Why is jp tokoto announcing at ten at night?

[NCAARules]

I've got to agree with Pakuni on this one. There is room for lots of interpretation in "accomodate local television".

I don't think it is clear what coverage will occur based off of what has been posted here.

Personally, I would be SHOCKED if local news threw it live to cover his actual announcement.

However, I could see a reporter doing a live standup during the sports segment after the announcement is made. Perhaps even interviewing JP as part of it.

Maybe I'm splitting hairs between the two possibilities. Just my humble opinion.

[brewcity77]

Oh for Christ' sake. Saying the manner of his decision is being handled in a similar manner though on a different plane is not comparing him to LBJ. When I was in high school, my friend Donny was an athletic freak, a LB in football who was state player of the year and absolutely dominated opposing offenses in a way similar to how a you g Brian Urlacher dominated the NFL. Does that mean I'd be comparing them on an even plane? Of course not. But he dominated in a similar manner, making it an apt comparison albeit on a different level. That's the only reason I compared JPT's decision to LBJ's. That doesn't make JPT LBJ.

[Tugg Speedman]

If these facts as I understand them are correct, here's what I'm thinking ....

The live segment will take 2 minutes.

30 seconds for the reporter to explain Tokoto (top HS BBaller) and that he about to make a decision that has the top colleges in the nation waiting for (mention the list of schools).

30 seconds, Tokoto says I'm going too ...  crowd in D&B reacts.

60 seconds, why that school.

Thanks and back to the studio.

This is what Live TV means and why this type of announcement is good news for the local schools.

[Pakuni]

Pukani - are you a freshman because my sophomore thinks this is a clueless response.  

Is this supposed to mean something? Be witty? Clever? Funny?
Are you literally sharing your MU Scoop experience with a sophomore you own?

Like I said, there's no use debating this further (and I won't).
If, in about 8 1/2 hours at 10 p.m. Thursday night, Milwaukee televisions stations open or break into their newscasts to broadcast JP Tokoto's decision live in front of a packed house at Dave and Busters, you'll be proven correct.
If they do not, you'll be proven wrong.
My guess is they will not broadcast the decision live and the house only will be packed by people who know JP or have a direct interest in his decision (and maybe you).
You disagree.
End of story.

[Lennys Tap]

This means a public announcement in front of a large audience and he will be saying something that the larger Wisconsin population wants to hear.  It said this suggests good news for the local schools (MU and UW)

I hope you're right as it would would be good news for Marquette, not Wisconsin. He has recently gone on record saying he wants to play in an uptempo offensive system, which eliminates UW.

That said, UNC is the heavy favorite.

[reinko]

JP was all set to commit to MU, until he read this thread and assumed MU fans are a bunch of grammar policing ninnies who will nitpick and break apart words to twist it every which way just to prove they are right, no matter what.

[Tugg Speedman]

These facts do not square with Pakuni's interpretations ...

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http://menomoneefalls.patch.com/articles/tokoto-to-announce-choice-of-college-thursday-night

Tokoto to Announce Choice of College Thursday, Could Transfer for Senior Year

J.P. Tokoto knows the college he will attend, but it isn't clear if he will play in Menomonee Falls his senior year.

Menomonee Falls basketball star J.P. Tokoto plans to end all the speculation and announce what college he will attend in 2012 at a press conference 10 p.m. Thursday night at Dave & Buster's Restaurant on Mayfair Road in Wauwatosa.

But as far as Falls hoops fans are concerned, the bigger news is that the junior phenom may decide not to play for the Indians next year.

While the decision of what college to attend has already been made, Tokoto's dad, Trevor Trimble, told Menomonee Falls Patch that what his son will do in 2011 remains up in the air. When asked, Trimble said that transferring from Menomonee Falls to play at another school is a possibility.

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http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/117106368.html

Tokoto to announce Thursday
By Todd Rosiak of the Journal Sentinel

Just got off the phone with Trevor Trimble, the stepfather of Menomonee Falls' J.P.  Tokoto.

Tokoto will announce his college decision on Thursday at 10 p.m. The late start time is to accommodate TV stations' interest, Trimble said.

