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"College is a must". "My family wants me to go to college. It's important for me and my mom. I want to go to Arizona and win a national championship. Arizona won its only national title 20 years ago -- and I'd like to help bring another one to Tucson."

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Impressed
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not a point guard
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Alieberman wrote:not a point guard
:lol:
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More Miller magick.
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I'm not a basketball expert (recruiting or otherwise), but this seems like a pretty good get. :mrgreen:
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Article by Anthony Gimino.
http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/3303 ... ndre-ayton" target="_blank
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97cats wrote:"College is a must". "My family wants me to go to college. It's important for me and my mom. I want to go to Arizona and win a national championship. Arizona won its only national title 20 years ago -- and I'd like to help bring another one to Tucson."

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Glad to see 97 excited as we all are. If we can find a way to keep a few of this year's guys for next year, we should be the favorite
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Most recent highlights I could find:

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If Ayton actually plays in an Arizona uniform, this is a get on the level of what Kevin Love was for Howland. Maybe bigger.
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MrBug708 wrote:Impressed
Me too. Best recruit of the Miller era?
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az91 wrote:
MrBug708 wrote:Impressed
Me too. Best recruit of the Miller era?
Highest ranked recruit of all time.
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97cats wrote:"College is a must". "My family wants me to go to college. It's important for me and my mom. I want to go to Arizona and win a national championship. Arizona won its only national title 20 years ago -- and I'd like to help bring another one to Tucson."

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WELCOME De Andre!!!
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Could be argued he could be our biggest recruit ever in terms of immediate nba ready talent.
i was going to put the ua/asu records here...but i forgot what they were.

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For what it's worth, I am hearing from a friend who apparently knows Ayton through coaching circles that eligibility is not going to be an issue. Not sure I trust the source, but he would have no reason to lie about it.
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Welcome to the Wildcat family, DeAndre!
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Best news in a while. Really hope we get to have him in Tucson for at least a year.

How about:

KS
RA
RS
DA
DR

This assumes LM and AT are gone, and I have no idea who else we're adding to the '17 class.
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Damn this is exciting! :D
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Holy shit.
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Talk about a pleasant surprise. I was dicking around on facebook last night and a female friend messaged me, "Is this DeAndre Ayton guy really good?" She figured I would have been the first to know and it took me a good 10 seconds to ask myself, wait, what happened. :lol:
splitsecond wrote:For what it's worth, I am hearing from a friend who apparently knows Ayton through coaching circles that eligibility is not going to be an issue. Not sure I trust the source, but he would have no reason to lie about it.
Well he has plenty of time to sort things out and/or get things right, and he will have people in our camp making sure everything is laid out for him.
ASUHATER! wrote:Could be argued he could be our biggest recruit ever in terms of immediate nba ready talent.
Based on what I was reading last night, without a doubt. Kevin Garnett is a special player and if this kid is anything close to a KG.... If things work out, and most of Alkins, Smith, LM, Trier, Simmons, Ristic, and Comanche stick around another year, we may be talking about an all-time Arizona team. Still super early in that 17 class and we got all the momentum now with this signing. Miller is a witch
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Physically, I think Ayton compares well to Garnett. Slightly taller and bigger at his age. Similar mobility and explosiveness off the floor. KG separated himself with his passion for the game just as much as he did with his physical skill. If Ayton is close to KG as a competitor, look out.
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rgdeuce wrote:Talk about a pleasant surprise. I was dicking around on facebook last night and a female friend messaged me, "Is this DeAndre Ayton guy really good?" She figured I would have been the first to know and it took me a good 10 seconds to ask myself, wait, what happened. :lol:
I have a buddy who I always text first with any AZ sports news who texted me after the announcement, "Bro, things good? Usually you get at me with Cats news like this Ayton commitment. Everything ok with the fam?"

I guess he thought I was dead or in the hospital since I hadn't told him we were getting the #1 player in the nation a few days before it happened. :D

So that's how I found out. I took my kids to their sports practice with never even a thought to check my phone on the off chance he pulled the trigger for us. Heheh, whoops!
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Chicat wrote:
rgdeuce wrote:Talk about a pleasant surprise. I was dicking around on facebook last night and a female friend messaged me, "Is this DeAndre Ayton guy really good?" She figured I would have been the first to know and it took me a good 10 seconds to ask myself, wait, what happened. :lol:
I have a buddy who I always text first with any AZ sports news who texted me after the announcement, "Bro, things good? Usually you get at me with Cats news like this Ayton commitment. Everything ok with the fam?"

I guess he thought I was dead or in the hospital since I hadn't told him we were getting the #1 player in the nation a few days before it happened. :D

So that's how I found out. I took my kids to their sports practice with never even a thought to check my phone on the off chance he pulled the trigger for us. Heheh, whoops!
I knew the announcement was coming on ESPN and I even had my TV on, but I decided to do yard work that I had been putting off as I thought watching would be a waste of my time....WHOOPS!
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Chicat wrote:
rgdeuce wrote:Talk about a pleasant surprise. I was dicking around on facebook last night and a female friend messaged me, "Is this DeAndre Ayton guy really good?" She figured I would have been the first to know and it took me a good 10 seconds to ask myself, wait, what happened. :lol:
I have a buddy who I always text first with any AZ sports news who texted me after the announcement, "Bro, things good? Usually you get at me with Cats news like this Ayton commitment. Everything ok with the fam?"

