John Martin @JohnMartin929 · 1m
2014 PF from Arizona RT @AdamZagoria: Ray Kasongo will visit Memphis and Cal next week, source tells @SNYtv

Also

http://oregon.247sports.com/Bolt/BREAKIN...O-29939626

Sources tell DuckTerritory.com three-star power forward Ray Kasongo has been denied admission by University of Oregon admissions, and will now look to play his college basketball elsewhere.

Couple of profiles

http://247sports.com/Player/Ray-Kasongo-21345

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/...ngo-142723

(07-30-2014 10:20 AM)Tigers2B1 Wrote:  John Martin @JohnMartin929 · 1m
2014 PF from Arizona RT @AdamZagoria: Ray Kasongo will visit Memphis and Cal next week, source tells @SNYtv

Also

http://oregon.247sports.com/Bolt/BREAKIN...O-29939626

Sources tell DuckTerritory.com three-star power forward Ray Kasongo has been denied admission by University of Oregon admissions, and will now look to play his college basketball elsewhere.

JaJuan Lyle has not been amitted yet either.

(07-30-2014 10:20 AM)Tigers2B1 Wrote:  John Martin @JohnMartin929 · 1m
2014 PF from Arizona RT @AdamZagoria: Ray Kasongo will visit Memphis and Cal next week, source tells @SNYtv

Also

http://oregon.247sports.com/Bolt/BREAKIN...O-29939626

Sources tell DuckTerritory.com three-star power forward Ray Kasongo has been denied admission by University of Oregon admissions, and will now look to play his college basketball elsewhere.

Sources tell DuckTerritory.com three-star power forward Ray Kasongo has been denied admission by University of Oregon admissions, and will now look to play his college basketball elsewhere.

This is a huge blow for the Oregon Ducks who enter next season with only eight scholarship players currently on roster.

ESPN was first to report the news,

Four-star guard JaQuan Lyle has also not been admitted yet at this time.

Adam Zagoria @AdamZagoria
Kasongo will now consider Florida, Cal and Memphis, source tells @SNYtv

Adam Zagoria @AdamZagoria
Kasongo initially picked Oregon over UConn after changing his mind. Source says he's qualified.

Zags article
http://zagsblog.com/articles/oregon-comm...he-market/

So Kasongo changed his mind (or had his mind changed) and committed to Oregon after first committing to UConn. Maybe something Oregon related?

The good -- Source says he's qualified.

The bad --- Kasongo will also consider Florida.

(07-30-2014 11:41 AM)TIGERCITY Wrote:  The good -- Source says he's qualified.

The bad --- Kasongo will also consider Florida.

The ugly? ---

Pat Forde ‏@YahooForde 2m
Bad "mentors" lead to bad results. MT @GoodmanESPN Oregon signee Ray Kasongo has been denied admission to the school, source told ESPN.

(07-30-2014 11:39 AM)TIGERCITY Wrote:  So Kasongo changed his mind (or had his mind changed) and committed to Oregon after first committing to UConn. Maybe something Oregon related?

Maybe he saw those ugly uniforms up close.

What would you rather be? A bear, a gator, A TIGER, or a duck? Looks like he also had UCLA on his list.

(07-30-2014 12:30 PM)dfwtxtiger Wrote:  What would you rather be? A bear, a gator, A TIGER, or a duck? Looks like he also had UCLA on his list.

Arizona, UCLA and Oregon were the three schools that he visited.

So he's qualified by NCAA standards, but not by University standards?

Do we even have room for him?

(07-30-2014 01:01 PM)MemphisCanes Wrote:  So he's qualified by NCAA standards, but not by University standards?

Do we even have room for him?

Different conferences have different requirements.

