(2019) SF Keion Brooks Jr. to Kentucky

[Old Friend]

1 hour ago, Miller'sTheMan said:

MSU is the one I'm worried about for both. Izzo has been able to poach whoever he's wanted from Indiana for a while.. Hopefully Miller can keep these two in-state.

Except since Miller has been here.

[Miller'sTheMan]

1 hour ago, Old Friend said:

Except since Miller has been here.

True but that was only one year, need to see that continue.

[NRT137]

TJD said he didn’t know how “Rome” did it with waiting so long. Like Hoosier Guy said, it’s only a matter of time. After this Friday, the decision will have been made, only a matter of time before TJD can’t go any longer and decides to announce.


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[HoosierFan1994]

17 hours ago, Chris007 said:

I don't think he will cancel any visits but it went really real well

It had to have been the scrimmage.... 

[Beachfront Property]

I don’t like being one of the early officials. Every place he goes (With Purdue being the obvious exception) is going to look great and give him a very compelling pitch.   A lot can happen between now and his decision - even if we are well ahead today.

[HoosierFan1994]

2 hours ago, Beachfront Property said:

I don’t like being one of the early officials. Every place he goes (With Purdue being the obvious exception) is going to look great and give him a very compelling pitch.   A lot can happen between now and his decision - even if we are well ahead today.

I feel confident in IU getting Keion, but I think we are going to have to wait. Michigan State and North Carolina are also appealing. I don't think he fits at Kentucky.  However, I see TJD committing by the end of the month. 

[Beachfront Property]

2 minutes ago, HoosierFan1994 said:

I feel confident in IU getting Keion, but I think we are going to have to wait. Michigan State and North Carolina are also appealing. I don't think he fits at Kentucky.  However, I see TJD committing by the end of the month. 

Totally agree with you on TJD.

[Old Friend]

10 hours ago, Miller'sTheMan said:

True but that was only one year, need to see that continue.

Wow.

Given your moniker, I would expect something less pessimistic.    Have you been paying attention to the way he's recruiting and the success he's having?   He won't get them all, nor will anyone, but the days of Izzo getting "whoever he wants" are over.

[Miller'sTheMan]

2 hours ago, Old Friend said:

Wow.

Given your moniker, I would expect something less pessimistic.    Have you been paying attention to the way he's recruiting and the success he's having?   He won't get them all, nor will anyone, but the days of Izzo getting "whoever he wants" are over.

I try to be a realist as much as I do an optimist. Miller looks good right now, but he's also only had one recruiting class here. I'm not saying I doubt his ability to recruit, but I want to see him string them together.

[MoyeNeeded]

Wow! So now we know LaLu pays players. 2 grand a month for Brian Bowen. Maybe not a wise move by the Brooks family!

[VO5]

2 hours ago, MoyeNeeded said:

Wow! So now we know LaLu pays players. 2 grand a month for Brian Bowen. Maybe not a wise move by the Brooks family!

Different coaching staff now

[ap2345]

Wow! So now we know LaLu pays players. 2 grand a month for Brian Bowen. Maybe not a wise move by the Brooks family!

That head coach is now an assistant at DePaul.


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[HoosierCoop]

I would hope that LaLu would realize that the spot light is on them.

Hopefully the drama has left the building.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

ZAGSBLOG -

Keion Brooks, the 6-foot-8 wing out of La Lumiere (IN) and the Indy Heat, has set two more official visits to Kentucky (Oct. 20) and North Carolina (Nov. 2) and provided an update on his recent visits to Indiana and UCLA.

