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A&M hoops may have best recruiting class in school history

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  1. Refman

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    http://sports.tamu.edu/press/pressRelease.php?PRID=5593

    COLLEGE STATION, Texas- Marlon Pompey of Toronto, Canada, Acie Law IV of Dallas and Justin Loewe of Caldwell have signed national letters-of-intent to play college basketball at Texas A&M, Aggies head coach Melvin Watkins said Thursday.

    "We're very excited about this class," said Watkins, who expects to add an additional player before the early signing period ends. "As we continue to add pieces to the puzzle, this may be our best recruiting class to date. It certainly addresses our immediate needs."

    Pompey, a 6-8 forward who is attending Winchendon (Mass.) Prep this year, is ranked as the No. 64 prospect nationally by PrepStars and is rated No. 40 among 5th-year prep players by Hoop Scoop. He also was recruited by Texas, Auburn, Syracuse and Alabama-Birmingham.

    "Marlon is a very athletic forward and has a chance to be a contributor for us right away," Watkins said. "He has the ability to score as well as rebound."

    Law, a 6-3 guard from Kimball High School, averaged 17.8 points and 6.0 assists as a junior, leading his team to a 29-7 record and the Class 5A state championship game. Law was named his district's most valuable player and was the only junior named to The Dallas Morning News' All-Area Team. He also was named to the Class 5A All-State Tournament Team and played in the prestigious adidas ABCD Camp last summer in Las Vegas, where recruiting analyst Bob Gibbons rated him among the top 10 guards. In addition to A&M, he was recruited by Oklahoma, SMU and Baylor.

    "Acie comes from a winning program," Watkins said. "Anytime you get a player from Dallas Kimball, you know you are getting someone who is well-coached. We really like his ability to score and see the floor."

    Loewe, a 6-5 guard from Caldwell High School, was a second-team Class 3A all-state pick as a junior after averaging 24.9 points and 6.7 rebounds per game and earning his district's offensive player of the year honors. He is rated the No. 14 prospect in the state by Texas Hoops. Loewe connected on 41 percent last season from three-point range and made 86 percent from the free throw line. He also was recruited by Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, Baylor and SMU.

    "We consider Justin to be a local product (Caldwell is 20 miles from College Station) and we're proud to have him in the Aggie family," Watkins said. "He's a coach's son so he knows the game and he can really shoot the ball. He has excellent three-point range and also has the ability to take the ball to the basket."

    TEXAS A&M'S 2002 EARLY RECRUITING CLASS

    Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown
    Acie Law IV G 6-3 170 Fr. Dallas, Texas (Kimball HS)
    Justin Loewe G 6-5 195 Fr. Caldwell, Texas (Caldwell HS)
    Marlon Pompey F 6-8 210 Fr. Toronto, Canada (Winchendon [Mass.] Prep)
     
    #1 Refman, Nov 20, 2002
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    Wright, the freshman diaper dandy has looked very good this year also!
     
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    Too bad B. King is a senior but at least Nick Anderson has a year left to play with the new recruits. On the other hand we have Antoine Wright and Melvin Jr.....I mean Marcus this year so hopefully we see some tourney action. Its a shame Mason and Gardner screwed up or we would have great depth on this year's team.

    Who's gonna be at the LSU game here in Houston? :D
     
    #3 jwun, Nov 20, 2002
  4. Rocketman95

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    Isn't that like saying the special education students colored the best coloring books in school history?

    :D
     
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  5. Refman

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    I was going to go...but my wife told me I had to go to Vegas with her that weekend. :)

    I think the Ags will improve greatly over the next couple of years. We may see some NIT action either this season or next.
     
    #5 Refman, Nov 20, 2002
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    A couple of things. First pompey isn't the #64 ranked player nationally by prepstars. He isn't even ranked in their top 200. Very nice class though by A&M but probably (hopefully) not their best ever. All three guys have the possiblity to be nice role players for A&m, but none really projects, as of now, to be upper level big 12 players. Last year's class just based on wright is probably better than these guys
     
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  7. Refman

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    Daaaaammmmmmnnnnn dude. :)
     
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  8. Rocketman95

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    I couldn't think of anything else.

    You're not going to Vegas this weekend are you?
     
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    "A&M hoops may have best recruiting class in school history"

    Very true. They have had a hell of a year recruiting by any school's standards, but making that statement about A&M's best year recruiting is not saying much as they have never had much success in BB recruiting.

    I really hope they take it to the next level as I would like the Big XII to be a BB power with more than 2 or 3 strong teams as well.

    Good luck aggy!
     
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    I can't wait for the triple header at Reliant on the 30th. Get to see TJ play live, and see how my Aggies are developing. I hear Wrigth is really impressive.
     
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    So, they broke into double digits?
     
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    A&M has a basketball team?
     
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    Yeah, they beat Texas last year.
     
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    HA HA HA

    I had the misfortune of watching the Aggies play over the last couple of years (I was one of the ten people in Reed Arena). I gotta tell ya, it was ugly. Watkins has not impressed me yet. Although, he looks like a good recruiter, so hopefully he'll be able to put a semi-respectable team together pretty soon. This is exciting news!
     
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    Here is the boxscore. BK had 30pts

    Proof A&M has a BB team

    They ladies won too if you want the scores. :p
     
    #15 jwun, Nov 20, 2002
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    Bernard King? As in former NBA player Bernard King?
     
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    haha....we got a player by the named of Nick Anderson too!


    Bernard King

    SCOUTING REPORT: Could emerge as an All-America candidate as a senior … on track to become the top scorer in Big 12 and Texas A&M history … needs 248 points to break A&M scoring record and 300 points to set new Big 12 mark … could become only the eighth player in NCAA history to score 2,000 points with 500 rebounds and 500 assists … could climb as high as No. 2 on Big 12 career assists chart … on pace to break most Big 12 records for field goals made and attempted and free throws made and attempted … owns A&M record for career three-point field goals with 194 … has had 32 career 20-point games and seven 30-point games.
     
    #17 jwun, Nov 20, 2002
  18. Smokey

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    The UT Ticket Office has tickets for $32 in the "UT Section" for all three games.
     
    #18 Smokey, Nov 21, 2002
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