re: tOfficial LSU 2015/2016/2017 Basketball Recruiting Thread

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I don't follow recruiting much other than what's posted on this board. However, in looking at the 247 website yesterday I see where there are recent projections going back and forth to LSU for Blakeny and Sampson. I know it doesn't mean a whole lot, but Sampson was trending towards LSU yesterday where before it was all Blakeny to LSU. Unfortunately, I don't think LSU gets both (the bad), but it does appear that those much more in the know than me think that LSU will get at least one (the good)

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I wouldn't put any stock into the Crystal Ball when it comes to basketball recruiting. Recruiting top level basketball prospects is much more dynamic and complex than football. Things are constantly changing. If you look at Brandon Sampson's profile, you'll see he got offered by Cal and then 6-7 analysts jumped on and CB'd him to Cal with nothing to back it up. Then he got offered by UCLA and even more jumped on and predicted him to UCLA with nothing concrete behind it. Even Jerry Meyer, who is by far the most reliable and knowledgeable out of all the basketball recruiting "experts" changed his prediction both times Sampson received a new offer. It's a complete and total crapshoot. The only time I'd trust it is if there was a consensus or hard evidence to back up the predictions, like a kid naming a leader or something along those lines. And Louisville got one prediction for Blakeney by some random guy who probably doesn't have any info and is looking to get his prediction stats up.