Brooks sat down with Krysten Peek of Rivals.com for an interview at the USA Basketball mini-camp in Colorado Springs, Col.  He is down to a final six of UCLA, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Michigan State and Purdue.  Brooks, who averaged 21.5 points and 7.0 rebounds this summer on the Nike EYBL circuit, visited UCLA in late August with teammate Trayce Jackson-Davis.  “That trip was great,” Brooks said.  “First of all, you can’t beat L.A. in this weather.  And then secondly, the thing I really got out of it was coach [Steve] Alford.  I really realize he’s a players’ coach.  He tries to caters things to where his players are most comfortable.  ”Brooks roomed at UCLA with point guard Tyger Campbell, a fellow La Lumiere alum.  “Tyger’s talking about how he loves coach Alford and his teammates,” he said.  “What I got from the team is they’re all very close.  He just likes the atmosphere out there in L.A.  It’s the biggest stage.  If you really go out there and perform, you can really make something of yourself. 

”Brooks took an official to home-state Indiana the weekend of Sept. 28.  Asked about possibly joining Jackson-Davis in a package deal, he said:  "It’s a possibility, we don’t really talk about it in-depth.  We just kind of leave each other alone when it comes to that.  We just take it day-by-day, and if that’s what God has in the cards for us, then it’s something we would love to do.  ”As for the atmosphere at Indiana, he said, “The atmosphere was crazy.  It was kind of humbling….That was something that will stick with me for the rest of my life.”  Indiana assistant Ed Schilling coached Brooks’ father at Wright State, so he talked about their “prior relationship.”  “When he came to Indiana, he’s been going really hard and really strong,” he said.  “And also coach [Archie] Miller, he’s been recruiting me, recruiting my family, my older brother, my two younger brothers as well… They’re taking the time to do that, I think that’s a really good thing about Indiana.”

As for Kentucky, coach John Calipari met with Brooks in September.  “I love coach Cal,” he said.  “He’s a great businessman, and he really cares about his players as well.  He feels  if I go there, he would take very good care of me.  He’s going to help me reach my dreams and my goals.  His pitch is really just come somewhere where we can push you every day to be excellent on and off the court, and help me reach my goal of being an NBA player.” 

In terms of Michigan State, Brooks said he’s talked with teammate Isaiah Stewart, Jackson-Davis and commit Rocket Watts about the Spartans.  “All three of those guys, I like them a lot,” Brooks said.  “I would love to play with them all.  I just have to see how that unfolds.”

 

Old Fart personal comment -  Didn't really gush over Sparty which seemed a little surprising to me.

[schoosier]

I think he’s ours but you can never count Cal out when it comes to last minute recruits. I fell confident in what Arch has done handling the Romeo recruitment as he seems to know how not to put much pressure and go with the recruits flow of the process. With this likely drawing out I even like our chances better. The product on the floor will be considerably better this year and the call of playing for your home school will win out in the end. I would be more than satisfied with a 3 man class along with AF and TDJ.

[GloryDays]

Alford should have been a used car salesman.

[Walking Boot of Doom]

On UCLA “it’s the biggest stage if your perform well there you can really make something for yourself”

That’s clearly Alford’s sales pitch and it’s completely false. LA is the biggest stage sure. UCLA is.... well it was. And it hasn’t been for a while - certainly not under Alford.


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[MoyeNeeded]

Biggest stage my rear! Maybe 40 yrs ago. You've got double digit proffesional sports programs along with about 10 college programs within a 40 mile area. Unless you are a diehard UCLA basketball fan, you have sooo many other things to spend your money on and weather that allows for so many other activities.

[Uspshoosier]

On UCLA “it’s the biggest stage if your perform well there you can really make something for yourself”

That’s clearly Alford’s sales pitch and it’s completely false. LA is the biggest stage sure. UCLA is.... well it was. And it hasn’t been for a while - certainly not under Alford.


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I think they averaged a little over 8,000 people per game last year. Pauley Pavilion holds around 14,000. They year they had Ball brought their highest attendance total in 19 years and that was around 10,000 people. Last year Wilkes got to play on the big stage in a gym that was only 60% full all year. Lol.


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[schoosier]

UCLA is still a blueblood with 11 NC’s with their last one almost a decade after ours. Granted, they cheated to win it just like with all of Woodens teams. I could understand the lure of Westwood and many Hoosiers have played there. When IU has been good we haven’t lost any top IN players that I can remember.