(2019) PF Isaiah Stewart to Washington

[schoosier]

6 hours ago, Fkfootball1 said:

So sick of Tom Izzo. I wish they'd catch him doing something wrong.

 

Although, MSU would just give him a 3 game suspension. 

Looking the other way after the fact when 2 of his players raped a student probably qualifies as well as Sampson type quality people/student athletes  like Zach Randolph. Izzo followed the same blueprint as his predecessor and all you need to look at there is upstanding citizen Scotty Skiles and his DUI’s and cocaine possession charge that cost him maybe 2 exhibition games. The lost decade of Crean cost us some quality people though, including Gary Harris. Crean  did dabble in rules breaking recruiting him, but he was out of schollies and sastified with the bowel movement studs like Hollowell, Perea, Jurkin and the kid from Broad Ripple. Yogi was the only one of that terrific class who made it til graduation. Izzo showed Crean the way off the court since he certainly didn’t teach him how to coach.

[Stuhoo]

An interesting article from the UK 247 website (on the no-pay side).

Notable to me? Seemed much more UW, pretty wide open, and that the review of the UK visit was (my summary) "Get there to get out and get a contract in a hurry." Student-athlete with a family atmosphere is most definitely NOT Calipari's pitch:

 

Isaiah Stewart sees Washington, Kentucky, pondering next move

The recruiting process is in full swing or five-star center prospect Isaiah Stewart. After cutting his list to a working number, Stewart took official visits on consecutive weekends to Washington and Kentucky.

 

Stewart, the No. 5 overall prospect in the 247Sports Composite Rankings, returned from Lexington on Sunday.

“It was good,” Stewart said. “Kentucky is another place I haven’t seen so I was pretty happy I go out there. Kentucky is Kentucky, you got to go there and bust your chops off. They have what you need so you just have to go there and take it. Once you take it you hopefully can get a chance to get up out of there.”Stewart, a 6-foot-9, 245-pound post player that’s known for his effort and energy on the court, was intrigued with how close Kentucky’s practice facility was to their dorms and was particularly impressed with their workouts.

“I’d say watching them workout,” he said. “It’s just hard work. I just watched the workouts and hung with the guys and I just see how it is. The gym is right there, across the dorm basically like 15 steps so I’d always be in the gym. Workouts are good, tough and productive.”

“Obviously the number of players they have and the numbers that decide to leave again, how much his players are worth in contracts and stuff like that,” he added. “That’s always going to stand out.”

Although they’ve been dabbling with him from a recruiting standpoint for a while, the Wildcats recently ramped up their interest and offered Stewart a scholarship. “They’re a school that came in late and that’s the way they do things,” Stewart said. “They don’t know who they’re going to get, who’s leaving and they take it player by player. They don’t want to go out there offering ten kids and then like not have spots for some kids and stuff like that. Just how they do it.”

When asked if it’s fair to say Kentucky is making a strong move in his recruitment, Stewart responded, “Yeah, they definitely are. They’re definitely recruiting me hard, making a push, so for sure.”

Prior to his official visit to Kentucky, Stewart took an official visit to Washington the weekend of Sept. 21.

“It was eye opening,” Stewart said. “I didn’t really know much about Washington but me and coach [Mike Hopkins] go all the way back since I was in Rochester. He’s turning things around. They went from winning nine games to winning 21 games since his first year he was there. I enjoyed it out there. It was definitely different.”

What stood out the most about the trip to Washington?

“How they embrace,” he said. “When someone, I don’t mean to brag or anything when I say this, but when they know they have someone special or someone they aren’t used to getting they embrace it and they know it doesn’t come along often and the whole school, whole community out there embraces that and basically just shows love. It’s basically like a family feeling out there.”

Obviously, the relationship between Stewart and Hopkins is the main reason Washington was able to secure a visit and make his list of finalists, but the talented big man said their pitch has been intriguing to him as well.

“Just coming in and being able to get on my game,” he said. “They know where I want to take my game to, where I want to develop it to and they’re going to give me that freedom and allow me to play my game, be able to make mistakes and be able to learn from my mistakes and all of those type of things.”

To go with Kentucky and Washington, Stewart also has Duke, Indiana, Michigan State, Syracuse and Villanova on his list. With USA Basketball coming up this weekend, Stewart admitted he doesn’t know where to go with his recruitment from here.

“I don’t know,” he said. “Right now I’m working on school work and focusing on the first practice so we got practice coming up, USA coming up, I’m shifting my attention towards that for now and that’s about it.”

At this point, Stewart has yet to schedule anymore official visit dates.

“I definitely have been thinking about that,” Stewart said. “I think I have some dates but this is my last year in high school and these visits take some time away from my team and me spending time with the young guys, helping them out and stuff like that so right now I’m just focusing on practice and schoolwork and USA basketball coming up and that’s about it.”

Taking visits in the fall usually results in an early college decision, but Stewart said that’s a decision he hasn’t made yet.

“It could be early or I might wait,” he said. “It all depends on how I feel and where I’m at with things.”

[moyemayhem]

1 hour ago, Stuhoo said:

“Kentucky is another place I haven’t seen so I was pretty happy I go out there. Kentucky is Kentucky, you got to go there and bust your chops off. They have what you need so you just have to go there and take it. Once you take it you hopefully can get a chance to get up out of there.”

