That may have been the nicest slightly insulting remark I've seen on CF. Good work.
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That may have been the nicest slightly insulting remark I've seen on CF. Good work.
I admit Ridder intrigues me. What's not to like about a 6'7" 'shooter'? Then again, I have no idea if he has the potential to guard a big12 player.
I'm not sure how accurate VerbalCommits.com is, but here are the current scholarship situations for each of the P5+1 schools who list offers to Ridder on 247.
ISU - 1 opening http://www.verbalcommits.com/schools/iowa-state
Depaul - 1 opening http://www.verbalcommits.com/schools/depaul
Arkansas - full http://www.verbalcommits.com/schools/arkansas
OSU - full http://www.verbalcommits.com/schools/oklahoma-state
WSU - full http://www.verbalcommits.com/schools/wichita-state
Apparently his reason for leaving Xavier is to be closer to home. We're a couple hours closer to Springfield than Xavier is, so maybe he'll consider us.
http://goxavier.com/news/2017/9/22/...n-jared-ridder-decides-to-move-back-home.aspx
How is it that he would be eligible at the start of the season? I don't recall if it was Burton or McKay (or both) that left shortly after their semester started, and that pushed back their eligibility to mid-season. I wonder if Rothstein is wrong, or if this is a different situation. And please don't say, "because NCAA hates ISU" or something like that.
Apparently VerbalCommits.com isn't the greatest source of information for this kind of thing. It shows Missouri State at one over the scholarship limit, yet that is the school rumored to be the favorite to land Ridder. http://www.verbalcommits.com/schools/missouri-state
Maybe he's planning to wait and enroll spring semester and pay his own way until a scholarship opens up for next season.
Burton played 8 games for marquette fall of 2014. McKay is a little weirder but he didn’t transfer until November so maybe it has something to do with how much school you’ve completed.
He competed in a scrimmage I believe for Marquette. He being McKay
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Pure speculation but if B.J. has a good 2017-18 maybe Talley and Shayok can convince him to grad transfer to ISU for the 2018-19 season.
He was an Iowa lean and then told them to piss off right before he took his OV there on Twitter IIRC
Fred recruited him too and then stopped, he was a top 100 recruit at one point I think and his stock really dipped at the end and everyone thought he was a lock for Iowa and he said thanks but no thanks
He’ll certainly have a good list of suitors. The Ivy League isn’t the Big 12 in terms of talent but 17/9 with 2 years to play is going to intrigue a lot of programs.
I'd invite him over to the good side for a chance to stick it to Iowa and their fans for a couple seasons!
