Looking more and more like Michigan may not be the destination. Heard from a great source yesterday. Pitt will be very involved through an assistant coach there.
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I guess that's a positive for Rutgers (not having to play him or being in the league). Thanks.
He couldn’t get in. I believe he wanted to be at Michigan still.
They said it was the TOEFL test, where RU does have lower standards than Michigan.
Nothing to do with Juwan.Look out for Maryland and Pitt.
I've heard that his former AAU coach @ NY Rens is now an assistant at Pitt so he has a connection. Hopefully the Gavin connection is stronger than his Pitt connection and we can bring him back into the fold.
This is why, especially in this era, you never burn bridges as a player or a coach.
Our minimum TOEFL requirement is 79. Michigan's is 90.
Thought we basically finished 2nd to Michigan for him. Should position us well, no?
If pike made an exception for Hyatt, he would make an exception for kante
Not sure if there's also a NY Rens guy at Pitt, but according to what Papa Kante said in interviews before committing to Michigan, his guy at Memphis is Andy Borman, (formerly the executive director of the Rens), and his guy at Pitt is Gilbert Brown (formerly an associate coach at Kante's South Kent high school.) (Kante's five finalists prior to committing to Michigan were Michigan, Rutgers, Maryland, Pitt, and Memphis.)
Think coaches take this stuff far less personally than the fans.
To think for a second that pike would hurt his teams chances this year because of his ego is silly
The number of players who visit a school, then go elsewhere for a year or two, then transfer to that school they visited as a High Schooler makes me agree.
If you can't handle kids saying "no" you wouldn't last long as a college coach
I think Kante won't end up at RU for the same reason he didn't end up at RU to begin with.
Pike isn't going to tell him he'll play the perimeter and shoot threes and I think other coaches have no problem telling a kid whose skillset is a 5 that they'll do those things.
Based on nothing other than watching Papa a few times and listening to a bunch of what Pike has said.
Pike isn't going to tell him he'll play the perimeter and shoot threes and I think other coaches have no problem telling a kid whose skillset is a 5 that they'll do those things.
Based on nothing other than watching Papa a few times and listening to a bunch of what Pike has said.
Michigan comments seem to attribute it to failure to qualify academically. Not sure if he’d qualify at Rutgers if that’s the case.
Better chances at SEC/Big East schools.
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dude can go look on the Michigan board for info but can't read this thread
Nobody on this board knows where Kante is going at this point. It is fun to speculate but as usual some posters have "inside info". lol
My speculation is Kante is coming to RU and his relationship with Gavin is a big reason. And that is why Baye has not signed. Total guess.
My speculation is Kante is coming to RU and his relationship with Gavin is a big reason. And that is why Baye has not signed. Total guess.
Well we know this isn't true
Just sharing what’s being said from the Michigan fan base. Didn’t realize that would be upsetting to you.