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Post by eastcoastteddy58 on Apr 16, 2017 18:52:34 GMT -5
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Post by goyahoya69 on Apr 17, 2017 10:01:24 GMT -5
Those Jordan highlights .. wow. This kid is going to be a studdd no matter where he goes. Hope he chooses gtown again. Would've been incredible to see him and peak on the same team.
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Post by thedragon on Apr 17, 2017 11:49:56 GMT -5
I would LOVE to be wrong - but a lot of people who should be "in the know" believe he is a lock to Western Kentucky.
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Post by swhoya on Apr 17, 2017 11:59:17 GMT -5
I would LOVE to be wrong - but a lot of people who should be "in the know" believe he is a lock to Western Kentucky. He has to decide what is best for him, and I try not to be elitist/snobbish about where someone chooses to go but... This would make no sense.
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Post by thedragon on Apr 17, 2017 12:10:50 GMT -5
I would LOVE to be wrong - but a lot of people who should be "in the know" believe he is a lock to Western Kentucky. He has to decide what is best for him, and I try not to be elitist/snobbish about where someone chooses to go but... This would make no sense. It makes sense short term - but not long term. This season he gets to play with Mitchell Robinson who has lottery pick written all over him. NBA scouts will be circling WKU games and there will be national hype about the trio of Robinson, Hollingsworth and Waters (if he commits). If Waters was a one and done type then it would make a ton of sense. But after this season, Waters would be taking a huge risk. Assuming Robinson leaves and Hollingsworth isnt an NBA talent - which I dont believe he is - Waters would be banking on another recruiting coup by Stansbury and Williams, this time without the help of having a 5 star big who happens to be the god son of an assistant coach on the team. Waters would be on a team for 3 years that likely would get very little national tv exposure, and there would be questions about competition levels if and when he tries to make the next leap as an undersized PG. With all the importance him and his father have touted on both academics and long term stability in a program for Tremont, I do not see how WKU checks any of those boxes.
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Post by SDHoya on Apr 17, 2017 12:23:10 GMT -5
Plus--he'd be playing most of his games against fairly low level competition. If he goes to WKU I read it as a belief that he is a one and done.
Regardless of whether this information is true or not, I at this point see it very unlikely he is coming here.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Apr 17, 2017 12:25:14 GMT -5
If this happens, play nice and stay in touch. Kid will transfer in a year or two. Once the shine of playing FIU, North TExas and UTEP wears off... What a train wreck that would be for this kid. When was the last time a direction school rose up and made a lasting impact?
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Post by lucky on Apr 17, 2017 12:27:59 GMT -5
If this happens, play nice and stay in touch. Kid will transfer in a year or two. Once the shine of playing FIU, North TExas and UTEP wears off... What a train wreck that would be for this kid. When was the last time a direction school rose up and made a lasting impact? North Carolina? LOL
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Post by DallasHoya on Apr 17, 2017 12:41:56 GMT -5
If this happens, play nice and stay in touch. Kid will transfer in a year or two. Once the shine of playing FIU, North TExas and UTEP wears off... What a train wreck that would be for this kid. When was the last time a direction school rose up and made a lasting impact? "Whichever school I go to has to be good academically," Waters said.Or not.
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Post by SSHoya on Apr 17, 2017 12:46:17 GMT -5
I would LOVE to be wrong - but a lot of people who should be "in the know" believe he is a lock to Western Kentucky. He has to decide what is best for him, and I try not to be elitist/snobbish about where someone chooses to go but... This would make no sense. Bowling Green v. Washington, D.C.? At least BG has the Corvette Museum. Remember the sinkhole!
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Post by TC on Apr 17, 2017 12:52:51 GMT -5
Ed Waters keeps talking in these articles about how choosing your college is not a 4 year decision, but a 40 year decision. I can't see him choosing Western Kentucky to play with Mitchell Robinson. That's a 1 year decision.
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Post by hoyazeke on Apr 17, 2017 14:21:39 GMT -5
Ed Waters keeps talking in these articles about how choosing your college is not a 4 year decision, but a 40 year decision. I can't see him choosing Western Kentucky to play with Mitchell Robinson. That's a 1 year decision. He still gets the exposure going to Gtown because every school in the league outside of DePaul has a player that NBA scout would want to see. When was the last time a freshman lead team lived up to the hype not named Kentucky? I can't believe for a second that his father lets him make that decision. UCONN would make more sense.....
