Xavier lands #60 Elias King (2019 wing)

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‏@Eliasking15
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Blessed and thankful to say that I will be committing to Xavier University ✊🏽💯

[XUGRAD80]

Yes!

[Juice]

https://twitter.com/Eliasking15/status/996815967677272066

[bleedXblue]

boom ! great news!

[MITTENMUSKIE16]

Let’s keep it rolling with a few more. We’ve got potentially 4 more spots to fill. Need a big and a facilitator. Samari Curtis and Elias King are a very good place to start with the 2019 class.

[muethibp]

Cool. I think it's important for this coaching staff to get a nice one under its belt, as it just did here.

[Cheesehead]

Fired up! Let's go X!!!

[muskiefan82]

Power Forward U. continues!!

[gladdenguy]

Power Forward U. continues!!

Actually a wing/small forward......

[bleedXblue]

Actually a wing/small forward......

Yes and a perimeter guy at that first.

[Olsingledigit]

Go. X- nice start for Travis!

[xu82]

AWESOME news! Now let’s fill out the class with some more studs! X keeps on rollin’.

[nuts4xu]

AWESOME news! Now let’s fill out the class with some more studs! X keeps on rollin’.

stud
noun
plural noun: studs
1. a young man thought to be very active sexually or regarded as a good sexual partner.
synonyms: hunk, ladies' man, ladykiller, Romeo, Don Juan, Casanova, Lothario, womanizer, playboy, gigolo, lover; informalchick magnet, babe magnet, studmuffin
"he's a real stud"

[flatspat]

stud
noun
plural noun: studs
1. a young man thought to be very active sexually or regarded as a good sexual partner.
synonyms: hunk, ladies' man, ladykiller, Romeo, Don Juan, Casanova, Lothario, womanizer, playboy, gigolo, lover; informalchick magnet, babe magnet, studmuffin
"he's a real stud"

You did not include yourself on that list?

[xu82]

stud
noun
plural noun: studs
1. a young man thought to be very active sexually or regarded as a good sexual partner.
synonyms: hunk, ladies' man, ladykiller, Romeo, Don Juan, Casanova, Lothario, womanizer, playboy, gigolo, lover; informalchick magnet, babe magnet, studmuffin
"he's a real stud"

And yet he didn’t go to Louisville???

[novachap]

Congrats folks, awesome get!

[drudy23]

Who else was in the running?

[XU 87]

Who else was in the running?

I know he originally committed to Georgia, but decommitted when the coach got fired. Nice pick-up for the staff and our new assistant from UGA.

[X Factor]

Who else was in the running?

Florida just offered him a few days ago.

[xukeith]

Power Forward U. continues!!

I hope you are right as he needs 3 more inches and 60 pounds of muscle. Or X will be like Villanova and instead of offfense offense offense, Best defense east of the Mississippi.

[GIMMFD]

Top 100 recruits are always good for business, he's going to be a helluva player, Coach Hayes on the staff definitely is the major reason for this one, good stuff from Steele to find great assistants that can recruit, let's hope their player development is just as good!! Very excited about the news

[IM4X]

Top 100 recruits are always good for business, he's going to be a helluva player, Coach Hayes on the staff definitely is the major reason for this one, good stuff from Steele to find great assistants that can recruit, let's hope their player development is just as good!! Very excited about the news

Yes.

First - Welcome to X Elias!

Just blown away with how Steele has made brilliant move after move since he was hired as head coach.

- Brings in assistants who can recruit well.

- Brings in several badly needed, very solid last minute transfers

- Gets the most coveted prospect his assistant was working to reel in to commit.

Boy, things are look pretty good indeed.

[ArizonaXUGrad]

Well score one for Hayes, Johnson needs to put one in the commit column.


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[Muskie]

Yes.

First - Welcome to X Elias!

Just blown away with how Steele has made brilliant move after move since he was hired as head coach.

- Brings in assistants who can recruit well.

- Brings in several badly needed, very solid last minute transfers

- Gets the most coveted prospect his assistant was working to reel in to commit.

Boy, things are look pretty good indeed.

He's certainly solidified his reputation as a recruiter. I'm anxious to see what the team looks like on the floor.

[IM4X]

He's certainly solidified his reputation as a recruiter. I'm anxious to see what the team looks like on the floor.

Yes he has... and I too am quite excited to see how the new members mesh with the rest of the team. I'm particularly curious to see how the two transfer "bigs" mesh with the team. They just look so different from the rest of team (players who were highly rated recruits and who look a bit quicker and more athletic), but these somewhat unorthodox looking bigs may fit rather well (one looks to be a very good outside shooter and one looks to be unafraid to get physical in the paint).