I guess he thought I was dead or in the hospital since I hadn't told him we were getting the #1 player in the nation a few days before it happened. :D

So that's how I found out. I took my kids to their sports practice with never even a thought to check my phone on the off chance he pulled the trigger for us. Heheh, whoops!
I saw a tweet from a sportswriter who covers Washington State U. I'm like ... what?
Would that be H.P. Lovecraft?
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Will Ayton really qualify, though? Aren't there issues with his prep school?
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Beachcat97 wrote:Will Ayton really qualify, though? Aren't there issues with his prep school?
About time someone brought this up. Someone answer, so I don't have to read the two threads on this!
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Even if he does qualify, how much of a bitter die-hard am I to think of holding a pool on who will be the David Kravish who breaks one of this guy's feet, and in which game?
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gumby wrote:
Beachcat97 wrote:Will Ayton really qualify, though? Aren't there issues with his prep school?
About time someone brought this up. Someone answer, so I don't have to read the two threads on this!
I've sent multiple emails to the NCAA today and they're just not answering. I hate those guys.
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Beachcat97 wrote:Will Ayton really qualify, though? Aren't there issues with his prep school?
How miserable must it be to be you. You literally can't enjoy ANYTHING.
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“My family and I can benefit by coming to my games,” Ayton told ESPN on his decision to stay close to home. "Coach [Joe] Pasternack and Sean Miller, I really trust those guys. I know they can help me get to the next level."

http://www.wildcat.arizona.edu/article/ ... to-arizona" target="_blank
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gumby wrote:
Beachcat97 wrote:Will Ayton really qualify, though? Aren't there issues with his prep school?
About time someone brought this up. Someone answer, so I don't have to read the two threads on this!
He's got plenty of time to make up classes that previously didn't count. I'd be more concerned about overseas than I would be grades. If the guy wants to go to college as he claims he does then he should be more than able to qualify, especially when committing this early and having a coaching staff devote resources to help him get qualified.
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dcZONAfan wrote:
Beachcat97 wrote:Will Ayton really qualify, though? Aren't there issues with his prep school?
How miserable must it be to be you. You literally can't enjoy ANYTHING.
Remember how stoked we were when Ferguson committed?
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Beachcat97 wrote:
dcZONAfan wrote:
Beachcat97 wrote:Will Ayton really qualify, though? Aren't there issues with his prep school?
How miserable must it be to be you. You literally can't enjoy ANYTHING.
Remember how stoked we were when Ferguson committed?
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Beachcat97 wrote:
dcZONAfan wrote:
Beachcat97 wrote:Will Ayton really qualify, though? Aren't there issues with his prep school?
How miserable must it be to be you. You literally can't enjoy ANYTHING.
Remember how stoked we were when Ferguson committed?
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Or maybe both!
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Beachcat97 wrote:
dcZONAfan wrote:
Beachcat97 wrote:Will Ayton really qualify, though? Aren't there issues with his prep school?
How miserable must it be to be you. You literally can't enjoy ANYTHING.
Remember how stoked we were when Ferguson committed?
Yeah. It was fun.

We enjoyed it. Then things changed.

Remember that time we got a commit from Stanley Johnson and he came to school? Or that time we got a verbal from Aaron Gordon and he came to school? Or that time we got Mike Bibby and he came to school?

Remember that time we got a commit from Solomon Hill and then lost it but got it back and didn't worry about it and he came to school? How about that time we heard TJ McConnell was transferring to Arizona? I mean, he wasn't even from high school...he could have knocked a girl up or been killed by an ACL injury.

Remember that time Rondae Hollis-Jefferson committed and he came to school?
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Remember that 1 time at band camp BC? That was hilarious evcat
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So Jody Oehler is on in the Phoenix marketplace now? Wonder if he will be the anti Homer UofA guy?
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azcat49 wrote:So Jody Oehler us on in the Phoenix marketplace now? Wonder if he will be the anti Homer UofA guy?
he's been there for a year or two now. he even filled in for Dan Patrick on his show during the olympics. big time now.
i was going to put the ua/asu records here...but i forgot what they were.

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MrBug708 wrote:Impressed
Heh.
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Wow, tells you how much Iisten to the sh#t shows they have up here. So much ASSU BS that I can't listen.
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Good lord, please let Lauri stay one more year. Please let us have a front court of those 2!
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luteformayor2 wrote:Good lord, please let Lauri stay one more year. Please let us have a front court of those 2!
Can you imagine? And don't forget DR and CC.
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gumby wrote: Would that be H.P. Lovecraft?
I heard he is trying to get Cthulu to commit to Arizona too, but he is currently leaning toward Duke.
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full article on the link

Arizona Wildcats believe hoops recruit DeAndre Ayton's reward is worth the risk

By Bruce Pascoe Arizona Daily Star Updated 47 min ago


Matt Allen, director of the Hillcrest Prep program in Phoenix that Ayton now plays for, says Ayton recorded a 3.2 grade-point average last year and remains in good shape after taking classes over the summer.

“He’s on track to become eligible and just has to take his SAT,” Allen said. “He’s a good student. He still has work to do this year, but his parents want him to go to college, and he would like to go. Arizona is the place he wants to go.”

The coursework that Hillcrest players took last season initially raised eligibility questions. Ayton and other Hillcrest players attended Phoenix’s StarShine Academy early last season but that program did not have NCAA-certified core courses, so the players all moved to the online Arizona Connections Academy, which has NCAA-certified courses.



http://tucson.com/sports/arizonawildcat ... 73fcc.html" target="_blank
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“With who he is, it’s better that he’s not in a classroom,” Weaver said.

I was a little thrown off by this quote in the article above. If he doesn't belong in a classroom then where does he belong?

Maybe he gets easily distracted by other students.
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