Verbal Commitments - Summer 2007

[Cooley]

July 10, 2007

The Great American Shootout in Denton has completed and now that the July evaluation period is officially underway, many from the Class of 2008 - and beyond - will start receiving and accepting scholarship offers from the schools of their choice. Here are the current known ...

CLASS OF 2008

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6-2 Troy Alexander - Dallas Highland Park to Santa Clara

6-5 Chris Babb - Arlington Oakridge to New Mexico

6-4 Nate Garth - Dallas Woodrow Wilson to Minnesota

6-4 Jeremy Green - Austin Bowie to Stanford

6-0 Chris Hines - Klein Forest to Utah

6-9 Jordan Kinnear - Canyon Randall to Texas - Arlington

6-7 Nate Miles - San Antonio Cornerstone/Notre Dame (MA) to Connecticut

5-10 Drae Murray - Huntsville to Sam Houston State

5-11 Tre Nichols - Killeen to Texas State

6-8 Dragoslav Papic - Odessa JC to Virginia Commonwealth

6-8 Corbin Ray - Katy Taylor to Texas Tech

6-9 Isaiah Rusher - Houston Kashmere/Patterson (NC) School to New Mexico

6-1 Jay Smith - Trinity Valley CC to Eastern Illinois

6-1 Brandon Williams - Aldine to Louisiana - Monroe

CLASS OF 2009

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5-10 Tommy Mason-Griffin - Houston Madison to LSU

6-0 GJ Vilarino - McKinney to Kentucky

CLASS of 2010

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6-8 Perry Jones - Dallas Woodrow Wilson to Baylor

5-11 Jamison Sterns - Waxahachie to Baylor

[UNTLifer]

How in the world do we host a tournament of this stature and not sign any of these kids?

[Censored by Laurie]

How in the world do we host a tournament of this stature and not sign any of these kids?

You do realize that other basketball programs need players as well, right? 4 of these guys signed with big, out-of state programs (Utah, Minnesota, Stanford and UCONN)...and if they go there and average 4.3ppg we'll be talking about them again in 2 years when they decide to transfer. Monroe is our only recruiting rival...and they nabbed a 6'1" guard...a dime a dozen. We should be recuriting against Tech...but we look for different style players...especially up front. Losing a player to Sam Houston, UTA or Texas St. doesn't really concern me.

[UNTLifer]

You do realize that other basketball programs need players as well, right? 4 of these guys signed with big, out-of state programs (Utah, Minnesota, Stanford and UCONN)...and if they go there and average 4.3ppg we'll be talking about them again in 2 years when they decide to transfer. Monroe is our only recruiting rival...and they nabbed a 6'1" guard...a dime a dozen. We should be recuriting against Tech...but we look for different style players...especially up front. Losing a player to Sam Houston, UTA or Texas St. doesn't really concern me.

I understand, but this is a golden opportunity to showcase the campus and our facilities to kids from all over the country.

[Censored by Laurie]

I understand, but this is a golden opportunity to showcase the campus and our facilities to kids from all over the country.

Agreed...just felt you may've been jumping the gun a bit. How did Bonner McDermott of HP look in the Great American Shootout?

[UNTLifer]

Agreed...just felt you may've been jumping the gun a bit. How did Bonner McDermott of HP look in the Great American Shootout?

Have no clue about McDermott. I live in Houston