Chris Thomas (Commit Other)

[xu15]

DaveTelep Dave Telep
Chris Thomas has enrolled at Chipola Junior College.
about 7 hours ago

[Juice]

DaveTelep Dave Telep
Chris Thomas has enrolled at Chipola Junior College.
about 7 hours ago

Some of the national writers are on twitter calling this guy the next Willie Warren. Yikes.

[THRILLHOUSE]

RT @EvanDanielscout: JUCO scoring sensation Chris Thomas has verbally pledged to Xavier, per his assistant high school. Story on the way

[Muskiefornia]

#5 National Rivals, 5 stars on Scout and ESPN. How many years of eligibility will he have?

[smileyy]

A 6'4" SG. Interesting. And yeah, its not clear to me when he'd start at Xavier. I'm assuming this isn't for next year, or is it?

[BMoreX]

Jeff Goodman ‏ @GoodmanCBS
Xavier just landed junior college guard Chris Thomas. So, so talented -- but it'll be interesting to see how coachable he becomes.

[smileyy]

but it'll be interesting to see how coachable he becomes.

I don't think XU would pick up anyone they didn't think they could coach.

[jcubspoe]

Unbelievable pickup:

From everything I can tell, he's a 2013 (maybe even 2014). He's gonna have to qualify somehow out of JUCO, where he's only taken one year after getting his GED. I assume if he qualifies after next school year (that would be 2 years of JUCO) then he's ready to go for you guys in 2013...if not qualified, you guys probably pull the scholly at that point. Terribly high risk, but unlimited reward also.

[X-ceptional]

A 6'4" SG. Interesting. And yeah, its not clear to me when he'd start at Xavier. I'm assuming this isn't for next year, or is it?

From Zagoria earlier this year:

Smith (his grandmother) said the plan was for the 6-foot-5 Thomas to obtain his GED at Chipola and then begin taking courses there. Ideally, he would be ready to enroll in a Division 1 school for the 2013-14 season.

She said Xavier, Missouri, Iowa State and Seton Hall were still his leading suitors, and that Seton Hall had reached out to Headrick.

Xavier appears to remain the leader.

“He’s going to get out in 2013 so he could start the D-1 college in 2013-14,” Smith said.

[smileyy]

So that'd be 2 years at Xavier starting in '13/'14? If so, that's...interesting...because those would be Wells and Martin's last two years as well.

Here's DX on him: http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Chris-Thomas-6297/