re: #tAuburnBasketball Thread

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Moore is our #1 priority right now and we definitely have a good shot at him.

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Moore did an interview with Rivals a few weeks ago & did not have us in his top group. LINK

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Other than Florida, which schools are heaviest in the mix with Moore? “Georgia, Georgia Tech, Oklahoma, Ohio State and Maryland,” he said.

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Moore did an interview with Rivals a few weeks ago & did not have us in his top group

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Ya.... that isn't a legit top group for Moore. He publicly stated he doesn't have "public leaders" or top group while he is visiting places, which he still is doing.


I've seen these visit interviews in person, you never know A) what the question actually was and B) If he just threw out schools recently interested


Shouldn't be surprising that UGA/OU/tOSU/UM are all some of the more recent coaches visits/UOV/Offer

I am not saying we have a good shot, but JLee/Local rivals UF person isn't the guy to know about that at this point

We just need Under Armour to figure their shite out and start funneling bagman payments to his UA sponsored AAU team. They need to carry their weight

We offered 2019 6'7 Forward Jaylin Williams from Brantley GA in the past couple days

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1 - Harper, Mitchell 
2 - Heron, Brown 
3 - Purifoy, Okeke 
4 - Spencer, Murray 
5 - Wiley, McLemore

Puifoy and Okeke are 4s in Bruce's system.

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Purifoy and Okeke are both natural SFs(3). Purifoy plays the 4 because of our roster and having our best players on the floor. Lang has played the 4 some this year but you can't call him a 4. If Murray could've played this year, Purifoy would've played a lot less 4 and Lang none at all. Okeke could play the 4 at times because he's a better option at 4 than Purifoy or Lang.

I also believe if Murray would've been able to play, we would've been in the big dance this year.

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Also, isn't Murray more of a 5 than a 4?

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Murray is a natural 4, a quick-twitched post player. There are interviews he has done, where Murray has said that BP has him mostly at 4 and sometimes at 3. He has been working a lot on his outside shooting, trying to expand his game.

As far as the 2018 class goes, our board looks something like this. I'm thinking we'll be signing 3-4.

1. EJ Montgomery(PF)-solid commit.
2. Khavon Moore(SF)-top prospect, will narrow things down in the summer. Has visited us and UGA the most.
3. Jojo Toppin(SF)-we seem to be a major contender. AU/UT/UGA battle.
4. Will Richardson(SG)-HS teammate of Davion Mitchell. AU/UGA battle so far.
5. Trey Jemison(PF)-Loves AU but we might not offer enough immediate PT for him. Auburn or Vandy, it seems for now.
6. Sharone Wright Jr(PG)-sister plays on AU girls bball team, just like EJ Montgomery's sister. Will be a tough pull but we are in contact.
7. Diante Wood(SG)-could be our next commit.
8. Trey Doomes(SG)-we seem to be in contact.
9. Tony Johnson(PG)-very high on us and visited us more than anyone but we may not have room. Might look elsewhere.
10. Javian Fleming (C)-recruitment hasn't taken off yet but it will and we're in on him early. He's still open.



Edit: Just my opinion but my ideal class would be Montgomery, Moore and Richardson, then call it a class. Toppin if we don't get Moore, and Wood if we don't get Richardson, maybe Jemison if we have room. Sharone Wright Jr would be great but we don't need another PG.

Wish we could recruit Atlanta XPress the UA team. They are always loaded and it is our F'ing affiliation

It's absolutely amazing that we're pulling in guys like EJ Montgomery.

I counted Wiley as a fluke, in a sense, being in state and a legacy. But Montgomery is a whole other level that I never thought AU basketball would get to

It helped that his sister is Brandy Montgomery,who is on our ladies team. Justice Wright, who is sitting out this season after transferring from Clemson, is the sister of Sharone Wright Jr.