Rambler63 wrote:
All kinds of really good kids get missed in the current system of recruiting. I think it's part of the reason for increased parity in college basketball over the past 5-10 years. It's probably even worse in Football Country like where this kid kid comes from.
That's no joke. Marshall has had a lot of success locating and recognizing kids early on. Some start to get noticed and others don't.
Tekele Cotton, our JR guard, is a great example. When he signed with us, most fans figured he'd RS and not contribute much for a few years as nobody had heard of him and the recruiting sites had little on him. He's been a player since day one and is the best defensive player in the MVC no matter who won the award last year.
Ron Baker is another. I think his only other DI offer was to one of the Dakota schools. 3G convinced him to walk on and RS a year and we all seen what he can do in March.
And our '14 commit Zach Brown ended up being fairly decently ranked and had offers from BcS schools, but 3G and company have been on him for a couple of years and that dedication to him got us a verbal from him when he could have went someplace like Texas. And he's a Texas kid.