2014 JUCO Center Stephen Hurt

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#152
dooleydiesel28 said:
That's definitely me.. the shannon thing is irrelevant I was just saying Hurt was huge. Nothing more than that.
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Haha...ok. Anything you say will come into question with your track record of fabrication. Nothing you can possibly say will dissuade my opinion of that. In that regard, the Shannon thing is very relevant.
 
#153
#153
cncchris33 said:
Haha...ok. Anything you say will come into question with your track record of fabrication. Nothing you can possibly say will dissuade my opinion of that. In that regard, the Shannon thing is very relevant.
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Okay man whatever you say its not relevant though
 
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zjcvols said:
Chris is the most level headed poster on the basketball board. Dooleydiesel deserves everything he gets after the Shannon Hale debacle.
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Call me stupid but I still think there was more to the Hale story and he didn't make it up. It was just too random to make up, plus it blew up pretty big to just be a VN rumor.
 
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zjcvols said:
Chris is the most level headed poster on the basketball board. Dooleydiesel deserves everything he gets after the Shannon Hale debacle.
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More level headed than most, but it was not that big of a deal. You will have a hard time convincing me otherwise.
 
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Chris4Vols22 said:
More level headed than most, but it was not that big of a deal. You will have a hard time convincing me otherwise.
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I didn't take it as a big deal, but some did. Hey, nothing like some friendly banter to pass the time away
 
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zjcvols said:
Chris is the most level headed poster on the basketball board. Dooleydiesel deserves everything he gets after the Shannon Hale debacle.
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Agreed. Pretty sure it was also the second time he completely made something up to get attention.
 
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#165
Coached against him in high school. He is a legit 6'10 and has a huge frame. He was a kid that had a solid skill set for his size. However, it was hard to tell how much athleticism he really had. He was so overweight. At 330 pounds, he is definitely not an SEC caliber player. I am intrigued to see what he looks like now that he is down in the 270 range.
 
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therickbol said:
Coached against him in high school. He is a legit 6'10 and has a huge frame. He was a kid that had a solid skill set for his size. However, it was hard to tell how much athleticism he really had. He was so overweight. At 330 pounds, he is definitely not an SEC caliber player. I am intrigued to see what he looks like now that he is down in the 270 range.
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Losing 60 pounds won't Hurt lol
 
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Not sure how this slipped through the cracks, but it's from 5/31/13

In basketball recruiting, the summer time is generally about follwing the hottest high school prospects around the nation to various AAU tournaments. Tennessee, like everyone else, will be doing its fair share of that this summer, but the Vols have also identified an early junior college target that could figure prominently in their 2014 plans.

Hurt has heard from Tennessee and a host of other programs anxious to get his attention.

Stephen Hurt (6-10, 270 pounds), who is transferring to Northwest Florida junior college after having been granted a release from David Lipscomb, has landed firmly on Tennessee's wish list as well as tons of other high major programs anxious to line up for a chance to recruit him.

His decision to transfer down was motivated both by a coaching change, and the belief that he could hold his own against a higher level of competition. He has quickly discovered that his faith in his own potential is shared by college coaches around the nation.

"I thought that I would hear from some schools, but since I got my release, it's been really hectic, more like crazy," Hurt said of the interest he's received. "Tennessee was one of the first schools to call, Arizona is calling, Alabama, Miami, Oklahoma State, Oregon….those are just the ones that I can remember off the top of my head."

Hurt, who is originally from Murfreesboro and attended Siegel HS, redshirted as a freshman at David Lipscomb so has played just one year of Division I basketball. After playing the 2013-14 season at Northwest Florida Hurt will have two years of eligibility remaining.

At this point Hurt says he has no idea whether he will sign in November or wait until the spring period. What is clear is that he'll have tons of options.

At this early stage Hurt is quick to state that he has no favorites and is just trying to get a handle on the opportunities coming his way. However, he's heard enough from Tennessee already since opting to transfer down, that it seems like the Vols have a real shot at being in the mix when things get serious.

"Coach Martin was one of the first coaches I talked to when I decided to transfer, after I got my release," Hurt offered. "He seems like a really good guy, and Tennessee is a school that I've always followed. They could end up being a possibility, but all that's a long way off."

A decision is indeed a long way off, but it's more than a little surprising to some that Hurt has been able to put himself in this enviable situation. He's done so by shedding more than 50 pounds from his body, getting down to the neighborhood of 270 pounds this spring.

He played at well over 300 pounds in high school and spent his redshirt year at David Lipscomb working hard to drop weight and get in shape.

It worked. To say the least. As a sophomore he was second on the team in scoring (11.5 per game) and the team's leading rebounder (7.4 per game).

Former Tennessee assistant coach Steve Forbes is the head coach who recruited and signed Hurt to Northwest Florida. He remembers Hurt as a high school prospect and has nothing but praise for the work the young man has put in to turn himself into a high major recruit.

"I'm amazed at the work he's put in and the job he's done, along with the staff at Lipscomb, to change his body," Forbes observed. "Really, it's nothing short of a total transformation.

"When I was at Tennessee we recruited him and tried to get him to walk on, but it was pretty clear he was going to get a scholarship from someone. He always had potential, because he had some skill, but he's done a phenomenal job of managing his weight and changing his body around."

The next time Forbes got a close look at Hurt was this spring on film when he heard of the impending transfer and was looking into whether or not to pursue him.

That decision was a quick one.

"I watched three games of him on tape from last season; against Kentucky, Ole Miss and Memphis and it was obvious that he belonged on the floor with that caliber of competition," Forbes said.

Since Hurt's decision to sign with NWF last week, Forbes reports that his phone has been blowing up at an unusual degree for this time of year.

"Considering the volume of calls I've had in the last week, the way he's worked on his body and how much better he can still get, I'd guess that Stephen will be the most sought after big man in junior college next season. It's going to be hectic," Forbes said.

Given Tennessee's needs in the 2014 class, having what is at least partially an 'in-state' prospect emerge at a huge need position is a potentially positive development for the Vols.

Adding post help in the upcoming recruiting cycle is going to be imperative. Jeronne Maymon will be departing after this year and there's a good chance Jarnell Stokes could follow him out the door as a junior testing the NBA draft waters.

"I've talked a little bit to coach Martin about that, he's let me know that they need some big guys in this class coming up," Hurt said. "I've not really started to look into all that, what the different schools have as far as depth and stuff, but transferring from junior college, going some place that you can play a lot of minutes will be important."
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-VQ
 
#175
#175
yeah he is money at the free throw line. think he brings the ball up, and his team clears out for him when they have a lead late in a game? lol
 
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