03-25-2010, 09:33 PM | #1 |
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'10 TN SG Jalen Steele (Miss St Verbal)
2010 SG: Jalent Steele
6'2" 165lbs Knoxville, Tennessee Fulton High School AAU: Tennessee Travellers Offer: No. Other offers: Wright State, Charleston, Marshall, Auburn Interest: UCLA, Cincinnati, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Auburn, Miami FL Signed LOI to Auburn in September 2009, but may explore new options because Auburn had a recent head coaching change (hired Tony Barbee). Jalen Steele, one of Auburn's top signees, be courted by others (March 22, 2010) There's never quite the rush to hire a basketball coach over, say, a football coach, because such turnovers are seldom done in the midst of a recruiting season. Or are they? One of Auburn's best-looking basketball signees -- Jalen Steele -- is being courted by other schools, including Alabama, he says, in the aftermath of Jeff Lebo's firing, according to the Knoxville News Sentinel. He could sign with another school and be eligible immediately, if Auburn lets him out of his national letter of intent. If Auburn doesn't let him out, he'd have to sit out a year if he signs with somebody else. Other schools have certainly expressed an interest. Steele says he wants to see who Auburn hires. "It's opened new doors for me,'' Steele said. Why are the likes of Alabama, Georgia, UCLA, Miami and Cincinnati checking in on the guard? Here is why: Steele was named Tennessee's Class AA Mr. Basketball after averaging 24 points per game at Fulton High School in Knoxville. http://blog.al.com/goldmine/2010/03/...ne_of_aub.html I know a little about Steele. The kid is a winner. He wants to play at a big-time school. He is a very good shooter. At least 80% from the FT and can fill it up from deep. This is the shooter that everyone has wanted. Last edited by BearcatAlum1; 04-07-2010 at 07:33 PM. |
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If he can truly fill it up bring him on!!
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04-01-2010, 03:28 PM | #3 |
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Maybe Mick can steele him away from the other schools.
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BCN showing he has been released from his LOI, and that UC has been in contact. Not sure if true or not. Someone find out for me?
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According to the Knoxville News, shooting guard Jalen Steele has asked Auburn University for a release from the National Letter of Intent he signed with the Tigers in the fall. Auburn recently fired Jeff Lebo and hired Tony Barbee as their new head coach. Barbee met with Steele and Fulton coach Jody Wright on Monday, the paper reports. "I think that without a doubt Coach Barbee is going to be successful at Auburn, but I just don't know that Jalen felt as comfortable with the situation at Auburn as he did," said Wright. "He may end back up at Auburn. But, at this point, he wanted to ask for his release to see what else is out there." As of Thursday (April 1) the release was still pending. According to Wright, UCLA, Cincinnati, Florida, Miami, Alabama and Georgia have been in contact with Steele after learning of his decision to re-open things. http://insider.espn.go.com/ncb/recru...6season%3d2010 Last edited by BearcatAlum1; 04-02-2010 at 08:27 PM. |
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By Evan Woodbery April 02, 2010, 11:05AM Jalen Steele, a 6-foot-3 shooting guard from Knoxville, Tenn., who was considered one of the top players in former coach Jeff Lebo's class, has requested a release from his letter of intent. His coach told the Knoxville News-Sentinel that Steele wanted to "see what else is out there." The full report is here. New Auburn coach Tony Barbee has inherited six signees from Lebo, but it's not clear if all of them will qualify academically. Anthony Salter, a 5-11 guard from Iowa Western Community College, has also requested a release, according to AuburnSports.com. http://blog.al.com/auburnbeat/2010/0...ants_rele.html |
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Florida enters fray for Jalen Steele....
Kevin Brockway April 6, 2010 Add another guard to Florida’s growing spring wish list. According to the Knoxville News-Sentinel, Florida is among a handful of schools that have inquired about Auburn Class of 2010 signee Jalen Steele. Steele, a 6-foot-3 180-pound guard from Fulton High in Knoxville, Tenn., signed with Auburn last November when Jeff Lebo was still head coach. But Steele is looking to get out of his letter of intent due the coaching change from Lebo to Tony Barbee. “I think that without a doubt Coach Barbee is going to be successful at Auburn, but I just don’t know that Jalen felt as comfortable with the situation at Auburn as he did,” Steele’s high school coach, Jody Wright, told the News-Sentinel. “He may end back up at Auburn. But, at this point, he wanted to ask for his release to see what else is out there.” Steele, the Class AA Tennessee player of the year, is considered an excellent perimeter shooter out to 22 to 23-feet. Of course, Florida had great success with another 3-point bomber from the east Tennessee region. Lee Humphrey, from Maryville, Tenn., still holds the NCAA Tournament record for most 3-pointers. Humphrey was an underrated cog in UF’s back-to-back national title runs in 2006 and 2007. According to Wright, UCLA, Miami, Cincinnati and Alabama also have asked about Steele’s status. Steele’s perimeter shooting would be a welcome addition to a Florida team that finished an uncharacteristic 11th in the Southeastern Conference in 3-point shooting last season. The Gators wound up 2009-2010 shooting 31.3 percent from beyond the arc. http://brockway.blogs.gatorsports.co...on-recruiting/ Nothing we didn't already know, besides Florida is interested. Florida only graduates one player (Dan Werner) and is very guard heavy. Also, this guy largely ripped a prior article. He should have made mention of that...........this is plagarism. |
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2010 AA Mr. Basketball Jalen Steele has re-opened the recruiting process just a week before signing day after being released from his letter of intent by Auburn.
By: Steve Phillips and Chris Budden 2010 AA Mr. Basketball Jalen Steele has re-opened the recruiting process just a week before signing day after being released from his letter of intent by Auburn. Fulton coach Jody Wright confirmed that Steele had received the paperwork from Auburn releasing him from the letter he signed back in November when Jeff Lebo was the Tigers' basketball coach. Lebo was fired after last season, and replaced by UTEP's Tony Barbee. Steele did not feel as comfortable with the new coach and his style of play. After two meetings with Barbee in recent days, Auburn agreed to release Steele from his LOI. Jalen is thought to be looking at a handful of schools, including at least three in the SEC: Georgia, Florida and Alabama. Steele led Fulton to back-to-back state championships before falling short in the state tournament in 2010. http://www.wbir.com/sports/story.asp...118252&catid=5 Auburn basketball releases Jalen Steele from his scholarship By Charles Goldberg -- The Birmingham News April 08, 2010 Jalen Steele, one of Jeff Lebo's most promising basketball signees last November has been released from his Auburn scholarship. New Auburn coach Tony Barbee has released Jalen Steele, a guard from Fulton High School in Knoxville, according to the Knoxville News Sentinel. Steele was named Mr. Basketball for Class AA in Tennessee after averaging 24 points per game his senior year. Steele met with Barbee on March 29 soon after Barbee replaced the fired Lebo. Auburn originally beat out Marshall and Western Kentucky for Steele's services, but, after a big senior season, more SEC schools have called, including Alabama, Florida and Georgia, as well as UCLA and Cincinnati. http://blog.al.com/goldmine/2010/04/...eases_jal.html Last edited by BearcatAlum1; 04-09-2010 at 01:08 PM. |
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Why didn't auburn put a "no other SEC school" demand into his release?
Sure would have helped us. |
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