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Balyor has received commits from two people in the class of 2010 (!) this week.

G- 6'0" Jamison Sterns, Waxahachie H.S.
F- 6'8" Perry Jones, Woodrow Wilson H.S.



I'll be a Senior when these guys get on campus (I dont start Baylor until the fall!). Happy to have em' at BU though!

Do you really think those commitments will hold?

Where is Balyor?

PK wrote:Do you really think those commitments will hold?

Probably on the Sterns kid since his dad played for BU, but it is a very very long time to signing day for them. I was just saying that H.S. freshmen commiting is insane...

Baylor = Boring

so how do you really project kids who are 14?

obviously if the kid who can play legit D1 when he's 14 he's a no brainer but I've gotta guess at that age, a lot of it's simply a projection. you're probably looking at a kid who's tall, athletic, he's starting on varsity but might only be making 4 pts a game & pulling down 3 boards. that kid could turn into michael jordan or he could be the next alexander wright. of course it's an arms race between college programs. seems like it would make sense to bar commitments that early.

Nic Wise committed to U of Arizona as a freshman out of Hightower HS before transferring to Kingwood. By the time he was a senior he was still a fantastic player (and back to back state champ), but not someone Arizona would have used a scholarship on any longer. In contrast, SMU would have been falling all over ourselves for the kid. They honored the commit and he was a Wildcat this past season.

Of course a player can always back off his commit, so really it seems like a good insurance policy for a highschool athlete whereas not a great deal of upside for a school that plans to hold true on its' word.

Alaric wrote:so how do you really project kids who are 14?

obviously if the kid who can play legit D1 when he's 14 he's a no brainer but I've gotta guess at that age, a lot of it's simply a projection. you're probably looking at a kid who's tall, athletic, he's starting on varsity but might only be making 4 pts a game & pulling down 3 boards. that kid could turn into michael jordan or he could be the next alexander wright. of course it's an arms race between college programs. seems like it would make sense to bar commitments that early.

one of my friends from hs was offered a scholarship to play football at A&M when he was a freshmen... his senior year he was ranked the number 1 TE in America, and went to Texas... and i would assume football would be harder to judge then basketball

Would you like to re-evaluate this phrase?

"and i would assume football would be harder to judge then football"

Thought so.

How did it go on your final "brief" ?

quit stalking my posts... you need to remember that most of the time im running on only four hours of sleep, so excuse me if my spelling/thoughts/posts in general sound like a bunch of rambling...

and my "apellate brief" was a work of art, i just hope my professor agrees

expony18 wrote:quit stalking my posts... you need to remember that most of the time im running on only four hours of sleep, so excuse me if my spelling/thoughts/posts in general sound like a bunch of rambling...

and my "apellate brief" was a work of art, i just hope my professor agrees

Hey dude...I was just trying to be helpful. I'm able to do that because I get one more hour of sleep a night than you do...let's have a pity party.

haha thanks... im sending my papers to you next semester for editing

Great...then I'll only get four hours of sleep too.

MustangIcon wrote:Nic Wise committed to U of Arizona as a freshman out of Hightower HS before transferring to Kingwood. By the time he was a senior he was still a fantastic player (and back to back state champ), but not someone Arizona would have used a scholarship on any longer. In contrast, SMU would have been falling all over ourselves for the kid. They honored the commit and he was a Wildcat this past season.

Of course a player can always back off his commit, so really it seems like a good insurance policy for a highschool athlete whereas not a great deal of upside for a school that plans to hold true on its' word.

I'm pretty sure Kingwood never won back to back championships. The second one they lost to Plano HS, a team who had Joseph Fulce (Texas A&M) and state championship game mvp John Roberson (Texas Tech).

Joseph Fulce is no longer at A & M. I believe I heard he has
committed to New Orleans U.