Tony Mitchell In Process Of Enrolling @North Texas!

eppy4life · January 26, 2011

I hope it works out for you guys and Tony. The few times I've met him, he seemed like a decent kid. I wouldn't count my chickens, though. The rumors & heads seem to think he's not going to play next year, if the NBA avoids a lockout this offseason. Beyond that, this thread shows basically no understanding of his transcripts and academic situation. As Tasty Greek said, be happy about this, if only for the profile of it. Everything else is speculative.

Ok, I get blasted for using different words to say the exact same thing. To me, the POSSIBILITY of this guy playing for us wasn't worthy of the tease. That's all I said. Those name calling should calm down.

KoldBeer · January 26, 2011

How sure are we that he will ever get cleared to play. He has obvious academic issues because he could never play at Missouri. Is he eligible next year if he posts good grades at college (like old Prop 48 kids). Or is there a chance that he is never eligible because of the issues with his high school transcripts?

HoopManX · January 26, 2011

How sure are we that he will ever get cleared to play. He has obvious academic issues because he could never play at Missouri. Is he eligible next year if he posts good grades at college (like old Prop 48 kids). Or is there a chance that he is never eligible because of the issues with his high school transcripts?

There is no way of telling. It's certainly worth the risk, cause he's great, but this isn't your typical prop. The NCAA is all over Mitchell for disingenuous transcripts

TheTastyGreek · January 26, 2011

Greek, his issues are more than being a partial. While looking up the other NCAA link, check 10.1.

Not claiming to be an expert on Mitchell's situation, just throwing out what I had learned from Ross-Miller's situation.

Hadn't really been keeping up with Mitchell since the Mizzou verbal, but I'll damn sure be trying to find out as much as I can on his situation now.

HoopManX · January 26, 2011

Not claiming to be an expert on Mitchell's situation, just throwing out what I had learned from Ross-Miller's situation.

Hadn't really been keeping up with Mitchell since the Mizzou verbal, but I'll damn sure be trying to find out as much as I can on his situation now.

I gotcha, you're a rational fan and I'm just trying to round out the picture. FWIW, SMU has a 10.1 and he's going to play, so it's not necessarily a death sentence. It just makes it a ton harder, especially when you're profile

TheTastyGreek · January 26, 2011

I gotcha, you're a rational fan and I'm just trying to round out the picture. FWIW, SMU has a 10.1 and he's going to play, so it's not necessarily a death sentence. It just makes it a ton harder, especially when you're profile

Which one is it? Patsevich?

And I'm guessing Mitchell's situation with CLA would put him under 10.1 b?

Edited January 26, 2011 by TheTastyGreek

Green Lantern · January 26, 2011

What a great get for JJ and the Mean Green! Amazing what has happened to this program in the past five years.

untjim1995 · January 26, 2011

Well, there is some sad news to report here. Since we did not hire Jim Leavitt as our head football coach and have now enrolled Tony Mitchell, since Mizzou couldn't do it, I now fully expect that the ass-whipping poster known as MizzouTiger will never visit us again. Its a tough thing...

UNTMike81 · January 26, 2011

Man this is HUGH for UNT, Johnny Jones and our entire BB team if this works out. Credit Johnny Jones and everyone involved for risking a PR nightmare and supporting Tony Michell. Sounds like he's a fairly smart kid. I had to read Mizzou post to understand. Jones and company are fighting for 5 star almost guaranteed NBA talent on someone who doesn't have any criminal background. Just because your credentials come from "home schooling" system doesn't mean your not smart. Look at all the resent spelling B champions. Not directly, but some of this has to do with public verses private education as much as school known for being a basketball factory.

If Michell comes here no matter how many years this will a UNT game changer!!!!

RV AND THE BOR YOU'D BETTER GET YOUR CHECKBOOK OUT!!!! I GUARANTEE YOU ALL THE OTHER D1 COACHES KNOW HOW JOHNNY JONES IS AND THEY ARE DREADING THE DAY WHEN MR. JONES CAN RECRUIT ON A NATIONAL LEVEL. DO THINK EVERY AD WITH A SUB PAR TEAM IS NOTICING TOO.

IF WE PULL THIS OFF LOOK OUT MARCH MADNESS!!!!

BEFORE MICHELL IF THIS WORKS OUT OUR 2011 WAS RANKED 31 IN THE NATION. I WONDER WHERE UNT WILL END UP WITH MICHELL ON BOARD. Sorry about all caps, but every excited!!!!

