Decision time (part III) for Xavier Henry
Guy | Jun 30, 2009 | Comments 5
High school seniors are only allowed to sign one National Letter of Intent with the university of their choice. However, Xavier Henry, thanks to John Calipari’s departure for the University of Kentucky, has already been signed, sealed, and delivered to both the University of Memphis and Kansas University, in that order.
There are indications this afternoon that there stands a very real chance Xavier could officially pick a school tonight for the third time.
In an interview with 610 Sports, Carl Henry confirmed that his two sons, Xavier and CJ, are reconsidering their commitment to play for Bill Self and Kansas. Jason King of Yahoo Sports and the Kansas City Star are both reporting that the Henry’s will meet as a family tonight to determine their future.
Much of the family’s indecision has stemmed from an article penned in the Kansas City Star that Carl believed portrayed the family in a negative light. The parents pushed for KU and while the boys liked the idea of playing for John Calipari, they chose to play in Lawrence to keep the family together. Those concerns seem to be not nearly as pressing to the family in light of recent events.
While Calipari himself has not been involved in the reignited interest in playing for the Big Blue, John Wall and Daniel Orton have, according to the Courier-Journal:
Carl Henry said that he’s wavering in his commitment to Kansas in part because he’s friends with UK signees John Wall and Daniel Orton, who have continued to campaign for him to join the Wildcats’ top-ranked recruiting class.
Calipari has not talked to Xavier, Carl Henry said.
Carl Henry said that Xavier told him “a couple weeks ago” that he was interested in UK. Carl Henry said he made a call to Calipari at that time.
“When my son told me that, I reached out one time,” Carl Henry said. “I called Coach Cal to see if he had a scholarship.”
UK has 12 scholarship players for the 2009-10 season. The NCAA allows 13 scholarships for men’s basketball.
We should know more later tonight, especially after Bill Self and Danny Manning make their reported trip to meet with the Henry’s.
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amazing how conincidentally at this same time Calipari has been pushing for Matt Pilgrim to leave and head to the University of Memphis. It seems like there have been some back door dealings in this whole ordeal.
Carl Henry “a few weeks ago,” “I ‘reached’ out to Cal for advice…” please this is ridiculous. Even if Xavier Henry ends up at UK, yes UK will field a talented team but at this point how does it affect team cohesiveness. Are there honestly enough minutes in the game to keep everyone happy and enough shots to go around? What does this do with Eric Bledsoe who seems to be a third party in all this who now moves even further down the bench? I’m sorry but even with the talent that is on this team, a national title is still not assured (see the years Rudy Gay was at UConn with teams that they fielded) let alone an SEC title. Also, this team doesn’t field your typical role players that define a national championship team or as stated the team cohesiveness that Calipari’s team at Memphis had in ’07.
Carl Henry personifies all that is wrong with college athletics just like Lance Stephenson’s father and Dwon Clifton… let’s not even get started with William Wesley. How will that meeting of the heads go with Clifton, Henry, Calipari and Wesley in the same room? Oh wait that won’t happen because the NCAA would be on that like white on rice
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