(2015) JUCO PF Ray Kasongo

[Hovadipo 52,938]

There's enough people in Idaho to have a Southern school?


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[Hutch89 2,939]

There's enough people in Idaho to have a Southern school?


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I swear you have the wittiest posts. A+


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[rebelhoosier848891 9,588]

From the top programs to the College of Southern Idaho.....unbelievable.....wow..just wow! There definitely must have been more to that story.

[323SGrant 1,176]

I'm glad he didn't sign with Michigan State!

[rebelhoosier848891 9,588]

Me too. They're waiting to see who we offer next!

[323SGrant 1,176]

Yep. I guess I'm a little tired of that BTN commercial with Branden Dawson dunking and screaming at an Assembly Hall game. LOL!

[HoosierHoops1 5,024]

Another 3 days and Izzo would have offered Holt!

 

CTC set him up by looking like he was all in for Kasongo and when Izzo bit, we quickly got the pledge from Emmitt, before he had time to discover the ruse. :sarcastichand:

[OliviaPope40 6,295]

Another 3 days and Izzo would have offered Holt!

Good thing we didn't let that happen but Izzo probably wouldn't have had 2 good pro players on campus along with some other pro players.

[TheWatShot 13,335]

There's enough people in Idaho to have a Southern school?


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They even have a NORTH Idaho. Alma mater of the legendary Guy Marc-Michel. 

[Hovadipo 52,938]

They even have a NORTH Idaho. Alma mater of the legendary Guy Marc-Michel.

Lol wait. That means there's at LEAST 5 colleges in Idaho. That's like a family of 4 having 10 bathrooms.


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[Parakeet Jones 3,733]

This is a JUCO right?  It will be interesting to see how he develops and what his recruitment looks like in two years.  

[hoosierpap 14,300]

One of the top NJCAA programs in the country. I believe they won it 2 or 3 years ago. You're right, probably not the last you'll see Kasongo. He needs to get rid of Bender, that guy is a mess.

 

This is a JUCO right?  It will be interesting to see how he develops and what his recruitment looks like in two years.  

[Lt. John McClaine 541]

They even have a NORTH Idaho. Alma mater of the legendary Guy Marc-Michel.

Yep you are correct, I always wonder how much Guy would have helped us in 2010. He was massive, and that year we really had nothing down low, we were having to play Elston and Watford in the post and we just got man handled. At 7'1" 280 Guy would have been a load in the post.

It seems that historically IU has never had much luck with big men. Do you remember a guy named Robert Rothbart that Mike Davis recruited in 2004. He verballed to IU only to change his mind and just go pro. he was also huge at 7'1" 240.

[JSHoosier 19,562]

Yep you are correct, I always wonder how much Guy would have helped us in 2010. He was massive, and that year we really had nothing down low, we were having to play Elston and Watford in the post and we just got man handled. At 7'1" 280 Guy would have been a load in the post.

It seems that historically IU has never had much luck with big men. Do you remember a guy named Robert Rothbart that Mike Davis recruited in 2004. He verballed to IU only to change his mind and just go pro. he was also huge at 7'1" 240.

I saw a little bit of GMM.  He was better than I expected (which admittedly was absolutely nothing), but he wasn't all that good either.  He would have given us a big body, but he wouldn't have made much of a difference IMO.  For as much as I talked about Ziesloft being a role player on a bad team in a pretty weak conference, GMM was underwhelming in JUCO especially considering how big he was.

[MemphisHoosier 1,914]

Why not?

 

Adam Zagoria ‏@AdamZagoria  44m

This @RayKasongo32 story just gets weirder and weirder. His bags made it to Boise but he did not. I'm hearing he's now visiting Iowa.

[Hovadipo 52,938]

This is quickly becoming legendary. Lol what is even happening.


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[Hovadipo 52,938]

Im 62% convinced that Crean completely Ivan Renko'd everyone here. Kasongo doesn't exist, he just called up the people at Oregon and the conversation went like this:

Crean: Hey fellas, I'm taking a look at this Emmitt Holt kid. Remember when Knight made up that Yugoslav kid, Renko? I kinda want to do the same thing so my "buddy" Izzo doesn't hop all over him.

Oregon Staff: That sounds interesting, but why are you telling us this?

Crean: Well, you're not exactly in our recruiting region, and you have a TON of kids leaving, so what's one more? No one will even know that he's fake. We can talk him up, make him sound like a gem and Izzo will swoop in before the word on Holt gets out. I already got Self in on it too!

Oregon: I guess we can help, what do we get?

Crean: I'll buy your coaching staff chrome sport coats to wear for games so you can be like the football team.

Oregon: Throw in some crap-talking about Lyle and you have a deal. What are we going to name him?

Crean: Something that makes him sound foreign, and let's make him Canadian for kicks and gigs. But for the name....

In Unison: RAY KASONGO!!

And thus, the story of Ray Kasongo came to fruition. Complete with a twitter account and a fake handler. At least that's how I see it playing out.




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[hoosierpap 14,300]

I think Zags is looking a little sloppy here. Bender is just a character.

[rebelhoosier848891 9,588]

And the circus continues--all three rings!  I will say this...I do not feel sorry for any program that takes a chance on him and gets in trouble after all the warning signs they will have ignored. Sometimes you have to JUST SAY NO!  There have been more red flags in this recruitment than exist in all of communist China.   :rtfm:

[Parakeet Jones 3,733]

Hindsight is 20/20 so this is easy to say now, but I am glad we didn't end up with this kid.  I do hope he gets everything straightened out though and gets on a good track.