re: 2017 Arkansas Recruiting Thread---Football and Basketball

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he knew what I meant.

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I'm not going to speak for him but it is hard to almost not take some people literally on this site at times. I get unfortunately surprised by posters all the time. That being said, I use hyperbole quite a bit as well.

Hogs officially offer Zhaire Smith after his unofficial to the UGA game, will likely commit soon and round out our 2017 basketball class.

If he does commit, it means at least 1 player will be leaving, as we are out of scholarships currently. Hazen would be my guess.

6'5" 180 SF out of Garland, TX, 89 3 star and 198 overall.


Scouting Report says he is the bounciest player in the 2017 class, very much like Qualls. Dude can elevate and throws down vicious dunks.

The dunk at about 20 secs is just filthy

Basketball recruiting rankings are pointless, even with all the exposure of the players from aau to hs ball, the sites continually misevaluate players. Most times they base their rankings on players developing into a role they are unable to fill on the hs level against largely inferior talent they face, this is why Madden was ranked so highly, they projected him to be a tall true pg, instead of the small sg he only had the skill set to do.

They projected mickelson to develop into a solid back to the basket player, something he couldn't do with a foot of height over the defense in high school.

The only players they normally evaluate correctly are the ones who they piggy back their evals from the McDonald's all American game...

Mike indicates again today that he may still take a 4th for the 2017 class. Wonder if Smith is the only one he's looking at.

We are one of the teams in the running for Marquette grad transfer PG Duane Wilson. Averaged 12ppg and started until this year where his PT got cut in half for some reason, was apparently a team captain too. A true PG and leader we could really use.

A&M, UGA, UVA, GT also on his list.

I'm always leery of Rothstein transfer rumor tweets. His track record last year was terrible.

Terrell Allen, Tre'Shaun Fletcher and Nigel Goss with none visiting.

Playing time might have been cut due to the fact that the kid can't shoot and had a nearly 1:1 assist to turnover ratio?

Barford isn't a true pg, and the other fella shot worse.

Where are you getting your stats? Barford shot nearly 44% this season. This other fella shot 42%.

Barford was better at the FT line, but not as good from 3.

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I'm just putting all of these names in one thread since there are a lot of names popping up recently

1. The Lawson twins. - Everyone knows about them

2. Michael Weathers - Was a freshman PG at Miami(Ohio) last season. Averaged 16.7 pts, 4.8 asts, 4.2 rebs, & 1.9 stls. Also, has a twin brother (Marcus Weathers 6'7" SF) who is transferring as well. They're from Kansas originally and want to get closer to home. Hometown is 3 hours from Fayetteville. They want to play on the same team if possible but are open to going to separate schools.

3. Chris Darrington - Juco PG. #2 Juco nationally ranked PG, #13 overall juco, 2 to play 2. The kid can fill it up and has good handles.

4. Amauri Hardy - Former Ok St. commit. Lefty PG with good handles and decent shot. 6'1", Very rugged, thick, and tough. I like his game.

5. Shakwon Barrett - 6'3" CG with good handles and decent shot at least from highlights. Supposedly visiting next week.

6. Shakur Daniel - PG at Southwest Christian Academy. Teammate to Mladen Armus and Gabe Osabuohien

7. Mladen Armus - 6'9" PF/C big guy. Project player. Could be a servicable backup to Gafford and Perry by '18.

8. Gabe Osabuohien - 6'7 SF. Supposedly very underrated and very under recruited. I've not watched any video or anything.

9. Markel Crawford - grad transfer from Memphis. Was team's 3rd leading scorer at 12.8 ppg. 6'5" SG/SF. Discussion on memphis board says he is Arkansas bound, but taking it with a grain of salt at the moment.