12 Scholarship Players:
5 Guards:
Markel Crawford
Pookie Powell
Dominic Magee
Avery Woodson
Damien Wilson

7 Forwards:
Trahson Burrell
Shaq Goodwin
Austin Nichols
Nick King
Chris Hawkins
Dominic Woodson
Kuran Iverson

Walkons:
Forward: Jake McDowell
Guard: Jordan Manse
Guard: D'Marnier Cunningham

Trahson Burrell has also not yet made it on campus. Woodson, of course, has had plenty of issues in the past. Hawkins has had a lot of injuries it seems. So we do have 1 scholarship available.

(07-30-2014 01:19 PM)mairving Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 01:01 PM)MemphisCanes Wrote:  So he's qualified by NCAA standards, but not by University standards?

Do we even have room for him?

Different conferences have different requirements.

12 Scholarship Players:
5 Guards:
Markel Crawford
Pookie Powell
Dominic Magee
Avery Woodson
Damien Wilson

7 Forwards:
Trahson Burrell
Shaq Goodwin
Austin Nichols
Nick King
Chris Hawkins
Dominic Woodson
Kuran Iverson

Walkons:
Forward: Jake McDowell
Guard: Jordan Manse
Guard: D'Marnier Cunningham

Trahson Burrell has also not yet made it on campus. Woodson, of course, has had plenty of issues in the past. Hawkins has had a lot of injuries it seems. So we do have 1 scholarship available.

But it sounds like he was denied by the University (which also has it's own standards, they're just usually no higher than the NCAA standards for athletes) rather than the Conference. It's weird.

(07-30-2014 01:22 PM)MemphisCanes Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 01:19 PM)mairving Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 01:01 PM)MemphisCanes Wrote:  So he's qualified by NCAA standards, but not by University standards?

Do we even have room for him?

Different conferences have different requirements.

12 Scholarship Players:
5 Guards:
Markel Crawford
Pookie Powell
Dominic Magee
Avery Woodson
Damien Wilson

7 Forwards:
Trahson Burrell
Shaq Goodwin
Austin Nichols
Nick King
Chris Hawkins
Dominic Woodson
Kuran Iverson

Walkons:
Forward: Jake McDowell
Guard: Jordan Manse
Guard: D'Marnier Cunningham

Trahson Burrell has also not yet made it on campus. Woodson, of course, has had plenty of issues in the past. Hawkins has had a lot of injuries it seems. So we do have 1 scholarship available.

But it sounds like he was denied by the University (which also has it's own standards, they're just usually no higher than the NCAA standards for athletes) rather than the Conference. It's weird.

But UConn was also recruiting him and as their fans tell everyone UConn is a "Public Ivy."

Yeah, we call it "kudzu" down here and it's not something to be proud of.

(07-30-2014 02:52 PM)Tigers2B1 Wrote:  But UConn was also recruiting him and as their fans tell everyone UConn is a "Public Ivy."

Haha.. is this a thing they actually say?

(07-30-2014 04:53 PM)tkgrrett Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 02:52 PM)Tigers2B1 Wrote:  But UConn was also recruiting him and as their fans tell everyone UConn is a "Public Ivy."

Haha.. is this a thing they actually say?

Seen it a few times. Guess they think it helps their chances with the B1G.

(07-30-2014 01:01 PM)MemphisCanes Wrote:  Do we even have room for him?

We do this year. But considering we have no seniors this year, we don't have room for him in 2015 with Lawson already signed for the 13th scholarship. It just amazes me how we are making all these offers for 2015 when we have no scholarships to give. Pastner is just as sneaky as Calipari by over-signing players and then "making room" later by any means necessary. Not saying this is bad, but it sure appears like he is not as loyal to his scholarship commitments as we are led to believe.

(07-31-2014 10:55 PM)scorpius Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 01:01 PM)MemphisCanes Wrote:  Do we even have room for him?

We do this year. But considering we have no seniors this year, we don't have room for him in 2015 with Lawson already signed for the 13th scholarship. It just amazes me how we are making all these offers for 2015 when we have no scholarships to give. Pastner is just as sneaky as Calipari by over-signing players and then "making room" later by any means necessary. Not saying this is bad, but it sure appears like he is not as loyal to his scholarship commitments as we are led to believe.

You are just cray cray