Unt In Final 4

Cooley · October 23, 2009

Top senior in DISD, State Top 5 and National Recruit.

The final answer is: Missouri, Marquette, Georgetown and UNT.

The 6-7 all-world athletic began his HS career at S. Grand Prairie but moved out of state. Returned to Dallas for his senior year. This kid can do it all! Impact player from day one.

SUMG · October 23, 2009

Holy Cow....this would be a huge signing. Just look at who has offered him (11 on this list):

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/re...college_choices

THOR · October 23, 2009

Top senior in DISD, State Top 5 and National Recruit.
The final answer is: Missouri, Marquette, Georgetown and UNT.
The 6-7 all-world athletic began his HS career at S. Grand Prairie but moved out of state. Returned to Dallas for his senior year. This kid can do it all! Impact player from day one.

all joking aside, how on earth we do have a chance with this kid??? the other bball schools are out of our league...

Censored by Laurie · October 23, 2009

all joking aside, how on earth we do have a chance with this kid??? the other bball schools are out of our league...

44 miles vs. 679, 1063, 1326 miles.

Starting spot vs. coming off the bench.

Plus...our national profile is steadily on the rise. Most publications have us as a top 100 basketball team this season...and we only lose two players. We're hands down the best basketball team in the metroplex and I think we are becoming more and more appealing to area talent.

I feel very confident in our ability to land at least 1 of the now 4 top prospects we're in on (Ross-Miller, Edwards, Peters, Mitchell)

TheTastyGreek · October 23, 2009

44 miles vs. 679, 1063, 1326 miles.
Starting spot vs. coming off the bench.
Plus...our national profile is steadily on the rise. Most publications have us as a top 100 basketball team this season...and we only lose two players. We're hands down the best basketball team in the metroplex and I think we are becoming more and more appealing to area talent.
I feel very confident in our ability to land at least 1 of the now 4 top prospects we're in on (Ross-Miller, Edwards, Peters, Mitchell)

Also, he's on the same AAU team as Ross-Miller.

Either the recruitment of one has given us a line in on the other (maybe we'll get both as a package that want to stick together, like Holman and his friend originally committed to Centenary?) or we've got a connection to that AAU squad.

I am very, very excited about early signing period.

CMJ · October 23, 2009

This would be a jaw dropping get.

Stan R · October 23, 2009

Every time I step into the Super Pit I am just amazed at how great it is to watch games from there. When there are 5,000 people in that place and it starts going nuts, there is nothing like it. Makes you wonder why more people don't take the time to check it out.

emmitt01 · October 23, 2009

Don't see where he lists us at all.

SUMG · October 23, 2009

This is just pure speculation on my part: But I wonder if Asst. coach Shawn Forrest is becoming our Shelton Gandy of b-ball recruiting. Shawn was known as a great recruiter at Arkansas State. This is his second year here.....time enough to have established the contacts that are vital in recruiting. Like I said....I don't know this.....just speculating.

As to why these kids might want to come to NT instead of the other schools: NT offers something which the others don't: The chance to leave a legacy at a university. All those other name schools.....have nationally known hoopsters from their schools. So, anyone who signs with them....is going to just be the next guy in a long line of famous players. At NT.....a great player could be THE GUY who puts us on the map. (kind of like Stephon Curry did at Davidson). So even though we have a Joe Greene in football....a player that folks around the country have heard of......that same kind of position in NT basketball (a nationally known player from NT)....that spot is wide open.

SUMG · October 23, 2009

Don't see where he lists us at all.

Emmitt.......I've learned not to doubt Cooley. He knows some of these things before Rivals or Scout do. After all, he told us about Brandon Peters weeks before we were listed on Brandon's Rivals page.

meangreenacct · October 23, 2009

Don't see where he lists us at all.

I don't either, but Cooley seems to have inside info. Cooley broke that we were in on Brandon Peters before it was listed on Rivals, a few weeks later we are now listed on his rivals page.

island eagle · October 23, 2009

all joking aside, how on earth we do have a chance with this kid??? the other bball schools are out of our league...

At the rate we're going, the other schools will be the ones envying us.

MDH · October 23, 2009

So I might start checking the basketball forum first before the football one if this continues....amazing job JJ & Co are doing.

greeninok · October 23, 2009

44 miles vs. 679, 1063, 1326 miles.
Starting spot vs. coming off the bench.
Plus...our national profile is steadily on the rise. Most publications have us as a top 100 basketball team this season...and we only lose two players. We're hands down the best basketball team in the metroplex and I think we are becoming more and more appealing to area talent.
I feel very confident in our ability to land at least 1 of the now 4 top prospects we're in on (Ross-Miller, Edwards, Peters, Mitchell)

The one thing we dont have on our resume, is sending guys to the league, but if we could get this guy, it would be the biggest get in the history of the program if not in the entire history of our athletic program.

Cooley · October 24, 2009

Don't see where he lists us at all.

Hadn't noticed this before but please see "More on Mitchell" on SUMG's attachment.

TheTastyGreek · October 24, 2009

Mitchell on ESPN.

They had him at #57 in the country and recent updates seem to indicate that his stock is rising from there. That writeup talks about his outside shot and about him guarding Vince Carter at a camp.

One discouraging note... He apparently doesn't want to sign anywhere until spring.

EDIT: It also says he decommitted from Kansas State. That's probably got something to do with Freddy Asprilla's transfer. If we somehow land this guy, it would, to some degree, be indirectly thanks to FIU for hiring Isiah Thomas.

Edited October 24, 2009 by TheTastyGreek

TheTastyGreek · October 24, 2009

An interview where he talks about decommitting from K-State and explicitly says we're on his list.

Apparently, based on his comments and his top 4 at the moment, Missouri is/was the frontrunner two weeks ago.

LINK

TheTastyGreek · October 24, 2009

Message board fodder from some of the other schools that pursued him...

Mom is the reason he bailed out on K-State, because she wasn't involved in the decision. Apparently, she's the one driving the bus on the new recruitment process. She says he'll make his decision after Thanksgiving.

If Mom is such a major factor in this choice, and we're the only school within 400 miles of home... That's a very encouraging sign.

Also, Missouri has two scholarships left to give. Out of four, they've already got commitments from a 3 star SG and a 4 star PG, Phil Pressey from here in Dallas.

Other uncommited frontcourt prospects with offers from Missouri:

Tarik Black, 4 star Center 47th ranked nationally by Rivals

Titus Rubles, 3 star forward

Kadeem Green, 3 star forward

TheTastyGreek · October 24, 2009

One downside of signing with Missouri- logjam of young guys means minutes might be tough to come by for a year or two.

Kim English - 6'6" guard, sophomore, 111th nationally in 2008 per Rivals.

John Underwood - 6'9" freshman, 3 star in 2009 per Rivals.

Tyler Stone - 6'7" freshman, 3 star in 2009 per Rivals.

Laurence Bowers - 6'8" sophomore, 3 star in 2008 per Rivals.

None of them are as highly ranked as Mitchell, but that's still a lot of well regarded guys to have to fight through for playing time. Come here, with Tramiel set to graduate, and you're almost certainly in the starting lineup within the first month of the season.