(05-20-2015 07:35 PM)mjs Wrote:  

(05-20-2015 07:01 PM)RBL Wrote:  Tyson Batiste, a 6-foot-3 all-state point guard, officially filed the necessary paperwork Tuesday to de-commit from the men's basketball team at University of Arkansas-Little Rock. Batiste's decision came in the wake of coach Steve Shields being fired from UALR in March.

Bastiste said he will attend a post-graduate preparatory school for one year and continue playing basketball. Most NCAA Division I teams have their recruiting classes and scholarship allocations finalized for the 2015-2016 season, which helped sway Batiste toward prep school.

"It was too late for me to really get another school offer that I wanted," Batiste said.

Batiste signed with Arkansas-Little Rock in the NCAA's November early signing period, prior to the start of his senior year at Kickapoo.

Batiste served as Kickapoo's chief ball distributor. He led the team in scoring with 10.1 points per game, and five Chiefs players finished the season with scoring averages within 1.1 points of one another. Kickapoo won the Class 5 District 11 championship and ended the season with a 24-5 record.

Shields praised Batiste for his intelligence and leadership ability, and said in November 2014 that Batiste would see minutes at point guard as a freshman.

UALR introduced Chris Beard as its new basketball coach April 8, 2015. Batiste later had a meeting with Beard.

"(Beard) brought in some guys that we wanted to bring in and basically told me that he didn't think I was going to get to play very much as a freshman," Batiste said. "I'm glad he was up front with me."

Batiste will continue working on his game with the Yanders Law AAU program. He said he is in the process of scheduling visits to prospective preparatory schools.

Batiste said he is trying to be positive about prolonging the start of his college basketball career for a year.

"It happens for a reason, so it gives me a little bit of motivation to work a little harder," Batiste said.

Interesting. Couldn't get another decent DI offer.

That is interesting. I thought this kid was a stud.


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(05-21-2015 06:25 AM)insideualr Wrote:  

(05-20-2015 07:35 PM)mjs Wrote:  

(05-20-2015 07:01 PM)RBL Wrote:  Tyson Batiste, a 6-foot-3 all-state point guard, officially filed the necessary paperwork Tuesday to de-commit from the men's basketball team at University of Arkansas-Little Rock. Batiste's decision came in the wake of coach Steve Shields being fired from UALR in March.

Bastiste said he will attend a post-graduate preparatory school for one year and continue playing basketball. Most NCAA Division I teams have their recruiting classes and scholarship allocations finalized for the 2015-2016 season, which helped sway Batiste toward prep school.

"It was too late for me to really get another school offer that I wanted," Batiste said.

Batiste signed with Arkansas-Little Rock in the NCAA's November early signing period, prior to the start of his senior year at Kickapoo.

Batiste served as Kickapoo's chief ball distributor. He led the team in scoring with 10.1 points per game, and five Chiefs players finished the season with scoring averages within 1.1 points of one another. Kickapoo won the Class 5 District 11 championship and ended the season with a 24-5 record.

Shields praised Batiste for his intelligence and leadership ability, and said in November 2014 that Batiste would see minutes at point guard as a freshman.

UALR introduced Chris Beard as its new basketball coach April 8, 2015. Batiste later had a meeting with Beard.

"(Beard) brought in some guys that we wanted to bring in and basically told me that he didn't think I was going to get to play very much as a freshman," Batiste said. "I'm glad he was up front with me."

Batiste will continue working on his game with the Yanders Law AAU program. He said he is in the process of scheduling visits to prospective preparatory schools.

Batiste said he is trying to be positive about prolonging the start of his college basketball career for a year.

"It happens for a reason, so it gives me a little bit of motivation to work a little harder," Batiste said.

Interesting. Couldn't get another decent DI offer.

That is interesting. I thought this kid was a stud.


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I assume you are joking, but maybe not. Obviously, if he was Coach Beard would have kept him.

"(Beard) brought in some guys that we wanted to bring in and basically told me that he didn't think I was going to get to play very much as a freshman," Batiste said. "I'm glad he was up front with me."


Translation: We recruited over you and you will never see the court if you come here.