2017 SG Phillip Flory commits to Marquette

[Tums Festival]

Per Verbal Commits:

http://verbalcommits.com/players/phillip-florey

[mubb34]

This even screws with my mind more that there are no Youtube videos on him.....Buzz must have saw something very special in him!

[Lennys Tap]

Willie will be ecstatic.

[Markusquette]

Very interesting....such an early commitment too. Congrats to him.

[Galway Eagle]

This even screws with my mind more that there are no Youtube videos on him.....Buzz must have saw something very special in him!

Or Buzz saw the Blue and Gold fund getting significant donations from his dad

[GB Warrior]

This is evidence of an exciting shift in Wisconsin recruiting. These kids have grown up with Buzz, and they're clearly not enthused by Bo-ball. That being said, it makes me uneasy getting a commit from someone who hasn't played a second of HS ball. But if Buzz is confident that he's a scholarship caliber player regardless of what his floor and ceiling end up being, then we're in the right. Where we begin crossing the line is if we start pulling the rug out on kids. But he also reserves the right to change his mind for the next 3 years if the big dogs start barking.

[GGGG]

Or Buzz saw the Blue and Gold fund getting significant donations from his dad

???  What does his dad do that you think this is some sort of strong arm move?

[LloydMooresLegs]

When was the last time (if ever) MU got a commit this early?   Very interesting.  IBIT.  

[MuMark]

I can't remember MU ever taking a verbal from a kid this early.....

Got to love legacy recruits.......will be fun to watch him develope

[tower912]

There was a kid with the last name of Green (IIRC) that committed very early to MU during Coach Crean's time here.    He never made it to campus.    I honestly do not remember the details. 

[KenoshaWarrior]

This is evidence of an exciting shift in Wisconsin recruiting. These kids have grown up with Buzz, and they're clearly not enthused by Bo-ball. That being said, it makes me uneasy getting a commit from someone who hasn't played a second of HS ball. But if Buzz is confident that he's a scholarship caliber player regardless of what his floor and ceiling end up being, then we're in the right. Where we begin crossing the line is if we start pulling the rug out on kids. But he also reserves the right to change his mind for the next 3 years if the big dogs start barking.

Beat me too it.

We have become the "Cool" team in the state
similar to how Miami Football became the cool team all the sudden in the mid 80's in Florida, and or how Cincinnati Basketball became the cool team in the 90's early 2000's

[MuMark]

Green committed early but not this early....

He was 2006 kid who verbaled in 2004

http://profootball.scout.com/a.z?s=127&p=9&c=2&cid=271545&nid=1163499&fhn=1

[tower912]

Thanks.   Ordinarily, I'm not a fan of kids committing this early.    The mitigating factor here is his father's MU hoops ties.     His dad was 6'5, a lefty glue guy with range out to 22-24 feet before it mattered.     Had the misfortune of playing during the Dukiet years.    Amazingly, that didn't sour him.    Welcome to the MU family, young Mr. Flory.   

[Marqus Howard]

Mark Miller posted on one of the Badger boards that, "Flory is a 6'3" WG. Can really shoot it. Plays with poise and moxy. Believes he is a player and he is. Top 2017 kid in Wisconsin. Father, Mike, played at Rhinelander and at Marquette. Exceptionally early offer."

He also said, "Flory excelled at the John Lucas camp in Houston recently. Indiana was also showing interest and had Flory on campus."

Miller also spoke to Rapids coach, Dan Witter: "He said he has been trying to contact UW about Flory, but had not been able to reach them. Of course, the WI team was in Canada. Not sure anybody saw an offer coming this early for Philip, Witter included."

[Galway Eagle]

Can someone tell me what the rules are for kids who recruit this early? Like is he allowed another more time on campus or with the team or coaches? I'm just trying to wrap my head around such an early offer and maybe if he's allowed more time with the team he wants to groom a player to already know his system?

[KenoshaWarrior]

We offered Stone as a freshman as well. 
Just three months difference in time

[MuMark]

Same rules apply as if he had not verbaled...nothing changes.

Mark also said that MU was the the kids dream school......makes sense or you wouldn't pull the trigger this early.

[94Warrior]

Welcome to the MU family Phillip.  We'll be following your progress for the next 4 yrs of HS.

[Galway Eagle]

We offered Stone as a freshman as well.  
Just three months difference in time

Stone's rated a top recruit in the country though.  

Same rules apply as if he had not verbaled...nothing changes.

Mark also said that MU was the the kids dream school......makes sense or you wouldn't pull the trigger this early.

I suppose but Sandy Cohen said the same and it even took him awhile to commit.  But whatever glad hes coming and wish him success in the next eight years give or take

[Dawson Rental]

6'3" 160 as an incoming HS freshman.  Do those numbers qualify Philip as a big?

[Dawson Rental]

Stone's rated a top recruit in the country though.  

I suppose but Sandy Cohen said the same and it even took him awhile to commit

Not as long a time as it took MU to get interested.  Until he blew up this spring Cohen, wasn't on the radar of any high major school, MU included.

[MU82]

I hope like heck that Buzz has some 4th graders in the pipeline!

[MuMark]

Cohen only waited because his AAU coach asked him to....the minute his AAU season ended he verbaled.

Stone's rated a top recruit in the country though.  

I suppose but Sandy Cohen said the same and it even took him awhile to commit.  But whatever glad hes coming and wish him success in the next eight years give or take

[Dawson Rental]

I hope like heck that Buzz has some 4th graders in the pipeline!

I'm hoping he's got one fifth grader in the pipeline: Zaire Wade.

[forgetful]

I hope like heck that Buzz has some 4th graders in the pipeline!

He does, I heard he's been looking at a kid named Zaire, supposedly with good basketball lineage.