Evans to be a Tiger
Many readers have already heard, but Tyreke Evans made it official today that he will go to Memphis and play for John Calipari next season. The MVP of the McDonald's All-American game, Evans would have been a really nice addition to Coach Barnes' 2008-2009 freshman class but it would have been a steal to pick him up.
Derrick Rose's decision to jump to the NBA and DJ Augustin's uncertain future probably combined to help Evans finalize his decision. He can play effectively as either a one or a two guard, but sharing the court with Rose or Augustin he would not have had the opportunity to be the main focus of the offense--at least not all the time. Combine that with the fact that he reportedly loves Calipari's offense, and this is simply a case of a kid making the decision that was right for him.
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It's obvious
Rick can't compete with the super awesome hair gel stylings of Calipari and Jay Wright.
Unlikely...
Re: Indiana
That's unlikely to be a problem as someone else has taken up the task of heading Hoosier basketball.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/s...
Now that Evans chose, he can take as long as he
needs...
recruiting
In other news, not sure if yall have seen this, but stud QB recruit Tate Forcier has taken to posting all his offer letters online (written up in a nifty little SI article here. also my two cents: Andy Staples was a great hire by SI).
Anyhow, the Forcier website can be found here. And if you're interested, one of the letters is from Texas A&M, and it's conveniently the only one not stamped with a big FORCIER on it. Of course, as Forcier's website points out, "Duplication in Whole or Part is Strictly Prohibited by Law," so do with it what you will.
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There's also the phone number to contact them..so if anyone wants to crank call them...
by vy til i die on Apr 17, 2008 10:57 AM CDT up reply actions

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