Michael Tucker commits to BU!

[SFP]

Can we get a banging big now with one of our other scholarships? He sounds like a good recruit and a piece we needed. Now lets try and complete a well balanced recruiting class. It appears we are heading in the right direction but I'll hold my enthusiasm in check until he gets here and we see him play.

One more thing.....Welcome to the Hilltop!

[AZ BU Fan]

Welcome to the wild and crazy world of BU MBB Mr Tucker!

Glad you chose BU!

Great school, great BB opportunity, great fans (at least those on BF.com ), and great opportunities post graduation!

[Big Mike]

Awesome! I'm really looking forward to watching this kid play his final year of HS ball in my neck of the woods. Welcome to Bradley!

How about a little (you-tube)game video some time this season b4l! I would like to see some live action on MT!

[Braves4Life]

How about a little (you-tube)game video some time this season b4l! I would like to see some live action on MT!

I'll do my best Big Mike.

[Beninator]

I don't necessarily disagree with this, but there are lots of exceptions. Iowa's top returning scorer from last season didn't have a Rivals profile until after he committed (who eventually got 3 stars after committing).

Taylor Brown didn't have a Rivals profile out of high school either.

I've never found a good litmus test that can predict whether a player is going to be successful based on media coverage prior to committing...and I've been trying to find some sort of correlation for years.

I agree. How many times have we seen the rankings from these scouting agencies be completely wrong? Tucker fits the profile of the type of player that I have wanted BU to land for a long time. One thing that I have been critical of in the past is how we always seemed to land an abundance of smaller players. We truly will not know how good MT is until we see him next year. I also wouldn't mind another player like Tucker in this recruiting class.

Can we get a banging big now with one of our other scholarships? He sounds like a good recruit and a piece we needed. Now lets try and complete a well balanced recruiting class. It appears we are heading in the right direction but I'll hold my enthusiasm in check until he gets here and we see him play.

Give me a true banging big player and another 6'6 player like Tucker and I will be happy with this recruiting class.

[KillerB]

I might have missed it, but I didn't see this anywhere. This is a link to a Georgia HS recruiting site.
Tucker played his ball there before transferring to his current school.

http://georgiahoops.com/?s=michael+tucker#

He didn't crack the top 50, he's about 15 spots down from #50.. but those players don't appear to be ranked.

[Da Coach]

It appears those players listed below the Top 50 are in alphabetical order for each category (3-stars, 2-stars, etc.)

[Braves4Life]

ESPN has Tucker ranked #19 in his state ( I assume this is Georgia) -- http://insider.espn.go.com/college-s...72/mike-tucker

[Da Coach]

ESPN has Tucker ranked #19 in his state ( I assume this is Georgia) -- http://insider.espn.go.com/college-s...72/mike-tucker

That appears to have been updated- here are the rankings for Georgia. Mike Tucker is #21

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/playerrankings/_/state/georgia/class/2013/view/state

[Gary the Gargoyle]

It's good to see ESPN properly using Bradley's new mark.