Maybe his brain says PS4 but his heart says xbox one. Let day 3 of parsing a vague tweet from a 17 year old begin!
Maybe Tyus has told Oka that he's going to Duke no matter where he goes and his heart is telling him, go with Tyus. But his head says Kansas. With these young recruits, who knows what they're thinking. I have a hard time trying to figure out what my wife is thinking. GoDuke!
Maybe his brain says PS4 but his heart says xbox one. Let day 3 of parsing a vague tweet from a 17 year old begin!
Is there a schedule for Reid's announcement today?
Even if he is reportedly "leaning" everywhere but Duke, we are still in his final grouping, and he is a GREAT kid. Let's get excited!
Lloyd: "So you're telling me there's a chance?!?!!!"
Adam Zagoria tweeted this a couple hours ago: "Sounds like Minnesota or Stanford for Reid Travis, who announces today. But as one coach says, 'Never count out Duke.'"
Distilled, that means Zagoria is predicting either Minnesota, Stanford, or Duke. I wish I had his brain power.
Take it for what it's worth but Ryan James, a basketball writer in Minnesota sent this tweet out this morning:
@RyanJamesMN "No surprise at this point but Duke is 100 percent out for Reid Travis. They tried a final pitch but word from Durham, not the right pitch."
I'm not sure how Mr. James is connected with the Duke staff but he seems pretty confident Duke is out.
We'll see.
Edit: Chicago 1995 beat me to it.
So...at some point we're actually going to need to land some frontcourt players. Do we have any other offers out to big men beyond Okafor and Turner? If not, is there anyone out there that might be a good fit for us should we need to expand our net?
Let's hope for marked improvement from Marshall, Semi, and Alex, then. Especially because Semi and Alex would also need to be putting in substantial time at the wing, unless we land Winslow.
If Rodney and Jabari leave but Quinn, Sheed, and Amile all stay, then in a worst case scenario of no additional recruits we're looking at something like:
Starters
Quinn Cook
Matt Jones
Rasheed Sulaimon
Amile Jefferson
Marshall Plumlee
Bench
Grayson Allen
Semi Ojeleye
Alex Murphy
You really think we'd move on to 2015-16 in recruiting targets facing the prospect of having only eight scholarship players next year?
OMG! Does anyone know if K and staff realize they will need front court players a few years from now? They might not have realized it! Quick, who can alert the staff fastest?
If we don't get Travis and then don't get any of our remaining four targets, and we don't go after anyone at the last minute in the face of all that rejection, and if our two most hyped players go pro after one Duke year, then we're still left with 8 guys who are all worthy of being in an 8-man rotation that would be preseason top 10-15. Not bad, and very interesting to watch...