Could Lance Stephenson be on the verge of signing with the University of Cincinnati?
One source says the 6-foot-5 Stephenson — the all-time leading scorer in New York State history — could commit to the Bearcats as early as Tuesday.
On Monday Stephenson heads to Brooklyn Criminal Court for his sexual assault case, which could be adjourned for a second time in two months.
“Word is Lance is signing with Cincinnati,” one Big East assistant coach said. “I think he will on Tuesday from what I’m being told.”
Lance Stephenson Sr. said his son was still going through the recruiting process.
“We are going through the process of picking a school,” he wrote in a text. “Things are going well with the schools we are talking to. We look forward to announcing in the weeks to come.”
Lance Jr. and several family members took an official visit to the Cincinnati campus from Friday-Sunday and Lance played pickup with the team on Saturday.
“He got here [Friday],” said a player on the team. “We just got through playing open gym. [He played] with the whole team and a couple old players.
“He was doing good. I guarded him. He played good. We could use him. If we get him we’ll be good.”
Lance has visited Kansas, Maryland and St. John’s and Lance Stephenson Sr. recently said his son would take two more.
Memphis and Arizona may still be involved, but no visits have been set, as far as we know.
Other potential schools in the mix include Missouri, Pittsburgh and UNC-Charlotte, according to a source.
Cincinnati returns a solid core including guards Deonta Vaughn and Rashad Bishop and forward Yancy Gates. Point guard Cashmere Wright also becomes eligible this year after sitting out last season with an injury. The Bearcats are bringing in big man Ibrahima Thomas and guards Sean Kilpatrick and Jaquon Parker. Kilpatrick is a White Plains, N.Y. native.
Stay tuned for more later…
totally agree jayhawk 4. without X, KU would still be a top 5 team, but he instantly gives yall a number 3 scorer behind Aldrich and Collins. i will settle for a 4 or 5 seed. that signifies a good turn around from the calipari debacle. if we get a 3 seed, i will be ecstatic, but i doubt we will. we will be a top 20 team this year, and possibly a top 10 team next year if we have almost everybody back plus the bartons and maybe joe jackson or casey prather
first u say 20 and 10. now u say 22 and 8. make up ur mind pasta. u obviously dont know what the hell u are talking about. memphis was not good enough to play in the big east. i bet they wished they had invited us now though. we would have dominated that conference too. maybe not as well as we did cusa, but we would have. we beat uconn and georgetown already. we would have attracted a lot of talented players to us and the big east, not to mention constant competition. there would have been unprecedented tv coverage.
Based on Calipari’s results vs. top competition (roughly .500 vs. the top 50 in the last 5 years), you should be glad Memphis didn’t jump to the Big East.
Actually …..Memphis was more attractive than say a Depaul or a S.Florida from a talent and strength of program aspect ……but the Big East was going after T.V markets as well as teams ……I use a 20 and 10 or a 22 and 8 example merely from a hypothetical basis to amplify my point ……these numbers should not be taken literally . Under Cal Memphis would have been consistently in the top 2 in the Big East …..however the guady record would not have been there …bottom line Cal was a one or two seed the past 4 years ……conference affiliation would not have affected that .
His record against the top competition indicates his record would be far from gaudy. Besides the 07-08 team, I don’t see any of his last 5 Memphis teams breaking the top 4 in the Big East.
Keep in mind Cal always played a tough non conference schedule to compensate for Cusa and to load up the schedule for top recruits coming in ……his teams would have murdered most of the Big East fodder …….. Pitt. Uconn maybe Louisville would have been tough competition … but Memphis would have always been in the top 2 ….. his team that lost to Ucla may have been his best.
i actually would rather us have jumped to it. i love the competition and talent level in the big east and memphis would only have added to it. memphis should replace south florida. what are they doing? nothing. we are a top program in a middling conference. if we played like this in a major conference nobody would doubt how good we are. unfortunately, we will not be given that chance anytime soon
cal wasn’t a one or two seed. memphis was. dont be blinded by cal too much. he is a good recruiter. that is it. i hope kentucky knows what they are getting themselves into
his team tht went to the final was the best. that’s why they got farther
just be patient memphis, soon your bball team will be relevant again. maybe in 2010-11. those bartons can ball. just wait it out and watch KU, UK, UNC, ‘Nova, and Texas play it out and enjoy. ive enjoyed rooting for your team the last 3 tourneys.
Memphis will be good again, under JP.
It may take some time.
The Bartons were a good steal from Cali.
Use one of the same tricks to get the Bartons.
The two for one offers.
Hope you get Matt P. as well.
He got a raw deal from Cali.
Big time – Romared.
Give JP some time and the forthcoming teams will be very good.
Wining Conf. US is a big challenge.
Tulsa appears the team to beat.
And Conf. US may only get one bid from the tournament.
(worst case)
This year the CUSA tourney is played in Tulsa ( ouch)
S Florida is bringing the Tampa market, that’s what they’re doing. Similar to Baylor in the Big 12 and DePaul in the Big East. It’s all about television revenues.
memphis brings good television ratings when we play on espn or cbs. examples: gonzaga, georgetown, tulsa, tennessee, mizzou, arizona even. we bring in a lot of fans when we play nationally televised games. which is not what south florida or depaul can say. the big east would love to have those ratings to boost their conference up even more
haha well i am looking forward to 2010. but we will be a solid team this upcoming season. in 2010 we shall be one of the top programs in the country with the bartons, maybe joe jackson or casey prather, and most, if not all, of our team from this year returning. thanx for the rooting