Ashton Pankey Visit Over: Liked Partying, McDonald's, and Maryland, But No Commitment

by Ben Broman on Nov 8, 2009 2:28 PM EST in Basketball Recruiting

That's a good trio, right?

Ok, so Ashton Pankey visited Maryland this weekend, and gave some updates on his Twitter about the visit. If you forgot about it, here's the best of them (in reverse chronological order):

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Ok, so I think it's safe to say Maryland is Pankey's leader. However, it's important to note that there was not a commitment, despite Pankey's previous comments. Because his tone was so upbeat, I'm assuming that was his decision, not the coaches, which would lead me to believe he wants to take a visit to, as his coach Bob Hurley said, "compare apples to oranges".

He could be headed to any number of places, from Fordham to Miami, though where he goes is irrelevant. What is important is that we could have another commitment in a matter of weeks, or days. When that comes, we'll break it down, but for right now, the coaches should be pushing on him, Hippolyte Tsafack, and Tobias Harris. Hard.

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It will be interesting to see what happens with Hippo and Pankey. I feel like we will almost certainly get one. Do we take both? They seem like very similar players and so perhaps we only take one. Is there anyone left on the table for us other than the two of them, C.J. Leslie and T. Harris (assuming Josh Graham isn’t a target any longer)?

by nmprisons on Nov 8, 2009 3:08 PM EST reply actions

They're basically it

Haven’t heard Graham’s name in forever, so I’m assuming he’s dropped off the table. There are some guy’s we’re looking at – Gil Biruta, Stefan Nastic – but they’re fringe at the moment.

Actually, it’s possible we have six possible commits, so it’d be possible to grab all of Hippo, Pankey, and Tobias, if they all wanted to come. That’s crappy roster planning, but it’d be a killer class and not all that different than just taking five, considering Tobias is probably a one and done. I also wouldn’t say Pankey and Hippo are all that similar – both are true posts, but Hippo is more athletic and Pankey is more of a grinder.

by Ben Broman on Nov 8, 2009 4:03 PM EST up reply actions

I thought nastic was a 2011 kid, no?

by nmprisons on Nov 8, 2009 4:14 PM EST up reply actions

ESPN has him as 2010

http://insider.espn.go.com/ncb/recruiting/tracker/player?recruitId=75684&season=2010

Although he is a year young.

by Ben Broman on Nov 8, 2009 4:52 PM EST up reply actions

He just posted this on Twitter
“Commitment comin in the next 2 weeks .. Stay posted !”

by christerp on Nov 8, 2009 3:37 PM EST reply actions

Well, that answers that

Although someone just told him to go to Seton Hall, and he said “you never know”.

Still, be shocked if he wasn’t a Terp.

by Ben Broman on Nov 8, 2009 4:00 PM EST up reply actions

Stefan Nastic

why is MD even looking at this guy…he is ranked 40 on ESPN…seriously? We should focus on Harris all the way. If not him then Leslie cuz he is a beast. In the mean time, i’ll take Hippo over Pankey.

by Bboydragon25 on Nov 8, 2009 7:54 PM EST reply actions

Stefan Nastic is not ranked “40” on espn. The 40 indicates that they have not evaluated him.

by nmprisons on Nov 8, 2009 8:11 PM EST up reply actions

I don’t think we have a shot in hell at landing Leslie over UK. I think Harris is a longshot but we should go all-out on his recruitment. He would be a huge windfall IMO.

And yeah, as nmp said, an ESPN grade of “40” just means they never evaluated him. I don’t know why they use a number instead of just “N/A” or something.

by JC1 on Nov 8, 2009 9:27 PM EST up reply actions