Stephen Hurt '14 c 6-10 offered to KSU

[WSUwatcher]

Absolutely, Bluz. It's the coaches who are limited and can't talk about recruits until they sign. The players can talk all they want, about whatever they want, and can commit whenever and wherever they want -- some of them even like it so much they commit to multiple schools, and you don't know where they're going to sign until it happens (probably because they don't know either).

The best possible outcome of this weekend would be for hurt to (a) commit verbally to WSU and (b) cancel his scheduled visit to Indiana -- like what Isaiah Wilkins did after his visit to Virginia apparently convinced him he had found the promised land.

[tropicalshox]

@JeffRabjohns: Indiana coach Tom Crean watched juco C Stephen Hurt at Northwest Fla today. http://indiana.rivals.com/showmsg.as...973525&style=1

[tropicalshox]

@AdamZagoria: Indiana coach Tom Crean saw Northwest Florida big man Stephen Hurt yesterday. Miami, K-State & Wichita State also were in this week.

[WSUwatcher]

A follow-up visit by the Shocks, trop -- and also by the others he's visited? This kid is in serious demand.

[SpanglerFan316]

Something weird is going on. Hurt cancelled his visit for this weekend, Hill tweeted that he's not coming to IU and we have the surprise Whitehead announcement tomorrow, not to mention the RJ announcement Friday.

I feel like we're either hitting a grand slam over the next few days or completely whiffing, no in-between

http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=170&f=2353&t=11969740

[tropicalshox]

I think the Shockers are about to have their own grand slam.

[tropicalshox]

Jerry Meyers (247Sports), Alex Bozich (Inside the Hall) and Zach Ostterman are now predicting Hurt will be a Shocker.

[WSUwatcher]

I was wondering who the heck you were talking about other than Hurt, Spangler -- Whitehead? RJ?

Fortunately, the link enlightened me: those are all references to Indiana's recruiting activities. As far as I'm concerned, they can have Whitehead and RJ, whoever they are -- or not -- just so long as Hurt comes to WSU. That would be big (literally), and very good, news.

[tropicalshox]

@Justin_Albers: Source says 2014 C Stephen Hurt cancelled Indiana visit because he is concerned with uptempo style of play. He's 280 pounds. #iubb

[tropicalshox]

Jeff Borzello of CBSSports predicts Kansas State.

[WSUwatcher]

For what it's worth, last season NW Florida averaged 80 points / game under the coach who's now helping recruit him for WSU. That sounds somewhat uptempo to me, so he can't be totally intimidated by the prospect of playing fast. And it's hard to imagine that Forbes was planning to switch to a walk-it-up style if he had stayed.

Who knows -- maybe Hurt's a good outlet passer. Bill Walton could barely practice when he was at UCLA, his knees were so bad, but they played uptempo very nicely: he'd grab the rebound and get the ball out, they'd take off, and he'd either catch up eventually in case he was needed or just hang back to play defense after the fast break basket.

[wu_shizzle]

Something weird is going on. Hurt cancelled his visit for this weekend, Hill tweeted that he's not coming to IU and we have the surprise Whitehead announcement tomorrow, not to mention the RJ announcement Friday.

I feel like we're either hitting a grand slam over the next few days or completely whiffing, no in-between
http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=170&f=2353&t=11969740

If you're going to rip an entire post from another board, it would help if you put it in quotes.

[tropicalshox]

This article sheds more light on Hurt droping Indiana. It was a mutal decision. Hurt also expressed concerns about Hanner Mosquera-Perea still being at IU during Hurt's two years.

My guess is playing time was a big issue. Indiana's top target, Goodluck Okonoboh is also a center. Indiana is the favorite although Ohio State and UNLV are serious threats.

http://scouthoops.scout.com/2/1327822.html

[Ricardo del Rio]

Oh man.
Grand slam?
Oh man.
Is rooting for Hurt and a grand slam sorta like rooting for the Royals? Or is signing Hurt way more likely than the Royals making the play-offs?

[pogo]

POGO of Shockersports.mycom predicts Wichita State.