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'08 KY SG Scotty Hopson (Tennessee Signee)

Late?

Wow. I would hate to be a college basketball coach today. When a player's junior year before basketball season is late.

I remember Wanstedt talking about this when he started coaching at Pitt. Kids being offered as sophmores and juniors. What happens if they just grew early and are done.

Some of the early offerings is getting ridiculous.
 
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SI.com - Writers - Names to know (cont.) - Thursday July 5, 2007 2:46PM

Scotty Hopson, 6-6, F, Hopkinsville, Ky.

Summer team: Mid-State Ballers (no sponsor)
Schedule: LeBron Academy, AAU 19-and-unders
Skinny: Hopson may have been the player who raised his stock the most at the USA Basketball Festival. He's a dynamic swingman who jumps out of the gym and has both long-range and mid-range touch. (That mid-range game is a dying art, but Hopson is an artist at it.) Hopson has committed to Mississippi State, and I'm guessing that by the end of the summer he will have positioned himself to be a McDon
 
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Hopson is looking at other schools and weighing his options. At the hoopfest this past weekend, Hopson scored 24 points in a win. Tennessee, Louisville and Kentucky have recently offered and Indiana, Georgia and Georgia Tech have contacted his coach.


Note: Changing thread title to soft verbal.
 
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RECRUITING INSIDER
Hopson has big week on, off the court

By Jody Demling
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The Courier-Journal

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It's been a huge week for University Heights Academy senior Scotty Hopson, who is considered one of the Class of 2008's top unsigned basketball players nationally.
The 6-foot-7 Hopson was named a McDonald's All American on Tuesday, and on Thursday he was the only Kentuckian named a Jordan Brand Classic All-Star.
Later Thursday, Hopson scored 37 points in a Senior Night win over Fourth Region power Warren Central.
Hopson played that night in front of University of Kentucky coach Billy Gillispie, Mississippi State coach Rick Stansbury and assistant coaches from Tennessee and Cincinnati.

Continued...
 
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OSUBasketballJunkie;642156; said:
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Hopson has verbaled to Mississppi State.

I was Googling this kid to see if he was related to Dennis, and this thread popped up. Way to go, BP. :)

Oh, and right about now he may be wishing he had stayed with Miss State.
 
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