Official HB Decision Day Thread
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i can't watch ESPNU until 3. it's like they're rooting for him to go to the ACC. as if making already consistently dominant teams better can somehow improve college basketball? it's like watching the yankees, you accept that they're good but it just makes you throw up to watch them win.
someone needs to tell this tool on ESPNU that he is far too white to try and pull off the huge micahael irvin tie knot
someone needs to tell this tool on ESPNU that he is far too white to try and pull off the huge micahael irvin tie knot
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Thank you Tony Tarbox, grammar police.oliceman:
Don't you mean policeman?
STRONG BAD: "We had that lightswitch installed for you so you could turn the lights on and off, not so you could throw lightswitch raves! Now let's go break open that glowstick and pour it into Homestar Runner's Mountain Dew. I heard they have to pump your stomach when you drink that stuff. "
I've been watching Sportscenter and they've flashed to highlights of HB a couple of times over the last hour. They just had a discussion about him, and listed the finalists as NC, Duke, UCLA, Kansas and Oklahoma (basically every school but us). I find it pretty comical, as the finalists they listed just 45 mins ago or so were just NC, Duke and Kansas. I think the only thing they can make their mind up about is that it's definitely NOT Iowa State .
.you know its realy sad that that who HB picks to go to play b-ball 4 is this Big. will it matter a few years down the road? no it realy wont. life will go on, no matter who he picks. its sad that so many people worship sports like they do (sad to say that i do at times also im just as bad as any1 if not worse). if there were as many people who realy worshiped God like they do sports this would b a diff. world! a better 1. i just thot i would say that the only thing that will matter after you die (wich could b any time!) is if u put your trust in Jesus Christ to save you from your sin.
HB will be coming to ISU. I feel it.
I work nights and sleep all day. Today for some reason I couldn't sleep past 1pm. Its like my body is telling me this will be an important day in ISU history and I shouldn't miss it. I don't even really watch basketball, so I know I its not because I'm super excited or anything. Its just one of those weird things.
I work nights and sleep all day. Today for some reason I couldn't sleep past 1pm. Its like my body is telling me this will be an important day in ISU history and I shouldn't miss it. I don't even really watch basketball, so I know I its not because I'm super excited or anything. Its just one of those weird things.
Wow like everyone else - i've tried to put myself in his shoes and thats impossible to do....So i looked at the items that he spoke of that were most important...
National Championships, after looking over the rosters, and commits, to me, its easy to see what team has the best roster to contend.
North Carolina, if the national championship is the #1 priority, then it has to be North Carolina. They're 2008 and 2009 classes set up so awesome to have a sophomore and junior laden team with him being the key piece at small forward. They have athletes at all the positions except small forward, he could contend for a National Championship as a true freshman.
Duke - imo, while duke continues to recruit top tier rated guys, they're not recruiting the same type of athletes as north carolina or ku for that matter especially in the front court. Now i know Kyrie Irving is there, but, IMO from everything everyone has said, this kid is all business about his future, he will not let friendships muddy his decision, he will make the best decision for Harrison Barnes, and to me, thats not Duke. The team they're assembling will not be serious contenders for the national championship - recruiting the wrong horses.
ISU - boy if Harrison knew that Brackins would be back and so would Gilstrap, this team could contend for a national championship when he was a true freshman. But, the likelihood of that happening are less then Barnes committing to ISU in the first place.
It worries me a bit the he's making his decision so early, the only thing that weighs on his mind is ISU and how they looked last year!!!! This team could be so much more with the talent that has come in.....be interesting if he waited until spring to make the decision....i think the decision coming now means its more about the other schools then ISU. Now to add to this, maybe he's committing to ISU so early to help them recruit to get as good of a team around him as possible.
Some have called Harrison a momma's boy, in a good way. Being from a split family, with his father not involved in his life, his mother has fulfilled both roles, it only stands to reason that his bond with her is extremely tight. With that said, if he chose ISU then his mother would get to see him play in person for half of his college games, that has to be important to him considering their bond.
NOW - oddities that make us cyclone fans wonder....
1. Relationships - All recruits discuss their relationship with a coaching staff and how that impacted their decision. There can be no closer relationship then that of Harrison Barnes and Greg McDermott for obvious reasons.
2. Loyalty - Greg and ISU has helped Harrisons game develop, his ability for the past 3-4 years to play against ISU players has had a direct impact on his understanding of what it will take to compete at this level and the next. It reinforced his self motivation to be the best, and as a freshman and sophomore in high school he was able to compare his abilities against Div 1 players.
3. Why open it to the public if he's not choosing ISU? I understand the whole deal, but tell me, do you think theres a bunch of UNC and Duke supporters coming today? The reason for opening the doors is to allow locals to experience the event.....why bring a bunch of Ames Iowa and probably ISU fans into the gym only to pick UNC?
4. Why schedule it for a Friday that coincides with the ISU basketball opener? To me, he could have just as easily had this yesterday, but, maybe he wants it to be a continuation of the hoopla around the ISU BB program!!! He commits to ISU and then 3 hours later is sitting front row at Hilton watching the team that he will be leading next year.
