(06-14-2018 05:48 AM)ghostofclt Wrote:  clt says this is good.

We should add Coastal.

Didn't anyone tell Stansbury that the WKU Athletic Department is broke? No way he's getting these kinds of pickups without dropping bags. I love it for the conference, but obviously am filled with jealousy and wish UAB was pulling in this kind of talent...not losing its best recruit to Memphis a month before school starts.

Stan is without a doubt one of the best recruiters in the Nation. I hope he can coach these kids up and get WKU back to the basketball team we thought we were getting when we brought you into the league. Luckily for everyone, your football team carried the load for the first three years and now Stan seems to have basketball heading back up. Hopefully your football coach can learn quickly and get that program back on track too!

I sometimes trash talk WKU, but really you've been an outstanding add and I wish we played you more often in football. I don't think our basketball team wants any more of your team (losses) nor does our baseball team (RPI killer), but football would be fun :)

This whole thread is a mirror image of last season. Western Ky "signs" a 5 star recruit. Stansbury gives his guardian a job in order for the kid to come. Western fans start talking about how good this kid is, how great of a student he is, how he is a special person that loves Western and a bunch of other nonsense. Now there guaranteed to win CUSA.

We will see what happens but the problem with Western is that Stansbury is the coach. He can recruit but he can't win the big games. Kermit owned him. He had a really talented team last year still couldn't win CUSA or get to the NCAA tournament.

im guessing no one knows about the eligibility issues?
there is a smalll chance he might never play for wku...i followed him when he was in texas, hoping he'd come to houston, where his family in america is...how he got to the states is in question..there is evidence his handlers were paid money..he was already ruled ineligible at his old high school and had to move to Louisville

he chose wku becuse one of their payers went through a similar thing but was rules eligible mid season....he went to wku because he thinks they are his best shot at eligibility

(06-14-2018 10:46 AM)pesik Wrote:  im guessing no one knows about the eligibility issues?
there is a smalll chance he might never play for wku...i followed him when he was in texas, hoping he'd come to houston, where his family in america is...how he got to the states is in question..there is evidence his handlers were paid money..he was already ruled ineligible at his old high school and had to move to Louisville

he chose wku becuse one of their payers went through a similar thing but was rules eligible mid season....he went to wku because he thinks they are his best shot at eligibility

lol, So the NCAA eligibility rules don't apply at WKU. That makes no sense at all

(06-14-2018 10:46 AM)pesik Wrote:  im guessing no one knows about the eligibility issues?
there is a smalll chance he might never play for wku...i followed him when he was in texas, hoping he'd come to houston, where his family in america is...how he got to the states is in question..there is evidence his handlers were paid money..he was already ruled ineligible at his old high school and had to move to Louisville

he chose wku becuse one of their payers went through a similar thing but was rules eligible mid season....he went to wku because he thinks they are his best shot at eligibility

Being ruled ineligible in Texas has nothing to do with NCAA Rules. It was a Texas high school rule.

A court ruled on the kids guardianship in favor of the US guardian. And he didn't choose Western because he thinks they are his best shot at eligibility. Going to a BlueBlood school would have almost assured that.

Once MOUSTAPHA DIAGNE got his eligibility and the only question was his guardianship. Bassey was a sure thing for eligibility because a US Court has ruled Hennssy Auriantal is his Legal Guardian.

So unless there is a issue with credits or core classes ....there is no eligibility issues with Bassey

(06-14-2018 10:36 AM)MT FAN Wrote:  This whole thread is a mirror image of last season. Western Ky "signs" a 5 star recruit. Stansbury gives his guardian a job in order for the kid to come. Western fans start talking about how good this kid is, how great of a student he is, how he is a special person that loves Western and a bunch of other nonsense. Now there guaranteed to win CUSA.

We will see what happens but the problem with Western is that Stansbury is the coach. He can recruit but he can't win the big games. Kermit owned him. He had a really talented team last year still couldn't win CUSA or get to the NCAA tournament.

Stop your whining...

no one was saying those things

As for the part in blue....

neither did Middle or Kermit

(06-14-2018 10:36 AM)MT FAN Wrote:  This whole thread is a mirror image of last season. Western Ky "signs" a 5 star recruit. Stansbury gives his guardian a job in order for the kid to come. Western fans start talking about how good this kid is, how great of a student he is, how he is a special person that loves Western and a bunch of other nonsense. Now there guaranteed to win CUSA.

We will see what happens but the problem with Western is that Stansbury is the coach. He can recruit but he can't win the big games. Kermit owned him. He had a really talented team last year still couldn't win CUSA or get to the NCAA tournament.

