Clemson just got Giles'd. I have a brother-in-law booster for Clemson who was 100% sure he was coming. Corey Evans from Rivals:
“Clemson will come up with the biggest recruiting win in recent memory on Jan. 20 by defeating the giants of college basketball and landing the commitment of the five-star forward,” Evans wrote. “He is a trailblazer on and off the court, and will add even more ammo to the jumpstart occurring at Clemson this winter.”
At one point he was 80% to Clemson, hometown kid, said he wanted to lead a program not be just another player, etc...
I told him Wake fans can relate...
Clemson just got Giles'd. I have a brother-in-law booster for Clemson who was 100% sure he was coming. Corey Evans from Rivals:
“Clemson will come up with the biggest recruiting win in recent memory on Jan. 20 by defeating the giants of college basketball and landing the commitment of the five-star forward,” Evans wrote. “He is a trailblazer on and off the court, and will add even more ammo to the jumpstart occurring at Clemson this winter.”
At one point he was 80% to Clemson, hometown kid, said he wanted to lead a program not be just another player, etc...
I told him Wake fans can relate...
This is what is happening. K and Duke are extremely tight with Nike, and these top players going to Duke end up with Nike contracts, even if they underperform in college. I don't know how explicit the deal is, but that's obviously what's happening. Jason Tatum and Harry Giles both got Nike contracts, and it's rumored that Giles's is much larger than would be expected given his lack of productivity in college and current NBA projections. http://hoopshype.com/2017/07/16/which-2017-nba-rookies-have-shoe-deals-with-nike-adidas-and-more/
Kinda lame that anytime a school cleans up on the recruiting trail that everyone assumes they're cheating
Could just be that dook has a superior recruiting pitch right now and once you start getting momentum it only gets easier. These are all kids that grew up with "super" NBA teams coming together through free agency, not surprising that they're motivated to do the same for their college years.
True. But what would it matter if it was known - UNC didn't get caught either.What upsets me is that duke is doing the same thing that UNC was as far as academic fraud etc but can’t get caught since they are a private school. The deal they have with Central is a joke.
Kinda lame that anytime a school cleans up on the recruiting trail that everyone assumes they're cheating
Could just be that dook has a superior recruiting pitch right now and once you start getting momentum it only gets easier. These are all kids that grew up with "super" NBA teams coming together through free agency, not surprising that they're motivated to do the same for their college years.
"There are no virgins in college basketball."
Bob Ryan
I hated that he said this shortly after Skip's death but he has been around since peach baskets were used so I give him a lot of credence.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but State students and Carolina students should also be eligible to transfer a certain number of credits from NC Central. They just don't need to because big public schools can find easy classes in which to hide underperforming or unprepared student-athletes. In my experience, professors, in general, are very skeptical and critical of college athletics.What upsets me is that duke is doing the same thing that UNC was as far as academic fraud etc but can’t get caught since they are a private school. The deal they have with Central is a joke.
Wake already refuses to accept loads of high school and transfer credits that other schools in NC will readily accept, so I doubt they'd go for a deal like that. Plus, it's not like we're full up with one-and-done players who just need to stay eligible for a single season.Wake Forest needs a deal with WSSU.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but State students and Carolina students should also be eligible to transfer a certain number of credits from NC Central. They just don't need to because big public schools can find easy classes in which to hide underperforming or unprepared student-athletes. In my experience, professors, in general, are very skeptical and critical of college athletics.
Yeah this whole thing reeks. He was assumed by most everyone to be headed to Clemson (or possibly unc) and then Duke comes out of basically nowhere at the last minute and snaps him up? Sorry, this doesn't add up. Feel bad for Brownell, he was the apparent "leader in the clubhouse" until K came in with a new set of clubs and scored a birdie after dark that nobody saw. It really is mostly Capel at this point doing the recruiting though and everybody knows he is shady
I would think that's probably correct IE transfer credits. Any school in the NC School System will accept any credit from another school in the system. Each school applies those credits differently though. I know others will disagree on this site but if a kid has credits from an actual school that they want to transfer over, the kid will get accepted by any school in the ACC if it's a legit 4 year school and not a juco. Hence why you never see a grad transfer get turned away from any program, even though they would never qualify for the schools grad program other wise.
EJ Montgomery picked up a crystal ball to Syracuse from Dain Ervin. He is a good predictor for CB's and it was put in on the 20th so I assume he has heard something that would put Cuse in the lead.
He is listed as warm to South Carolina and Duke.