With Terrence Ross already headed to Washington, can the Huskies expect his Portland (Ore.) Jefferson teammate Terrence Jones to join him?
Both players will formally announce their college plans Friday at a 6:30 ET press conference at Portland Jefferson.
As first reported by ZAGSBLOG Sunday night, the 6-foot-5 Ross (pictured courtesy the Seattle Times) has already opted for Washington over Kansas, Kentucky, Oregon and Oklahoma.
“I am going to Washington because of the great relationship I have with the team and coaches. I thought it would be the best choice for me and I would fit in with the team,” Ross told ZAGSBLOG contributor Alex Kline via Facebook.
The 6-8 Jones is coming off a recent official visit to Kansas.
“The trip to Kansas was great. I got to see how the team interacts with each other and how it’s a family atmosphere,” Jones told Rivals.com.
Jones told Rivals he was hosted by sophomore Tyshawn Taylor, the former St. Anthony star, and that he also spent time with freshmen Thomas Robinson and Elijah Johnson.
“The support the players receive at Kansas is something that stands out,” Jones told Rivals.com. “Everybody knows who those guys are, and there is a lot of support. Kansas is one of my options, and they are even with the other schools.”
Jones is also mulling Washington, Kentucky, Oklahoma, UCLA and Oregon.
Will he and Ross end up making Friday twice as nice for the Huskies?
“It could happen but I want him to do what’s best for him and me to do what’s best for me,” Jones said at the Jordan Brand Classic. “If that’s together then that’s good. But if it’s not then I’ll respect it.”
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LOL. Wow. That sounds like a joke I heard. A UK fan and a Memphis fan walk into a bar….LOL.
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Good insight, I know I was getting carried away and can admit I was wrong. I apologize to anyone I offended.
Spoken like a true gentleman. Will do.
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Thought you might like that one, lol.
If Sean Miller ever leaves Arizona, and I hope he doesn’t, Pastner would be the next coach at Arizona. Pastner still loves UA and Tucson.
Memphis fans are going to be rooting for Arizona, that’s for sure. Go Wildcats!
Did a conflict just end well on the internet? Holy crap.
So what are folks hearing on Jones?
Word around UK is “cautious” optimism. Bottom line is that no one knows – in this day and age of electronic comminication, it is a miracle that he has kept his recruitment under such wraps.
Someone from Scouts.com said Ross has told family that he and Jones will not be on the same team. UK and KU fans immediately translate this as good news, LOL.
Mind still says UW, heart says UK.
Danny Manning does a good job getting these guys ready for NCAA play but those bigs game do not translate well into the league. I believe Cole A. will be different though. UK got mor Pub. than any other school last season and was all over TV, I dont think I saw anybody more which was mainly due to SEC and ESPN being in bed with each other. (Not arguing or jumping on you just saying, I actually like Kansas and have tons of respect for the program)
Fear the phog…I was going through your posts and was just shaking my head at the way you were making all of us KU fans look. TSmooth is a good guy on here and keeps it real no matter what team he is talking about. I was getting so PO’d at you and then saw your last post and now feel really good about you. You are actually the kind of KU fan I like…just like myself you will go after anyone who says anything negative about our hawks but when we realize we went too far we apologize and make it right. I’m proud of that. You were beginning to get to Jessie WildCat status in my book. But now you’re up there with Jhawk4 and Tsmooth. As a KU alumni we know we’re good and proud of that(what else we got in Kansas, right?), but we also know are not the end all be all and that’s ok. Love this blog and 99% of the people who comment on it. Rock Chalk!!!
I honestly have no idea. Nothing would surprise me at this point with Jones. I think Kentucky needs him most, but he will play wherever he ends up. All 3 schools make alot of sense in his situation. Thats a good position for Jones to be in, He can’t really go wrong with whatever school he picks.
As a KU fan, I would love to have jones, but he is just icing on the cake, we dont really need him to fill a hole (like UK does.) I would love to have him, but I wont be upset if we dont. Selby was a must-get. Jones is gravy in my opinion.