Sounds like a ringing endorsement of Lexington to me.

[Hoosierfan0302]

According to one of the sites, Kentucky didn't really hit the ball out of the park on Stewarts official.You rarely hear this for an official visit.


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[Stuhoo]

4 minutes ago, Hoosierfan0302 said:

According to one of the sites, Kentucky didn't really hit the ball out of the park on Stewarts official.You rarely hear this for an official visit.


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It sure might appear that is true.

With LaLu so close to IU and MSU, seems to me that an undecided Isaiah Stewart might take some more official visits.

Im thinking there’s an outside chance here.

 

[Hoosier Guy]

20 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

 

It sure might appear that is true.

With LaLu so close to IU and MSU, seems to me that an undecided Isaiah Stewart might take some more official visits.

Im thinking there’s an outside chance here.

 

I’ll take IU’s chances after landing Keion and TJD

[Brass Cannon]

21 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

 

It sure might appear that is true.

With LaLu so close to IU and MSU, seems to me that an undecided Isaiah Stewart might take some more official visits.

Im thinking there’s an outside chance here.

 

Gotta think if we could lock up Brooks and TJD we would be mighty attractive. Hopefully Stewart stays undecided. 

[BtownStrength]

Flood of crystal ball picks for MSU. 

[HoosierHoops1]

3 hours ago, BtownStrength said:

Flood of crystal ball picks for MSU. 

Probably lemmings. we'll see

 

[MemphisHoosier]

Zags is reporting that Stewart will be in East Lansing MI this weekend for an OV.  This will be his fourth OV, he's already visited the 'Cuse, Washington, and Kentucky. 

http://www.zagsblog.com/2018/10/17/isaiah-stewart-to-visit-michigan-state-following-syracuse/

For those in the know, are expecting another visit - official or not?  Personally, I would be surprised if he doesn't use last OV for Duke or 'Nova.

[HoosierHoops1]

11 hours ago, Hardwood83 said:

I guess we're rooting for Washington then. 

Maybe we will get the 5th visit and can root for ourselves

[Uspshoosier]

Zags is reporting that Stewart will be in East Lansing MI this weekend for an OV.  This will be his fourth OV, he's already visited the 'Cuse, Washington, and Kentucky. 
http://www.zagsblog.com/2018/10/17/isaiah-stewart-to-visit-michigan-state-following-syracuse/
For those in the know, are expecting another visit - official or not?  Personally, I would be surprised if he doesn't use last OV for Duke or 'Nova.

There are usually a couple of these types of national recruitments each year where the kid and inner circle keep everything in house and all the recruiting analysts are forced to guess. In the last 3 months Villanova, Duke and Michigan st have all been reported as a heavy lean and also been reported that things have cooled way down. He visited Kentucky officially which wasn’t in his top 5. Also he told reporters after that visit he wasn’t going to take any more officials just yet he wanted time to figure stuff out so all of the analysts reported that. The next week he schedules an official to Syracuse out of nowhere. As much as I enjoy recruitment where these analysts are in the loop and have sources I also love when a kid surprises everyone and does it on his terms. I’m sure he will take one last official visit but who might gets it no one really knows


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[Uspshoosier]

Official visit set for duke next weekend. That would be his 5th official.


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[mamasa]

https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/sports/high-school/2018/10/29/former-mcquaid-star-isaiah-stewart-recaps-vist-syracuse-michigan-state-and-kentucky/1801895002/

 

IU and Villanova are no longer being considered. "Indiana and Villanova originally made Stewart's final six, but he said he is no longer considering the two shifting his focus to the five schools hosting him for visits."

 

[HoosierFan1994]

8 minutes ago, mamasa said:

https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/sports/high-school/2018/10/29/former-mcquaid-star-isaiah-stewart-recaps-vist-syracuse-michigan-state-and-kentucky/1801895002/

 

IU and Villanova are no longer being considered. "Indiana and Villanova originally made Stewart's final six, but he said he is no longer considering the two shifting his focus to the five schools hosting him for visits."

 

So all that is left is:

TJD

Brooks

Hurt

Watford

Ramsey

[Brass Cannon]

3 minutes ago, HoosierFan1994 said:

So all that is left is:

TJD

Brooks

Hurt

Watford

Ramsey

That’s a bold strategy Cotton. 

[MikeRoberts]

That’s a bold strategy Cotton. 

Brooke’s and TJD and a grad transfer and he looks like a genius. We whiff on that group and we will be struggling to put together a class here


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[Chris007]

48 minutes ago, HoosierFan1994 said:

So all that is left is:

TJD

Brooks

Hurt

Watford

Ramsey

Ramsey is not being considered. 

[BtownStrength]

40 minutes ago, MikeRoberts said:

Brooke’s and TJD and a grad transfer and he looks like a genius. We whiff on that group and we will be struggling to put together a class here


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We could land 1 big name and maybe a smaller one or grad transfer, ending up somewhere in the middle. Still a good class, but not the home run we are salivating for. 

[HoosierFan1994]

1 hour ago, Brass Cannon said:

That’s a bold strategy Cotton. 

well I just said those are the only options left. No way do we get all of them.