[LuckE2Bhere]

I doubt this will come as a great shock to anyone, but at least we had some hope... until this afternoon's press conference.

At least we had a couple of (fairly obvious) things going for us, and it's certainly better to have made his final five than not!

Per http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college...topstories

"At the conclusion of the in-home visits, Parker trimmed his list of schools to five: Duke, Michigan State, Florida, Stanford and BYU. The first three were no surprise. But Stanford and BYU raised some eyebrows. Stanford had two draws, starting with coach Johnny Dawkins. Parker respects Dawkins, relates to him and loves his approach to the game. Stanford's academic reputation was the other plus. A national honor society student with a 3.7 GPA, Parker is serious about obtaining a degree and he'd like it to come from a prestigious university.
...
In October, Parker set up official campus visits to the five schools. Before making the first trip to Michigan State, Parker and his brother Christian made two lists. One had the five schools. The other had Jabari's top five priorities in selecting a school: Coach, Academics, Environment (social), Basketball (team chemistry and style of play) and Spirituality.
Then Jabari selected the schools that best fit his priorities:
Coach: Duke
Academics: Duke/Stanford
Basketball: Michigan State
Environment: Duke
Spirituality: Undecided"

A few interesting insights in that thought process.  Oh well...

[LuckE2Bhere]

I doubt this will come as a great shock to anyone, but at least we had some hope... until this afternoon's press conference.

At least we had a couple of (fairly obvious) things going for us, and it's certainly better to have made his final five than not!

Per http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college...topstories

"At the conclusion of the in-home visits, Parker trimmed his list of schools to five: Duke, Michigan State, Florida, Stanford and BYU. The first three were no surprise. But Stanford and BYU raised some eyebrows. Stanford had two draws, starting with coach Johnny Dawkins. Parker respects Dawkins, relates to him and loves his approach to the game. Stanford's academic reputation was the other plus. A national honor society student with a 3.7 GPA, Parker is serious about obtaining a degree and he'd like it to come from a prestigious university.
...
In October, Parker set up official campus visits to the five schools. Before making the first trip to Michigan State, Parker and his brother Christian made two lists. One had the five schools. The other had Jabari's top five priorities in selecting a school: Coach, Academics, Environment (social), Basketball (team chemistry and style of play) and Spirituality.
Then Jabari selected the schools that best fit his priorities:
Coach: Duke
Academics: Duke/Stanford
Basketball: Michigan State
Environment: Duke
Spirituality: Undecided"

A few interesting insights in that thought process.  Oh well...