Cal recruits well and motivates guys to play well together and really strong defensively but its not due to him that get drafted high its all about perception. These guys would have went high in the draft straight out of high school if they could but due to NBA rules they can not. His Coaching and development are still suspect, and thats just real. (No ! I’m not hating on your coach)
D. Rose, Tyreke, Wall, Cousins, Orton (he didnt recruit) D. Wagner, Shawne Williams would have all been high picks and One and Done no matter what school they went to Cal had nothing to do with that except that he managed to land their commitments and they played under him.
Bledsoe is more just riding the momentum of all the other guys, and it is showing is his falling draft stock he needs to go back to school. He was just on a hot team with a bunch of other talented freshman
Thought I was coming to Zagsblog, not eHarmony, LOL.
Thanks for the kind words, man.
Scary, I know right?
Not offended, my man. I actually enjoyed the discussion.
Should do it again sometime. lol.
Pastner would be one of the first calls for the Arizona AD to make if/when Miller leaves. Yes, he stills loves Zona, but I’ll think in his heart he’ll remember who gave him his first head coaching gig, and that he’ll have continued and endless support in Memphis. If I remember correctly, either the AD or Lute didn’t bump Pastner to first assistant, so he left for Memphis. Could be wrong though
LOL. It was witty. Nobody ever said UK fans didn’t have a sense of humor….lmao
TJones to……….UW. UDub gets both Terrences
Internet feed was horrible. Good luck to TJones. Going to be a great player for
Coach Romar
Actually Olson told Pastner that we would have a better chance of getting a head coaching gig if he worked under another head coach. Plus the weekend Pastner excepted the Memphis Asst. job he was still recruiting for Arizona during the Cactus Classic. Pastner loves Lute. Even if it were Livengood that tried to run Pastner out (which I don’t think was the case) Arizona let him go to UNLV.
Like I said, I could have been wrong. Everyone knows Pastner loves Tucson and UA, but he also loves Memphis and the Tigers. For now though, Memphis and the area surrounding it has arguably the most talent in America. Any coach would not leave that, unless his “dream job” came along.
Either the AD or O’Neill ran him off. I know that much as fact.
Well O’Neil and Livengood are g e and Lute attend ever home game and has contact with the players and coaching staff, I’m not saying he is coaching or advicing just like a Wooden type of thing. Most of UA fans think still think Pastner walks on water (I am not one of them). I do think Pastner was helped out this recruiting season with the wealth of talent this coming out of Memphis.
Actually, Jelan Kendrick is from Atlanta. The Bartons are from Baltimore. Hippolyte Tsafack is from Virginia, but Cameroon originally.
Only 3 players are from the Memphis area: JJ, Tarik, and CC.
So actually, he had more outside of Memphis than from Memphis.
It’s not helping, either btw. Any decent coach would recognize that if he had a pool of talent around him that he should gather it.
Memphis’ lone recruit for 2011 so far is from Houston, TX. Not Memphis. So in essence, your last statement is false.
He’s pulled in the best players from the 3 best talent markets. That’s not being helped out. That’s being a damn good recruiter.
Barton was being recruited by Pastner before Cal left not a big shock he stuck with Pastner since they are the two that had the relationship. I just said that I just said that Pastner was helped by the talent that wascoming out of Memphis this year not sure how that is a false statement when without those 3 recruits Memphis does not have a top ten class? Pastner’s dad still coaches in Houston so not a big surprise there either.
When I read it, it came across to me that he lucked into the recruits and that Memphis is the sole reason for this recruiting class. Sorry, I jumped the gun. I’ve heard statements similar to your’s previously, so I got a little hot about it. My bad, dude.
As far Barton, he was perceived as a UK lock, but Pastner stole him away.
IMO, it’d still be a top 10 class without JJ, CC, and Tarik, but it’d be like #10. Texas only has 2 players, both 5 stars, and has a top 10 class. Memphis would have two 5 stars, and two 3 stars without the Memphis kids.
Yea, Pastner is using his connections in Houston very well. That’s one of the things I like about his recruiting so much: he has connections everywhere. West Coast, East Coast, Memphis, Texas, South, North, Europe. LOL.