Bryant

[Mano22]

Random snippet from ESPN says Missouri may be out and his mom is pushing for us. It is from Insider, pasted the relevant part below:

• The recruitment of Thomas Bryant (No. 16) became a little more interesting on Wednesday. Bryant’s mother said Missouri was no longer in the mix for Bryant, even though he took a visit to Columbia last weekend. The Tigers were thought to be one of the favorites because of assistant coach Rob Fulford -- Bryant’s former high school coach at Huntington Prep (W.Va.). However, sources told ESPN that Missouri is still heavily involved with Bryant and will continue to recruit him. Where does the confusion come from? Well, there are different schools of thought within the family. Bryant’s mother is pushing for Syracuse, while Bryant is open to Missouri and Indiana, in addition to the Orange. This weekend, the 6-foot-10 big man will take a visit to Indiana. We will see which side wins out, but don't count out Missouri.

 

[zeekay]

I think his mom is just trolling. "Yep Missouri is out", in an effort to push him towards Cuse. "Dammit Mom!"

 

[stuckinbig11]

My hope is that he has already committed to JB and is now just eating up the recruiting budgets of our competitors and enjoying some free travel.

 

[HeaterCuse22]

Conspiracy theory:

Jim knows the NCAA is going to give a minimal slap. Will use this as the excuse to retire. Has Bryant on the side to be a top ten recruit to "commit" for Hop thereby raising his cache immediately with future recruits and holding together the 2016/17 classes.