Reports are now circulating on the internet that Billy Clyde has secured a verbal commitment from 6'4" combo guard Michael Avery. I would like to put a link to Avery's profile from Scout.com at this point in the story, but apparently Scout.com doesn't have profiles for players who are still in the eighth grade. I'm not knocking Coach Gillespie for recruiting eighth graders because there are no rules that say he can't do it, but it is my opinion that there is something seriously wrong with an NCAA system that allows recruitment of kids before they even reach high school age.
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I am so happy the departure of Tubby Smith from Kentucky didn't lead to the kind of mess that Indiana University is now dealing with up in Bloomington. Of course, Tubby didn't exactly leave UK under the same kind of circumstances that Kelvin Sampson created up at IU. But still, it is difficult not to feel sorry for a Hoosier basketball program with such a strong tradition.
In case you missed it, ESPN is reporting that IU will hold a press conference this afternoon where they will officially announce the departure of four more scholarship basketball players from the Hoosier program. Armon Bassett, Jamarcus Ellis, Eli Holman, and DeAndre Thomas are all apparently leaving the program for various reasons. These recent departures will leave the Hoosier program with only three returning scholarship players next season. The three returning players are Jordan Crawford (younger brother of Joe), Brandon McGee, and Kyle Taber.
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