2015 Hoops recruits

[redleg]

With Ted kapita and Jimmy Whitt as the only basketball signees for the 2015 class, and the fact that Arkansas still has 2 open scholarships, And that the Hogs do NOT have a reliable swing man with some height to shoot outside, will CMA try to sign any other recruits in this class, or will he just ride with what he currently has? 
With 5 seniors on next year's team, that would give Anderson 7 scholies to offer potential players for the 2016 class.

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[Pig in the Pokey]

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[mhuff]

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Seems like a BB recruiting question to me. I agree and have been saying all year that we would need a scoring SF..... Looks like we were really on the ball. I will say this about MA. I think he may have the best recruiting class in 2016 ever..... Seven players are too many at one time..... Perhaps if we get some jucos and one and dones or two year players , it will level out.

[The_Bionic_Pig]

Transfer reduced it to 6

[Pig in the Pokey]

6, eh/ Easy. Monk, Ferguson, Cook, Davis, azubuike, and adrize adebeyo or Jayson Tatum. That's a wrap. Do it , Mike.

[mhuff]

6, eh/ Easy. Monk, Ferguson, Cook, Davis, azubuike, and adrize adebeyo or Jayson Tatum. That's a wrap. Do it , Mike.

Like your attitude. Man wouldn't it be fabulous to have an exceptional haul. Believe half of those would be great. If Monk would commit early, I think some big time players would jump onboard.

[Pig in the Pokey]

Like your attitude. Man wouldn't it be fabulous to have an exceptional haul. Believe half of those would be great. If Monk would commit early, I think some big time players would jump on board.
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would be ridonkulous haul

[WorfHog]

Like your attitude. Man wouldn't it be fabulous to have an exceptional haul. Believe half of those would be great. If Monk would commit early, I think some big time players would jump on board.
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Sadly I don't think Monk's going to commit early, even if he doesn't come here.

[Hudson]

Why do you feel like MA can close the deal on any of these kids? He's known for months he had two starting spots open on a good team and he hasn't closed any! We don't have a closer on this staff!! We lost good talent to programs on a lower scale than us!  Not looking good to me!

[blu]

Waah!

[sickboy]

Why do you feel like MA can close the deal on any of these kids? He's known for months he had two starting spots open on a good team and he hasn't closed any! We don't have a closer on this staff!! We lost good talent to programs on a lower scale than us!  Not looking good to me!

Wait... Who closed Kapita and Whitt? Santa Claus?

[WildRazorback]

Wait... Who closed Kapita and Whitt? Santa Claus?

Actually, Santa wasn't their lead recruiter. I'm pretty sure it was the Easter Bunny that closed the deal. He had them hopping about the future of our program.

[UNCLE BACK]

Moses Kingsley and Ted Kapita. To me, we need guys who have been playing basketball more than a few years. Mike and his staff are not likely to develop their raw talent. Hope I'm wrong but it doesn't seem to be their strong suit...

[Thepigdoctor]

Moses Kingsley and Ted Kapita. To me, we need guys who have been playing basketball more than a few years. Mike and his staff are not likely to develop their raw talent. Hope I'm wrong but it doesn't seem to be their strong suit...

What about Qualls? Who developed his talent? We were his only offer and now he's headed to the NBA after three years.

[Hawg Red]

What about Qualls? Who developed his talent? We were his only offer and now he's headed to the NBA after three years.

I don't believe that to be true, but I do agree with you that he came into his college career being described as "raw" or "undeveloped" and grew tremendously at Arkansas.

[Thepigdoctor]

I don't believe that to be true, but I do agree with you that he came into his college career being described as "raw" or "undeveloped" and grew tremendously at Arkansas.

Unless scout was wrong, I don't see any other offers listed. La Tech was listed as having interest but no offer. ESPN had the same listed.

Edit - I looked up on rivals and he did have a handful of much smaller d1 offers, so scout's information is wrong

[Hawg Red]

Unless scout, rivals, and 247 were wrong, I don't see any other offers listed. La Tech was listed as having interest but no offer.

