This thread is a joke. I like Rice a lot. Rutgers made a fantastic hire, but WTF? I can't believe how amazing Lavin is right now. I know we haven't played a game yet, but BELIEVE ME the staff is delaying kids that are the caliber of what Rice is brining in right now. Lavin sat out of the game for a long time and I didn't think he'd come back this on fire.
We have an insanely good shot right now at Pelle, the #2 center in the country. I wouldn't be surprised if he committed in October.
If Lavin wanted to, he could get ten top 100 kids this year. That's obviously not the game plan, but stay tuned.
And Tharpe is such a heavy lean right now it's ridiculous. I honestly expected him to commit a few weeks ago. There was a story released recently that said he wait until the spring (he even copied it on his facebook page), but I just don't believe it. He has a good friend that is a freshman at STJ...he plays with a team that is all Big East (Nova, Pitt, and now St. John's), and he really hit it off with Harkless. If Tharpe is not our PG in 2011 then it will be Quinn Cook.