Tokoto's final list was trimmed to eight schools a few weeks ago: MU, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Kentucky, Duke, Maryland, UCLA and Connecticut.

Trimble said Tokoto has already made his decision. Understandably, the family is keeping the information under wraps until Thursday.

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Until these facts change ... live televised press conference
End of discussion

Good news for UW and MU

[dw3dw3dw3]

I can see channel 4 or someone televising his decision, however I don't get all the throngs of mad people and PR disaster you are conjuring up if he would choose UNC.

[Tugg Speedman]

I can see channel 4 or someone televising his decision, however I don't get all the throngs of mad people and PR disaster you are conjuring up if he would choose UNC.

This is an announcement brings with it with winners and losers.  The winners are 800 miles away.  The losers are in the room where the announcement is being made.

Maybe the drunk UW and MU fans to politely clap and congratulate him, but I would not bet on it.

That is why this has the potential to be a PR disaster ... unless he says MU or UW,

[wadesworld]

This is an announcement brings with it with winners and losers.  The winners are 800 miles away.  The losers are in the room where the announcement is being made.

Maybe the drunk UW and MU fans to politely clap and congratulate him, but I would not bet on it.

That is why this has the potential to be a PR disaster ... unless he says MU or UW,

No, there will be no PR disaster when he chooses UNC.  You are OVERBLOWING THIS.  It's a 17 year old kid making a college decision announcement.  It's not the best basketball player in the world who plays for his hometown team and is shunning them.  He has never been a part of MU or UW.  He was never committed to either and he owes nothing to either.

[TallTitan34]

LBJ's decesion was a disaster because he is a pro-athlete who endorses products.  A hit in his image could literally cost a company and himself millions of dollars.

A high-schooler announcing where he is going to college won't be a disaster.  

[brewcity77]

It won't be a long-term disaster, it won't lead to riots in the streets or burning jerseys, but it could disappoint 60% of the people there, which in Wisconsin will almost assuredly include some drunk idiots who yell disparaging comments or throw popcorn. It's not remotely on the same level as LBJ, but that doesn't mean it couldn't backfire nonetheless.

All that said, anyone who gets down on him for picking UNC would be an idiot of the highest order. But there are a lot of idiots of the highest order at bars in Wisconsin at 10 at night.

[Skatastrophy]

Who's going to D&B to see this?  A bunch of basketball forum dorks?  They won't even talk to people in real life, much less boo a young man face-to-face.

I don't think the average UW-Madison or Marquette fan follows recruiting closely enough to drive to D&B on a Thursday to watch the announcement. 

I'd guess that the decision is to facilitate a party with JP and his friends/teammates to eat some food, play some vids and celebrate the fact that this recruiting process is over.

/2cents

[ringout]

LBJ's decesion was a disaster because he is a pro-athlete who endorses products.  A hit in his image could literally cost a company and himself millions of dollars.

A high-schooler announcing where he is going to college won't be a disaster.  

I agree it won't be a disaster if he announces for UNC.  I'll be disappointed, but I'll be over it in a few minutes, as I expect most MU fans will be.

I just don't know what the upside is.

I won't bet MU, but I am more optimistic, (10% more) then before this made for local news event was announced.

[Tugg Speedman]

Look I hope it goes well.  

I think some will view this as a kid as arrogant and that he's making an announcement that he "above" Wisconsin's Universities and high schools (if he announces is transferring to Oak Hill).  Is that what's happening here?  Everyone and everything in Wisconsin is second rate and I'm first rate, so off to Oak Hill and UNC and all you second rate losers staying here should congratulate me for being better than you?

I read this story as another kid that announced to the world he was better than everyone else.

http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/throwback/201102/high-school-juniors-college-future-uncertain-after-eighth-grade-commitment-ken#

Maybe it's true but you don't hold press conferences in Wisconsin to tell everyone to congratulate him for getting out of the second rate dump of a state.

[T-Bone]

Who's going to D&B to see this?  A bunch of basketball forum dorks?  They won't even talk to people in real life, much less boo a young man face-to-face.

I don't think the average UW-Madison or Marquette fan follows recruiting closely enough to drive to D&B on a Thursday to watch the announcement. 

