Who do you think has the best recruit

[one long blue sock]

Duke landing Humphries and Deng is pretty good, but i cant see in other dominant teams. I heard Texas is having a pretty good junoir recruiting class. They also got my boy Austin Jackson who is only a sophmore but is was one of Teaxas's 4A leading scorers.

[Chicago JK]

Originally posted by: one long blue sock
Duke landing Humphries and Deng is pretty good, but i cant see in other dominant teams. I heard Texas is having a pretty good junoir recruiting class. They also got my boy Austin Jackson who is only a sophmore but is was one of Teaxas's 4A leading scorers.

Humpries got out of Duke's committment and the latest I heard he was either going to Minn. or IU next year.
Yeah, I heard a report that UT is having a fanastic class for next year. Although a couple of those guys could decide for the pros, so you will have to wait.

[one long blue sock]

Even if most of those guys go to the NBA, Austin would lead them to tourney champs.

[OutletPass]

Actually, UT has verbals from 5 top HS juniors...and it's being called the best class since Webber's Fab Five.

[one long blue sock]

Do you have their names, i cant see any junoirs goin to Texas because none of the top live near it. Although i heard something of Darius Washington and Dj White maybe, but i wouldnt count on that information.

[Mandyahl]

i love how ut has become a bball powerhouse...texas is the state for basketball, baby!

[one long blue sock]

Yeah they usually come up with the most NBA talent besides Florida, the state, not the school.

[OutletPass]

Here are the 5 juniors commiting to Texas with comments from the guy that wrote the article at CBS Sportsline:

Barnes has taken advantage of almost none of that. Instead of basking in the glow of a glorious season, he has spent the past seven weeks working as hard as he did when he first took over in Austin and a season like last year's seemed like a pipe dream.

Want proof? Check this out:


Daniel Gibson, 6-3, Houston Jones
LeMarcus Aldridge, 6-11, Dallas Seagoville
Dion Dowell, 6-7, Texas City (Texas)
Conner Atchley, 6-10, Clear Lake (Texas)
Mike Williams, 6-8, Camden (Ala.) Wilcox Central

All five players are high school juniors. All five have verbally committed to Texas. Together they make up one of the most impressive groups of early commitments ever. It is simply unheard of to have a five-man group this good committed this early.

Gibson, Aldridge and Williams are all top 15 national players according, to the Hoop Scoop. Dowell is a top 50 talent, and Atchley is a fast rising big man with a ton of potential.

Barnes and his staff are now in position to spend much of the upcoming summer recruiting period scouting and recruiting sophomores and freshmen. If you happen to be a top sophomore such as Austin Jackson of Denton or Byron Eaton of Dallas or maybe Monta Ellis of Mississippi, you are likely to see a lot of Barnes this summer.

All of which means one thing. Did you see the Longhorns in the Final Four last month? Get used to it.

[one long blue sock]

I havent heard anything about anyone except Aldrigde, but i heard last year he was all texas 1st team.

[Murphy3]

i've heard much of the same as OP... UT's recruiting class is supposed to be at a level that is virutally untouchable by any other team in the country..and none of them have even started their senior year.

hopefully they'll all end up wearing the burnt orange of UT

[The Crippler]

austin jackson will never play a game of basketball in college if he is smart. He will probably a top 5 pick in the MLB draft after his sr. year and will get the big money. He's a can't miss prospect.

[one long blue sock]

Yeah, i read in an article that he was being noticed by Texas, and he does favor basketball over baseball

[Mandyahl]

sock-by any chance do you know anything about the stanford recruiting class? i gotta learn all the stuff!

[one long blue sock]

Nah, why

[Mandyahl]

just wondering...sounded like you knew a lot of stuff, so i though maybe you would know some stuff about stanford.

[one long blue sock]

Im trying to find it out right now

[OutletPass]

austin jackson will never play a game of basketball in college if he is smart. He will probably a top 5 pick in the MLB draft after his sr. year and will get the big money. He's a can't miss prospect.

Very interesting comment, Crippler. Austin just made the 4A Baseball All Tournament team...and, yes, he's an all around athlete and may opt for baseball...BUT

Watch out for Austin Knight of Ryan. He was a freshman last year at Denton Ryan and played varsity in basketball and track. He was the JV quarterback...and will be taking over the varsity this year from James battle, who's off to TCU on scholarship. Knight is said to be even better.

Then there's this incoming freshman that they call "the sock".

[one long blue sock]

He is also Varsity in baseball, but he cant hit shit.