MU not in Jabari Parker's Top 10

[Lacrosse218]

Well we can stop dreaming now....

http://espn.go.com/chicago/ncb/story/_/id/8158431/jabari-parker-nation-top-basketball-recruit-considering-10-schools-possible-landing-spots

[cheebs09]

Is Buzz losing his touch in recruiting?

[4everwarriors]

Thought that Chew cat was tight with Parker. There's UK and the also rans.

[Knight Commission]

I'm hoping he chooses DePaul and it wouldn't surprise me if he does.   

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

BYU?

[4everwarriors]

He's Mormon.

[KenoshaWarrior]

I believe that Jabari is Mormon.

Im not joking

[Dawson Rental]

Is Buzz losing his touch in recruiting?

Exactly when did Buzz have the in with the top prospect in the nation "touch".

[Dawson Rental]

I'm hoping he chooses DePaul and it wouldn't surprise me if he does.   

Getting DePaul off the mat can only be good for the Big East.

[cheebs09]

Exactly when did Buzz have the in with the top prospect in the nation "touch".

I figured that didn't need teal.

[Dawson Rental]

I figured that didn't need teal.

That's three fails by my sarcasm detector in two days.  This is getting embarrassing.

[77ncaachamps]

I'd choose Gtown or Stanford.

The best two schools on that list.

[Tugg Speedman]

Parker would be next year's no. 1 pick if he could come out.  He will play at a school that will give him the best chance to win as a freshmen and then go to the association.

So it will be Kentucky.  No chance on any of the others?

[Spaniel with a Short Tail]

Well we must have been #11...or at least TIED for #11!

[LAZER]

I'd choose Gtown or Stanford.

The best two schools on that list.

I'd choose Kentucky, the school that sent 4 kids in the first round this year, including #1 and #2

[NersEllenson]

I'd choose Kentucky, the school that sent 4 kids in the first round this year, including #1 and #2

Considering Kentucky has been landing consistent Top 10 high school players since Calipari has been there....they should have a track record of sending guys to the NBA, and high draft picks at that.

Having said that, off the top of my head - what Kentucky guys of late have really done much at the next level?  John Wall?  Umm..wouldn't exactly say he's been a great Number 1.  DeMarcus Cousins?  Not much production there.  Enes Kanter?  Brandon Knight? 

[reinko]

Considering Kentucky has been landing consistent Top 10 high school players since Calipari has been there....they should have a track record of sending guys to the NBA, and high draft picks at that.

Having said that, off the top of my head - what Kentucky guys of late have really done much at the next level?  John Wall?  Umm..wouldn't exactly say he's been a great Number 1.  DeMarcus Cousins?  Not much production there.  Enes Kanter?  Brandon Knight? 

John Wall: 21
DeMarcus Cousnins: 21
Enes Kanter: 20
Brandon Knight: 19

[MerrittsMustache]

Considering Kentucky has been landing consistent Top 10 high school players since Calipari has been there....they should have a track record of sending guys to the NBA, and high draft picks at that.

Having said that, off the top of my head - what Kentucky guys of late have really done much at the next level?  John Wall?  Umm..wouldn't exactly say he's been a great Number 1. DeMarcus Cousins?  Not much production there. Enes Kanter?  Brandon Knight?  

At age 21, averaging 16-8-4.5 over 2 seasons is pretty good for a #1 pick.

Also, Cousins is a complete headcase but I'd hardly call 18 points, 11 boards, 1.2 blocks and 1.5 steals "not much production."

Brandon Knight started 60 of 66 games and put up 13-4-2 as a 20-year-old rookie.

What exactly do you want from these guys to think they can play?

[MerrittsMustache]

Is Buzz losing his touch in recruiting?

Buzz cooled on him.

[GGGG]

Did anyone think we would be in his top 10???

[TallTitan34]

The Parker family expressed disappointment when Illinois fired Bruce Weber as its basketball coach this past spring, but Sonny Parker (Jabari's father) said his son was open to playing for any coach.

Hire Bruce Weber!

[LAZER]

Considering Kentucky has been landing consistent Top 10 high school players since Calipari has been there....they should have a track record of sending guys to the NBA, and high draft picks at that.

Having said that, off the top of my head - what Kentucky guys of late have really done much at the next level?  John Wall?  Umm..wouldn't exactly say he's been a great Number 1.  DeMarcus Cousins?  Not much production there.  Enes Kanter?  Brandon Knight? 

You're really grasping at straws there.  If you want to go to the NBA as a high draft pick your school is Kentucky and your coach is Calipari. I don't think it's a question.  Maybe UNC, but in a few years I expect Kentucky's list to be even longer and more impressive.

[Bocephys]

Did anyone think we would be in his top 10???

Considering we weren't even in his top 14 or whatever he announced earlier, I'm not sure why this is a surprise.

[The Equalizer]

Getting DePaul off the mat can only be good for the Big East.

But bad for us.  If they land him, Parker is a game-changer for them, and likely pushes us beneath them in the league standings and national rankings.

I'm curious on the perennial DePaul comments--the Big East standings are a zero-sum game, which team at the top of the standings do people expect to fall?  People say "Boy, it would be great if DePaul were a good team again".  If you want DePaul to move up and become one of the top teams in the league, the logical corallary to that is that MU or GU or Louisville must fall. 

[Canadian Dimes]

Considering Kentucky has been landing consistent Top 10 high school players since Calipari has been there....they should have a track record of sending guys to the NBA, and high draft picks at that.

Having said that, off the top of my head - what Kentucky guys of late have really done much at the next level?  John Wall?  Umm..wouldn't exactly say he's been a great Number 1.  DeMarcus Cousins?  Not much production there.  Enes Kanter?  Brandon Knight? 

ya kind of a really dumb statement.  not only are all these kids really young, they have actually done pretty good as young pros.  

bottom line is you can go to UK and play on a big time stage for a program that has a track record of lottery pick freshman.....success in the NBA ultimately is on the player.