Harris Heads To Morgantown Friday.

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hatvol96

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This is the last visit with a team anyone views as a real contender. This one should be much easier to read next week.
 
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Hat, are you comfortable at this point selecting a leader for Harris' service next year on the hardwood?
 
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beavbullvol said:
Hat, are you comfortable at this point selecting a leader for Harris' service next year on the hardwood?
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The only time I thought I had a pretty good idea of what he was thinking, he eliminated the team I assumed was the leader a couple of days later. As far as I'll go is to say is that if it isn't Syracuse, Tennessee, or West Virginia, it's a surprise to me.
 
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BasketvolsFan said:
Will he sign in the early signing period? Where do we go if we don't get him?
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He's said he's going to announce on November 19th. That's the day after the end of the early signing period. I've seen conflicting reports on whether or not he's going to sign an LOI on the 18th, before he makes his choice public.
 
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Harris would be a great get, with Tyler leaving, we will need a dominant power forward with versitility
 
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hatvol96 said:
He's said he's going to announce on November 19th. That's the day after the end of the early signing period. I've seen conflicting reports on whether or not he's going to sign an LOI on the 18th, before he makes his choice public.
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Hubbs said he's announcing on Nov. 18th.

There’s definitely going to be some drama with Harris if he takes his two remaining visits to Louisville and West Virginia and doesn’t announce until Nov. 18, and you can certainly not discount Syracuse in this race either.
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hatvol96 said:
Someone might want to clue Hubbs in about the visits to Maryland and Georgia Tech, which Harris' father stated yesterday they were still taking.
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hatvol96 said:
If it involves an NYC area recruit, I'm going to consider Adam Zagoria or Dick Weiss better sources of information that Hubbs.
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Yeah, I just saw where ZB has him announcing on the 19th. Probably more accurate. Like you said, I wonder if he'll sign the LOI on the 18th, and announce on the 19th?

Regardless of when he signs the LOI, lets just hope its faxed to Knoxville.
 
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hatvol96 said:
The only time I thought I had a pretty good idea of what he was thinking, he eliminated the team I assumed was the leader a couple of days later. As far as I'll go is to say is that if it isn't Syracuse, Tennessee, or West Virginia, it's a surprise to me.
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Wow...seems like some <gulp> humility? Maybe I was wrong about this guy.
 
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tclowers23 said:
Yeah, I just saw where ZB has him announcing on the 19th. Probably more accurate. Like you said, I wonder if he'll sign the LOI on the 18th, and announce on the 19th?

Regardless of when he signs the LOI, lets just hope its faxed to Knoxville.
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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.
 
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hatvol96 said:
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.
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The university receives the sole benefit of that bargain, for sure. It's probably just because of tradition.
 
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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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ukvols said:
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.
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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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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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He didn't pull it during the recruiting period, but Daniel West comes to mind.
 
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If we do not land Harris or Pinkston we are screwed. I like our chances though.
 
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hatvol96 said:
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.
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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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