Dedric Lawson named to the East roster

http://memphis.247sports.com/Bolt/Lawson...r-35147254

Good pub for AAC. Sadly no Taco.

No Taco? Blasphemy!

(01-28-2015 07:10 PM)tnzazz Wrote:  No Taco? Blasphemy!

Name alone should of got him in

ECU signee, Kentrell Barkley, was nominated for the game but I haven't seen anything showing if he was actually selected to play in the game.

(01-28-2015 07:51 PM)PirateMarv Wrote:  ECU signee, Kentrell Barkley, was nominated for the game but I haven't seen anything showing if he was actually selected to play in the game.

You're joking, right?

(01-28-2015 08:00 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  

(01-28-2015 07:51 PM)PirateMarv Wrote:  ECU signee, Kentrell Barkley, was nominated for the game but I haven't seen anything showing if he was actually selected to play in the game.

You're joking, right?

About what? Barkley was one of about 7 North Carolina kids to get nominated.

http://www.kinston.com/sports/local/ingr...n-1.424739

Edit:

Actually it was 6 North Carolina kids that were nominated. Ingram is the only kid from North Carolina that was selected for the team.

http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.c...d/related/

Diamond Stone is 50/50 with UCONN or Wisconsin.

(01-28-2015 08:09 PM)HuskyU Wrote:  Diamond Stone is 50/50 with UCONN or Wisconsin.

So, we've had Baskerville Holmes, Paris London, and a myriad of other unique named players, but we've never had a "Diamond" or a "Stone".

Good luck with locking him up for UConn.

(01-28-2015 08:00 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  

(01-28-2015 07:51 PM)PirateMarv Wrote:  ECU signee, Kentrell Barkley, was nominated for the game but I haven't seen anything showing if he was actually selected to play in the game.

You're joking, right?

Not everyone is a recruiting insider...

(01-28-2015 09:19 PM)MemphisTigerFreak Wrote:  

(01-28-2015 08:00 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  

(01-28-2015 07:51 PM)PirateMarv Wrote:  ECU signee, Kentrell Barkley, was nominated for the game but I haven't seen anything showing if he was actually selected to play in the game.

You're joking, right?

Not everyone is a recruiting insider...

Exactly. People sometimes lose sight of that fact. Some people just follow stuff like this in passing.

(01-28-2015 08:00 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  

(01-28-2015 07:51 PM)PirateMarv Wrote:  ECU signee, Kentrell Barkley, was nominated for the game but I haven't seen anything showing if he was actually selected to play in the game.

You're joking, right?

Well I mean he put up better stats than the Temple signee, but NJ is a vastly superior basketball state to NC

Think about this for a second: You stated you were unsure if an unranked recruit whose best offers besides ECU were Providence, Charlotte, and Western Kentucky was selected for the McDonald's All American game.

Temple's 3 man class was all nominated. Levan Alston was a 4* recruit, with offers from BC, Cincy, Georgetown, Marquette, Notre Dame, Harvard, Penn, Penn State, Purdue, Seton Hall, VCU, Wichita State, Auburn, Rutgers, and yes, ECU, and was not selected for the team.

FYI, the lowest ranked recruit selected for the team was Thomas Bryant, the #36 recruit in the country. UConn 5* commit Jalen Adams wasn't even selected.

(01-28-2015 11:01 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  Think about this for a second: You stated you were unsure if an unranked recruit whose best offers besides ECU were Providence, Charlotte, and Western Kentucky was selected for the McDonald's All American game.

Temple's 3 man class was all nominated. Levan Alston was a 4* recruit, with offers from BC, Cincy, Georgetown, Marquette, Notre Dame, Harvard, Penn, Penn State, Purdue, Seton Hall, VCU, Wichita State, Auburn, Rutgers, and yes, ECU, and was not selected for the team.

FYI, the lowest ranked recruit selected for the team was Thomas Bryant, the #36 recruit in the country. UConn 5* commit Jalen Adams wasn't even selected.

Well he's been ranked by multiple mid atlantic recruiting sites as the number two recruit in NC for his class. I don't see why it is that far fetched.

Pretty sure we weren't relying on Levan Alston coming here, or even really needing him as pur guard play is fine for at least the next couple years.

Is it something special to be #2 in NC?

(01-28-2015 10:50 PM)DowdyPirate Wrote:  

(01-28-2015 08:00 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  

(01-28-2015 07:51 PM)PirateMarv Wrote:  ECU signee, Kentrell Barkley, was nominated for the game but I haven't seen anything showing if he was actually selected to play in the game.

You're joking, right?

Well I mean he put up better stats than the Temple signee, but NJ is a vastly superior basketball state to NC

Kentrell Barkley: 24.4 PPG, 11.2 RPG, 3.8 APG, 1.9 SPG, 1.1 BPG
Trey Lowe: 26.2 PPG, 9.1 RPG, 5 APG, 2.5 SPG. No idea on blocks.

Put up 33 tonight, so his PPG will go up.

Well, one good thing about arguing over which recruit is best is that for most; we'll have 4 years of live and TV viewing, stats, data, and all variety of opinions to judge who was the best recruit.

...and I have to add this, having a Temple, Memphis, UC, UConn fan arguing with ECU over recruit rankings or individual recruits demonstrates improving ECU recruiting efforts. Therefore, let's at least acknowledge that ECU is in a conversation that I can't remember them being in many times in previous years.

(01-28-2015 07:51 PM)PirateMarv Wrote:  ECU signee, Kentrell Barkley, was nominated for the game but I haven't seen anything showing if he was actually selected to play in the game.

I think about 9 kids from the city of Memphis got nominated. Including our whole recruiting class.

Yeah, I'm that guy.

(01-28-2015 11:03 PM)DowdyPirate Wrote:  Well he's been ranked by multiple mid atlantic recruiting sites as the number two recruit in NC for his class. I don't see why it is that far fetched.

Pretty sure we weren't relying on Levan Alston coming here, or even really needing him as pur guard play is fine for at least the next couple years.

It's far-fetched because the lowest ranked recruit was #36 in the country, and UConn's 5* PG wasn't even selected. The McDonald's AA game is the absolute best of the best in the country. Kentrell Barkley isn't even rated on Rivals or ESPN, and doesn't even have a profile on Scout.

Levan Alston isn't a PG.

(01-28-2015 11:11 PM)Ramen_Tiger Wrote:  Is it something special to be #2 in NC?

Apparently.

Congrats Memphis on another big time recruit !

(01-28-2015 11:14 PM)tnzazz Wrote:  

(01-28-2015 07:51 PM)PirateMarv Wrote:  ECU signee, Kentrell Barkley, was nominated for the game but I haven't seen anything showing if he was actually selected to play in the game.

I think about 9 kids from the city of Memphis got nominated. Including our whole recruiting class.

Yeah, I'm that guy.

That's close.

9 from TN

7 from Memphis, with 3 being the fleet of Lawsons.

TENNESSEE
Donte Fitzpatrick
Southwind High School
Memphis TN

Marion Hunter
Melrose High School
Memphis TN

Vick LaGerald
Douglass High School
Memphis TN

Dedric Lawson
Hamilton High School
Memphis TN

K.J. Lawson
Hamilton High School
Memphis TN

Keelon Lawson II
Hamilton High School
Memphis TN

Chris McNeal
South Side High School
Jackson TN

Will Shelton
Hardin County High School
Savannah TN

Nych Smith
White Station High School
Memphis TN