2019 Target List

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Florida was also the one school he mentioned already having communication/relationship with his parents. FL is probably leader but I agree with BOT, landing Mann could bump our standing a couple of spots past them and the grimy birds(aka Louisville). Here's hopin
 
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BigZiti09 said:
Right. Asked to name 4 he leaves us out. Next article has 5 and we are in there with the other 4.

So I would guess we are 5th. We need to get him on campus. Maybe Mann could be the key here.
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Or it was an oversight on his part when asked on the spot, or it’s also possible it could have been a little bit older info that the guys just now wrote the article on. Simply put, I don’t believe Tennessee is a throw in 5th team.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Or it was an oversight on his part when asked on the spot, or it’s also possible it could have been a little bit older info that the guys just now wrote the article on. Simply put, I don’t believe Tennessee is a throw in 5th team.
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All that really matters is we stay alive long enough to climb the list. Doesn't sound like he's dead set on anywhere.
 
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BigZiti09 said:
All that really matters is we stay alive long enough to climb the list. Doesn't sound like he's dead set on anywhere.
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Agreed...however I like he seems to be cutting it to those 5 because he’s a guy that’s definitely going to move up the rankings.
 
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ESPN updated rankings

11: Jalen Lecque
22: Josiah James
42: Tre Mann
44: Kira Lewis
45: CJ Walker
46: Patrick Williams
53: Greg Gantt
86: Marcus Watson
88: Dekeyvan Tandy
 
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Updated 2019 list...
#9 Jalen Lecque
#15 Josiah James
#37 Tre Mann
#55 Greg Gantt
#66 Marcus Watson
#74 Patrick Williams
#81 Kira Lewis
#83 Dekeyvan Tandy
#99 CJ Walker
#178* Drew Pember(#178 by 247)-UT COMMIT
#188* Jason Jitoboh(#188 by 247)
#204* Davonte Gaines(#204 by 247)-UT COMMIT


Removed Withers and Williams, added Lecque and Jitoboh back.

VQ has article up on Walker, Gantt and Williams...all 3 speak very highly of the Vols and all 3 as of today sound like they would take an OV to Tennessee. However it appears Tennessee favors Walker and he is likely to be the guy Tennessee schedules for an OV first.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Updated 2019 list...
#9 Jalen Lecque
#15 Josiah James
#37 Tre Mann
#55 Greg Gantt
#66 Marcus Watson
#74 Patrick Williams
#81 Kira Lewis
#83 Dekeyvan Tandy
#99 CJ Walker
#178* Drew Pember(#178 by 247)-UT COMMIT
#188* Jason Jitoboh(#188 by 247)
#204* Davonte Gaines(#204 by 247)-UT COMMIT


Removed Withers and Williams, added Lecque and Jitoboh back.

VQ has article up on Walker, Gantt and Williams...all 3 speak very highly of the Vols and all 3 as of today sound like they would take an OV to Tennessee. However it appears Tennessee favors Walker and he is likely to be the guy Tennessee schedules for an OV first.
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Any chance Gaines gets recruited over? Or is he a lock? Just curious because thats a large target list.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Where did you see that Tennessee is actively recruiting him?
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This guy is a late bloomer, so there's no surprise that that the recruiting services don't have much info on him. He has a NBA pedigree and he will probably grow another inch by next year.

Notes from NBPA:

DJ Thorpe, C, 2019
Heading into camp, DJ Thorpe was one of the least heralded prospects in attendance, but he proved he belonged during the night session on Wednesday, competing in the paint, grabbing rebounds on both ends and playing a physical brand of basketball. This time of year college coaches are searching for potential new options at the center spot and Thorpe, a 6-foot-8, 240-pound big man is sure to see his recruitment rise during the July evaluation periods.
Recruiting: Kansas State, Oklahoma State, TCU, Tennessee, Texas A&M and a host of others
 
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tmack50 said:
D.J. Thorpe, Lake Travis, Center (BK)

Add this one to the list as well. 6'8" 240lb big man out of Texas. Had a big showing at the NBPA Top 100 camp. You may remember his dad Otis Thorpe from the Houston Rockets.
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Thanks for the info. Respect his pops game a lot, and like that UVA offer back in December.

Searching for film and articles about this kid, I found a UTjr messenger board with a thread about DJ. I can’t help but smile thinking about how pissed Texas basketball fans would be to not only see CRB and UT having success but getting top players from their state. Thorpe looks like he’s currently just outside the top 10 in the state and 150 in the country. Those rankings can go up or down quickly I know, but it’s still fun to think about.
 
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tmack50 said:
This guy is a late bloomer, so there's no surprise that that the recruiting services don't have much info on him. He has a NBA pedigree and he will probably grow another inch by next year.

Notes from NBPA:

DJ Thorpe, C, 2019
Heading into camp, DJ Thorpe was one of the least heralded prospects in attendance, but he proved he belonged during the night session on Wednesday, competing in the paint, grabbing rebounds on both ends and playing a physical brand of basketball. This time of year college coaches are searching for potential new options at the center spot and Thorpe, a 6-foot-8, 240-pound big man is sure to see his recruitment rise during the July evaluation periods.
Recruiting: Kansas State, Oklahoma State, TCU, Tennessee, Texas A&M and a host of others
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I get all that, just curious if you saw something mentioning Tennessee as actively recruiting him. They offered him over a year ago, but since then he’s not been mentioned with Tennessee...Rob Lewis of VQ was at that camp and interviewed multiple guys about Tennessee and he wasn’t one, so I’m guessing he’s not really on the staff list of priorities right now. Maybe if he holds off on doing something until spring that changes, but as of now I don’t see much need to add him to the list of targets.

I don’t mean that to come off as an ass, but there’s a lot of guys with Tennessee offers to their name, the guys on the target list are the ones that the staff has been showing the most attention to though.
 
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