bb recruiting

[oxcoug]

Thanks for making this happen, Sizzle.

[Blueintheface]

CB is blowing up that Dastrup is now coming to Provo.

And all of the morons who discounted his talent because he chose OSU will surely be lauding his NBA talent now.

[MarkGrace]

Payton Dastrup had a change of heart.
Last week the four-star big man out of Mesa (Ariz.) Mountain View committed to Thad Matta and Ohio State. Shortly after his pledge, Dastrup changed his mind. He now plans to play his college basketball for the school he grew up following -- BYU.

“I just felt more comfortable with BYU,” Dastrup told Scout.com. “After I did commit, two days following I wasn’t miserable, but there was something missing. That’s why I changed.”

“I grew up following BYU sports as a young kid,” the 6-foot-10, 230-pound big man added.” I wanted to play football, but when football fell through I had hopes and aspirations of playing basketball there.”

To go with the interest from BYU and Ohio State, Dastrup also considered Florida and Virginia.

“I just really wanted to see all my options,” Dastrup said. “That’s why I narrowed it to the four that I did. I did commit to Ohio State, but it felt like I wasn’t true to myself.

“I felt confident with Ohio State,” he added. “They are a great program and their staff is awesome and they will do great things, but for me personally I just felt like with my past and for me to be successful BYU is the place for me.

BYU now has two four-star prospects in their 2014 recruiting class. Dastrup joins the No. 14 point guard in the class T.J. Haws, as well as Jake Toolson, Dalton Nixon and Ryan Andrus to make up their current recruiting class.

Dastrup, who is signing with BYU today, is Scout.com’s No. 18 center and is regarded as a four-star prospect.

http://scouthoops.scout.com/2/1346218.html

That's two pretty stellar classes in a row. Too bad the mission thing is going to interrupt all this.

[Surfah]

Up yours, Patrick Kinnehan.

Wrubell just retweeted that

[smokymountainrain]

http://scouthoops.scout.com/2/1346218.html

That's two pretty stellar classes in a row. Too bad the mission thing is going to interrupt all this.

The WCC has really hurt BYU's recruiting, apparently.

[falafel]

Thanks for making this happen, Sizzle.

+1. It was all that positive energy that counteracted the negativity from the CB crowd.

[TripletDaddy]

O-H!
N-O!

[Jeff Lebowski]

And all of the morons who discounted his talent because he chose OSU will surely be lauding his NBA talent now.

Who did that?

[cougjunkie]

Who did that?

He was getting killed on CB I guess after committing to OSU. Lots of people calling him overrated.

[cougjunkie]

The guys at 247sports.com are talking about recruiting on twitter. Jerry Meyer who runs the site (son of the great Don Meyer) has been really high on Kansas freshman pg Frank Mason for the last 3 years. I mean he has been praising this kid like no other. He just sent out this tweet on Mason:

Never forget 1st time seeing Frank Mason w my former teammate @OneGoodThing. Mesmerized by his competitiveness & lateral athleticism

His colleague responds with this:

@jerrymeyer247 I'll never forget it, either. I would've taken Frank Mason and T.J. Haws in my backcourt that weekend and left the rest.

They have also ranked BYUs recruiting class 22nd in the nation.

[TripletDaddy]

if BYU were in the PAC 12 its recruiting would improve noticeably after only a few seasons.

[Flystripper]

He was getting killed on CB I guess after committing to OSU. Lots of people calling him overrated.

CB

[cougjunkie]

BYUs 247sports profile. They love TJ Haws.

http://byu.247sports.com/Season/2014-Basketball/Commits

[OhioBlue]

O-H!
N-O!

Ok, that there is funny.

[MarkGrace]

BYUs 247sports profile. They love TJ Haws.

http://byu.247sports.com/Season/2014-Basketball/Commits

I love TJ Haws. I've watched highlights for all the big names BYU has signed in the last couple years and he's been my favorite. Love his game.