New BBall verbal: Peter Jones

[kyle_sample]

He is a walk-on. Played in the toughest high school basketball division in the northwest. His tape is short, but shows he's not afraid of playing against more difficult competition

That is a very solid walk on. So educate us a bit on that Kyle. In football, we see preferred walk ons who get a roster spot and the opportunity to get first crack at a potential open scholarship. Is it similar in hoops? With limited schollies and players graduating I was trying to figure it out. Academic scholarship or dollars maybe in play?

At this time he is just a walk-on. You can't give partial scholarship to basketball players, it's an equivalency sport meaning all scholarships have to be full scholarships. It's possible he could be given a scholarship next year depending on what happens with the roster.
This could have changed with the signing of Espe, but Montana had its eyes on two point guards for the 2018 class so I'd guess that's where the scholarship opened by Fab's graduation will go. But recruiting is a volatile thing and could change from week to week, so it's anybody's guess right now.

Thank you for the feedback. Much appreciated. On another note, what would you have said the chance of signing Espe was prior to his actual signing since he had connections to Frey and the Cats. I figured we had basically had no shot. Loved stealing him away.

I've heard conflicting things about Espe and MSU. I heard they loved him and really wanted him and I've heard after working him out they hated him and pulled his offer and I've heard that his only connection to Frey was their junior experience together and the league they played in and that they're not at all friends. I don't know what to believe about that situation as I've received that information from trusted sources. I'll say this, it seems that all coaching staffs have one view of a player when they think they're gonna get him and often times a radically different view of that same player when they've lost him. Take that for what it's worth.

 

[citygriz]

Couple of things to like about our recruiting.

First, except for Samuelson, our first seven recruits under DeCuire were from either California or Washington--Oguine, Pridgett, Anderson, Akoh, Rorie, Moorehead, Dorsey. Now we've expanded our reach to Texas and two foreign countries--Norway and Wyoming.

Second, we're finally getting some help up front. Three years in, and we had only two legit bigs, Samuelson and Krslovic. We played last year with half a team, in my opinion. Now we'll be all-airport.

 

[Paytonlives]

Wyoming = Foreign country...

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Wyoming = Foreign country...

:clap: :lol:

Might be the loophole we've been looking for. Has anyone actually taken a close look at MrT's immigration papers?

 

[Ursa Major]

Wyoming = Foreign country...

:clap: :lol:

Might be the loophole we've been looking for. Has anyone actually taken a close look at MrT's immigration papers?

He claims to have dual US and Wyoming citizenship and carries around a "birth certificate" from some island in the Pacific.

 

[fanofzoo]

Wyoming = Foreign country...

:clap: :lol:

Might be the loophole we've been looking for. Has anyone actually taken a close look at MrT's immigration papers?

He claims to have dual US and Wyoming citizenship and carries around a "birth certificate" from some island in the Pacific.

Good enough for me.