Rivals has Arkansas as one of 8 offers.

http://sports.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/basketball/recruiting/player-Michael-Qualls-103389

Verbal Commits shows offers.

http://www.verbalcommits.com/players/michael-qualls

247 Sports has 5 offers listed.

http://247sports.com/Player/Michael-Qualls-15794?Institution=12052

[Hawg Red]

Edit - I looked up on rivals and he did have a handful of much smaller d1 offers, so scout's information is wrong

We were definitely his only Power 5 offer, but Wichita State, Murray State, and Louisiana Tech have been very, very good mid-major programs the last 5 years.

[Hog Fan from Camden]

Same Mike haters in every thread!  Getting old!

[farmhawg]

Same Mike haters in every thread!  Getting old!

wont change unfortunately.

[Scott7703]

Same Mike haters in every thread!  Getting old!

I'm a mike Anderson supporter but don't understand why anyone who questions him is a hater? We had a great year and obviously Mike has the program going in the right direction. We are winning more games, staying out of trouble and doing well in the classroom. However, our recruiting this season has me somewhat concerned. Only adding two guys to this point and being what appears to be less than prepared for the departures of Portis and Qualls has me nervous about the upcoming season. I personally don't feel like a hater just because I question or have a concern about any coach.

[Hogginout]

Well I guess CMA will have to prove the doubters wrong.

[lefty08]

I'm a mike Anderson supporter but don't understand why anyone who questions him is a hater? We had a great year and obviously Mike has the program going in the right direction. We are winning more games, staying out of trouble and doing well in the classroom. However, our recruiting this season has me somewhat concerned. Only adding two guys to this point and being what appears to be less than prepared for the departures of Portis and Qualls has me nervous about the upcoming season. I personally don't feel like a hater just because I question or have a concern about any coach.

And the ones who support MA aren't Mike lovers.....blah blah blah

Just blow up jump ball and the basketball recruiting pages and open them back up in November please


Mods?

[Kevin]

It has become the chicken or the egg thing.

Is their a hater crowd because of the he can do no wrong crowd
Or
There is he can do no wrong crowd because of the hater crowd

[WorfHog]

It has become the chicken or the egg thing.

Is there a hater crowd because of the he can do no wrong crowd
Or
There is he can do no wrong crowd because of the hater crowd

The hater crowds been here since we hired Nolan.

[mhuff]

I'm a mike Anderson supporter but don't understand why anyone who questions him is a hater? We had a great year and obviously Mike has the program going in the right direction. We are winning more games, staying out of trouble and doing well in the classroom. However, our recruiting this season has me somewhat concerned. Only adding two guys to this point and being what appears to be less than prepared for the departures of Portis and Qualls has me nervous about the upcoming season. I personally don't feel like a hater just because I question or have a concern about any coach.

Anyone who loves the Hogs should have a concern when third tier schools beat us out on a regular basis. We definitely need a recruiter. If the trend does not change, it is definitely not going to be good after next year.

[Letsroll1200]

Anyone who loves the Hogs should have a concern when third tier schools beat us out on a regular basis. We definitely need a recruiter. If the trend does not change, it is definitely not going to be good after next year.

Can you guys give any examples of those third tier teams?

[WBC Hog]

Wait... Who closed Kapita and Whitt? Santa Claus?

I wouldn't even credit CMA with the Whitt signing. Anderson and the Whitt family have been life-long family friends. I'd hope CMA could get a kid's signature in those circumstances!

I'm not a hater of CMA. I'm just worried about his recruiting. Yes, Qualls developed well. Name another solid player though. Yeah Anton Beard looked good last season but who else has developed well? 4+ years here at the U of A. We need better player development and better recruiting!

[Letsroll1200]

I wouldn't even credit CMA with the Whitt signing. Anderson and the Whitt family have been life-long family friends. I'd hope CMA could get a kid's signature in those circumstances!

I'm not a hater of CMA. I'm just worried about his recruiting. Yes, Qualls developed well. Name another solid player though. Yeah Anton Beard looked good last season but who else has developed well? 4+ years here at the U of A. We need better player development and better recruiting!

