I believe Ingram has already taken 4 visits (Wichita, UAB, us and Houston) so he should have one remaining. We won't know how serious Kentucky is until he schedules a visit.

Has anybody on this board read Malcolm Gladwell's big fish/small pond theory? He makes the case that a student will be better off making high grades at an upper-mid university instead of struggling at an Ivy League institution. The same thinking can be applied to recruiting as well, especially basketball. At Bama, Ingram will be given more attention from the staff because there will be more urgency for him to perform as soon as he arrives. Sure practicing against Mickey D's AA will help his game, but he'd develop at an accelerated rate with increased PT in actual games. That would be my angle if I were recruiting Ingram.

Thoughts?

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Posted by JordonfortheJ

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Posted on 4/13/15 at 10:35 am to Gongora

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student will be better off making high grades at an upper-mid university instead of struggling at an Ivy League institution

don't agree with this..but what is his reasoning?

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Posted by elposter

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Posted on 4/13/15 at 1:37 pm to Gongora

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He makes the case that a student will be better off making high grades at an upper-mid university instead of struggling at an Ivy League institution.

As long as "struggling" doesn't mean "flunking out" then I would say 9 times out of 10 that Ivy League diploma is going to put you in a better position than your cum laude diploma at a "lesser school." People rarely care what grades you made at Harvard as long as you graduate.

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