TarHeel_Bull

Wish we could have kept him but I'm glad he didn't wait until signing day. Now Coach Strong and his staff really have their work cut out for them especially of Burch and Davis leave. I really like Burch but Davis seems like an average player to me.

This is a list of players who are uncommitted and most likely not committing until signing day. I think they would be huge gets to the program making an impact their first or second year. Feel free to add any names I may have forgotten.

Marvin Wilson   DT
Latavious Brini   DB
Naytron Culpepper   DB
Demetris Harris   OL
Kevaughn Dingle   WR
Kane Taylor   DT
Donelle Thomas   DB
Jabreel Stephens   DE
AJ Davis   RB

28 minutes ago, USoFlo said:

What was the tweet?

We are listed in his top 6. Sorry, it seems the tweet isn't popping up.

https://twitter.com/tall_man26/status/823642665711452160

The 247 writers expect him to come here. This would be a huge get IMO, keeping local talent in the bay.

Well Coach Strong now has plenty of scholarships he can fill.

7 minutes ago, bullsbucsfan426 said:

He was scheduled to come in today, but some uncertainty given the weather affecting flights into TPA. Theoretically they could get around it by flying him into SRQ or maybe even PIE. 

Ok my bad. I thought I read the 25th-27th but I looked on Twitter and saw 22nd-24th

31 minutes ago, ForestBull said:

Did he make it on campus? 

I'm pretty sure he is visiting next weekend, since it is his final visit

One thing I've noticed about Bartows team on the court is that we are utilizing Guerrero and his height a lot better than under Antigua. Guerrero kinda just stood around in the post and didn't get any good looks and get rebounds, but Bartow has found a way to get him involved and it showed with him getting a double double today, and he been scoring a lot more recently

Down 35-30 at the half. We closed up a big lead on Tulsa to close the half, hopefully we can keep that momentum into the second half

According to what I've seen on Twitter he is visiting here next weekend, the 27th-29th. Everything on his page makes it seem like he is coming here, from USF in his profile pictures to tweets about us. Hopefully he can bring his teammate Billy Gibson with him.

Just now, Dogma said:

 

I was seconds from posting this... Looks like King and Strong hit the recruiting trail today visiting Darrien Grant and others. Anyone know who this guy is?

39 minutes ago, BullsFanInTX said:

Stop quoting scout.  Who cares what we are ranked on scout.  Use 24/7.  If not that, then at least ESPN or Rivals.  Right now we have 9 3 stars on 24/7 and the #5 AAC class.  That's not bad for losing a coach and is right there with the rest of our competition.  Give Coach Strong a chance to land some recruits and wait until the final results come in before judging class.  CWT was on target to have another top AAC class before bolting.

I agree with most of that but I don't think he was on target to have a top class. I don't remember many other big name recruits, either high 3 star or 4 star in the class of 2017 showing signs that they wanted to come here. There were some 2018 4 star recruits that loved him and probably would have came here had he stayed, but I don't remember anything that gave me hope about an amazing recruiting class for this year.

45 minutes ago, JTrue said:

Currently a .8439 composite ranking on 24/7.

7/11/16 (and all the way back to January of 2016) he was a .8637 composite. Looks like they dropped him when he was still a Miami commit and before he verballed to us at the end of July. Maybe word got out he was going to flip and 24/7 beat him to the punch.

If I remember correctly he was demoted the day before he committed here. I also thought he decommitted from Miami before committing here instead of flipping directly.

As of now the 247 crystal ball has 57% predicting he comes here. I don't personally put much trust behind these experts guessing where a guy is gonna go for college, but it at least shows that he has some legit interest here. He would be a huge get for us, and if we can also get Naytron Culpepper we could have 3 very good DB's in this class including Nick Roberts who was rated highly until he commited here.

6 minutes ago, CPR said:

Will he still have some growing up to do if he chooses us?

Yes

I'm confused as to why Arizona would want him right now. In reality he hadn't done anything. His first hire ended up not working out in Antigua, and while he has made some great hires on paper in Strong and the soccer coach, they haven't won anything yet. I don't think Harlan has proven anything to get that job, but I didn't think Willie had either and he got the Oregon job.