re: Arkansas Basketball Recruiting Thread *Muss Years Archive - do NOT delete*

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Camara kid from UGA

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Committed to Arkansas
Au’Diese Toney – Pittsburgh
6-6, 210
14.4 points, 5.9 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.4 steals, 46.4% FG%, and 34.0% 3P%.

Arkansas Makes Cut List
Cam Holden – UT-Martin
6-5, 200
14.9 points and 8.3 rebounds.

Arkansas has made Holden’s top 6 along with Cincinnati, New Orleans, Towson, USF, and Wichita St.

Marvin Johnson – Eastern Illinois
6-6, 190
15.3 points, 5.2 rebounds, 4.7 assists, 1.9 steals, 45.5% FG%

Arkansas has made Johnson’s top 4 along with Drake, Mississippi St., and New Mexico St.

Myreon Jones – Penn St.
6-3, 180
15.3 points, 2.7 rebounds, 2.0 assists, and 39.5% 3P%

Arkansas has made Jones’ top 4 along with Florida, LSU, and Ole Miss. He’s expected to commit “by early next week.”

Fatts Russell – Rhode Island
5-11, 165
14.7 points, 4.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists

Arkansas has made Russell’s top 13 along with Arizona St., Auburn, Gonzaga, Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oregon, Penn St., Texas, Texas Tech, and UCLA.

Arkansas Contacted
Christian Bishop – Creighton
6-7, 220
11.0 points, 6.4 rebounds, 1.0 blocks, and 68.1% FG%.

David Collins – South Florida
6-4, 220
11.3 points, 3.5 rebounds, 3.4 assists, and 37.2% 3P%.

Antonio Daye Jr. – Florida International
6-1, 188
17.1 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 4.7 rebounds.

C.J. Felder – Boston College
6-7, 230
9.7 points, 5.9 rebounds, and 2.2 blocks.

Phlandrous Fleming – Charleston Southern
6-4, 210
20.1 points, 7.1 rebounds, 2.3 assists, and 1.8 steals.

Parker Fox – Northern St.(D2)
6-8, 210
22.3 points, 9.9 rebounds, and 3.5 blocks.

Jayden Gardner – East Carolina
6-8, 210
18.3 points and 8.3 rebounds.

Myron Gordon – Samford
6-3, 180
15.6 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 46.6% FG%.

Noah Gurley – Furman
6-8, 210
15.4 points, 5.8 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and 33.9% FG%.

Marreon Jackson – Toledo
6-1, 200
18.1 points, 6.1 rebounds, and 5.9 assists.

Noah Locke – Florida
6-3, 203
10.6 points and 40.4% 3P%.

Seth Lundy – Penn St.
6-6, 219
10.1 points and 4.2 rebounds.

Xavier Pinson – Missouri
6-2, 170
13.6 points and 2.6 assists

Justin Powell – Auburn
6-6, 205
11.7 points, 6.1 rebounds, 4.7 assists, and 44.2% 3P%.

Marlon Ruffin – Omaha
6-5, 195
13.1 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 38.3% 3P%

Stanley Umude – South Dakota
6-6, 210
21.5 points, 7.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists, and 35.5% 3P%.

Davion Warren – Hampton
6-6, 210
21.2 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 3.0 assists.

Donavan Williams – Texas
6-6, 190
3.3 points

Alexis Yetna – South Florida
6-8, 234
9.5 points, 7.3 rebounds, and 31.5% 3P%.

Eliminated Arkansas
Paul Atkinson – Yale à Notre Dame

Jamison Battle – George Washington à Minnesota

A.J. Bramah - Robert Morris à Arizona St.

Izaiah Brockington – Elected to stay at Penn St.

Nimari Burnett – Texas Tech à Down to 7 schools

Matt Cross – Miami à Louisville

Danilo Djuricic – Harvard à Santa Clara

Greg Gantt Jr. – Providence à North Carolina St.

Jamir Harris – American à Seton Hall

Zep Jasper – College of Charleston à Auburn

Charles Manning Jr. – LSU à South Alabama

Caleb Mills – Houston à Florida St.

Sean Rhea – Texas-Rio Grande Valley à Cal Poly

Stef Smith – Vermont à St. John’s

Parker Stewart – UT-Martin à Indiana

Kevion Taylor – Winona St.(D2) à Valparaiso

Jase Townsend – Denver à San Diego

Tyson Walker – Northeastern à Michigan St.

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Steve Sullivan @sully7777
Muss says he was on the phone until 12:30 AM and was up at 5 am. He's in transfer portal mode. He says don't believe everything you read about Arkansas being interested in a recruit.

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“My wife was not happy last night at all,” Musselman told reporters Thursday. “I was on the phone until about 12:30 last night and I got up at 5 this morning. It’s hard, I’m not going to lie to you.”

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“We’ve had some Zooms and we’ll continue to have Zooms,” Musselman said. “We just want the right fit, and if you talk to players, you can get a feel for if it’s a good fit off the floor and on the floor. Again, I think that player that kind of plays that positionless basketball at times seems to be a great fit for us.”

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“The evaluation part is really the most important part, especially with this many guys,” Musselman said. “You’ve got to clearly identify what your team needs and clearly identify what a player can do.

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“Then we have statistical formulas that we’ve created - not any outside company - we’ve created internally from the last six years that we continue to build on, where we plug a player from one conference in and how do we project them as an SEC player. We had that down really well in the Mountain West and now we feel, after the last couple years, that the same formula can help us moving forward in the SEC.”

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“For the bulk of the season, game one to the very end, Smith and Tate were our versatile defenders,” Musselman said. “So I think maybe on the outside you can look and maybe say, ‘Hey, add shooting,’ but in reality, we won a lot of games based on two guys being great, great defenders for us.”

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“Don’t believe everything you read about the portal and who Arkansas is interested in,” Musselman said. “There’s a difference between making a phone call and interest. There’s a strategy behind it. Some players might get a call and there might not be real interest. It might just be an inquiry or smoke screen or whatever you want to call it.”

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Jeff Goodman @GoodmanHoops
Toledo transfer Marreon Jackson told me that he has cut his list to four. One of the best players on the transfer market.

Averaged 18, 6 and 6 this past season.

Arkansas
Arizona State
Georgetown
Miami

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