[LeeCoUKFan]

Elijah Pittman and Ricardo Johnson both made the Sweet 16 all tourney team as sophomores.Go back and look at recent sweet 16 all tourney teams and you'll see that it's happened more often than you think.

And I did watch the Holmes/EC game...over and over again. Pittman posted Knipp up, took him off the dribble and dunked twice, and hit a few mid range jumpers with his hand in his face. Don't believe me? You can re-watch the game on either ihigh.com under the KY link or on the khsaa video page. Knipp was on Pittman more than you're thinking. Nobody else could match up with him.

As far as Knipp playing at a higher level than Pittman, that is probably correct but not because of talent, but rather Pittman doesn't have the grades to play D1 RIGHT NOW. Coach Cal, Bob Huggins, Mick Cronin, and the Oklahoma coach have all been on record though as saying they'd love to have Pittman and would offer him when he becomes eligible to play at a D1 program. Get your facts straight before you post something like that. All of the above coaches that I just listed have asked the JUCO's that they have close ties to, to recruit Pittman so they can sign him.




Congrats to TK on the offers, but none of those are exactly high profile programs. I have a relative who currently plays for The Citadel. And jsut because a kid is receiving interest from a school doesn't mean they're going to offer. Travis Ford recruits A LOT in Kentucky because of his ties to the state. I'm pretty sure Vinny Zollo already holds an offer from Mr. Ford, as does Jaylen Beckham in the sophomore class.

I didn't wanna bring this up, but let's not forget that Timmy is also a hold back. He should be a senior right now.



I don't know when the last time was that you saw Euton but that kid can stroke it from outside. He has been recruited the way he has because of his shooting ability. He must be better than you're giving him credit for considering as soon as he de-committed from UK, Oregon St, Oklahoma St, Akron, EKU, and Western all offered within two weeks.

As far as Gibbs, he doesn't have to be as aggressive as TK because he has another D1 prospect next to him in 6'5 Jermaine Jackson as well as several other good guards like Sam Tolliver. Knipp is relied on by his team to do a lot of scoring because they don't really have anyone else at Elliott Co to consistently score like Timmy.

You just named several different qualities about Gibbs that are better than Knipp but yet you'd take Knipp over Gibbs because Knipp tries to dunk over poeple? :thatsfunn Gibbs is a much better prospect because of his demeanor on the court, ability to play inside or outside, and the fact that he plays more within the team than TK does...all while also being more athletic and able to defend better.



1. NKU won't be D1 within the next year or two. It's in their TEN YEAR plan to be D1 though. They can't go D1 until all of their club teams (hockey in particular) become ceritfied through the NCAA. This will be atleast a 5 year process. They'll have a football team before they go D1. Basketball is the only D1 facility that they have. Soccer is next, then baseball, then a hockey facility, then football, then you'll see basketball and other sports go D1.

Again, dunking by smaller guards may be rare in EKY, but it happens all the time outside of the mountains. Look at what Arrez Henderson of Holmes did in the state tourney in 08. He was 6'1 at best.

Don't believe me though? Watch the Scott Co/Ballard game on wazoo and you'll see both Devante Parker (6'1) and Ian Chiles (6'1) throw it down in traffic. Parker has 2 or 3 dunks that game with 2 being alley oops. Find Jaylen Beckham on youtube and you'll see several dunks by him in traffic too.

Just because you don't see it in the mountains doesn't mean it doesn't happen in other areas around the state. There's two different sources above to prove my point.

Thanks for the info on NKU.

But, as far as these small guards dribbling through traffic and going up off one foot and throwing it down I still don't believe it until I see it so if you could please send me some links or something that would be appreciated!

Now as far as never seeing I wasn't just referring to the mountains i said you hardly ever see players that size doing it in college! I have seen my fair share of high school basketball which includes eastern and central kentucky as well as games in the Knoxville, TN area as well as games in the metro Boston, MA area and I have never seen a guard 5'10''-6'1'' throw it down in traffic! There's some pretty good talent in those areas and like i said before I'm not seeing these small guys fly up over 3 or 4 defenders.