• Ja Morant

 #10716  by youwouldno
 Wed Feb 20, 2019 11:59 am
Furman's staff for sure knew who he was. There are a ton of factors in recruiting . . . no one, including Murray State, had any idea what Morant would develop into. He was a solid mid-major prospect . . . one out of every 10,000 - 15,000 or so of those guys turns out to be an NBA star. Murray State is also a pretty prominent mid-major program, it's not like he went to UNC-Asheville.

It's not to the same degree of course, but you can similarly wonder where other D-I programs were with respect to Furman players. Mounce and Gurley didn't have any other reported D-I offers (though I suspect they may have picked some up if they hadn't signed in the early period).
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 #10725  by CharlieFU
 Wed Feb 20, 2019 1:26 pm
I am reminded of the Jim Valvano quote about NCAA tournament: You never want to play a state team that isn’t really a state!

Murray State, Coppin State etc
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 #10726  by Monday
 Wed Feb 20, 2019 1:37 pm
Our coaches should eat more potato chips.

https://sports.yahoo.com/hungry-coach-l ... 38543.html

A lot of schools in the southeast could ask themselves this same question, but Murray State got on board first and won the recruiting lottery. That summer we got Hunter and Gurley, and I'm happy with them.

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