(2019) SF Keion Brooks Jr. to Kentucky

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Corey Evans - 

North Carolina still has some holes to fill this winter and they would love to plug those with Keion Brooks  and  Cole Anthony.

Anthony, the top-ranked lead guard in the 2019 class, just took his final official visit over the weekend to Wake Forest. The Deacons are joined by Georgetown, Miami, Notre Dame, Oregonand North Carolina on his final list. However, this is more of a two-horse race between the Ducks and the Tar Heels. Picking between the two remains difficult and while the Ducks have gained a lot of traction of late, I still expect Anthony to pick North Carolina at the end of the day.

Brooks will be committing before Anthony as he has completed all of his visits and is down to a final group consisting of Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan State, Purdue, UCLA and North Carolina. The Bruins are practically out and I fail to see him in East Lansing or West Lafayette. That brings us to Indiana, Kentucky and North Carolina. Indiana seems to be the stiffest competition for Brooks and while I could definitely see him in Chapel Hill, the lure of staying home and playing alongside former travel teammate Trayce Jackson-Davis  may be too much to overcome for Roy Williams and his staff.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Sometimes it's hard to get stats when a Prep Circuit team plays a local high school team which is the case tonight with La Lumiere taking on Michigan City so I'll give you what I can and hopefully there will be more I can add later.  At the end of the 3rd Q LaLu leading 61-29.  Brooks had 13 pts. in the quarter and 25 for the game and probably not going to see much more action tonight.  Izzo in the house.

 

UPDATE:  Final score 81 - 50; Brooks was done for the night with his 25 pts.  Full game story at:

https://www.heraldargus.com/sports/lalu-puts-on-a-show/article_ffc0d8a5-c975-59b8-8fd1-3ab1bab47e39.html

Edited January 10, 2019 by Class of '66 Old Fart
Game Update

[BtownBanner6]

His soon is different from mine 

[Kepner]

Hearing that Stewart is really pushing Brooks about Michigan St. Seems to be closer to 50/50 now between IU and Michigan St

[Uspshoosier]

Izzo wasn’t going down with a fight. He has been recruiting him since the 8th grade. Throw in jaren Jackson dad is an assistant coach at LaLu and Sparty is still in the running for Stewart that makes Sparty a threat. We should know in a couple of weeks


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[indianaranger]

Maybe why Watford is visiting later we are losing ground on Brooks.

 

[American HoosierX]

1 hour ago, Kepner said:

Hearing that Stewart is really pushing Brooks about Michigan St. Seems to be closer to 50/50 now between IU and Michigan St

Why would Stewart be pushing Brooks to a school he hasn't committed to?  Not trying to question your source, but I'm skeptical.

Also Washington has picked up a ton of crystal balls for Stewart lately with MSU now in third.

And this article from two days ago casts a little more doubt on that statement:

"While Brooks and Stewart do have a few common schools on their lists, such as Kentucky and Michigan State, they don't necessarily talk about going to the same college."

https://247sports.com/college/basketball/recruiting/Article/Five-star-teammates-Isaiah-Stewart-and-Keion-Brooks-are-helping-each-other-as-they-come-down-the-stretch-and-make-their-college-decisions-127582681/

[TheWatShot]

Nothing ever comes easily for IU basketball in recruiting.

[Hoosier987]

1 hour ago, Kepner said:

Hearing that Stewart is really pushing Brooks about Michigan St. Seems to be closer to 50/50 now between IU and Michigan St

Corey Evans just said the other day that:

 Stewart is expected to make a commitment before February rolls around. This is more of a three-horse battle between Duke, Kentucky and Washington. 

No mention of MSU - I suppose things could always change tho

 

 

[HoosierDYT]

I also find it weird that Archie hasn’t been to a game of his in awhile that I know of


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[mdn82]

I also find it weird that Archie hasn’t been to a game of his in awhile that I know of


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Last year was the same with Romeo at this timeframe. Archie then went to his tournament games. He only has a limited amount of games he can go to. He seems to go early and later. He doesn’t seem to do a ton of recruiting during the season outside of holidays.


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[WayneFleekHoosier]

I remain confident here despite seeing the obvious MSU pull. I think the TJD friendship and family ties to IU staff will be enough in the end.

However, Honestly if i was Brooks and knew that I had Stewart going to MSU I’d probably pick MSU too. Sucks to say that, but man, Izzo just wins. I’m at that point in the season where I’m frustrated to be a second or third tier team again despite what seems like equal rosters on paper.






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[HooHooHoo22]

I believe brook’s games have been all over the place right? Not all have been in Indiana


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[HoosierDYT]

I remain confident here despite seeing the obvious MSU pull. I think the TJD friendship and family ties to IU staff will be enough in the end.

However, Honestly if i was Brooks and knew that I had Stewart going to MSU I’d probably pick MSU too. Sucks to say that, but man, Izzo just wins. I’m at that point in the season where I’m frustrated to be a second or third tier team again despite what seems like equal rosters on paper.






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Yes Izzo wins, but I think the rosters are far from equal on paper


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[Class of '66 Old Fart]

21 minutes ago, HooHooHoo22 said:

I believe brook’s games have been all over the place right? Not all have been in Indiana


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Absolutely, these Prep Circuit teams log lots and lots of miles during their season traveling all over the U.S.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

26 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

I remain confident here despite seeing the obvious MSU pull. I think the TJD friendship and family ties to IU staff will be enough in the end.

However, Honestly if i was Brooks and knew that I had Stewart going to MSU I’d probably pick MSU too. Sucks to say that, but man, Izzo just wins. I’m at that point in the season where I’m frustrated to be a second or third tier team again despite what seems like equal rosters on paper.

Rhetorical question - is it more important to Brooks to be on a winning team or be a team's featured player?

[Me So Hornsby]

I feel good about this. Almost to 100 pages too!


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[Uspshoosier]

https://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/news/evans-seven-programs-poised-to-excel-through-late-signing-period


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[Bailey7878]

Well I always knew there was a reason he had not committed yet even when some said it was a done deal. It did not make sense to me.

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[HoosierAloha]

Well I always knew there was a reason he had not committed yet even when some said it was a done deal. It did not make sense to me.

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I feel Brooks Jr will be wearing the candy stripes for IU next season. Would it be a “decision” if everyone already knew where he was going?


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