'11 IN PF Justin Gant (11/12/2010, LOI)

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I echo what P2BAT and Greenie said. Based on offers, I'm not sure anyone else on our roster save for Jake Kelly had more quality offers coming out of high school.

Justin probably wasn't a good fit in McKenna's system compared to the other PF offers we had out there. However, in Lansing's system, I think Gant is much more attractive. Guess time will tell... everything I'm hearing these days state Lansing is interested and it's being reciprocated.
 

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I believe CU has 6 scholies to fill next season so they need to offer as many kids as possible. In terms of similar position, they lose Korver and Harriman at the 4, Lawson at the 5 and Wayne Runnels at the 4/5 after this season.

My guess is that he'd see a decent amount of time early at CU if he's able to spell the 4 and the 5 off the bench (CU will still have Wragge at the 4 and Echinique at the 5...with Wragge being the only question mark as he's shown he's not much more than a shooter thus far). They also have newbies Will Artino (4/5) and Doug McDermott (4) though as well. Artino will likely redshirt due to skinny frame and CU having Lawson and Echinique at the 5.

Don't be surprised to see CU try and land other ISU targets next year due to the amount of graduating CU players for this season.
 
Little Eddie said:
Don't be surprised to see CU try and land other ISU targets next year due to the amount of graduating CU players for this season.
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Hasn't Creighton already offered the 6'7" Smith kid from Sullivan? Just curious...why is Creighton now heavily recruiting the Wabash Valley? The trend seemingly parallels K-Mac's short coaching tenure @ ISU.
 
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Believe you are mistaken on Smith being offered by Creighton. Altman & Co. had offered an Indiana player (Tyler Greathouse) from over around Columbus I think; not exactly the Wabash Valley? McDermott seems to recruit similar to Crean at IU......offer the world and pimp them all.............only so much room on the actual roster though.
 
BankShot said:
Hasn't Creighton already offered the 6'7" Smith kid from Sullivan? Just curious...why is Creighton now heavily recruiting the Wabash Valley? The trend seemingly parallels K-Mac's short coaching tenure @ ISU.
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They hired Steve Merfeld as an assistant. As it relates to Gant, he called in Gant's first offer back as a freshman after the Pitt Jamfest. It was well before Jim Les was ready to get involved with the class of 2011, but I know Merfeld wanted Creighton to be on the board before July.
 
Interesting info...didn't know that about Merfeld. Hopefully Gant will want to be closer to home...Omaha is a 9 hour drive away from TH.
 

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Went and watched Justin this morning at the Hoosier Shootout. They played Progeny and Justin had a solid all-around game. Unlike most AAU teams, Justin does a great job screening and doing the little things to help his team win. Definitely would be a welcomed addition to this Sycamore roster.

If they win their 4:45 game, I may head back out to watch the evening game.
 
Another thing I noticed that I forgot to mention about Justin at his AAU game... I see him as a glue guy. When he wasn't on the floor, he was always the first off the bench to jump up and give his teammates five when they came over. I liken this a lot how everyone on the Celtics run over to pickup a teammate that has hit the floor when fouled.
 

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Justin Gant has chosen to continue his basketball career as a Sycamore. Gant chose Indiana State over Bradley, Creighton, Duquesne, Evansville, Miami (Ohio), Rice, Saint Louis, Southern Illinois, William & Mary and Wright State. Additionally, look forward to a new One-on-One with Justin that discusses his decision and other topics that have shaped his basketball life.
 
Morgan said:
ITF I would imagine he is very interested in Indiana State. I don't have any factual information. But common sense would suggest that he will give us a pretty good look.

Sells:
Local recruiting efforts (Playing with guys he already knows very well)
Playing Time (He will have the oppertunity to play right away)
Close to Home (He goes to all ISU home games)
MVC Conf. (About as good of College Hoops Conf. as he will be able to play in)

I have a good feeling about this...
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Still have a good feeling about this.... Good to see you are a Sycamore kid. When in doubt, always go with common sense and don't let those who talked the kid up going elsewhere steer you wrong!
 
Morgan said:
What is with all the X love on a sycamorehoops board? I am not sure that I get this. If you want good news via Justin Gant @ X then go post that shit some place else. Because their is no room for it over here. Now I played nice with this for long enough. But you people need to step up and realize a few things.

1. He is a local kid from Terre Haute. He has grown up watching Indiana State Basketball. Has not grown up watching X.

2. Last season he sat right behind the Eitles all year and I am sure he noticed the amount of people comming up to them at half time wishing them the best and congrats all around. Trust me for a kid his age that is an appealing thing.

3. We have a huge amount of local flavor right now. We have Jake Kelly - Jake Odum - Harry Marshall - Eitles - RJ. We have more local tallent than any other team in the country right now. And if it works out then it is a HUGE selling point.

4. The local media has already taken a likeing to the kid. He already has a big following here in TH. He will have to establish that any place else.

So if you all want him to go to X so bad then that's fine with me. But post it some place else. Because last time I checked we could use some good news via PF as well. I don't think you were suggesting that you would rather see Gant go to X but I am just saying that I think hes comming to ISU and you should think that way as well... lol
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And finally to those of you who thought that he might go to Xavier or any place else in the country over Indiana State - wake the heck up! This is a Sycamores message board and we talk Sycamore hoops around here - why anyone thought Gant was not coming to Indiana State in the first place is beyond me. I rest on that note!:sycamores:
 
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