasper.
I expect Tounde to be a very high dollar player as well. Very cool prospect though. I would think he’s planning to slide into VJ’s spot at Baylor next year.
I knew that was the way with Cal (except with maybe Maxey) but was hoping the fortunes had changed under Pope.
Another “UK is my dream school” recruits that @Son_Of_Saul can add to the list.
I much prefer when one or both parties call it for whatever reason, and everyone can move forward. Would rather know we are out of the running, than stick around in a distant 4th place just hoping for good news.
I much prefer when one or both parties call it for whatever reason, and everyone can move forward. Would rather know we are out of the running, than stick around in a distant 4th place just hoping for good news.
I think it could be that or he just expected to be the primary wing player. Either way, I am disappointed, but not completely surprised. We are not likely to get everyone we want unfortunately. Let’s hope we can still land either Cenac(seems to be trending Houston), Wilson or Bundalo and/or Ament.
Too bad. I really liked his game.
We will hopefully have Oweh back at the 3, so we are covered there.
We need a true 4 and while Yessoufou could have filled that role, he was a little on the small side, so I think Wilson or Cenac are better candidates for that job.
We will hopefully have Oweh back at the 3, so we are covered there.
We need a true 4 and while Yessoufou could have filled that role, he was a little on the small side, so I think Wilson or Cenac are better candidates for that job.
Starting to see some positive news on Lewis and Wilson now. Not sure if it can be posted here.
"dream school" my ass. Probably doesn't know what either word means.
I’m kinda done with 6 5 4s.
Let’s get back to the 6 9 pf like T Jones mold
Let’s get back to the 6 9 pf like T Jones mold
unfortunately so, college sports is now truly just a developmental league for the NBA
T Jones was built like a truck
not many of those available
The best strategies can backfire. I believe we were suppose to be one of his first visits, but he or pope moved it to later. I can understand pope thinking the visit was a sure thing because of the way the kid talked about UK. I really love his game, too bad.
Yessoufou was a confusing recruit for me in trying to determine how desirable he would be for UK. As a freshman, Yessoufou had the look of a player that might add the most to a team as a PF. At least I don't think his 3pt. shooting is consistent enough yet to help spread the floor much, if you think that's important for a SF. But then he is short for a PF at 6'5" - basically he looks to have a similar build to Oweh, although Yossoufou may be a little bigger. On the other hand, the reports talk about a great motor. The recruiting service ON3 flat out states that they are ranking him as high as they do based strictly on what he might become in the NBA, not what he might do for a college team next season (in fact, that is the basis for how ON3 ranks every high school player). So, I tend to think the value of Yessoufou for UK would be tied to how likely he would have been to come back for a 2nd season - and I haven't read anything about that.
I like his game but if we nab Wilson I mean I can’t be mad at that, now if Lewis comes too wow.
I read somewhere that Moreno Wilson Lewis and Ament all wanted to play together. Package deals almost never happen but that would be a crazy haul.
I wouldn’t be hard on him, all indications are we got a much bigger fish.
I’ve heard everything changed the day he visited Baylor .
Doesn’t surprise me, they have crushed lately with guys at his position.
I'm just salty after all the "hats on the table" Cal encouraged over the years, and how it became the en vogue thing to say that UK was his dream school. I mean, my parents taught me to be mean what I say, the character of some of these kids bothers me.
His NIL wotth went up. Baylor has lots of cash. Money changes minds
Once a recruit says Dream School, I cross them off the list
again more NIL bs..........I'd bet most of these kids aren't even going to the actual school that they would prefer, but are being "guided" where their families and agents are making the most $. Lexington in no way, shape of form can compete with these large universities
in Texas or those like Arkansas that have large, profitable corporations head quartered there.
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I really liked Yessofour's game. He was a undersized PF at 6-5 215. Has the best motor in the class imo. I just hope this means were getting 6-9 Wilson and Lewis now. We really need a difference making PF next year. I think we will have great depth at every position if we can get a high ranked PF for next year.
PG- Perry SO/Lewis FR(i think we get him)/Transfer
SG- Oweh SR/Johnson FR/Transfer
W- Chandler SO/Noah SO/Transfer
F- Wilson FR(i think we get him)/Transfer
C- Garrison JR/Moreno FR
5 returnes, 4 transfers, 4 frosh, 2 walk ons for a good mix.
PG- Perry SO/Lewis FR(i think we get him)/Transfer
SG- Oweh SR/Johnson FR/Transfer
W- Chandler SO/Noah SO/Transfer
F- Wilson FR(i think we get him)/Transfer
C- Garrison JR/Moreno FR
5 returnes, 4 transfers, 4 frosh, 2 walk ons for a good mix.
I would be careful assuming it is NIL. Unless he tells someone flat out, we are all guessing!
I don’t think we will get that many transfers.
I’m thinking we get a veteran PG and PF from the portal and then a couple more Freshmen (3/4-star project types) since this is a deep recruiting class.
I’m thinking something like this:
PG Portal/Lewis
SG Johnson/Perry/Freshman
SF Oweh/Chandler/Noah
PF Wilson/Portal/Freshman
C Garrison/Moreno
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