re: 2015, 2016, and 2017 LSU Basketball Recruiting

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Callaway (Miss.) High School's Malik Newman can go to just about any college he wants. The junior combo guard is the consensus No. 1 player in the Class of 2015 and has garnered attention by everyone from Kentucky's John Calipari to North Carolina's Roy Williams.

But unlike most prospects, Newman couldn't tell you who's recruiting him. The hundreds of letters delivered to his Mississippi home remain unopened, piling up in boxes that collect dust in the storage room next to his family's garage.

How does Newman do it? With the rumors of him reclassifying to the Class of 2014, the incessant pleading by fan bases to get him to show their school interest and not being able to say anything on social media without receiving flack from people trying to analyze every move of his recruitment, the junior doesn't get caught up in the noise.

Instead, his father Horatio Webster keeps him grounded, handling all of his son's recruiting so he can keep his focus on the court. That way in a year or so, Malik will be confident in a decision that will ultimately affect his future.

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