I'd guess that the decision is to facilitate a party with JP and his friends/teammates to eat some food, play some vids and celebrate the fact that this recruiting process is over.

/2cents

+2 cents
It's the kid's moment, with his family and friends.  Let him enjoy it, whatever that decision may be.  And let him still be a kid.  He's doing what he can to make the best decision for himself and his family.

[HomeCourtAdvantage]

10:00 PM at a Dave & Busters so it can be on the local news? This has to be really good news for MU and UW and not for UNC.  Let me explain.

If you assume their will be a crowd at D&B, and on Milwaukee 10PM local news broadcasts, why would you then tell the entire state "frack you I'm going to UNC and this area sucks so bad that I'm transferring to Oak Hill Academy in VA next year."  Might as well then give everyone the finger when you're done.

Does he expect a D&B crowd to cheer this news?  (If their is not a D&B crowd, and only family, why hold it there?  Announce in your living room or High School gym.)  They would cheer a MU and/or UW announcement.

Does he expect the local Wisconsin reporters engaged in cross talk after he announces to be all positive when he essentially says that everything about the state of Wisconsin says loser and he's not letting the door hit him in the ass on the way out of here?

This timing and venue only makes sense if he's making a MU or UW announcement.

Makes me think more so that he's picking UW.

Don't ask me why, just conjecture on my part.

[NersEllenson]

Who's going to D&B to see this?  A bunch of basketball forum dorks?  They won't even talk to people in real life, much less boo a young man face-to-face.

I don't think the average UW-Madison or Marquette fan follows recruiting closely enough to drive to D&B on a Thursday to watch the announcement. 

I'd guess that the decision is to facilitate a party with JP and his friends/teammates to eat some food, play some vids and celebrate the fact that this recruiting process is over.

/2cents

+1 to all, particularly the bolded part

[4everwarriors]

I would have held the event at Bacchus or Carnevor.
F*ckin' would opt for Coyote Ugly or On The Border.

[BCHoopster]

If you are picking NC, you would wait till next April to commit, if you like Wisco, which I believe he
is going to pick, he becomes a local hero for a year.  MU, his mother, did not like Buzz chewing tobacco
in front of her the whole time and was disgusted by all the spitting that took place, no class.

[willie warrior]

If you are picking NC, you would wait till next April to commit, if you like Wisco, which I believe he
is going to pick, he becomes a local hero for a year.  MU, his mother, did not like Buzz chewing tobacco
in front of her the whole time and was disgusted by all the spitting that took place, no class.

Where did you hear this about the tobacco?

[reinko]

If you are picking NC, you would wait till next April to commit, if you like Wisco, which I believe he
is going to pick, he becomes a local hero for a year.  MU, his mother, did not like Buzz chewing tobacco
in front of her the whole time and was disgusted by all the spitting that took place, no class.

But you said it was a rumor a couple weeks, just a rumor...apparently now it's fact.

Lets get back to Tokoto, I heard a rumor, just a rumor, that Buzz took the parents around the Al and school and was
chewing and spitting the whole time and Mrs. T, thought that was disgusting, and MU is not on the list anymore.  Fact
or Fiction, time will tell???

[MUfan12]

But you said it was a rumor a couple weeks, just a rumor...apparently now it's fact.

Nah. It's always been bullsh*t.

[ringout]

If you are picking NC, you would wait till next April to commit, if you like Wisco, which I believe he
is going to pick, he becomes a local hero for a year.  MU, his mother, did not like Buzz chewing tobacco
in front of her the whole time and was disgusted by all the spitting that took place, no class.

Can't wait until next April. Ol Roy wants an answer.

Choosing a school based on tobacco spitting?  I hope not.  

[ChicosBailBonds]

If this announcement is the top story of the local news in Milwaukee on Thursday night then we might want to relocate the campus out of the city of Milwaukee.  There is ZERO justification to make this the top story in a "major" market.  ZERO.

Just because he is accomodating the local news doesn't mean they will have a live look-in at 10:00am.  I sure as hell hope not.  With the world the way it is, and certainly bigger issues in Wisconsin and Milwaukee right now, even the notion this would be the top story is concerning.  If it truly is, then Milwaukee media needs to get it's priorities in order.