'14 IN SG Jaquan Lyle

#77
#77
I wish we could get a player like this but were up against all the big name programs for this player.
 
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Volfan2012 said:
I wish we could get a player like this but were up against all the big name programs for this player.
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Thing is though. We've been on him HEAVY since his freshman year. So he's seen us as a good to great program. We made his top 6. We also have numbers on our side when it comes to playing time being an impact player and so on. We are a contender for him.
 
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Hampton, Va. -- When it comes to guards in the 2014 class, there are few--if any--bigger prizes than Indiana prospect Jaquan Lyle. The five-star standout was one of the main attractions at a loaded field at this weekend's NIKE EYBL event.

Lyle (6-foot-4, 180 pounds), from Evansville, Ind., left last summer as one of the best looking prospects in his class. Nothing about his development over the winter has changed that assessment.

Tennessee hopped into the fray of Lyle's recruitment very early, and despite some obvious obstacles, the Vols are still alive and swinging as we head into what could be a crucial summer.

Lyle has had a fairly firm top six of Louisville, Indiana, Tennessee, Florida, Illinois and Ohio State, which remains intact.

"That's still my top six, nothing has really changed with that," Lyle said. "I'm going to cut it down to five sometime in June and then look at setting up some visits and really narrowing things down."

A nationally regarded prospect from the hoops-crazy state of Indiana with tons of options in front of him, it's easy to look at his recruitment and wonder how in the world Tennessee, from the SEC, has ended up in the middle of things.

Lyle has a simple answer.

"It's the coaches really, coach Martin is a really solid guy. That's the main thing at Tennessee," Lyle said. "They're been recruiting me for a long time, and everything I know about them I like right now. Coach Martin seems like a hard worker, somebody that's going to push you and is just really straight up with you about things."

Lyle 'gets' that Tennessee stands out amongst a field that understandably includes the ascendant Hoosiers, fellow Big 10 powerhouse Ohio St., along with defending national champ Louisville and Florida, where Billy Donovan is no stranger to hoisting big trophies.

Despite appearances though, Lyle makes a good case that his interest in Tennessee is legit. The biggest evidence being an in-season unofficial visit he made to Knoxville to catch the Vols' 88-58 win over Kentucky in February.

"I really liked it down there, the environment was great for that Kentucky game, great arena and fans. And I liked the style of play from what I've seen," Lyle said. "It seems like it's really guard friendly with a lot of pick and roll sets in their motion."

Pulling him to Knoxville would be a coup of impressive proportions, but the Vols seem to be alive and kicking, and Martin appears to be doing his best to make sure they stay there.

The Vols' head coach has been a court-side fixture at Lyle's games during these last two weeks of the spring evaluation window. Martin was in Los Angeles last week to watch him during the first leg of the NIKE EYBL session, and there he was in bright orange Tennessee gear on Friday night in Hampton.

Of course Martin was hardly alone. Rick Pitino was making his presence felt on Saturday in Hampton along with Thad Matta, and Tom Crean has been a constant presence as well.

Indiana is obviously a concern if you're Tennessee, as the home-state gorilla coming off an excellent season. Louisville, however, is probably just as much, if not more of a threat.

The Cardinals' campus is just two hours from Lyle's Evansville home, and he concedes that his best relationships with coaches right now are 'probably with Louisville.'

"It's a huge decision, of course being in Indiana I hear about IU all the time, just people telling me that's where I need to be," Lyle said. "Right now everybody on my list is still in it for sure."

Rivals.com rates Lyle as a five-star prospect and the No. 17 overall player in the country.
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-VQ
 
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#88
If we make the top 5 and from the way he's speaking we will I think we have a great shot. We need to get him here for a football game and show him how great that atmosphere is. IU and Louisville be tough but I think we will have a chance
 
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SJAVol32 said:
If we make the top 5 and from the way he's speaking we will I think we have a great shot. We need to get him here for a football game and show him how great that atmosphere is. IU and Louisville be tough but I think we will have a chance
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I think we will be in it till the end
 
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#90
Rob is such a negative nancy. Everything that comes from him is like we are lucky the kids answer a call from UT.

Not sure if he genuinely feels that way or if he hedging fan expectations.
 
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BigZiti09 said:
Rob is such a negative nancy. Everything that comes from him is like we are lucky the kids answer a call from UT.

Not sure if he genuinely feels that way or if he hedging fan expectations.
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It's why I like VQ...if those guys say UT is in good shape you can just about take it to the bank they're ours.
 
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BigZiti09 said:
Rob is such a negative nancy. Everything that comes from him is like we are lucky the kids answer a call from UT.

Not sure if he genuinely feels that way or if he hedging fan expectations.
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Ehh Id say its genuine. We've been recruiting him since he was a freshman. He took an unofficial for the UK game of all games and was impressed. The game that I went to CCM was there and he interacted well with him but we will see.
 
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#93
RT @JMamba5: List is now 7!!! No leaders or nothing!

Added UCLA to the list. Got an offer today
 
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@JMamba5 Why dont you consider UK ? Especially with the great class they have coming in this Year ? UK is a school that think they can jump into your recruiting whenever they want too and it doesn't work like that. 7 minutes ago

Lmao just posted that on twitter. Glad we got in on him early!!
 
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#99
Yea he just shot up my big board lol...


“@JMamba5: @MemphisRoar cause everyone wants to be recruited by the "one and done" school. If your good and work you butt off you can do that anywhere!”
 
#100
#100
Hopefully he wants to beat UK a lot. Leaving Us Florida and UofL lol. That would be hilarious if that's what his final three came too.
 
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