'08 NH PF Emmanuel Negedu (Tennessee Verbal)

[OSU_Buckguy]

emmanuel committed to arizona.

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[Cavfan89]

Star recruit Negedu wants out of Arizona - NCAA Division I Mens Basketball - CBSSports.com

Emmanuel Negedu has asked for a release from his scholarship at Arizona. He is/was a teammated of Anthony Crater and had interest in Ohio State before committing to Arizona before.

[starBUCKS]

Pretty interesting read....Any chance we can corral him to Columbus?



UA hoops recruit asks for release

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Steve Rivera - May. 18, 2008 03:03 PM
Tucson Citizen
Arizona incoming freshman Emmanuel Negedu will not be a Wildcat next season.
In a meeting with coach Lute Olson on Sunday morning in the Boston area, Negedu, an athletic 6-foot-7 forward, asked for his release from his letter of intent.
Negedu said Olson tried to convince Negedu to come to Tucson for another visit to be reassured he'd be fine at UA, but Negedu, who played at Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, N.H., said he had been deciding on the move for at least three months. "Everyone makes a decision in life; this is my decision," Negedu said in a telephone interview on Sunday. "I'm going to stick with it."
Olson is on the road and could not be reached for comment.
Negedu, a native of Nigeria, said the number of coaching changes and this past season's circumstances of Olson being out for the entire season played a part.
"There have been so many changes that I feel they've lied to me all along about the situation," Negedu said. "Everything has changed a lot since I've signed down there. I can't take it no more."
Negedu signed in November as part of UA's top seven recruiting class. He's rated at No. 40 overall of the incoming freshmen.
It's not clear if Olson will grant him his release. Negedu said that if Olson does not grant him his release he'll return to the Academy for another year, hopeful that he'll get re-recruited to go to another school. It's an option he doesn't really want to do "because what do I have to prove in high school anymore?"
If he's granted a release, he'll look to sign with another school immediately.
Negedu said his feelings changed for Arizona when he made a visit in February for UA's game with Arizona State.
"Before I signed with Arizona they said it was fun, the players loved it and everything," he said. "But when I took my official visit no one seemed happy. Everything changed. Lute Olson left, taking a break. No one (knew) where he went."
Negedu said his feelings changed on that trip, although he was optimistic things would get better.
"It was terrible," he said of his visit. "I never (see) a person go on a visit and not have a host. I was in my room most of the time. I didn't go to class to see how it goes."
He said if he did decide to go to Arizona now it would be a case where there was a chance he'd want to transfer by the end of his first season.
"I don't want to happen to me," he said.

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[LitlBuck]

I am not positive but I think when we started to get in on him, or show some interest, Babbitt had already verbal to us. I think we offered Emmanuel late but UConn was involved along with some Iowa and Iowa State. I think he is originality from Indiana. If he does get out of that LOI with Arizona and things are pointing that way, I would have to believe that we would get more involved with him and hopefully Crater and he developed a good relationship while they were at Brewster. I also like him because I do not think he would be a one and done.

[DaytonBuck]

No way he's getting out of his LOI

[LitlBuck]

Originally Posted by DaytonBuck

No way he's getting out of his LOI

I guess I don't understand why you would say that when all of the assistants that helped recruit him are no longer at Arizona. Also, other schools have recently let guys out of their letters.

[starBUCKS]

Well, getting out of the LOI or not, he's not going there. So we can still recruit him if he has to go back to Brewster for another year.