Jack Breslin Forum

If Calipari swoops in at the last minute and gets Harris to commit to Kentucky I'm afraid Izzo's head might explode

I'm afraid that if the 1 and done rule does not get changed one way or the other, Cal will be able to sell the NBA pitch to every recruit for the rest of his coaching career. I hate everything he stands for and there is no doubt in my mind that MSU is the greatest school in the world but what high school star doesn't dream of playing in the league? Not that he'll beat out Izzo for Harris...but he'll be in the background lurking for almost every 5* that we recruit.

At Kentucky you have the potential to make HISTORY!!

You could be on the team that is the head coaches THIRD vacated Final Four.

And what is the top NBA "farm club?" I think coaches whose main selling point is that their programs' main focus is getting players ready for the NBA as fast as possible instead of the traditional goals like winning championships have a distinct advantage with most top prospects. Rick Barnes has openly stated such about his own program and look how well he has done attracting top recruits to a program that does not have a championship tradtion and plays a distant second fiddle to the football program.

I think part of the allure is instant playing time as well. They see a guy like John Wall being replaced by Brandon Knight and Brandon Knight being replaced by Marquis Teauge. Then you have Doron Lamb who if he leaves is going to be replaced by Archie Goodwin. If someone like Brandon Knight would of came of MSU, he would of been playing off of the ball. They also play in the Dribble Drive motion offense. You put that together with $$$, most of the top kids are going to want to go their.

Oh come on, that's baloney. They certainly are still interested in the former, and the latter is a means to an end. If they are getting 4-5 of the top 10 players on a yearly basis, it's only a matter of time before they win it all. I don't like the way they're doing it, but don't say they aren't trying to win championships.

Bologna*

"Indiana's self-report said assistant coach Tim Buckley recognized the calendar error later that day"

I don't think we're going to hear much except the generic recruit-speak. If there was any serious tells or leaks, they're not public yet or widespread. The Harris camp has been pretty tight on that. Sure, you can go over to Indiana boards and read threads about when Harris was or was not smiling but I don't think that tells you much.

I've basically consigned this to a three week waiting game.

From the start of Gary's recruitment, MSU and IU have always been there. And while it does seem that Gary is giving Kentucky a serious look, the time the other schools have put in to this recruitment shouldn't go overlooked. Harris can get what he is looking for in any school that is on his list, and when you couple that with as tight lipped as the Harris's have been, it makes trying to factor who leads all the more difficult.

At the end of the day, MSU getting the final visit could be the deciding factor in convincing him to don Green&White.

IU is a longshot at this point. He's either going to UK or he's going to Purdue/MSU. Depends what he decides hes looking for. This weekend is obviously big with his Kentucky visit.

Wait until he sees our basketball locker rooms