Newest Kool Aid recruiting thread

CatsUpNorth · Post by **CatsUpNorth** » Tue May 02, 2017 11:24 am

JerseyLawyer wrote:An email from a friend in Atlanta who pays close attention to the local high school scene, regarding Duke recruiting a 3-star kid:

In a nutshell - Coach K has become disenchanted with the "one and done" recruiting philosophy that they tried to follow the past few years.

Moving forward they now want
to still recruit 5-star guys but also mix in "program" players that can
help maintain their culture.

They were very honest with Jordan from the beginning - he is not expected
to play his first year but is asked to reestablish a healthy locker room,
program culture, etc.

I think they expected Tyus Jones to be a multi-year player coming in, and have been burned by inconsistent point guard play since. I'm of the philosophy that experience in college bball is important but especially at the point guard position. As someone who does not root for Duke to succeed, it's definitely an interesting signing.

citycat · Post by **citycat** » Tue May 02, 2017 2:12 pm

Duke has done this before. Andre Buckner '03 was a career backup PG for the Blue Devils.

K would love to have 13 guys who think they're 1 and dones. He can't play that many players, but he can keep them away from opponents.

The problem with recruiting only one and dones is that no one is committing to be your 9th-13th player. You'll sit behind players 1-8 and then you'll be recruited over.

Every program has a cadre of players who stay 4 years. Amile Jefferson is another example, but he played regularly throughout his career.

RichmondCat · Post by **RichmondCat** » Tue May 02, 2017 3:37 pm

New offer to 2018 SF Bryce Golden. Richmond has been interested for a long time (and his brother, Grant, is a Spider).

https://twitter.com/VerbalCommits/statu ... 0971064321

CatsUpNorth · Post by **CatsUpNorth** » Tue May 02, 2017 3:43 pm

RichmondCat wrote:New offer to 2018 SF Bryce Golden. Richmond has been interested for a long time (and his brother, Grant, is a Spider).

https://twitter.com/VerbalCommits/statu ... 0971064321

Looks like he also has offers from Maryland and NC State, among other power 5 programs. Did we pursue/offer his brother?

Acorn · Post by **Acorn** » Tue May 02, 2017 9:58 pm

Two more offers out according to the Twitterverse:

- Mike Jones from Minnesota
- Andrew Taylor from Mayberry, er, Corbin, Kentucky

CatsUpNorth · Post by **CatsUpNorth** » Wed May 03, 2017 1:56 pm

Acorn wrote:Two more offers out according to the Twitterverse:

- Mike Jones from Minnesota
- Andrew Taylor from Mayberry, er, Corbin, Kentucky

Interesting! Not much out there on Mike Jones but an article from this season http://www.woodburybulletin.com/sports/ ... hael-jones and some sophomore year highlights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeWEskyq2gU

And Andrew Taylor highlights from this past season: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jes0slp9l4s

catnhat · Post by **catnhat** » Wed May 03, 2017 5:36 pm

Verbal Commits says Jones has offers from Drake and UNI.

They also say Taylor has 8 other offers- none from P5, Big East, or other A10 schools.

wildforthecats · Post by **wildforthecats** » Wed May 03, 2017 5:44 pm

catnhat wrote:Verbal Commits says Jones has offers from Drake and UNI.

They also say Taylor has 8 other offers- none from P5, Big East, or other A10 schools.

Andy Taylor would be the high sheriff in Davidson.

citycat · Post by **citycat** » Wed May 03, 2017 6:24 pm

He could have 2 holes cut in the Courthouse door, one for his mail as Sheriff, the other for his Justice of the Peace mail.

BaseRich306 · Post by **BaseRich306** » Wed May 03, 2017 8:59 pm

Michael Jacobson, Nebraska transfer, is visiting Davidson May 8th, per Jon Rothstein.

Post by **i77cat** » Wed May 03, 2017 9:23 pm

Enjoy your visit, Michael.

BDL · Post by **BDL** » Wed May 03, 2017 11:17 pm

i77cat wrote:Enjoy your visit, Michael.

HE'S VISTING ON FINALS WEEK!!!!!! NO!!!!!!!! Hopefully he sees through the zombie induced landscape.

CatsUpNorth · Post by **CatsUpNorth** » Thu May 04, 2017 12:32 am

BaseRich306 wrote:Michael Jacobson, Nebraska transfer, is visiting Davidson May 8th, per Jon Rothstein.

Also per Rothstein, he also plans on visiting Colorado, Clemson and Wichita St., but doesn't have dates set yet for those visits.

BDF · Post by **BDF** » Thu May 04, 2017 7:15 am

BaseRich306 wrote:Michael Jacobson, Nebraska transfer, is visiting Davidson May 8th, per Jon Rothstein.

http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml ... =210029743

6' 9" 239lbs. Started all 34 games as a sophomore. Academic All-Big Ten.

MrMac · Post by **MrMac** » Thu May 04, 2017 7:50 am

BDF wrote:
BaseRich306 wrote:Michael Jacobson, Nebraska transfer, is visiting Davidson May 8th, per Jon Rothstein.
http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml ... =210029743

6' 9" 239lbs. Started all 34 games as a sophomore. Academic All-Big Ten.

A worthy Cave successor....