That's a fun recruiting strategy. I should have taken an official to ASU back in the day. I suppose I would've needed an offer from them first.
I'm not certain if this is good or bad news. The fact that 3 players are leaving ASU could reveal a serious coaching problem, or it could look to Willie that he will start immediately. To me it is a bad sign for the program.....
Arizona State loses three players in a single day
Matt Giles
Apr 4, 2014, 10:16 PM EDT
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AP Arizona State has six incoming recruits for the 2014-15 season, a large recruiting class which underscores that the Pac-12 squad would probably have some turnover during the offseason, but it is debatable whether coach Herb Sendek thought the scholarships would free up on the same day. Richie Edwards will head to New Zealand to play professionally (Edwards had exhausted his eligibility), Bo Barnes announced he would transfer Friday morning, and Calaen Robinson will also leave the Pac-12 program after his inaugural season.
Other than those three Sun Devils, Sendek will also be without Jahii Carson, Jordan Bachynski, Jermaine Marshall, and potentially Shaquielle McKissic — the team is reportedly going to petition for an extra year for the wing.
There will be a plethora of fresh faces greeting Sendek and the coaching staff during fall practices, and the coaches are clearly not finished recruiting. Arizona State is one of a handful of teams competing to land Bryce Dejean-Jones as well as Willie Atwood, a juco big who is being pursued by squads who need frontcourt depth.
Here is the one comment:
fnc111 - Apr 5, 2014 at 12:39 PM Sendek won’t be the ASU coach next year at this time.
Come to Iowa, Willie, where Fran treats his players like family.....
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Indeed, and one of the players departing is the number one scoring point guard, freshman, Jahil Carson, who averaged: 18.6 PPG, 4.0 RPG, and 4.6 APG.....
Certainly hope Willie and his Mom can overlook the sleazy attempts to land Willie with Babes and Strippers, at FSU and ASU, I do believe we will be in the Dance again with a better seed next season. Fran is a proven Miracle Worker, and has done very well in one of the toughest conferences in the nation his last two seasons. He is finally coaching Big Time and is getting the job done quite nicely. Despite the end of the season fall, next year is going to be entirely different. The main difference I would like to see is the ability to hold a lead at the end of a game, that comes with the experience we should have had last season.....
I also think the preseason and early season predictions were a bit overinflated and the media over reaction calling us a Final Four team put too much pressure on the team, and we couldn't stop the descent.....
We actually played very well against two of the Elite Eight and a Final Four team. Losing by 8 points at Michigan in a game we played very poorly, and then beat them by 18 points at Carver. We lost to Wisconsin by 4 in IC, and by 5 at Madison.....
Remember that the Hawks are not the only team to fall in the first round, Duke lost to Mercer, and I really don't want to mention Number Two ISU falling to Hampton. A lot of the Big Dogs fall in the first round of the NCAA Tournament and when all is said and done, they are in the same category, among the 32/36 or so who go home after the first game.....
Link and pics or it didn't happen.
