'08 CT SF Devin Ebanks (Indiana Signee)

[LitlBuck]

Originally Posted by graveyard.roses

Wonder what schools he'd be considering if he decided to decommit from Indiana.

We have plenty of wing players as discussed in the Basketball Recruiting thread. We are lacking at the PG recruiting and the PF recruiting for 08.

[crazybuckfan40]

Originally Posted by LitlBuck

We have plenty of wing players as discussed in the Basketball Recruiting thread. We are lacking at the PG recruiting and the PF recruiting for 08.

I don't think we would reach out to him...But if he reached out to us I would be hard pressed to turn him down...It would obviously crowd the wing, and we know that we need PF, but we could still pull a PF in 09 if we did get Ebanks...

This is all moot tho, b/c first IU would have to let him out of his LOI and he would have to reach out to us...Don't see any of this happening...

[BB73]

Ebanks is considering opting out of his IU committment. He had a provision in LOI that he could be released from it in the event of a head coaching change.

indystar

2 recruits can opt out from IU
Letters of intent for Ebanks, Holloway allow them to go elsewhere with Sampson's exit

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University basketball signees Devin Ebanks and Terrell Holloway have provisions in their letters of intent that could release them from their commitment because of coach Kelvin Sampson's resignation Friday.


IU athletic director Rick Greenspan did not identify them but said "one or two recruits" had letters with escape clauses related to NCAA Tournament bans or a change of coaches.

"That's a commitment obviously we'd honor," Greenspan said.

"The next challenge for this coaching staff will be to reach out to those young men and provide them some sense of comfort and normalcy in an environment that's very different than when they committed."

Ebanks, a 6-8 forward from New York, is rated among the top 10 players in the country, according to recruiting services.

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[starBUCKS]

OK, let's put this out there for 40 and Junkie. What's the chances here that we can get in with Devin?

[LitlBuck]

Originally Posted by starBUCKS

OK, let's put this out there for 40 and Junkie. What's the chances here that we can get in with Devin?

See post #17 to see what 40 had to say. Ewbanks is more of a SF rather than a 4 despite his height.

[starBUCKS]

Originally Posted by LitlBuck

See post #17 to see what 40 had to say. Ewbanks is more of a SF rather than a 4 despite his height.

Good call, I should've opened my eyes.

[crazybuckfan40]

Originally Posted by LitlBuck

See post #17 to see what 40 had to say. Ewbanks is more of a SF rather than a 4 despite his height.

We were never really in the battle either...I would take him if the opportunity presented itself, but don't see it happening either...

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

I am certain that if he contacted the staff.....we would take the call.

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Link

Chancellors' star Ebanks in middle of Indiana's mess
By Matt Stout - GateHouse News Service
Published: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 8:13 AM CST
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Devin Ebanks lives hundreds of miles away from Bloomington, Ind. He doesn't call the small college town home, nor has he ever donned the red-and-white striped pants that Indiana University has made so famous.a

But with his future directly tied into that of the Hoosiers, the St. Thomas More senior star and centerpiece of its men's basketball team's 2008 recruiting class became as engulfed as anyone in the saga that's rocked the athletic department the last two weeks. Now, after making the biggest decision of his life to choose to play for Indiana, he'll face an even bigger one in possibly deciding to leave it.

With Indiana's move Friday to buy out the contract of coach Kelvin Sampson after it was revealed he committed five major NCAA recruiting violations, Ebanks - who signed a National Letter of Intent to play in Bloomington last November - may have the option of opting out of his commitment, if he so chooses to.

It's a decision he and his mother, Yvonne Jackson, are waiting to make.

?It's been an overwhelming week-and-a-half,? Jackson said by phone Saturday. ?But right now, we probably won't decide anything with him until he finishes his basketball season, to actually sit down with him and (St. Thomas More) Coach (Jere) Quinn and just figure out basically what we might want to do.?

Continued.....

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Link

STM Erupts Late To Oust Exeter

North Andover, Mass. ? St. Thomas More overcame an eight-point deficit in the final two minutes to defeat Phillips Exeter Academy, 72-71, in the quarterfinals of the New England Prep School Athletic Conference Class A men's basketball tournament Wednesday at Merrimack College.

Devin Ebanks led St. Thomas More with 21 points and five rebounds,

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Scout.com$ (Indiana site)

Ebanks is in a "holding pattern" at the moment concerning Indiana. He remains a hoosier but will sit down after his season is complete with his family and assess the situation at that time at Indiana.

[Cavfan89]

Devin committed to West Virginia over Memphis, Rutgers, and Texas

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Suprising verbal in my opinion.....big get for Huggins....

Scout.com$

Best Available Prospect Makes His Choice........

[LitlBuck]

Huggie certainly must be selling the Mountaineer program. No one ever said that he could not recruit. This is also not a knock on the kids that he is recruiting but he has not coached at the strongest academic schools in the country.

[DaytonBuck]

Supposedly the deciding factor was that he could come and in be the man as opposed to a piece of the puzzle at Memphis.