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BBall Recruiting Thread 2k18 - Hoard, Mucius, Lewis, and Wright sign NLIs!

JamesSokolove said:
Danny isnt headed up there 34 hours before the announcement. That flight is probably for the BSD team so they can scope things out and Danny will follow on Thursday afternoon
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No, it's Mit going to pave the way and make arrangements for Manning.
 
In my opinion, the recruitment strategy changes for recruit of Ayo's caliber....The focus is narrowed in on the individual and what the school/facilities, coaches and team can do to help vault them to the next step in their playing career over the next 7-24 months (this is ironically something that has victimized Wake quite a bit in the past). This is why Manning has been able to close ground on UI so quickly.

School/Facilities: - new $36.5M Sutton Sports Performance Center, new $9M Shah Basketball Complex, new $5.4M Sports Medicine & Hydrotherapy Center, a $4M tune up to the Joel, etc.

Coaching - Manning is unique in that he can relate to what Ayo hopes to achieve in college basketball from experience...Natty and the #1 pick #LifeGoals. As a coach, Manning coached 12 NBA draft picks at Kansas - including 8 1st rounders. At Wake, he's already transformed (a former 3 star recruit) John Collins into a 1st round draft pick, a 1st team All ACC player and the ACCs most improved.

Team - Wake is going to be loaded with elite talent next year with or without Ayo....That said, the Deacs would be absolutely nasty with Ayo - fit to go head to head with any team in the country. "Team" extends off the court as well. If he wants to learn what it's like to be a guard in the NBA - we currently have 3 guards (2 NBA all stars) in the league who would be happy to share their experiences with him.
 
Make sure you have all kinds of time before going over there. Their recruiting thread has been almost all Ayo lately, just like ours. It has roughly twice as many posts since noon yesterday as we do. It is the first time I've seen another college BB forum that is more verbose than our own.
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Why yes! We can be very verbose. Thank you.

But what else would we talk about other than AYO when our 2018 recruiting is already DONE, unlike a certain university that excels in the research of corn-based biomass and renewables!!

C'mon Ayo, be the final crown jewel in our 2018 recruiting crown and make it the #1 class in the nation!!
 
saltydeac said:
Surely with all those in the know on this board there is someone with access to see if any of our coaches might have a chartered flight out of Winston to Chicago for tomorrow or Thursday????? Surely someone would take the young man out to dinner afterward to celebrate!
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Sounds like a recruiting violation. Would rather enroll him in fake classes.
 
just curious but has a player ever announced for a different school from the one that had all CBs predicting it??? If not lets hope we see some CBs shifting over next 48 hours.
 
High quality thread the last day or two. These vibes are really ramping up.
 
Michael O'brien (Chicago Suntimes prep Writer) on Champaign Radio station with Ayo tid bits.

Going against Illinois: "Sources said Ayo was disinterested on visit to Illinois. Mind may have already been made up."

For Illinois: "Illini coaches may have helped set up announcement".

Noted the latter may hold more weight.
 
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O'Brien "I pretty much know for a fact they (Illini coaches) were involved in setting up the announcement."
 
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A guy on the internet said something. It must be true!
 
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