Comments about ‘BYU basketball: Vegas 'sleeper' verbally commits to BYU’

This is awesome news!! Now we are really going to tear it up at the NCAA Tourny!!

Wow Beat out Nevada and Idaho for him and someone relative. Sounds like a keeper

get richer in the b-ball talent category all the time. Meanwhile, the utes are playing each position by commmitte, since they don't have anybody who can take over. The utes are going to be a drag on the MWC this year and for the foreseable future.

BYU really needs to recruit some more big men. Miles is a senior and, while a bunch of good guards is nice, one thing that everybody should have learned in the past couple of years (while playing against Nevill) is that the Cougars really need some good bigs to continue to compete.

Another family member, or friend of a friend. B.Y.U. sets their own recruiting standards, or should I say limitations. Same is true in football.

The Y lost out to the Mormon big who picked ASU, they might go after the kid from Waterford, and they have Davies, Anderson and Harstock for two more years after this one, and have four bigs on missions.

Wow!! Idaho, Nevada, Portland & UC Riverside wanted this kid as well. The headline to this article should be "Vegas Yawner" to commit.

I agree, what's with all the recruiting of 2s and 3s instead of going after post players? Davies, Hartsock and Anderson are great, but I think we still need a big force in the paint. Meanwhile we are so well stocked on the perimeter with Haws and Collinsworth. The missing piece to a truly great team is a great big man. Please recruit one! Who are the four bigs on missions?

Getting richer? Anytime a recruit is labeled with the term "sleeper," it means he's a relative of someone in the program, and nobody else really wanted him.

Here's the actual stats, I know Cougar fans don't like to hear them:

Utah currently has 3 recruits for 2010. They are an 88, 88 & 87 grade on ESPN.

BYU currently has 2 recruits for 2010. Collinsworth, with all the hype and attention from local media, is also an 88. The same as all 3 of Utah's recruits that nobody pays attention to. The kid in this article is a 76 on ESPN.

Want to reconsider your comment based on the actual facts?

Its ridiculous by anyone (ESPN, Scouts.com, fans, etc.) to rank recruits. No one knows who will work out, star or flop until after their tenure at the school is over. It is much ado about nothing.

Leave it to the ute fans to post ranking and stars and bla bla bla. Then they have to tear apart some high school senior to make themselves feel better about hating BYU. Wonder why no one like the ute fans? ? ?

I think Boylen has a knack for getting his guys to play hard and overachieve and he is probably responsible for Utah getting a really good schedule going, but the fact is, BYU has won or shared a conference title three years in a row and BYU is favored to win this year. So say what you want about BYU's recruiting, Ute fans, but BYU has things going the right way compared to the other fish in the MWC sea.

needs to investigate the BYU/Bishop Gorman connection. BYU is gonna get in trouble if they keep this shady deal up.

First, Tavernari emerges from Bishop Gorman under very shady circumstances and now this fellow.

The whole Rice/Bishop Gorman connection smells fishy.

Love coach Rose, but Bishop Gorman has a closet filled with 3 and 4 star kids, if you gotta pick one. I don't consider this kid to be a "sleeper" unless he is truly a "deep sleeper". We beat out I-dah-ho, and Nevada, Cal-Riverside, maybe Portland State, ain't we great?

He's awesome. Just like everything at byu. Aweswome.

Your comments used to be funny (years ago)... however, do you actually have SOMETHING of value, to add to these blogs, that is NOT seething with sarcasm?! Seriously, I hate reading your comments, yet I can't escape them because you post on EVERYTHING--especially anything BYU. Your disdain for the Cougars has grown VERY old. Please find something new to hate, signed all Cougar fans. P.S. Perhaps getting out of your moms basement once in a while and getting some sunshine would brighten your sad outlook on life. UGH!

Player rankings are very misleading. While it is nice to be able to say "look at all the high profile players we've recruited" generally those kids all pan out differently. Case and point - Jimmer Fredette was a 2 star player when he was recruited, but he has turned into a gem. Plaisted was a 3 star, Miles a 4 star, yet Plaisted imo was head and shoulders better in the paint than Miles is. The college game is SO much different than the High School game, and BYU plays a very slowed down game compared to alot of other schools. You either have highly skilled "not as athletic" kids, or lower skilled "super athletic" kids, and generally the super athletic kids get higher rankings.

I think my cougs will be just fine this year.

Nothing fishy about the connection...it's out in the open. Dave Rice's brother is the head coach of Gorman. Naturally, if a player might have interest in BYU, Coach Rice from Vegas is going to let his brother know.

That's how the recruiting world works...connections. That's why BYU has had solid JUCO players over the years...connections from Rose's time at Dixie. "Fishy" stuff is money under the table, boosters, etc. Two family members in the same coaching world that help each other out...totally normal.

should get a life and stop obsessing about a team he hates

Is really terrible...
When was the last time someone ever did anything special in the tournament?

Who plays in the NBA who played in the MWC (recently). (I'm talking about regular season games and more than warming the bench).

Occasionally Utah is ok, but most years everyone is trash.
So Winning the MWC in basketball doesn't really mean anything.

Boring players who are not any good.

Wow, Neville and Cummard made the NBDL, when that is the best thing that happens in years for the conference it is sad.

I'm surprised that anyone follows this low level of basketball.

At least football has 2 or 3 teams ranked a lot of years...
...MWC basketball, is laughable.