How important do two of the nation’s top basketball coaches think 6-feet-6 Iowa small forward Harrison Barnes is to their programs’ futures?
Duke’s Mike Kryzewski and North Carolina’s Roy Williams made in-home visits to scout.com’s top-ranked recruit in 2010 class – on the same night.
Vance Downs, Barnes coach at Ames (Iowaa) High, said in a phone interview that he was not present during the Monday night visits, but he briefly discussed it with his star player Tuesday morning. “That’s all I know, is that they were both there … and it was a busy night,’’ Downs said.
In August, Barnes narrowed his list of schools to six choices: UNC, Duke, Kansas, Oklahoma, UCLA and Iowa State. Downs said head coaches from all of the programs, except Iowa State, have now made in-home visits.
Downs also said Barnes has decided he will make his final decision before Nov. 16, his high school team’s first day of practice. “Originally, he had planned to wait until after the season, but he shared with me that he wants to wrap it up in November.”
This is not the first time UNC has gone head-to-head for a key recruit. Other Tobacco road battles include Larry Miller (who chose UNC), Danny Ferry (Duke), Shane Battier (Duke) and Brandan Wright (UNC).
Barnes made his official visit to UNC last month, and is scheduled to visit Duke the weekend of Oct. 23.
Robbi Pickeral
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
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Mr. Barnes,
FYI, there is a much better, less pretentious school with a bright future, beautiful campus, and way way hotter girls than either of these two looser schools, only 2hrs down I-85. Of course I'm talking about the University of North Carolina Charlotte. www.uncc.edu
Do yourself a favor and check it out!!!!
Wait, wait. I wanna be the first to say it..."Why are we talking about college basketball? " Just wanted to get it in there before the first whiner in Charlotte goes on one of his rants!!!
This guy will swing the balance of power over to UNC or DUKE
I agree with the Above Post, you could pick any of those schools and be just another cog in the wheel, doing what every other above average High School Player does and pick the same ol schools like all the other drones. I mean would you rather play in the shadow of countless greats (Jordan, Kareem, ect.) and never exceed those legendary expectations and just be another guy who played for UCLA, or DUKE?
Why not pick a school where you can set records, become the MAN, Put a stamp on a program that will never be forgotten, (Can you say CURRY at Davidson?) Take a look at what the Unc Charlotte 49ers are doing!!! www.charlotte49ers.com
UNCC has a basketball team?
If he wanted to go to a school with less pretentiousness and WAY hotter girls then UNCC, he would pick the jewel of the UNC system and go with UNCW.
UNCC fans...win SOMETHING... ANYTHING!!! Then maybe you can be relevant enough to be in a basketball related discussion.
Mr. Barnes,
See how hateful, spiteful, and down right nasty all these UNC fans are? They are the biggest aholes on the planet. Miss a foul shot, or contribute to an L and these jerks will boo you off campus. Do you really want to be associated with that? Pick a school with a little more class, sophistication, and promise. Pick UNCC, the program is poised to do great things this year and in the future. This year we play Georgia Tech, Tennessee, Louisville, and possibly DUKE (2nd Round of preseason NIT), not to mention conference regulars like Xavier, Temple, Dayton, ect….
Take a look at UNCC.
www.charlotte49ers.com
I think the first post pretty much sums up that UNCC education with his spelling of "looser".
Nice, from UNC and Duke to a Charlotte 49er love fest. I like it.
Orrrrr the snowbunnies of App. St. Not too slam UNCC, but it's a suitcase school...
Not to mention the UNCW girls put out alot more! Oh you want a "sex on the beach" baby?
anything is possible, first they have to call....................
Somebody quick get Lutz this guy's number!!!!!
Wow. Are you seriously trying to recruit this kid to UNCC by using a blog by some guy named Robbi Pickeral?
pathetic. desperate. embarrassing.
FYI you can buy Heels Gear at almost any Wal-Mart across the USA? If that doesn't devalue a program I don't know what does? 90% of your fans have never even seen the campus. This is why the fans are so fair-weather? They have no loyalty beyond the $6 bathmat that dons the floor or their trailer’s bathroom.
Screw UNC, Duke, and UNCC.
Go see hot chicks at Florida or USC.
It makes the one year your going to stay in school worth it.
I hope you mean Southern Cal (the real USC)
FYI you can buy a lot of teams gear at Walmart. If you UNCC idiots would leave the state more then you would know this. For instance in California you can purchase Laker gear at Walmart, I don't think that devalues anything. If your school was somehow important in a sports realm then maybe you too could be featured in stores other than on campus.
Gee, for such an 'irrelevant' and 'pathetic. desperate. embarrassing.' 'suitcase school'...
...you Chapel Hillians certainly are getting your panties in quite the bunch.
If Lutz doesn't already have his number, that's shameful recruiting. It's not going to get him anywhere but still.
This kid is a STAR. Why would he consider a commuter college? I have never seen a school with such a complex. Grow up, become somebody, contribute something to society. Your first problem is the coach. Unless you are casting for munchkins in a Wizard of Oz remake he has little value or anything to offer. Your athletic director is stuck in the 70's. You better get back to the competition...Catawba and Lenoir Rhyne are stealing your recruits.
UNCC is a great school...
for me to poop on
I love everyones lack of relevant information regarding UNC Charlotte. Last I checked our percentage of students living on or within a mile of campus was in the same range as NCSU and Chapel Hill. The term "suitcase school" lost its ties with this University about 10 years ago - come to campus sometime and you'd realize this.
In other news, we all know this kids going to Iowa... lol.
To the UNCC IDIOT - Why don't you invite him to a football game and Fall tour. Oh wait, you don't have a football team. Well, you could show him your NCAA trophies. Oh wait, you don't have any. Moral of the story is you don't even know if Bobby Lutz will be there all of next year. Each year he's going to get fired according to most sports writers.
dispoiNot sure how this got into a UNCC versus the world kind of thing from a b-ball recruiting article but I'll say two things as a Chapel Hill guy. UNCC is a great school. It has come a long way in the past 10 years and definitely isn't a commuter college anymore. The second thing is that this recruit would be absolutely foolish not to shoot for the schools on his "A" list; particularly UNC OR Dook (had to do it:-). Both have great reputations for academics and provide the surest choices for a path to the pros of anu other colleges.
hate to break it to you. But HB is staying in his hometown to play for the Cyclones.
Believe it.
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