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Is Mitchell Robinson headed back to WKU?

by: Jack Pilgrim08/19/17
2018 five-star big man Mitchell Robinson shocked the world last June when he decided to play for Rick Stansbury at WKU. With the ability to play just about anywhere in America, Robinson easily became the biggest recruit in school history. Last month, Robinson made it to campus and began practice for the Hilltoppers, only to pack up his dorm and leave just a few weeks later. Stansbury then pulled the ole "You're not breaking up with me, I'm breaking up with you" move and suspended the New Orleans native indefinitely. The star big man then set visits to LSU, Kansas, and the University of New Orleans, with most believing the Jayhawks were the team to beat. He even sent out a tweet during his visit to Lawrence saying "Kansas is nice." Signed, sealed delivered, he was a Jayhawk, right? Wrong. Reports surfaced that the Privateers of New Orleans were the favorite. And then William Guillory of NOLA.com reported that a final decision for Robinson was in the works, with the final two schools being Kansas and New Orleans. Just when we thought we had some sense of this recruitment/decision, yet another curveball was thrown. According to the official WKU Barstool sports account, Robinson is "seriously considering" a return to Bowling Green. https://twitter.com/BarstoolWestern/status/898387520232325120 When a random Twitter follower asked Robinson about a potential makeup with Stansbury, the 7-footer didn't necessarily shut down the rumors... Would he be welcome back in Bowling Green? This has officially become the most bizarre recruitment in recent memory.

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