Boyle! Colorado Basketball Secures A Commitment From California Forward Xavier Johnson
by Jon Woods on Oct 3, 2011 8:47 PM MDT
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PrintAccording to Adam Munsterteiger of Buffstampede.com, the Colorado Buffaloes have received their second commitment in the 2012 recruiting class in two days, and this one's a big one. Xavier Johnson is a high profile forward playing for a big time team in California. He had offers from at least four other Pac-12 teams. Johnson's commitment should see the Buffaloes make a nice jump in the recruiting rankings.
Welcome aboard Xavier! Tad Boyle is officially on a roll...
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Position: Small Forward Other Schools of Interest: Offers from Arizona State, Harvard, Oregon State, UCLA, UNLV, USC. Other schools that are showing interest in him are Arizona, Cal, Georgetown, Oregon, SDSU, Stanford, Syracuse. |
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took Boyle just one year to have the best class in CU history
great job coach!!!
Top 25 Recruiting class.....?!?!?!?!
We are going to be so sick 2012. Gotta have a strong year in 2011 to keep the recruiting momentum going!
According to Scout.com
CU has never received a commit from a top 100 player. Tad just got 2 in one class!
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by Buff'em Up on Oct 3, 2011 9:18 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
Yep
But that’s since they started doing their rankings.
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they came post Chauncey though
post David Harrison, too
Look, I've already told Utah to suck it. There's no going back now.
I love this kid
He goes to school with my brother. I largely agree with the Scout assessment above, but he’s much more of a slasher than a shooter. As a shooter, he’s kind of like Shawn Marion was with the Suns. Here’s the video of him posterizing Austin Rivers (last year’s #1 player):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_Kc8dj_5RI
X on twitter: @XTheCreator
Look, I've already told Utah to suck it. There's no going back now.
He must be smart to boot
He had an offer from Harvard.
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by Buff'em Up on Oct 3, 2011 9:24 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
and Jenkins from yesterday wants to major in chemistry and go to med school
sounds like both of them should be strong students too.
we’re definitely on our way to becomming a basketball school it appears. Not sure how I feel about that, but I’ll take it for now…
*!@%ing yeah!
That one’s for you jon. Hey we might not be a football school for a few years but I will take being a rising bball school!
Much better
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by Jon Woods on Oct 4, 2011 5:27 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
got a question:
the last week or so whenever SBnation has the full screen ads in the background (like for the coach of the year thing right now) I can only see the first two stories and nothing else (no fanposts, fanshots, links, old stories, etc.) It’s kind of annoying, is anyone else having this issue?
I have that problem on IE @ work
but I’m fine on Firefox. At work I have to go through that top bar to get to other front page posts and fan shots
Look, I've already told Utah to suck it. There's no going back now.
yeah, I'm using IE8
no one needs to tell me that IE sucks, I know, but I have to use it too for compatibility with other software for work. It IS still the most widely used browser, it would be nice if they made their site work with it…
If you wouldn't mind...
Take a screen shot and send it to support@SBNation.com and copy me. That way I can make sure they get it fixed.
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by Jon Woods on Oct 4, 2011 5:28 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
haha
I had that problem for about a week straight but about 5 minutes after I posted that it started working normally again. I’ll send that email if it happens again…
Ooooo! I'm happy
Tad Boyle is great. He has proven to be able to coach up his team on the floor and can really recruit off of it!
Note to CU… This kind of guy doesn’t last long unless you PAY HIM!!! You have my permission to PAY DA MAN!!!
12 PAC - Sh*t runs downhill
we're currently sitting at #17 in ESPN's rankings, with 1 more to add
still, unlikely to move up after some of the powerhouses start to get theirs
Look, I've already told Utah to suck it. There's no going back now.
case in point- we're currently sitting in front of Duke and Kentucky
Look, I've already told Utah to suck it. There's no going back now.
If Tad Boyle Can Make the Tourney This Year
which despite our young roster might not be out of the question. The Pac 12 money will definitley come in handy.
What’s the over under on how many times Tad gets named drop in relation to job openings next year(both NBA and NCAA)?
Shoulder to Shoulder
Abatemarco is in CA recruiting
I’m hoping that means Tyrone Wallace (although I’d prefer if he was trying to flip Reinhardt or York). He’s schedule for a visit on the 22nd. In other recruiting news, Butler coach Brad Stevens paid a home visit to 2014 wing Stanley Johnson from Mater Dei. So did UNLV.
Look, I've already told Utah to suck it. There's no going back now.
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