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Just read the Rivals story Balise. I can't wait to see the big man occupying the paint this season. I have a gut feeling he's gonna be the real deal.

btw, I've always been more impressed with offers rather than star ratings. He may have the most impressive set of offers of any player to come to SMU, basketball or football, in quite a while - Cinci, Clemson, Marquette, Seton Hall, Temple, Vandy, Virginia Tech, West Virginia and St. Jo's.

That honor might belong to Stephon Sanders.

Air Force
Arkansas
Duke
Houston
Iowa St.
Kansas
New Mexico
North Texas
Rice
Utah
Vanderbilt
Virginia
Wake Forest
Wyoming

I love Sanders but I'd have to disagree. You have four top 25 programs offering Balise (Marquette, Cinci, West Virginia and Vandy). Of Sanders offers, Arkansas is the only consistent top 25 program.

These are good problems to have / discuss.

LA_Mustang wrote:btw, I've always been more impressed with offers rather than star ratings.

As you should.

SMU 86 wrote:That honor might belong to Stephon Sanders.

Air Force
Arkansas
Duke
Houston
Iowa St.
Kansas
New Mexico
North Texas
Rice
Utah
Vanderbilt
Virginia
Wake Forest
Wyoming

He should have had better offers though Arkansas was a legit offer (Petrino knew talent). Kids a big time player.

Virginia and Wake have good recruiters as well. Sanders has the most overall offers of any recruit since JJ has been here. I wish we had more players with an offer list like Sanders. When we start getting a bunch of players with offers list like that then we will be ready to be BCS winners.

Glad to see everyone putting so much emphasis on offers, but there may be problems with how solid a gauge offers are:

1) Not all offers are reported.

2) Offers are usually time bound and are often rescinded.

3) Many players make early decisions to play for a particular school -- but would have received a nice offer list had they opened things up

Best gauge for three stars and below? Probably. But far from imperfect.

ponyboy wrote:Glad to see everyone putting so much emphasis on offers, but there may be problems with how solid a gauge offers are:

1) Not all offers are reported.

2) Offers are usually time bound and are often rescinded.

3) Many players make early decisions to play for a particular school -- but would have received a nice offer list had they opened things up

Best gauge for three stars and below? Probably. But far from imperfect.

Not to mention hoops is a wholly different animal when it comes to offers. Number 1 priority of most staffs is keeping offers grey. They want kids to think they're wanted, and that they have an offer, but few can actually commit.

LA_Mustang wrote:btw, I've always been more impressed with offers rather than star ratings. He may have the most impressive set of offers of any player to come to SMU, basketball or football, in quite a while - Cinci, Clemson, Marquette, Seton Hall, Temple, Vandy, Virginia Tech, West Virginia and St. Jo's.

I believe the honor now goes to Jeremiah Gaines. That is if we can hold on to him.

Arizona St.
California
Iowa
Memphis
Mississippi
Mississippi St.
North Texas
Purdue
SMU
Syracuse
TCU
Texas St.
UTSA
Tulsa
UCF
Vanderbilt
Wake Forest
Washington St.

The most impressive offer list ever (of the "recruiting service era") was Davon Moreland. Damn shame he never got here. Guess he never will.

Arizona
Arizona St.
California
Oregon
Oregon St.
San Diego St.
Texas A&M
UCLA
USC
Washington

ojaipony wrote:The most impressive offer list ever (of the "recruiting service era") was Davon Moreland. Damn shame he never got here. Guess he never will.

Arizona
Arizona St.
California
Oregon
Oregon St.
San Diego St.
Texas A&M
UCLA
USC
Washington

With the SEC and BIg 10 schools I think GAines has a more impressive list IMO.

Rebel10 wrote:

ojaipony wrote:The most impressive offer list ever (of the "recruiting service era") was Davon Moreland. Damn shame he never got here. Guess he never will.

Arizona
Arizona St.
California
Oregon
Oregon St.
San Diego St.
Texas A&M
UCLA
USC
Washington

With the SEC and BIg 10 schools I think GAines has a more impressive list IMO.

USC and Oregon are NC caliber. That, and I have a west coast bias.

You guys aren't including Crandall Head and Markus Kennedy, possibly NIck Russell. Those are all top 100 kids w/many sizable offers