High School March Madness Throwdown

[phins]

There's no telling where he might end up, but I'd say lots of things are at play right now. I certainly wouldn't say that he would probably go to Memphis. I'd think the only pull Memphis has is that it's two hours away. The Bears have a slight chance because of Michael. The whole family could pile in to go watch. But I expect something smaller actually.

I'd be unbelievably shocked if he went to SEMO my friend. There is no upside to it other than the father legacy (or uncle, I can't remember). He can go to Memphis or MO State and still be around family (his cousin, whom he is close with plays at MO State already, and would be just a sophomore).

I just can't see a kid like this staying at SEMO, but I've been shocked by 18 year old kids before.

And by the same token, if he's good enough for Memphis I'd be SHOCKED, SHOCKED if he went to Mo State.

Yeah, that is probably true, but Memphis is different to me than a Kansas. They are no longer coached by Cal, play in a worse conference, so it's not like he would be experiencing the border war type games, and Memphis lost in the second round of the NIT this year. They don't play on television too much, and MSU can match their arena, and give a better education. Is Pastner going to be the guy for that job? They have a monster recruiting class coming in next year, and Memphis is not exactly the same as Kentucky/Kansas in my view. With Joe Jackson and a couple of other recruits, they might be back up there competing for championships again though.

It wouldn't surprise me, and once he took an official visit there I figured it was over for MSU, but I'm not putting Memphis on this extremely higher scale than a lot of other programs anymore. Sort of like UNLV in the mid-90's.

[BW23]

There's no telling where he might end up, but I'd say lots of things are at play right now. I certainly wouldn't say that he would probably go to Memphis. I'd think the only pull Memphis has is that it's two hours away. The Bears have a slight chance because of Michael. The whole family could pile in to go watch. But I expect something smaller actually.

I'd be unbelievably shocked if he went to SEMO my friend. There is no upside to it other than the father legacy (or uncle, I can't remember). He can go to Memphis or MO State and still be around family (his cousin, whom he is close with plays at MO State already, and would be just a sophomore).

I just can't see a kid like this staying at SEMO, but I've been shocked by 18 year old kids before.

I'd be shocked, too. But I have it on good word that SEMO is at the top right now. Within a couple of years, SEMO will be at least competitive in the OVC. Murray showed well so far. SEMO is going hard after local kids, and they can build a competitive one with it. If the coaching situation had been resolved sooner, his cousin would be playing there right now rather than MSU.

[phins]

There's no telling where he might end up, but I'd say lots of things are at play right now. I certainly wouldn't say that he would probably go to Memphis. I'd think the only pull Memphis has is that it's two hours away. The Bears have a slight chance because of Michael. The whole family could pile in to go watch. But I expect something smaller actually.

I'd be unbelievably shocked if he went to SEMO my friend. There is no upside to it other than the father legacy (or uncle, I can't remember). He can go to Memphis or MO State and still be around family (his cousin, whom he is close with plays at MO State already, and would be just a sophomore).

I just can't see a kid like this staying at SEMO, but I've been shocked by 18 year old kids before.

I'd be shocked, too. But I have it on good word that SEMO is at the top right now. Within a couple of years, SEMO will be at least competitive in the OVC. Murray showed well so far. SEMO is going hard after local kids, and they can build a competitive one with it. If the coaching situation had been resolved sooner, his cousin would be playing there right now rather than MSU.

I'm sure you know more about the situation than I do, so I'll definitely defer to you on this one.

[BW23]

But you also know how much and how quickly things can change. Especially with kids that age.

If he went to SEMO, along with some of the others that are possibly going to be going there, I might actually attend some games for the first time in 15 years.

[Leroy]

My team lost in the finals by three.
But they had a heck of a run.
Runner up in football last year. Champs this year.
Seventh in basketball last year. Runner up this year.
I was thinking they wouldn't be too bad next year, but a kid averaging 18 a game is considering transferring I hear. And while the coach says he is staying, he has been team shopping for a few years now.

[stlouie_lipp]

Jereme Richmond is going to be tough to cheer for next year at Illinois. He acted like a little [expletive] all weekend. Although, seeing how Webber and his entire team are [expletive] about calls instead of playing hard tonight tells me he'll fit right in.

[BW23]

phin...came across this article about Porter Jr on the yahoo homepage this morning I thought you might enjoy seeing. It's a quick read.

Good pic of just how scrawny the kid is, too.

[phins]

phin...came across this article about Porter Jr on the yahoo homepage this morning I thought you might enjoy seeing. It's a quick read.

Good pic of just how scrawny the kid is, too.

Thanks BW...