Syracuse Recruits we mysteriously lost

[Deano]

Hodge wanted to to the place where he could best win a national championship. He picked NC State over Syracuse (2003) Maryland (2002) and Florida (2000 runner up.)

No, he got bought and paid for to go to NC State. Parents and handlers got hooked up, but it was a blessing in disguise.

 

[HOFCeluck]

No, he got bought and paid for to go to NC State. Parents and handlers got hooked up, but it was a blessing in disguise.

The point was how ridiculous that statement by Hodge was, but thanks.

 

[reedny]

Tobias Harris was killer. I KNEW he was coming to Cuse and that would've easily given us the top recruiting class in the Class of 2010.

That one was shady. He was a NY kid who was all 'Cuse. If I remember correctly, his father started playing agent and then Tennessee/Pearl mysteriously swooped in. Harris wound up dissing SU by announcing his "choice" in front of a bunch of 'Cuse fans who were waiting at ESPN (down there for an SU game). Little did they know.

 

[EastCoast2]

By the way, the Tobias Harris miss is an underrated all timer and even at the time, there were rumors that Pearl offered his Dad flights and an apartment in Tennessee.

Remember that 2010-2011 team, Scoop, Triche, CJ, Kris Joseph, freshman Waiters and Fab, and Rick, who was a monster all season. We really struggled in the halfcourt though, which was our downfall. We still got a 3 seed and lost to Marquette on that dumb backcourt call that wasn’t a backcourt at all.

Harris averaged 15 and 7 on a mediocre Tennessee team. He would have given us a second halfcourt scorer and probably opened everything up.

It was also a down year overall, one where UConn(who we beat on the road and lost to in the BET) won it all. We would have been a legit title contender that season with TH.

Agreed. I've thought about this many times. Maybe he knew *t was hitting the fan at UT and left early. Imagine if he came to SU for 2 years? That 2011-2012 team that was #1 in the country, #1 seed, went 34-3?

1) Scoop
2) Triche
3) K Joseph
4) T Harris
5) Fab Melo

Guards off bench: Dion Waiters, Michael Carter-Williams
Forwards off bench: CJ Fair, James Southerland
Centers off bench: Rakeem Christmas, Baye Keita

No question we win the title in 2012 with a sophomore Tobias Harris and Fab remaining eligible.

 

[W'boro'Cuse315]

Ishaq Williams.

 

[Toga]

bet the house on Kenny Anderson getting a paper bag from Bobby Cremins

 

[Trueblue25]

From following recruiting uncomfortably closely for the past few years, the only recruits we lost out on that i think may have potentially been paid are:

Bryant
Walker
Duval
Maybe Whitehead.

That's it in my opinion.

 

[Nick44]

How has nobody on this thread mentioned Nerlens Noel? Unless I missed it, he is top on my list when I saw this thread.

He was ours until Calipari called in his closer with a bag of cash.

Glad this scandal is finally unfolding, just wish it would include Calipari and leak into football as well. No question, this is spread across both sports.

 

[OttoMets]

By the way, the Tobias Harris miss is an underrated all timer and even at the time, there were rumors that Pearl offered his Dad flights and an apartment in Tennessee.

Remember that 2010-2011 team, Scoop, Triche, CJ, Kris Joseph, freshman Waiters and Fab, and Rick, who was a monster all season. We really struggled in the halfcourt though, which was our downfall. We still got a 3 seed and lost to Marquette on that dumb backcourt call that wasn’t a backcourt at all.

Harris averaged 15 and 7 on a mediocre Tennessee team. He would have given us a second halfcourt scorer and probably opened everything up.

It was also a down year overall, one where UConn(who we beat on the road and lost to in the BET) won it all. We would have been a legit title contender that season with TH.

Could be mixing up the timeline (in my head it's Harris the night of the SU-UNC game in November 2009 and Fab the following April or May), but maybe Fab wouldn't have committed if we'd locked down Harris? And even if both did commit, would we have sat Fab for a Jackson/Harris/Joseph frontcourt the next year? I don't know, I've thought of this a few times since then but am not convinced that addition would have meshed well. We really needed stronger guard play that season.

 

[HOFCeluck]

Could be mixing up the timeline (in my head it's Harris the night of the SU-UNC game in November 2009 and Fab the following April or May), but maybe Fab wouldn't have committed if we'd locked down Harris? And even if both did commit, would we have sat Fab for a Jackson/Harris/Joseph frontcourt the next year? I don't know, I've thought of this a few times since then but am not convinced that addition would have meshed well. We really needed stronger guard play that season.

No. Fab was first.

 

[HOFCeluck]

How has nobody on this thread mentioned Nerlens Noel? Unless I missed it, he is top on my list when I saw this thread.

He was ours until Calipari called in his closer with a bag of cash.

Glad this scandal is finally unfolding, just wish it would include Calipari and leak into football as well. No question, this is spread across both sports.

I don't think he was "ours." If anything he was headed to Georgetown, and we were in third.

 

[OttoMets]

No. Fab was first.

Huh, 8/4/2009. Well, I remembered it was warm that day.

 

[Nick44]

I don't think he was "ours." If anything he was headed to Georgetown, and we were in third.

He wasn't going to Georgetown. Fine, it was 50/50 SU/UK and the all of a sudden, 12 hours later he was committed to U.K and had never heard of Syracuse basketball.

 

[HOFCeluck]

Its Georgetown - barring a change in the next 3 hours...

 

[triplethrea]

I thought Bryant chose Indiana after our sanctions went public.

 

[NKR1978]

Bazley and Battle?

 

[orangefog]

Its Georgetown - barring a change in the next 3 hours...

I thought that it was implied that Georgetown took the lead do to some dirty pool.

 

[HOFCeluck]

I thought that it was implied that Georgetown took the lead do to some dirty pool.

Ehhh I don't remember.

Hell I almost forgot that everyone KNEW he was going to go to Georgetown until Jake made this post.

Wow!!!

I remember this stuff way too well.

 

[Rocco]

ANTHONY freaking DAVIS.

That one still stings. So much tomfoolery went on with that!

I hate Kentucky and that cork-soaker named Calipari.

 

[SU Dreaming]

What about


VJ King - Louisville

Taurean Thompson...* (transfer)

Shaq Aaaron - Louisville

Ronde Hollis Jefferson - AZ

Jermaine Lawrence Cincy

Derrick Jones UNLV

and the guard from Philly Newton

 

[HOFCeluck]

What about


VJ King - Louisville

Taurean Thompson...* (transfer)

Shaq Aaaron - Louisville

Ronde Hollis Jefferson - AZ

Jermaine Lawrence Cincy

Derrick Jones UNLV

and the guard from Philly Newton

"Every recruit we wanted but lost out on."

 

[realorange]

But then we got Billy Owens to come to Syracuse because DC said he'd beat the hell out of him if he didn't.

 

[SU Dreaming]

J Newton was a done deal, of course until it wasn't

 

[4evaOrange]

the ones we stole most notable were fab and battle, did we steal anyone else?

 

[Jake]

The ones that stand out to me as suspicious:

Hodge
T. Harris
Noel
QGreen
ADavis