Go Johnny Go...here's to many more 1 MILLION $$$ Donations!!!!

HoopManX · January 26, 2011

Which one is it? Patsevich?

And I'm guessing Mitchell's situation with CLA would put him under 10.1 b?

LOL, nobody is supposed to know about SMUs 10.1, but Pats was suspended for 4 games for playing on a pro team. We're currently 19 games into this season.

Mitchell's situation is more than just CLA, goes back to core tampering in the publics as well, I'm told. 10.1 b sounds about right

FWIW, please no one confuse my stance here. I despise the NCAA and would like to see every kid provided a chance to earn a living in their chosen profession. Since the current system is all we have, I truly hope Tony has his day

Army of Dad · January 26, 2011

Go Johnny Go

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ofD9t_sULM&feature=related

GreenMachine · January 26, 2011

This is funny.

Anyways, he could really help us get over all the seniors we have leaving after this season. I would prefer him to be a one and done guy because of the amount of publicity it would bring nationally and especially locally to our bball program.

I agree. Can you imagine the number of North Texas basketball jerseys with his number the bookstores could sell plus his NBA jersey. Nothing but good could happen from this.

UNTDude · January 26, 2011

Here is a link to the Power of Mizzou article that has a chronology of Tony Mitchell's recruiting process. http://missouri.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1181161 I think the keyword here is he is "attempting" to enroll at UNT... I think it will be a minor miracle if we see him next fall.... Hoping it happens!

Green P1 · January 26, 2011

Someone shoud put this in a ticker... but just the positive stuff.

Mean Green Matt · January 26, 2011

I think we will see him play this fall. I may be being a bit overly optimistic, but I have to believe the Coach Jones knows the whole situation, and has in mind exactly what he needs to do to get Mitchell eligible. If he gets accepted to UNT, I think the chances go way up that he will be able to play by this fall.

This recruiting class has a chance to be something very, very special. Even more so than it already is.

Mean Green 93-98 · January 26, 2011

I think we will see him play this fall. I may be being a bit overly optimistic, but I have to believe the Coach Jones knows the whole situation, and has in mind exactly what he needs to do to get Mitchell eligible.

Maybe, maybe not. This is the caliber of player you take a chance on every time, even if it's a long shot.

Cerebus · January 26, 2011

EDITED OUT.

Let's just say I think his chances of playing here next year are very good.

MeanGreenHoops · January 26, 2011

What a great day. Next's years team is going to be extremely athletic.

Got5onIt · January 26, 2011

Great News!! I hope JJ will be here to see this program take that big step at the big dance. The big boys have to be watching him closely....

SouthBendGreen · January 26, 2011

If this kid is that good and he continues to struggle with qualifying what stops him from playing overseas until he becomes draft eligible?

Hope it doesn't happen, but just a thought.

Edited January 26, 2011 by SouthBendGreen

Got5onIt · January 26, 2011

If this kid is that good and he continues to struggle with qualifying what stops him from playing overseas until he becomes draft eligible?

Hope it doesn't happen, but just a thought.

If he goes overseas and is exposed by the Euro Pros, he'll lose MILLIONS if he's indeed lottery worthy. The smartest thing to do is beat up on athletically inferior guys at he collegiate level, then sign his multimillion dollar rookie lottery contract.

Green Jackal · January 26, 2011

Look at all the resent spelling B champions.

What do you know about spelling bee champions? :rolleyes:

UNTMike81 · January 26, 2011

Green Jackal...LOL!!!! You Smart A^&!!! Not much...nothing in common. If it weren't for spell check I'd be half dead. Even with spell check I'm inferior to most. Could it be your a spelling and grammar NAZI? LOL!!! I'm sure you're way ahead of me using and writing the English language.

greenminer · January 26, 2011

Stop teasing

No more shenanigans, no more tomfoolery, no more ballywho.

You're sitting on a golden ticket, Mitchell! Get yer grades up!

FloMoGrad · January 26, 2011

Sounds like the risk is well worth the reward here. What risk do we really have here?

We had a ship open already.

We've got an already solid class coming in next yr.

Kid has no background issues other than academic, i.e. nothing criminal.

Talent level is off the chart.

We have a system which has proven it can handle situations like these and others with some degree of success.

I think this is a brilliant move, even his trying to get into UNT is a positive, if we say no, it means our academic integrity is intact, we tried, we get all the pub and in the end it's not our fault it doesn't work out... It's an NCAA issue.

Win-Win all the way around, why JJ is a class guy and has us in the place we find ourselves in.