Target Jordan for Basketball Recruiting...

by **JasonB** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 10:51 am

From cnnsi:

Jeffrey Jordan, son of Michael Jordan, would love to be recruited by North Carolina. That's not likely to happen, partly because the Tar Heels have just one scholarship to offer for the Class of 2007 and partly because Jeffrey Jordan might not be an ACC-caliber player. Jordan's only scholarship offer is from Loyola of Chicago.
-- Charlotte Observer

Dude, we have the UNC connection. Just go out there and get him.

by **ClassOf81** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:00 am

Can you imagine the buzz that will follow that kid, no matter where he ends up?

by **BringBackThePonies03** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 4:37 pm

We should seriously be looking into that. Doherty is a smart man, if he has any strong connection with Michael I am sure he will offer and I am sure we will get serious consideration. Alright Doherty lets see your recruiting prowess go to work!

GO PONIES!!!

by **SMUltimedia** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 7:41 pm

Damn it! I signed on to ponyfans today ONLY to paste in that SI.com quote. Lets go get this kid. It'd be huge!

by **smu diamond m** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 10:31 am

Man, that would be awesome. I bet it's hard to play basketball when MJ is your dad.

by **Stallion** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 10:41 am

which is probably why we shouldn't offer him a scholarship.

by **PonyFan** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 10:49 am

Why not? Just because MJ has money? There are other athletes out there whose parents have money, but they still will accept a scholarship over a "pay your own way" arrangement in most cases. If he can play, offer him.

by **smu diamond m** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 10:55 am

PonyFan wrote:Why not? Just because MJ has money? There are other athletes out there whose parents have money, but they still will accept a scholarship over a "pay your own way" arrangement in most cases. If he can play, offer him.

Yea, if nothing else it would hopefully be a ton of press for us.

by **PonySoprano** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 11:33 am

If his only offer is Loyola Chicago, is this really the caliber of player that Coach D wants to help build the program? The si.com article states that he's not an ACC caliber player.

I think Coach D wants attention for the Program based on what we do on the court, not because we are some basketball carnival side show since we have MJ's kid on our team.

by **PonyPride** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 11:39 am

smu diamond m wrote:Yea, if nothing else it would hopefully be a ton of press for us.

That's, whether or not he can play, is certainly true.

by **NickSMU17** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 12:04 pm

So you know, Loyola was 19-11 last year and lost in its conference semifinal tourney to UW Mil. A perennial tourny team. I would say that SMU and Loyola are similar programs.

J Jordan can play and he is a mid major D1 player. He is not any better that that. He would be a starter at SMU by the end of his career.

by **PonySoprano** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 1:27 pm

NickSMU17 wrote:I would say that SMU and Loyola are similar programs.

I am sure when Coach D was interviewing with Orsini one of his main selling points to Orsini was "I'll make sure SMU basketball is similar to Loyola-Chicago."

And are you telling me the Horizon League is a mid-major conference? No way. They put one team a year in the tournament because they have an automatic spot. Maybe once every four years they get two teams in.

Target Jordan for Basketball Recruiting...

Target Jordan for Basketball Recruiting...

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