Chris Thomas (Commit Other)

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Originally Posted by SixFig

BTW the people who were on the "rankings don't matter" side of the argument aren't allowed to get excited. He's just another prospect right? Right? Didn't think so...

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Rankings (especially ESPN's) are an untrustworthy gauge of a player and their upside. According to ESPN Kenny is a 95 rating and the 55th best player in his class, while Tu Holloway is a 76 rating and unranked. As you can see what they do in our program matters, not what they did in high school.

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Originally Posted by NY44

Rankings (especially ESPN's) are an untrustworthy gauge of a player and their upside. According to ESPN Kenny is a 95 rating and the 55th best player in his class, while Tu Holloway is a 76 rating and unranked. As you can see what they do in our program matters, not what they did in high school.

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So you really aren't too excited about ESPN ranking Xaviers recruiting class as 14th in the nation, right?

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Originally Posted by NY44

Rankings (especially ESPN's) are an untrustworthy gauge of a player and their upside. According to ESPN Kenny is a 95 rating and the 55th best player in his class, while Tu Holloway is a 76 rating and unranked. As you can see what they do in our program matters, not what they did in high school.

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You're right. Let's not take Thomas and recruit the 6th guy off the bench at Mayberry High School. Rankings and opinions of experts don't matter, just what happens at XU

We get a commitment from a highly ranked recruit and everyone loses there sh!t. Instead of being happy, we all immediately begin arguing with each other. Gotta love the off season.



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i don't know what we're yelling about!!!!!

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Originally Posted by SixFig

You're right. Let's not take Thomas and recruit the 6th guy off the bench at Mayberry High School. Rankings and opinions of experts don't matter, just what happens at XU

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Yes, exactly what I was saying, glad you got it.

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Originally Posted by Xavier

So you really aren't too excited about ESPN ranking Xaviers recruiting class as 14th in the nation, right?

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It's exciting but it really doesn't mean much. St. John's had the #3 recruiting class last year, a lot can happen.

I'm with waggy on this one. It's a two day old VERBAL commitment and there are 20 pages talking about him. It's great that a kid this good would commit to X, but its a long road until he is even on Campus, let alone positively impacting this team.

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Originally Posted by NY44

It's exciting but it really doesn't mean much. St. John's had the #3 recruiting class last year, a lot can happen.

I'm with waggy on this one. It's a two day old VERBAL commitment and there are 20 pages talking about him. It's great that a kid this good would commit to X, but its a long road until he is even on Campus, let alone positively impacting this team.

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St. John's was really young, they started 5 Freshman, nobody expected them to be amazing, but they had good players, Harkless, Harrison, etc. They will be pretty good here in a couple years..

Giggity! Giggity!

Goo!

This is one of the most bizarre threads I had ever read on this site.

X just got a committment from a player regarded as the best shooting guard in the country. It does not matter if he pans out or not...

The fact is they got a top-5 recruit.... period.

This a major, big deal.

Not a single negative thing about. Even if he is a bust (not likely) it is still major to get a commitment from someone who was also considering Kansas, Kentucky, Arizona, etc....

This is awesome no matter how you slice/dice it....

Happy Easter!!!