5. ISU, DUKE OR UNC......At UNC or DUKE he will be another in the long long list of 5* kids....they get kids this highly ranked all the time - no big deal. Whereas at ISU, It would establish this program - wheres the bigger legacy? One of the many stars of UNC or Duke - OR establishing a program that other kids want to come to ISU and become the next Harrison Barnes what signifies LEGACY?????
6. If ISU is not at all in the running, why keep them on his list? He could have ended all this hoopla around him and ISU when he narrowed his list he could have kept it at 5 instead of 6.
To me, ISU is in the mix, i think his relationship with the McDermotts, several close friends on the team, and most importantly his mother. His mother and sister are not moving, he wants the most influential person in his life to be able to watch him in person - often. Therefore he picks ISU!!!!!
But if he don't and signs with UNC - i can completely understand why......
National Championships, after looking over the rosters, and commits, to me, its easy to see what team has the best roster to contend.
North Carolina, if the national championship is the #1 priority, then it has to be North Carolina. They're 2008 and 2009 classes set up so awesome to have a sophomore and junior laden team with him being the key piece at small forward. They have athletes at all the positions except small forward, he could contend for a National Championship as a true freshman.
Duke - imo, while duke continues to recruit top tier rated guys, they're not recruiting the same type of athletes as north carolina or ku for that matter especially in the front court. Now i know Kyrie Irving is there, but, IMO from everything everyone has said, this kid is all business about his future, he will not let friendships muddy his decision, he will make the best decision for Harrison Barnes, and to me, thats not Duke. The team they're assembling will not be serious contenders for the national championship - recruiting the wrong horses.
ISU - boy if Harrison knew that Brackins would be back and so would Gilstrap, this team could contend for a national championship when he was a true freshman. But, the likelihood of that happening are less then Barnes committing to ISU in the first place.
It worries me a bit the he's making his decision so early, the only thing that weighs on his mind is ISU and how they looked last year!!!! This team could be so much more with the talent that has come in.....be interesting if he waited until spring to make the decision....i think the decision coming now means its more about the other schools then ISU. Now to add to this, maybe he's committing to ISU so early to help them recruit to get as good of a team around him as possible.
Some have called Harrison a momma's boy, in a good way. Being from a split family, with his father not involved in his life, his mother has fulfilled both roles, it only stands to reason that his bond with her is extremely tight. With that said, if he chose ISU then his mother would get to see him play in person for half of his college games, that has to be important to him considering their bond.
NOW - oddities that make us cyclone fans wonder....
1. Relationships - All recruits discuss their relationship with a coaching staff and how that impacted their decision. There can be no closer relationship then that of Harrison Barnes and Greg McDermott for obvious reasons.
2. Loyalty - Greg and ISU has helped Harrisons game develop, his ability for the past 3-4 years to play against ISU players has had a direct impact on his understanding of what it will take to compete at this level and the next. It reinforced his self motivation to be the best, and as a freshman and sophomore in high school he was able to compare his abilities against Div 1 players.
3. Why open it to the public if he's not choosing ISU? I understand the whole deal, but tell me, do you think theres a bunch of UNC and Duke supporters coming today? The reason for opening the doors is to allow locals to experience the event.....why bring a bunch of Ames Iowa and probably ISU fans into the gym only to pick UNC?
4. Why schedule it for a Friday that coincides with the ISU basketball opener? To me, he could have just as easily had this yesterday, but, maybe he wants it to be a continuation of the hoopla around the ISU BB program!!! He commits to ISU and then 3 hours later is sitting front row at Hilton watching the team that he will be leading next year.
5. ISU, DUKE OR UNC......At UNC or DUKE he will be another in the long long list of 5* kids....they get kids this highly ranked all the time - no big deal. Whereas at ISU, It would establish this program - wheres the bigger legacy? One of the many stars of UNC or Duke - OR establishing a program that other kids want to come to ISU and become the next Harrison Barnes what signifies LEGACY?????
6. If ISU is not at all in the running, why keep them on his list? He could have ended all this hoopla around him and ISU when he narrowed his list he could have kept it at 5 instead of 6.
To me, ISU is in the mix, i think his relationship with the McDermotts, several close friends on the team, and most importantly his mother. His mother and sister are not moving, he wants the most influential person in his life to be able to watch him in person - often. Therefore he picks ISU!!!!!
But if he don't and signs with UNC - i can completely understand why......
This has got to be one of the biggest FAIL posts there is, and I can't believe people continue to believe it, much less post it. It doesn't matter where HB goes - he's not going to be just "another" player. He'll be a star no matter where he decides to go. He has a better chance of becoming a legend here, but quit pretending that arguably the no. 1 rated player in America will be struggling for 10 minutes and 5 points a night because Duke's or UNC's lineup is that stacked - doesn't matter, he'll still be the star of those lineups as well.
Have you never seen The Wire? I believe it's being used in the Baltimore PD tense, as in "I'm just a police." Singular.
Of course, the grammar police probably have a much easier job than McNulty & crew. No one's getting shot over dangling participles.
I want him to go to ISU, really bad.
Going to stick with my prediction that it is UCLA. Take it for what it is worth.
Going to stick with my prediction that it is UCLA. Take it for what it is worth.
If he wants to be THE legend, North Carolina will not be his choice. No way he would be bigger than Jordan. He may not be bigger than Grayer at ISU, but I'd love to find out.
