Amile Jefferson? I know we were recruiting him at one point, but I don't recall how serious we were after him toward the end of his recruitment.
Michael Gbinije, obviously. And he's like a doorknob in this equation, because everyone gets a turn.
Who was the dude a few years ago from Jersey who looked like Jar Jar Binks that signed with Duke, who we were recruiting? Turned out to be a bust but was a highly sought after kid coming out of HS. EDIT: Lance Thomas!
And of course, K would later say he wasn't really recruiting him that hard, but Gerry chose SU over Duke.
Oh, and duh...Greg Paulus.
Amile Jefferson? I know we were recruiting him at one point, but I don't recall how serious we were after him toward the end of his recruitment.
Michael Gbinije, obviously. And he's like a doorknob in this equation, because everyone gets a turn.
Who was the dude a few years ago from Jersey who looked like Jar Jar Binks that signed with Duke, who we were recruiting? Turned out to be a bust but was a highly sought after kid coming out of HS. EDIT: Lance Thomas!
And of course, K would later say he wasn't really recruiting him that hard, but Gerry chose SU over Duke.
Oh, and duh...Greg Paulus.
I think we stopped recruiting him when we landed Roberson but I'm not sure.I don't recall you guys being in the race for Amile Jefferson at the end but I could be wrong. If I recall correctly his final two were NC State and Duke, and he then chose Duke. Amile is doing very well at Duke but I have to say his length, energy, and athleticism would have fit in very well with your zone.
Chris McCullough was heavily sought after by Duke, but they lost that one.
I don't recall you guys being in the race for Amile Jefferson at the end but I could be wrong. If I recall correctly his final two were NC State and Duke, and he then chose Duke. Amile is doing very well at Duke but I have to say his length, energy, and athleticism would have fit in very well with your zone.
I think we stopped recruiting him when we landed Roberson but I'm not sure.
both of those things combined. in my original post I put Grant and changed it because i thought i was off. Didn't feel like doing the research haha.Jerami Grant maybe...Roberson (Frosh) is a class after Jefferson (Soph) ... you may be thinking of Rondae Jefferson, also from the Philly area who ended up at Arizona.
Not recent but we offered Laettner, didn't we?
There was interest in Jefferson, but once we closed in on Grant that was the end of things.I don't recall you guys being in the race for Amile Jefferson at the end but I could be wrong. If I recall correctly his final two were NC State and Duke, and he then chose Duke. Amile is doing very well at Duke but I have to say his length, energy, and athleticism would have fit in very well with your zone.
There was some interest in Thomas as well but the staff decided that he wasn't the best fit for their system. If I recall correctly, I think he had a girlfriend that was attending Rutgers at the time, which is why he surprisingly had them and Duke in his final two schools.Again if I recall correctly I don't think Syracuse was in the final two. I think it was Duke and Rutgers but I could be wrong. I personally don't think Lance Thomas was a bust, he was a 3-4 year starter IIRC and was a huge part of our 2010 team. He was in the NBA a little bit but I don't know if he stuck anywhere.
Paulus was a big bust.
I seem to remember him dissing us at the time. Going way back, I think we recruited Gene Banks.Did we recruit Laettner? I mean we may have offered him just because of him being from the region, but we landed Billy Owens in that class who was a better prospect.