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| Barring a new coach coming in and asking guys to leave, signing a LOI in November assures a player that his spot won't be taken in the Spring. But, yeah, I suppose the top-level prospects may not have to worry about that anyway. | 
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11-05-2009, 10:43 PM
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Originally Posted by ukvols  Barring a new coach coming in and asking guys to leave, signing a LOI in November assures a player that his spot won't be taken in the Spring. | No, it doesn't. All it does is bind the player to the school. It places no obligation to admit the player or provide him a scholarship on the school. | |
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11-06-2009, 12:33 AM
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| That's pretty one-sided contractually, but, provided that the kid qualifies for admission, I doubt the coach who got the LOI would pull the scholly to bring in a better player.
I'm not arguing that the situation is perfect. I'm just pointing out a benefit to the student. | |
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11-06-2009, 12:38 AM
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Originally Posted by ukvols I doubt the coach who got the LOI would pull the scholly to bring in a better player. | I don't. | |
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11-06-2009, 12:53 AM
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| He didn't pull it during the recruiting period, but Daniel West comes to mind.
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11-06-2009, 09:21 AM
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| If we do not land Harris or Pinkston we are screwed. I like our chances though. | |
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11-06-2009, 09:32 AM
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| Is there any truth to Pinkston and Harris talking to each other about playing together?
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11-06-2009, 01:40 PM
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| Harris>Selby
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11-06-2009, 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by hatvol96 I'm still amazed that any elite prospect ever signs an LOI. It's a one sided document that is of no benefit to the player. | Allows the coach to use that as motivation to attract other players to surround the "elite" player with. I suppose if the elite player were only concerned about improving their draft status this wouldn't matter, but I have to believe there are some out there who would like to win championships while they do it. | |
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Originally Posted by getyopopcornready Is there any truth to Pinkston and Harris talking to each other about playing together? | No, that was Harris and Irving. Irving going to Duke pretty much ended that speculation. | |
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11-06-2009, 02:21 PM
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| I get the feeling that Harris lands in knoxville. He doesn't really fit into UK's offense and Syracuse has about 10 forwards on their roster. WVU would be the biggest competition but I'm not so sure how many touches he would see with Kevin Jones and Ebanks possibly still on the roster. We have completely no one on our roster that would hold him off from starting next season.
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| Harris would be the immediate starter at PF, with Hall at C
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11-06-2009, 02:33 PM
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| Yep. He would have started at PF 3 years ago at UT.
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11-06-2009, 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by getyopopcornready I get the feeling that Harris lands in knoxville. He doesn't really fit into UK's offense and Syracuse has about 10 forwards on their roster. WVU would be the biggest competition but I'm not so sure how many touches he would see with Kevin Jones and Ebanks possibly still on the roster. We have completely no one on our roster that would hold him off from starting next season. | Ebanks will not be on West Virginia's roster next year. Posted via VolNation Mobile | |
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11-06-2009, 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by hatvol96 Ebanks will not be on West Virginia's roster next year.
Posted via VolNation Mobile | Probably not. But Torrell's not dumb, he knows Kevin Jones isn't just some dead weight on that roster.
Do you know if WVU is going after Ashton Pankney(sp?)?
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