Yes, NCBears "Apparently" comment was incorrect. There was a post on the pay board that mentioned the original schools can't fly-out parents and wine & dine them in order to try and keep the player, while other schools are free to recruit the player and their families with school visits. This would seem to put Fox and other new coaches at a disadvantage.calumnus said:philbert said:He's referring to flying the parents out for a visit. The current school can't do that, even if there is a coaching change.calumnus said:ncbears said:Apparently, even if Fox wanted re-recruited Sueing, Vanover or McNeil - while other schools can recruit a player in the portal, Fox couldn't under the rules. Which really makes no sense. So, we will not know whether Fox could have kept any of those players.calumnus said:bearchamp said:
Ironic, I thought Fox's first impression was the video of his talk to the team. Things do change quickly.
Yes, and the second impression was key players from last year transferring away, but the third impression, the recovering from that, has been good. Not sure we are back to where we started but at least we are now headed in the right direction.
It does not make sense because it is not true. Players who enter the portal can elect to remain at their current school. Fox can recruit them, but does not have to take them back.
https://m.lasvegassun.com/news/2019/may/06/how-does-the-ncaa-transfer-portal-work/
Why would he need to fly the parents out? What he said was, Fox couldn't recruit them at all, so he had no way to retain them. That is not true, the link I posted involved a coaching change, the new coach met with the players and convinced 3 to stay.
Cal Basketball
Cal Adds Grad Transfer Kareem South
Graduate transfer Kareem South confirmed this afternoon he will be joining Mark Fox and the Bears in Berkeley this coming season. The fifth-year player originally from Toronto joins Kuany Kuany and Dimitrios Klonaras as Fox’s third signee. All three players are originally from outside of the U.S.
South will add immediate help and experience in the backcourt as he averaged 13.8 points per game in 2018-19, along with 5.1 rebounds per game, shooting 36.7% from three and 82% from the line.
With the Bears’ search for class balance and perimeter threats, 6-2/185 Texas A&M Corpus Christi’s grad transfer South jumped high on Cal’s radar and the Bears brought the talented shooting guard in for a visit last week.
“It was a really good visit. I enjoyed it,” said South of his trip to California.
“It was super-comfortable. I got to meet the coaching staff and some of the players. I felt a really good connection. The Cal atmosphere -I can definitely see myself being there.
“The Bay Area’s really nice. The campus is very clean and it’s a prestigious university. You can tell people are environmentally-conscious there. It’s a very attractive suburban/urban feel. And the weather was really nice, though it rained a bit on the day we left.”
As a high school senior, South played for Kiski School in Saltsburg, PA, averaging 18.3 points, six assists and 5.3 rebounds on the season, helping lead his team to the state semifinals and the Hill School Tournament title. Prior to the move to the states, South attended Senator O’Connor High School in Toronto and was ranked one of the top 20 prospects in Canada by NPH.com and a top-10 prospect by TopProspects.com.
A 4.0 student in high school and a first-team All-Southland Conference Academic awardee with a health sciences major, Cal’s academics are a big draw for South and his family.
“Academically-speaking, Cal’s one of the most prestigious universities in the world,” said South. “They’re known as the number one public university.
“Academics are a big factor in my decision.”
Head coach Mark Fox took the lead in South’s recruitment, with each of the additional staff members involved in the process.
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