PLEASE COME RICARDO!!!!! and grab Mr Obekpa with you.. I believe with Coach Lavin fulltime in the fold that they will teach,develop, and mold this team.. One thing they can't do is that old cliche.. 'You can't teach SIZE'.. and we need lots of it! I know how important the guard play is but I wanted to run out on the court last night and hop on Gift's shoulders to get some of those boards..
Ricardo Gathers, PF - BAYLOR
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"The Bayou Bull". We need him here!! He'd be fantastic next to Harkless up front and would make two unstoppable forwards. Not many PF's his size that can drive to to hoop with the speed that he does. I'd love to see that punk Jayvaughn Pinkston yammering to Ricardo the way he was to Harkless the other day, calling him an "effing bitch" after every play. C'mon Ricardo. Lavin will be back and this team will be ready to make some runs next year...
I thought moe and Jayvaughn were joking around with each other through out the game
MarkRedman
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Gathers on official visit to Baylor this weekend per tweet from DeAnte Mitchell (Collegiate Hoops )
redstorm80
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Baylor lands a commitment from Ricardo Gathers, a 2012 F from Riverside Academy (LA), who was committed to St. John's, per @DaveTelep.
Baylor lands a commitment from Ricardo Gathers, a 2012 F from Riverside Academy (LA), who was committed to St. John's, per @DaveTelep.
tom in salem
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ouch.
Wow, how critical are Sampson and Obekpa?
Wow, how critical are Sampson and Obekpa?
redstorm80
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If we dont get Obekpa we are gonna be in some trouble
redstorm80
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Baylor is putting together a great class but he aint gonna get the PT there like he could here. They signed two very good centers & Quincy Miller will be only a soph. His choice hope he's at peace with it.
queensbridge
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Wonder what kind of deal they offered Ricardo's brother
Class of 72
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Either Lav did not work hard enough to re-sign him or Baylor impre$$ed him with the chance to play in one of the most unimpressive cities in America. If this guy passed up playing in the NYC and the Big East it is because he was a weak commitment to begin with and it is very telling by the comments below:
"He went up there last week and said that he wanted to (commit)," Gathers' brother Greg said. "I told him to sit on it for a week. Baylor had been recruiting him since he's been in the 7th and 8th grade and there's a connection with 'Tweety' Carter going up there and it's a situation where they have Isaiah Austin, L.J. Rose and they already have Gary Franklin that he's familiar with."
Gathers, one of the top rebounders from last year's Nike EYBL circuit, was looking for a school where he would specifically be locked into time at the power forward position.
"I think it was really important for him," Gathers said of the four-man position. "On top of that being on the circuit and being a guy from Louisiana he's had to always play the five. Now he's a four man; he does things from the wing too. He's got a game like Thomas Robinson and maybe Jared Sullinger who can also show they get it done outside."
The Bears diligently recruited Gathers, according to Riverside head coach Tim Byrd.
"(Ricardo) said they outworked everybody," Riverside coach Tim Byrd said. "He told me the family loves them."
"He went up there last week and said that he wanted to (commit)," Gathers' brother Greg said. "I told him to sit on it for a week. Baylor had been recruiting him since he's been in the 7th and 8th grade and there's a connection with 'Tweety' Carter going up there and it's a situation where they have Isaiah Austin, L.J. Rose and they already have Gary Franklin that he's familiar with."
Gathers, one of the top rebounders from last year's Nike EYBL circuit, was looking for a school where he would specifically be locked into time at the power forward position.
"I think it was really important for him," Gathers said of the four-man position. "On top of that being on the circuit and being a guy from Louisiana he's had to always play the five. Now he's a four man; he does things from the wing too. He's got a game like Thomas Robinson and maybe Jared Sullinger who can also show they get it done outside."
The Bears diligently recruited Gathers, according to Riverside head coach Tim Byrd.
"(Ricardo) said they outworked everybody," Riverside coach Tim Byrd said. "He told me the family loves them."
The thing that really scares me in this situation is Lavin is going to need to land 2 out of these 3 players to have a successful class: Sampson, Obekpa, and/or Sanchez. And considering how many high majors are going after these 3 players besides SJU, I don't think it's going to be an way chore to get them.
I guess the theory that Lavin getting more face time with players would help is a bit overblown. He showed up to so many home games for Gathers and couldn't lock him down. That's gotta be hurting him in a big way.
I guess the theory that Lavin getting more face time with players would help is a bit overblown. He showed up to so many home games for Gathers and couldn't lock him down. That's gotta be hurting him in a big way.
queensbridge
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Scott Drew's been shady ever since they hired John Wall's AAU coach. It's pretty well known he is disliked among the Big 12 coaches. These are the kind of guys we are going to have to get used to going up against for big time prospects.