To be fair, players like Stainbrook and Kanter didn't exactly "look" like they would fit with the team either, yet they were very instrumental in their X team's success. I suppose bringing in players who have skills that compliment those of players who are returning from last year makes more sense than bringing in players who have the same skill set (unless your team is loaded with players who can "do it all" unbelievably well like Nova had).

For what it's worth, the 2019 recruits seem a bit more similar to those players returning from last year.

I'd love to see us keep this momentum going and add another talented and athletic big and another deep threat in the 2019 class.

[xukeith]

Who was the recruiter of Stainbrook?
Or was he just looking to transfer on a winning team?

[IM4X]

Who was the recruiter of Stainbrook?
Or was he just looking to transfer on a winning team?

Good question. Always thought it was Mack. but that's only because he was the one who spoke about him to the press.

Speaking of Stainbrook... I came across this old article about Matt transferring to X. It mentions how people from Xavier message boards were concerned that his style of play might not mesh well with the X team he was joining.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.hustlebelt.com/platform/amp/2012/4/16/2952479/matt-stainbrook-xavier-western-michigan

[Lloyd Braun]

Updated 247 rankings (https://247sports.com/Season/2019-Basketball/RecruitRankings?InstitutionGroup=HighSchool): Samari Curtis (92), Elias King (99).

[scoscox]

We're starting to get a few more crystal balls for armaan franklin now...

Really hope we can land Zeke Nnaji. That kid looks like a stud.

[ArizonaXUGrad]

If we get Franklin I bet we lose Curtis. Rivals has King at 50. Recruiting is someone’s opinion.


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[smileyy]

I imagine its really f'ing hard to evaluate a junior in high school with any kind of accuracy. I bet the error bars are huge.

[Juice]

If we get Franklin I bet we lose Curtis. Rivals has King at 50. Recruiting is someone’s opinion.


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Not accurate

[GreatWhiteNorth]

King is 6’8” and can play SF while Curtis is a guard. No problem.

[GIMMFD]

King is 6’8” and can play SF while Curtis is a guard. No problem.

Yeah but Franklin is a 6'4 combo guard that plays Curtis' position. It'd be interesting to see how that shapes up, I really like Curtis because I think he's a big time scorer, and adding him to the roster would be another weapon, but at the same time Franklin looks just as good in his own right. Either way, this is a damn good problem to have.

[joe titan]

I wonder why XU offered Donitae Allen if they were "close" to having King commit; maybe first in, wins

[ArizonaXUGrad]

I wonder why XU offered Donitae Allen if they were "close" to having King commit; maybe first in, wins

Now you know how recruiting works. If Curtis and Franklin both come that would be up to them. They do play the same spot.


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[XMAS XAVIER]

Yeah but Franklin is a 6'4 combo guard that plays Curtis' position. It'd be interesting to see how that shapes up, I really like Curtis because I think he's a big time scorer, and adding him to the roster would be another weapon, but at the same time Franklin looks just as good in his own right. Either way, this is a damn good problem to have.

Curtis will play the 1 and Franklin the 2 or vice versa. So we'll have the 1, 2 and 3 positions filled. Now we need a PF and Center and this class will be done.

[BandAid]

Our guards would be Franklin, Curtis, Q, Scruggs, and Harden for one year. Am I missing anyone? Seems very manageable

[Lloyd Braun]

Our guards would be Franklin, Curtis, Q, Scruggs, and Harden for one year. Am I missing anyone? Seems very manageable

Assuming nobody transfers or goes pro, which IMO is more likely than everyone staying.

[Lloyd Braun]

Just a guess but it looks like the plan for 2019: Stock up on long guards that can score and wings that can defend multiple positions... a playmaking PG would be a nice bonus (DJ Carton would be enormous).

[GIMMFD]

Though it's insanely early, it is nice to see that we have the 6th best recruiting class in the country right now. Who woulda thunk it?

[Juice]

I wonder why XU offered Donitae Allen if they were "close" to having King commit; maybe first in, wins

They want both. It's up to Allen if he wants that though.

[MITTENMUSKIE16]

Just a guess but it looks like the plan for 2019: Stock up on long guards that can score and wings that can defend multiple positions... a playmaking PG would be a nice bonus (DJ Carton would be enormous).

Carton would be great. So would Harland Beverly, who even though he is listed as a combo guard is more of a facilitator. Both seem to have X high on their lists. Osu, MSU, and X seem to be the three Beverly will come down to

[Lloyd Braun]

Elias King tweet (https://twitter.com/hoopseen/status/997916008663932928?s=12) ya gotta love