Diamond Stone

[River rat]

Speaking of recruiting, some of you may enjoy this article on the recruiting sites.  Eric Winter, who runs Rivals.com worked with me for 5 years at DIRECTV.  A funny guy, knows his stuff.  Some interesting insights on the recruiting site wars and the question about whether they have jumped the shark or not.


http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/02/has_the_college_football_recru.html

Can you tell us all how cool he is?  please please please.
I hope to God you had beers with him in your back yard, there has got to be some stories for the ages that came from that.  please please tell us you had a beer in the back yard with him.  Was payton Manning there too?
Crosses fingers.

[KenoshaWarrior]

Can you tell us all how cool he is?  please please please.
I hope to God you had beers with him in your back yard, there has got to be some stories for the ages that came from that.  please please tell us you had a beer in the back yard with him.  Was payton Manning there too?
Crosses fingers.

LOL!!!

[brandx]

Can you tell us all how cool he is?  please please please.
I hope to God you had beers with him in your back yard, there has got to be some stories for the ages that came from that.  please please tell us you had a beer in the back yard with him.  Was payton Manning there too?
Crosses fingers.

River rat - maybe you could give us some insight on what your friends have to say    That would really be a funny post.

[Freeport Warrior]

Speaking of recruiting, some of you may enjoy this article on the recruiting sites.  Eric Winter, who runs Rivals.com worked with me for 5 years at DIRECTV.  A funny guy, knows his stuff.  Some interesting insights on the recruiting site wars and the question about whether they have jumped the shark or not.


http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/02/has_the_college_football_recru.html

Interesting read. Thx for posting.

[wardle2wade]

247sports just posted another Stone prediction this morning... Chad Lykins of Duke's BlueDevilLair picked Marquette.  Let's hope this holds... Stone would be a great centerpiece to a talented squad.

[Dawson Rental]

That's four Duke experts picking Marquette, along with two Kentucky experts.  It looks like the competition thinks he's a definite MU lean.  Of course, a lean ain't a commit, as UCLA showed with Looney.  However, it does give me some confidence regarding teams that have been in the hunt since the start along with MU.

Ellenson and Stone were probably miffed that Bo was in his team's locker room after the game they attended rather than being in his office waiting for them to run on down to see him.

[Archies Bat]

A few tidbits from Paul Biancardi asnswering a twitter question:


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@PaulBiancardi who is a better fit for UW stone or ellenson?  Who is more likely to stay in state?

The simple and best answer for the first question is: both. They are each outstanding big men in the Class of 2015.

Henry Ellenson is a strong and skilled post player with excellent shooting range and plenty of upside. The Badgers have been on him and are making him a priority. He was in attendance at the Kohl Center when Wisconsin recently beat Michigan State.

Diamond Stone is in the Badgers' back yard and his name has been on our boards since his freshman season. He is a legit 6-foot-10 post who has the skill to face the basket with post moves. That's rare at such a young age. He still needs to learn how to give maximum effort all the time, however.

Both fit extremely well in Bo Ryan's system because the Wisconsin coach has been successful utilizing big men who face the basket.

I believe Stone has the better chance of staying in state. He has two outstanding options in Marquette and Wisconsin.

[We R Final Four]

Sounds like Jeff Potrykus wrote that article.

[KenoshaWarrior]

Seems like he is retweeting a lot of mentions of him that are associated with the Badgers.  We need to start tweeting him more.  We don't want another Kendrick Nunn situation

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Seems like he is retweeting a lot of mentions of him that are associated with the Badgers.  We need to start tweeting him more.  We don't want another Kendrick Nunn situation

If it is truly between us and the Badgers, we have nothing to worry about. The only ones who think he is going there are there own fans.

[4everwarriors]

Stone can literally go anywhere. It's not a horse race between UW and MU. Understand that UK is in it and so is Steve Alford.

[KenoshaWarrior]

All I am saying is that he seems to retweet badger references to him a lot?  Also re-tweeted something about him and someone else being a package deal?

[BM1090]

All I am saying is that he seems to retweet badger references to him a lot?  Also re-tweeted something about him and someone else being a package deal?

He retweets pretty much every positive reference to him. Nothing to see there.

[hilltopper03]

Stone can literally go anywhere. It's not a horse race between UW and MU. Understand that UK is in it and so is Steve Alford.

I think he will stay in state (hopefully marquette). Plus Kentucky has not even offered. The one school that really worries me is UNC.

[4everwarriors]

Just sayin'.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

I think he will stay in state (hopefully marquette). Plus Kentucky has not even offered. The one school that really worries me is UNC.

UK never offers right away. They don't need to. I fear UK more than anyone else in this race. I feel real strong that the only place Stone goes besides Marquette is UK.

[4everwarriors]

Just sayin'.

[77ncaachamps]

UK never offers right away. They don't need to. I fear UK more than anyone else in this race. I feel real strong that the only place Stone goes besides Marquette is UK.

Only to get recruited over.

[4everwarriors]

Just sayin'.

[esotericmindguy]

Only to get recruited over.

Don't think the #4 kid in his class is worried about being recruited over. Probably more worried about being NBA ready.

[4everwarriors]

Just sayin'.

[wadesworld]

Just sayin'.

Any predictions on this one?

[4everwarriors]

Do know that Alford is recruitin' him intensely.

[wadesworld]

Do know that Alford is recruitin' him intensely.

He'll have to really be blown away by his visit to Westwood for them to have a chance though, aina?

[4everwarriors]

Too early to tell, but you're right, it's happened before.