https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/s...843871001/

https://247sports.com/player/ronald-holland-46102006/

from the CA article: "“One of the first things he (toppert) told me is he loves my love for the game,” Holland said. “I play hard. He also told me I have some things to work on. But the great thing about it is, he’s going to push me. I see that he sees something in me. I know he’s not going to let me fail.

“It makes me feel like Memphis is the place to be, honestly.”

Holland, who holds more than a dozen scholarship offers, including Oregon, Arkansas, UCLA and Houston, will be the latest five-star to visit Memphis.

(09-28-2021 07:58 AM)tigertaylor Wrote:  https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/s...843871001/

https://247sports.com/player/ronald-holland-46102006/

from the CA article: "“One of the first things he (toppert) told me is he loves my love for the game,” Holland said. “I play hard. He also told me I have some things to work on. But the great thing about it is, he’s going to push me. I see that he sees something in me. I know he’s not going to let me fail.

“It makes me feel like Memphis is the place to be, honestly.”

Holland, who holds more than a dozen scholarship offers, including Oregon, Arkansas, UCLA and Houston, will be the latest five-star to visit Memphis.

It's mind boggling what Penny and his staff is accomplishing.

>But the great thing about it is, he’s going to push me.

That verb tense says a lot.

Ronald Holland of Tipton County has a lot of sons around, including Ron Slay, who played basketball at Tennessee and our own Memphis basketball player, Rodney Carney.

Is the name of this recruit just a coincidence, or is there a family connection? Inquiring minds want to know.

(09-28-2021 07:06 PM)covingtontiger Wrote:  Ronald Holland of Tipton County has a lot of sons around, including Ron Slay, who played basketball at Tennessee and our own Memphis basketball player, Rodney Carney.

Is the name of this recruit just a coincidence, or is there a family connection? Inquiring minds want to know.

this one, but it's funny you brought this up...

I thought the same thing when I saw the kid's name. In the high school state playoffs, we had to travel to Covington circa 1980. It was raining like hell, and this guy named Ronald Holland ran all over us. We all thought he would be playing in the NFL. He was that good.

(09-28-2021 07:47 PM)k2tigers Wrote:  

(09-28-2021 07:06 PM)covingtontiger Wrote:  Ronald Holland of Tipton County has a lot of sons around, including Ron Slay, who played basketball at Tennessee and our own Memphis basketball player, Rodney Carney.

Is the name of this recruit just a coincidence, or is there a family connection? Inquiring minds want to know.

this one, but it's funny you brought this up...

I thought the same thing when I saw the kid's name. In the high school state playoffs, we had to travel to Covington circa 1980. It was raining like hell, and this guy named Ronald Holland ran all over us. We all thought he would be playing in the NFL. He was that good.

https://covingtonleader.com/sports/the-s...lete-sons/

Thank you. I didn't think covingtontiger was aware of this.

(09-30-2021 07:03 AM)DDrum1961 Wrote:  

(09-28-2021 07:47 PM)k2tigers Wrote:  

(09-28-2021 07:06 PM)covingtontiger Wrote:  Ronald Holland of Tipton County has a lot of sons around, including Ron Slay, who played basketball at Tennessee and our own Memphis basketball player, Rodney Carney.

Is the name of this recruit just a coincidence, or is there a family connection? Inquiring minds want to know.

this one, but it's funny you brought this up...

I thought the same thing when I saw the kid's name. In the high school state playoffs, we had to travel to Covington circa 1980. It was raining like hell, and this guy named Ronald Holland ran all over us. We all thought he would be playing in the NFL. He was that good.

https://covingtonleader.com/sports/the-s...lete-sons/

I did not know this story, thanks for sharing.
Rodney Carney's dad is "Holland", but his uncle is "Carney"?
Seems to be a bit of a mess - at least at one time - but sounds like they make it work.

He's supposedly on an official visit to Memphis today.

How many officials does a school get...

Seems like we have had a bunch recently.

(10-06-2021 08:19 AM)macgar32 Wrote:  How many officials does a school get...

Seems like we have had a bunch recently.

a kid can only take 5 officials. But a school can have as many as they have time for.

(10-10-2021 09:20 PM)rssumme Wrote:  

(10-06-2021 08:19 AM)macgar32 Wrote:  How many officials does a school get...

Seems like we have had a bunch recently.

a kid can only take 5 officials. But a school can have as many as they have time for.

So this is what I was able to find...It does appear to be a hard limit of 12 for BBall

Best source of information for all NCAA rules related questions is the rule book itself http://www.ncaapublications.com/productd.../D111.pdf:

13.6.2.6 Number of Official Visits—Institutional Limitation.​
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The total number of official visits a memberinstitution may provide prospective student-athletes in the following sports on an annual basis (August 1through July 31) shall be limited to: (Revised: 11/12/97)​
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(Revised: 1/10/91 effective 8/1/91, 1/11/94 effective 8/1/94)​
(b) Basketball—12.​
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(Revised: 1/11/89, 1/10/91 effective 8/1/91, 1/11/94 effective 8/1/94)​
© Baseball—25.​
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(Adopted: 1/12/99 effective 8/1/99)​
13.6.2.6.1 Exception—National Service Academies—Football, Basketball and Baseball.

I guess that's why there are so many unofficial visits.