Satchel Pierce '14 c 7-0 to Marquette

[The Cat]

http://triblive.com/sports/hssports/...#axzz2hlJs1tTP No mention of Wichita State but he does say that he does not want to pick a school just based on geography. Hopefully with how late Pitt is to the party will hurt their chances.

[The Cat]

http://phenomhoopreport.com/satchel-pierce-end-site/ Again no mention of the Shocks as one of his 5 visits. I thought 3G was doing an in home with the kid but with how long this had been dragging I forgot when that was.

[tropicalshox]

If WSU did a home visit it was suppose to be in mid September. There was never confirmation of it happening. We are not in his five offical visits and there was never a report of Shocker offer. Past time to move on.

[Capitol Shock II]

Good enough for me.

[tropicalshox]

Pierce to Marquette

[Remember'70]

http://zagsblog.com/articles/smart-turns-down-marquette-recruits-in-limbo/

Mentions Pierce, but not as one that has asked for release...yet??

[Shox21]

What would be the reason to deny a player's request for release?

[wufan]

What would be the reason to deny a player's request for release?

Perceived tampering. Direct competition (i.e. transfer within conference or within state).

[Shox21]

So if the kid was wanting to leave but didn't have a destination picked yet, would they deny the release? I suppose they could put some limited restrictions on the release?

[1972Shocker]

What would be the reason to deny a player's request for release?

I think sometimes they delay the approval until a new coach is on board so he can at least have shot at selling himself to the recruits. At that point, if the youngster still wants a release he usually will get it.

[ShockTalk]

What would be the reason to deny a player's request for release?

I think sometimes they delay the approval until a new coach is on board so he can at least have shot at selling himself to the recruits. At that point, if the youngster still wants a release he usually will get it.

This.

[pinstripers]

Verbal Commits
@VerbalCommits
Virginia Tech C Satchel Pierce (SO) is leaving the program.

[ShockTalk]

Pass

[WSUwatcher]

An interesting journey already: all the expectations were for Pitt; he committed to marquette, and now is transferring from VaTech. Just one more indication of the very loose connection between recruiting expectations, players' "lists" and top choices, their commitments, and their actual signing destinations.

[wu_shizzle]

An interesting journey already: all the expectations were for Pitt; he committed to marquette, and now is transferring from VaTech. Just one more indication of the very loose connection between recruiting expectations, players' "lists" and top choices, their commitments, and their actual signing destinations.

Looks like he committed to Buzz Williams and followed him to VaTech.