Hoops recruiting conspiracy theory
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North Texas fan and hoops recruiting guru Cooley pointed out recently that the Midland Reporter-Telegram quoted Midland College head coach Grant McCasland a few weeks ago saying that his point guard Ryan McCoy would likely sign with North Texas. While looking into McCoy's background I ran across this tidbit. Midland's assistant coach is Alvin Brooks III, the son of former North Texas assistant coach Alvin Brooks. Alvin is now at Texas A&M, but worked at UNT from 2001-03 under current UNT head coach Johnny Jones. Brooks III started his coaching career at Arkansas-Fort Smith and helped lead the team to a JUCO national title with McCoy playing point guard in 2006. Brooks III left after Fort Smith's championship season to go to Midland, which won this season's national title with McCoy playing the point guard spot. McCoy's ties to the Brooks coaching family and UNT could be nothing more than a coincidence, but connections are what recruiting is all about. UNT is in the market for a point guard and word is the Mean Green is interested in a few players who were at the JUCO national tournament. You never know. UNT's coaching staff could be tapping into its circle of friends in an effort to wrap up a commitment from McCoy, a former Tulsa recruit who was ranked 40th in Texashoops.com's list of the top prospects in the state after the 2005 season. |
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Posted by langran smith @ 12:24 PM Mon, Apr 02, 2007
I love a good recruiting mystery, the more the better for us. A pipeline here and a pipeline there and soon you have a continuing flow of good solid recruits.
Posted by Buford_Julep @ 1:04 PM Tue, Apr 03, 2007
Mc Coy played high school basketball at Houston Madison. Hmmmm. Was he aquainted with Calvin Watson while he was there?
Alvin Brooks recruited Watson for North Texas. Maybe Alvin noticed a promising underclassman named McCoy while he was recruiting Watson and tipped off his son.