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Also, another 3-star small forward, Stephen Baird out of San Antonio appears to have gotten a LSU offer, along with offers from a slew of other schools, including Kentucky, Texas, USC, Cal and others. At 6-7, 190 ish, Stephen compares favorably to another LA LSU recruit high on LSU's list, Matt Derenbecker. With that many schools in the game, no telling how high Baird is about LSU but Trent has made his fair share of TX offers
knvb141 wrote:Well, he won't be able to sign til November, but I don't think it's too early to say................................Hold My Own wrote:Alrighty. Well, here's the deal. This kid signs with ANY mid major and I'll eat crow. He signs with the big boys...well, then my point has been made, again.knvb141 wrote:
So the may or may not be visiting is the concrete proof that there was some interest. My apologies, I missed that.
Yeah, he just didnt want to break news on here....he'll be here...
olldflame wrote:knvb141 wrote:Well, he won't be able to sign til November, but I don't think it's too early to say................................Hold My Own wrote:Alrighty. Well, here's the deal. This kid signs with ANY mid major and I'll eat crow. He signs with the big boys...well, then my point has been made, again.
Yeah, he just didnt want to break news on here....he'll be here...
Bon appetit!
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Damon Sayles
TexasHoops.com
San Antonio Madison's Stephen Baird verbally committed to a Big South Conference school late Thursday evening.
Sly Fox wrote:In my experience with the Falwell family over the past 30+ years, they have never been shy about stating what they believe and standing by it. If anything it should be on their family crest.
Hold My Own wrote:This commitment is rock solid...has been for quite a while...LU was the leader in the recruiting process and Stephen wanted to get all the schools off his back...so he ended it by committing.I understand our coaches couldn't participate in his visit because he came during a recruiting dead period. I wonder who the "host with the most" was who showed him around?
He must have really enjoyed his visit....
Sly Fox wrote:In my experience with the Falwell family over the past 30+ years, they have never been shy about stating what they believe and standing by it. If anything it should be on their family crest.
olldflame wrote:Actually that is exactely what it is...too early to say. In the part which you highlighed for me. WHEN SIGNED.knvb141 wrote:Well, he won't be able to sign til November, but I don't think it's too early to say................................Hold My Own wrote:Alrighty. Well, here's the deal. This kid signs with ANY mid major and I'll eat crow. He signs with the big boys...well, then my point has been made, again.
Yeah, he just didnt want to break news on here....he'll be here...
Bon appetit!
olldflame wrote:So it looks like an early Christmas hopefullyflamerbob wrote:This is huge for the development of our program. When is the next signing period so that we have this on paper?November 12-19
flamerbob wrote:Or, to reference an even closer holiday, we should have a couple of extra reasons to give thanks on the 26th.olldflame wrote:So it looks like an early Christmas hopefullyflamerbob wrote:This is huge for the development of our program. When is the next signing period so that we have this on paper?November 12-19
flamesfilmguy wrote:LOL!! spoke to soondompennix wrote:If we land this kid it will be great, I highly doubt it will happenI would say a snowballs chance in hades.
When it comes to pick-and-pop players, Stephen Baird is one of the best around. Standing 6-foot-8 and possessing dependable range from the perimeter, Baird has shown college recruiters his ability to set picks and pop out for long jumpers since the start of his high school career.
Baird, however, decided to end his college search late Thursday evening, verbally committing to Big South Conference school Liberty. The TABC All-Region IV selection chose the small Virginia university over several other larger programs, including Utah and Kentucky.
"He was really happy [Thursday]," said Mike Baird, Stephen's father. "This whole process has been going on since the eighth grade. He bounced back and forth on wanting to go to a big school or a smaller school, and he finally decided to go to a school where he can make a big impact."
Stephen Baird
Baird is expected to join 6-0 scoring machine John-Caleb Sanders at Liberty next season. Sanders' older brother, Jesse, is a 6-3 sophomore for the Flames. All verbal commitments are nonbinding, and the first day a Class of 2010 basketball recruit can sign is Nov. 11.
Baird, a hybrid forward of sorts, posed problems for teams throughout last season. He made the larger opposing players come out and defend him beyond 15 feet, which freed the lane for guards to penetrate. Baird, a consistent double-double contributor for Madison, received addiional offers from Texas A&M, Marquette, Penn State and Colorado State.
"We visited Liberty after a tournament in North Carolina, and he felt like he fit in real well with the atmosphere," Mike Baird said. "He liked the fact that it was a Christian school, for one thing, and they had really neat facilities and setups.
"One of the biggest selling points is that they have a relatively new law school. That's one thing he is really interested in."
Liberty, in addition to the new law program, has a new head coach in Dale Layer after Ritchie McKay resigned in April. The Flames finished 23-12 last season, earning only the program's fifth 20-win season and first since 1997. Liberty achieved that while being the fourth-youngest team in the nation, fielding six true freshmen, one redshirt freshman and only one senior.
Sly Fox wrote:In my experience with the Falwell family over the past 30+ years, they have never been shy about stating what they believe and standing by it. If anything it should be on their family crest.
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