Shouldn't be a problem this year

(06-14-2018 10:36 AM)MT FAN Wrote:  This whole thread is a mirror image of last season. Western Ky "signs" a 5 star recruit. Stansbury gives his guardian a job in order for the kid to come. Western fans start talking about how good this kid is, how great of a student he is, how he is a special person that loves Western and a bunch of other nonsense. Now there guaranteed to win CUSA.

We will see what happens but the problem with Western is that Stansbury is the coach. He can recruit but he can't win the big games. Kermit owned him. He had a really talented team last year still couldn't win CUSA or get to the NCAA tournament.

I’m glad he got ‘owned’ by the best team in middles history. How far did almighty Kermit get you?

(06-14-2018 10:36 AM)MT FAN Wrote:  This whole thread is a mirror image of last season. Western Ky "signs" a 5 star recruit. Stansbury gives his guardian a job in order for the kid to come. Western fans start talking about how good this kid is, how great of a student he is, how he is a special person that loves Western and a bunch of other nonsense. Now there guaranteed to win CUSA.

We will see what happens but the problem with Western is that Stansbury is the coach. He can recruit but he can't win the big games. Kermit owned him. He had a really talented team last year still couldn't win CUSA or get to the NCAA tournament.

Awful bold declarations here especially considering Kermit is long gone and most of your fans are expecting a down season for the ole smurfs....I am sure your fingers are crossed every day Bassey doesn't play for us, this seems different so I guess we shall see...

(06-14-2018 11:07 AM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(06-14-2018 10:46 AM)pesik Wrote:  im guessing no one knows about the eligibility issues?
there is a smalll chance he might never play for wku...i followed him when he was in texas, hoping he'd come to houston, where his family in america is...how he got to the states is in question..there is evidence his handlers were paid money..he was already ruled ineligible at his old high school and had to move to Louisville

he chose wku becuse one of their payers went through a similar thing but was rules eligible mid season....he went to wku because he thinks they are his best shot at eligibility

Being ruled ineligible in Texas has nothing to do with NCAA Rules. It was a Texas high school rule.

A court ruled on the kids guardianship in favor of the US guardian. And he didn't choose Western because he thinks they are his best shot at eligibility. Going to a BlueBlood school would have almost assured that.

Once MOUSTAPHA DIAGNE got his eligibility and the only question was his guardianship. Bassey was a sure thing for eligibility because a US Court has ruled Hennssy Auriantal is his Legal Guardian.

So unless there is a issue with credits or core classes ....there is no eligibility issues with Bassey

there are definitely eligibility issues ..there dozen of articles online saying they arent sure if he will get through the clearinghouse ..
numerous teams stopped recruiting him completely because of the issue

here is an article talking about it after he was ruled the guarding, still saying there are doubts
https://www.expressnews.com/sports/high_...505502.php
Louisville reportedly backed off of bassey because of the scandal, this was after he became the guardian

there are also doubts as his recruitment 100% went through Auriantal not bassey himself,

every major team in the nation fell back except kansas on the #3 recruit in the nation, who has a 3.9 gpa. but you think its a high school thing only, the guardian issue was done months before recruiting season started yet few came forward afterwards

(06-14-2018 10:59 AM)Dawgxas Wrote:  

(06-14-2018 10:46 AM)pesik Wrote:  im guessing no one knows about the eligibility issues?
there is a smalll chance he might never play for wku...i followed him when he was in texas, hoping he'd come to houston, where his family in america is...how he got to the states is in question..there is evidence his handlers were paid money..he was already ruled ineligible at his old high school and had to move to Louisville

he chose wku becuse one of their payers went through a similar thing but was rules eligible mid season....he went to wku because he thinks they are his best shot at eligibility

lol, So the NCAA eligibility rules don't apply at WKU. That makes no sense at all

no the premise is that wku will know how to handle the situation if it comes up because they have dealt with it before...that wku was the best team at getting him eligibility from experience

(06-14-2018 01:58 PM)pesik Wrote:  

(06-14-2018 11:07 AM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(06-14-2018 10:46 AM)pesik Wrote:  im guessing no one knows about the eligibility issues?
there is a smalll chance he might never play for wku...i followed him when he was in texas, hoping he'd come to houston, where his family in america is...how he got to the states is in question..there is evidence his handlers were paid money..he was already ruled ineligible at his old high school and had to move to Louisville

he chose wku becuse one of their payers went through a similar thing but was rules eligible mid season....he went to wku because he thinks they are his best shot at eligibility

Being ruled ineligible in Texas has nothing to do with NCAA Rules. It was a Texas high school rule.