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Post by s4hoyas on Apr 17, 2017 14:54:40 GMT -5
Exactly...Georgetown offers an opportunity to play for a top academic school, a Hall of Fame coach who has played with an/or mentored top point guards, in a top 3-4 basketball Conference, in an easily accessible geographic location for Mr. Waters/family to attend games (many of which alternatively will be on television)and a rich basketball tradition and family atmosphere of returning players, none of which Western Kentucky offers...
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Post by beenaround on Apr 17, 2017 15:23:20 GMT -5
Exactly...Georgetown offers an opportunity to play for a top academic school, a Hall of Fame coach who has played with an/or mentored top point guards, in a top 3-4 basketball Conference, in an easily accessible geographic location for Mr. Waters/family to attend games (many of which alternatively will be on television)and a rich basketball tradition and family atmosphere of returning players, none of which Western Kentucky offers... All of us on this board are sold! The problem is Tremont might rather play with Mitchell Robinson for a year at WKU and then go to the league..even if the reality is, at his height, he might be nowhere ready for the league. Do not know him, but so many recruits talk about the importance of "academics" while making decisons that have nothing to do with "academics." Think we should all be prepared for the bad news.
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Post by jld54 on Apr 17, 2017 15:41:12 GMT -5
WKU was 15-17 last year in a one-bid conference. Its #2 - 5 scorers were seniors. So a new recruit will not be joining a winning team. The top 10 big is a most likely a one and done, so he is not the foundation of a winning team for the next 2-3 years. And Stansbury, who was canned by Miss St., vs. a top 50 NBA Hall of Famer with 15 years of NBA coaching experience?
WKU would seem an odd choice for a top 40 player unless he feels he is a one and done. It may be considered the latest hot one and one destination, but I really do not see much more than that.
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Post by s4hoyas on Apr 17, 2017 15:53:52 GMT -5
I don't see Tremont as one of those kids who just pays lip service to "academics"...he is supposedly a top student, transfered to Notre Dame Prep to emphasize his focus on academics..and his Dad has repeatedly echoed those sentiments...in his original commitment he said that academics were just as important as the basketball side...I'll take them at their word...to me, given his recruiting landscape, Georgetown is clearly his best choice...am I biased, absolutely, but even if I were "objective," that's the way I would see it...so I'm still going to prepare myself for "the good news," and if I'm wrong, I'll just roll on to the next one...
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Apr 17, 2017 20:57:54 GMT -5
I don't see Tremont as one of those kids who just pays lip service to "academics"...he is supposedly a top student, transfered to Notre Dame Prep to emphasize his focus on academics..and his Dad has repeatedly echoed those sentiments...in his original commitment he said that academics were just as important as the basketball side...I'll take them at their word...to me, given his recruiting landscape, Georgetown is clearly his best choice...am I biased, absolutely, but even if I were "objective," that's the way I would see it...so I'm still going to prepare myself for "the good news," and if I'm wrong, I'll just roll on to the next one... It makes you wonder if there's a tug of war going on between Waters and his father. Based on things that have been posted here, it sounds like Waters' father has been a fan of Georgetown. Waters, since decommitting, hasn't seemed overly enthusiastic about us (but I wouldn't say he's been overly enthusiastic about anybody else, either). He sees his friend at WKU, and suddenly there's interest. As ridiculous as it sounds, it's the type of decision a 17/18 year old is more than capable of making, even if it doesn't seem to make any sense to any of us. My guess is that if Waters' father is as influential as people say, there's no way he will got to WKU. That doesn't mean he will come here, obviously.
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Post by sleepy on Apr 17, 2017 21:45:47 GMT -5
I would LOVE to be wrong - but a lot of people who should be "in the know" believe he is a lock to Western Kentucky. Didn't everyone "in the know" have him going to Indiana last time around? This is why I hate recruiting. Personally, I'm not the biggest Waters fan and don't think he'll be worth much unless he really wants to be here. We'll see what he decides but for this reason, if he chooses WKU, we are better off without him.
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Post by tashoya on Apr 17, 2017 22:12:25 GMT -5
Wrong Hilltoppers, young man.
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Post by lichoya68 on Apr 18, 2017 9:46:13 GMT -5
now down to uconn duke and GEORGETOWN yup those three still possibly the hoyas NEEDS TO HAVE A COACH HE CAN LOOK UP TO WAY UP BIG PAT if he comes need to thank jT3 and Big Pat go hoysa
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