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2009 Recruits - Syracuse

Even the talented Mr. Boeheim had to scratch his head when asked about his team's surprising run to the Big East Championship and Sweet Sixteen. After all, this was a team that was not even ranked in the Top 25 to begin the season and projected to finish 8th in the Big East. With only one...

2009 Recruits - Marquette

First year head coach Buzz Williams inherited a team full of talent and experience but faced a tough future with four starters set to graduate in the spring. In response, Buzz came out fighting by putting together a Top 20 recruiting class (per Rivals), headlined by three Top 100 players. Jeronne...

2009 Recruits - Pittsburgh

Despite a disappointing finish for a team that had the talent to win the National Championship, the future is bright and big in Pittsburgh. Dante TaylorPF / 6-8 / 230lbs / Fort Washington, MD Ranked #24 overall and #10 in position by Rivals.Was also considering UConn, Syracuse and Kansas.Named to...

2009 Recruits - Louisville

Rick Pitino has had three recruiting classes ranked in the Top Twenty in the nation since 2005. The Class of 2009 looks to be no different, and it is currently ranked #15 by Rivals. Below are the players that have already signed their Letters of Intent to enroll at Louisville next year. Peyton...

Frankie Telfort Picks USC

Video from ESPN... He will be fun to watch!

Pete Carroll on the 2009 Recruiting Class

ESPN's Ted Miller found this great website that gets all the top sports talk radio interviews from around the country. I realize that this is from a couple of weeks ago but here is Pete Carroll on XX 1090 in San Diego taking about this years recruiting class...

Stewart Mandel: Nebraska "Biggest Disappointment" Statement Could Be Correct

Stewart Mandel, the head sage of all things college football, has a ringing endorsement on Bo Pelini's first full recruiting class: Biggest disappointment (in general): Nebraska. You know the formula: Hot-young coach takes over at tradition-rich program and puts together a monster class in his...

Signing Day Presser w/Coach Mangino 2.4.09

Today Kansas signed 24 players to the class of 2009 recruiting class wrapping up a year of hard work by the coaching staff. The results speak for themselves, a top 5 class in the Big 12, a close 2nd to Nebraska in the North and a top 30 class in the country. Kansas Head Coach Mark Mangino...

Final Thoughts on Signing Day

It wouldn't be signing day without drama. I didn't expect anyone to decommit and pull a shocker on us, and thankfully I wasn't disappointed. All 22 kids that had given verbal pledges stuck to their word, though a few of them took their sweet time in faxing in their letters which always causes some...

Signing Day Open Thread Continued

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