A court ruled on the kids guardianship in favor of the US guardian. And he didn't choose Western because he thinks they are his best shot at eligibility. Going to a BlueBlood school would have almost assured that.

Once MOUSTAPHA DIAGNE got his eligibility and the only question was his guardianship. Bassey was a sure thing for eligibility because a US Court has ruled Hennssy Auriantal is his Legal Guardian.

So unless there is a issue with credits or core classes ....there is no eligibility issues with Bassey

there are definitely eligibility issues ..there dozen of articles online saying they arent sure if he will get through the clearinghouse ..
numerous teams stopped recruiting him completely because of the issue

here is an article talking about it after he was ruled the guarding, still saying there are doubts
https://www.expressnews.com/sports/high_...505502.php
Louisville reportedly backed off of bassey because of the scandal, this was after he became the guardian

there are also doubts as his recruitment 100% went through Auriantal not bassey himself,

every major team in the nation fell back except kansas on the #3 recruit in the nation, who has a 3.9 gpa. but you think its a high school thing only, the guardian issue was done months before recruiting season started yet few came forward afterwards

I'm sorry but that article doesn't have ONE fact...ZERO on eligibility. What it has is one persons OPINION on why more blue bloods are not recruiting him.

Quote:The apparent inactivity could be a result of Bassey’s tumultuous tenure in San Antonio, where he was at the center of a custody battle and recruiting scandal that temporarily made him ineligible. His departure followed a June Express-News story detailing how he arrived in San Antonio with the help of international talent broker Hennssy Auriantal, who was hired by St. Anthony prior to Bassey’s freshman season and became his legal guardian in March of last year.

Then this one

Quote:“Certainly his sophomore season in San Antonio, and then a move to Louisville, I think people want to see how all that shakes out and see that there’s some stability,” Bossi said. “(Colleges) don’t want any problems to arise in recruiting. When you get a guy, you want to make sure there’s not any eligibility issues.

You are reaching awful hard to try and make something out of nothing and 247 had Bassey as a Western lock for almost a year now. UofL was never in the picture for this kid and it doesn't have anything to do with lack of eligibility.

Bassey will be the third player at Western in the past 2 seasons that Auriantal was either their guardian or uncle. Auriantal will get a asst coaching job out of this and you can look at that as getting "paid" if you want. The NCAA has deemed it legal or at least for other schools they have. We are not talking a boat load of money. Western doesn't pay all that well.

Stop trying so hard to make something that isn't there. Or at least back it up with facts not one person's guess as to why.


(edit) I'm sure Auriantal will be gone as soon as Bassey, trying to ride on the kids NBA's contract. Hell if he's like MR's godfather he might not last the year. In that case neither will Bassey. But there's no signs Auriantal or Bassey are anything like the other duo. But hell this is bigtime recruiting where adults try to ride on the back of kids. So you never know. I'm not one of those that close his eyes to the dirty part of recruiting or sometimes what it takes to get a foot in the door.

My motto on recruiting .....if its legal do it and if it's not....dont get caught. They all cheat it's just the degree of cheating that is different. If it turns out there are eligibility problem we will know by Nov. But that is not the reason for signing with Western.

i didnt want to bring my personal stories into this but i personally asked the UH staff why they didnt recruit him...his actual family that is in america are all in houston...Houston's best player ever was also Nigerian Center.. we are also heavily recruiting and a top 3 favorite to land a different "yes ii success" aau player, so we are already at his games..it seemed like a match made in heaven

the staff basically told me there was huge eligibility concerns

you really dont find it weird that the #3 recruit in the nation, who is a big (more valuable), with basically a 4.0 gpa, was barely recruited. only 1 brand team really recruited him at all...

you dont think the ncaa might raise an eye brow to a aau broker known for shipping foreign kids became "the guardian" of the most touted one, after a eligibility scandal, despite him having family in america

despite you oozing confidence that this is without question, the truth is that you dont know...i dont either....but time will tell
also that isnt the only article, if you google there are plenty more

(06-14-2018 02:43 PM)pesik Wrote:  i didnt want to bring my personal stories into this but i personally asked the UH staff why they didnt recruit him...his actual family that is in america are all in houston...Houston's best player ever was also Nigerian Center.. we are also heavily recruiting and a top 3 favorite to land a different "yes ii success" aau player, so we are already at his games..it seemed like a match made in heaven

the staff basically told me there was huge eligibility concerns

you really dont find it weird that the #3 recruit in the nation, who is a big (more valuable), with basically a 4.0 gpa, was barely recruited. only 1 brand team really recruited him at all...

you dont think the ncaa might raise an eye brow to a aau broker known for shipping foreign kids became "the guardian" of the most touted one, after a eligibility scandal, despite him having family in america

despite you oozing confidence that this is without question, the truth is that you dont know...i dont either....but time will tell
also that isnt the only article, if you google there are plenty more

What part of a court with a judge....not the ncaa but a JUDGE that rules on the law said "the guardian" was Bassey's legal Guardian? Doesn't matter if he has family in the US a COURT OF LAW ruled Hennssy Auriantal as his guardian.