Relationships in recruiting our always vital. As far as player development we have those who you previously mentioned and also Bobby Portis, Ky Madden, Manule Watkins, Jabril Durham(was solid by the end of the season), Jacorey Williams. You don't finish second without recruitment and player development.

[King Kong]

I wouldn't even credit CMA with the Whitt signing. Anderson and the Whitt family have been life-long family friends. I'd hope CMA could get a kid's signature in those circumstances!

I'm not a hater of CMA. I'm just worried about his recruiting. Yes, Qualls developed well. Name another solid player though. Yeah Anton Beard looked good last season but who else has developed well? 4+ years here at the U of A. We need better player development and better recruiting!

Ky Madden, Kim English, D Carroll are all players that have taken large jumps in there careers under MA.

And lol at not giving credit for landing Whitt for having a relationship, which every coach will say is the key to recruiting.

[TomBigBeeHog]

Why all the negativity on the recruiting page? Seems counterproductive.

[HOGINTENNESSEE]

Ky Madden, Kim English, D Carrol are all players that have taken large jumps in there careers under MA.

And lol at not giving credit for landing Whitt for having a relationships, which every coach will say is the key to recruiting.

One could also argue Portis took a large jump after being under MA for a full off season.

Up 5pts and 2rebs per game

[rzrbackramsfan]

JT Tiller had huge jumps.  I'm thinking this year we're going to see some huge leaps made by players (Kingsley, Williams, Bell).

[choppedporkextrasauce]

I wouldn't even credit CMA with the Whitt signing. Anderson and the Whitt family have been life-long family friends. I'd hope CMA could get a kid's signature in those circumstances!

I'm not a hater of CMA. I'm just worried about his recruiting. Yes, Qualls developed well. Name another solid player though. Yeah Anton Beard looked good last season but who else has developed well? 4+ years here at the U of A. We need better player development and better recruiting!

Sometimes you read posts like this and shake your head

[WBC Hog]

I'm just being realistic and at the same time, trying not to bash on any of the Hog basketball players. I do think Mike Anderson swung and missed on the latter half of the recruiting season. Yeah, Whitt and Kapita were key spots filled but we needed 2 more guys to replace Portis and Qualls. To have SIX spots to fill next year will be tough.

King McClure
KeVaughn Allen
Danjel Purifoy
Melvin Frazier
Ebuka Izundu
Dikembe Dixson
Juwan Morgan
Kerry Blackshear
Malik Dime

I thought CMA was going to pull a miracle and bring in KA & Izundu but missed on both. Now, I'm pulling for him to land Justin Leon.

[Letsroll1200]

I'm just being realistic and at the same time, trying not to bash on any of the Hog basketball players. I do think Mike Anderson swung and missed on the latter half of the recruiting season. Yeah, Whitt and Kapita were key spots filled but we needed 2 more guys to replace Portis and Qualls. To have SIX spots to fill next year will be tough.

King McClure
KeVaughn Allen
Danjel Purifoy
Melvin Frazier
Ebuka Izundu
Dikembe Dixson
Juwan Morgan
Kerry Blackshear
Malik Dime

I thought CMA was going to pull a miracle and bring in KA & Izundu but missed on both. Now, I'm pulling for him to land Justin Leon.

Arkansas never was given a chance to re-recruit Allen because he kept his commitment to Florida. Dixson was never offered by Arkansas.

[HOGINTENNESSEE]

I'm just being realistic and at the same time, trying not to bash on any of the Hog basketball players. I do think Mike Anderson swung and missed on the latter half of the recruiting season. Yeah, Whitt and Kapita were key spots filled but we needed 2 more guys to replace Portis and Qualls. To have SIX spots to fill next year will be tough.

I thought CMA was going to pull a miracle and bring in KA & Izundu but missed on both. Now, I'm pulling for him to land Justin Leon.

I wouldn't call Frazier or Dixon misses as it appears Frazier missed the grades and we didn't offer Dixon and canceled his visit.