But lets get past that and take a quote from the kid himself....

Quote:“After discussing this opportunity with my parents, I feel that this is the best decision for me,” Bassey said. “Rick Stansbury was the first coach to offer me, and I’m comfortable here.

“I know Coach Stansbury will push me and I want to be a part of rebuilding this program. I’m looking forward to the challenges that college brings and hope to help us win the conference.”

And according to Bassey he had offers from

Quote:Baylor, Boston College, California, Kansas, Louisiana State, Texas A&M and UCLA in addition to WKU.

As for your comment on it seemed like a match made in heaven for Houston....

recruiting a teammate doesn't do that and btw all of that team was ruled illegibly in Texas HS BB.
playing a half year in Houston doesn't do that
and just because Hakeem Olajuwon played at Houston almost 40 years ago doesn't do that

Here's more words from Bassey and I'm finished with this back and forth because like you said and I agree with....

neither one of us knows for certain on if the kid will or will not have problems with the NCAA. It will work it's self out

Quote:“They offered me and said they loved me,” Bassey told the Daily News at the Nike Hoop Summit when asked of WKU. “Pretty good fans, pretty good atmosphere, good coach, good relationship with the coach. It’s a great school.”

Bassey paid WKU an unofficial weekend visit in May. He played in a showcase event in February at Bowling Green High School and was at E.A. Diddle Arena in January to watch a Hilltopper victory over Alabama-Birmingham.

Bassey attended that game alongside guardian Hennssy Auriantal, who’s also a guardian for current WKU forward Moustapha Diagne and is uncle to former Topper guard Junior Lomomba.

(06-14-2018 03:06 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  Here's more words from Bassey and I'm finished with this back and forth because like you said and I agree with....

neither one of us knows for certain on if the kid will or will not have problems with the NCAA. It will work it's self out

Quote:“They offered me and said they loved me,” Bassey told the Daily News at the Nike Hoop Summit when asked of WKU. “Pretty good fans, pretty good atmosphere, good coach, good relationship with the coach. It’s a great school.”

Bassey paid WKU an unofficial weekend visit in May. He played in a showcase event in February at Bowling Green High School and was at E.A. Diddle Arena in January to watch a Hilltopper victory over Alabama-Birmingham.

Bassey attended that game alongside guardian Hennssy Auriantal, who’s also a guardian for current WKU forward Moustapha Diagne and is uncle to former Topper guard Junior Lomomba.

Yea... not sketchy at all. Guardian for multiple players and uncle to a former player. Sure doesn’t sound like an agent or anything.

lets not drag this on, we will see what happens when the season starts..

but note that a&m, lsu offered before the scandal and havent been recruiting him since the scandal....the person who offered him at a&m was rick stanbury
also the ncaa is self- disciplinary, they make up their own rules, and base eligibility based on their standards not that of random judge decision in some small local court...
rob gray at houston was suspended for his friend paying a $5 entry fee into a church basketball league that was in part for charity that he didnt know about ... but yet you are confident this isnt even question

we'll see in 3 months

(06-14-2018 03:18 PM)cr11owl Wrote:  

(06-14-2018 03:06 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  Here's more words from Bassey and I'm finished with this back and forth because like you said and I agree with....

neither one of us knows for certain on if the kid will or will not have problems with the NCAA. It will work it's self out

Quote:“They offered me and said they loved me,” Bassey told the Daily News at the Nike Hoop Summit when asked of WKU. “Pretty good fans, pretty good atmosphere, good coach, good relationship with the coach. It’s a great school.”

Bassey paid WKU an unofficial weekend visit in May. He played in a showcase event in February at Bowling Green High School and was at E.A. Diddle Arena in January to watch a Hilltopper victory over Alabama-Birmingham.

Bassey attended that game alongside guardian Hennssy Auriantal, who’s also a guardian for current WKU forward Moustapha Diagne and is uncle to former Topper guard Junior Lomomba.

Yea... not sketchy at all. Guardian for multiple players and uncle to a former player. Sure doesn’t sound like an agent or anything.

As I said I'm not going any farther in this back and forth....

you will find my answers to your comment in one of my last handful of post.