Kyle Singler

[DWKB]

In recruiting, Kyle Singler, a 6-foot-8, 210-pound high school junior forward from Medford, Ore., has narrowed his list to four schools. Singler, who attends South Medford High, told Rivals.com he would attend Kansas, Duke, UCLA or North Carolina.

Singler did have Arizona on his list, but replaced them with UNC. Russ, you have any opinions of this kid? I assume he'd be the replacement for Rush scholarship-wise for us. We get him and already having Cole Aldrich, that could be another #1 recruiting class for us.

 

[Russ Smith]

Singler did have Arizona on his list, but replaced them with UNC. Russ, you have any opinions of this kid? I assume he'd be the replacement for Rush scholarship-wise for us. We get him and already having Cole Aldrich, that could be another #1 recruiting class for us.

UCLA fans are all convinced it's UCLA and Duke. Here's a quote that was posted on Bruinzone today, it's actually taken off the Kansas scout.com website written by a Jayhawk fan. Singler like Love has said he grew up with Duke as his dream school so I'm inclined to think he'll go to Duke. I'm about 80% sure Love is going to be a Bruin.


Technically, the University of Kansas is a player in the race for Kyle Singler.

Technically, the Kansas City Royals are a contender to win the World Series.

Singler, the elite 6-9 WF out of South Medford (Ore.), gives an official list of no more than five schools: UCLA, Duke, Kansas, North Carolina and Arizona. The Wildcats don't even make the list every time, but in fact, their chances aren't much worse than those of the Jayhawks and Tar Heels.

Rumored for months to heavily favor the Bruins and Blue Devils, Singler confirmed at last weekend's Easter Classic that those two programs are well in front of the pack.

"Yeah, those are definitely the two leaders," Singler said. "I'd like to take visits to the other places, but it will be tough for it not to be one of the two."

Those visits may or may not happen. Singler, who gets increasingly greater pressure from the media to communicate what he feels about the schools recruiting him, said he'd consider not taking those visits and making a commitment sometime in the next couple of months.

With Duke and UCLA on opposite ends of the country, Singler obviously has a lot to consider. Both schools have established tight relationships with the easy-spoken forward."

I just love both coaches and the players at both schools," Singler said.

Singler added that he admires the other schools on his list tremendously, but recruiting frequently boils down to relationships and at this point UCLA and Duke look to have established the strongest ties.

For Kansas, Singler remains a target -- and the Royals are just seven and a

 

[Russ Smith]

FYI I was about to post here about Scottie Reynolds. He just got his release from his LOI at Oklahoma, since Sampson left to coach Indiana. he was very impressive in the McDonald's game. Everyone speculates he's going to follow sampson to IU but IIRC, Kansas was on his short list before he committed to OU?

I love to see schools do what OU did and grant the kid a release, instead of hassle them and make them sit out a year as a transfer when the coach leaves.

 

[DWKB]

Everyone speculates he's going to follow sampson to IU but IIRC, Kansas was on his short list before he committed to OU?

Not to my knowledge. Reynolds is a PG and he might have been a consideration before we signed Collins, but if so that was quite awhile ago.

 

[Dback Jon]

FYI I was about to post here about Scottie Reynolds. He just got his release from his LOI at Oklahoma, since Sampson left to coach Indiana. he was very impressive in the McDonald's game. Everyone speculates he's going to follow sampson to IU but IIRC, Kansas was on his short list before he committed to OU?

I love to see schools do what OU did and grant the kid a release, instead of hassle them and make them sit out a year as a transfer when the coach leaves.

Related to that, one of Vanderbilt's best players, sophomore DeMarco Carroll, has been released from his scholarship. He will finish out the semester, and then transfer. Rumor has it he will go to Missouri, where his uncle, Mike Anderson, is now coach.

 

[DWKB]

Prep notebook - Singler sets 3 fall visits: Duke, Arizona, Kansas
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
JOE FREEMAN
As August develops into "commitment month" for Oregon prep athletes -- at least four have pledged to Division I schools -- the state's top uncommitted basketball prospect is methodically setting up fall visits and weighing his options.

South Medford standout Kyle Singler will make official visits to Duke and Arizona in September and follow with a visit to Kansas in October. Singler, widely regarded as one of the nation's top six basketball prospects in the class of 2007, is considering five schools: Duke, Arizona, Washington, Kansas and UCLA.

"It's an exciting time, and I'm really looking forward to taking visits and spending some time at the schools," the 6-foot-8 Singler said during a phone interview Monday from Santa Barbara, Calif., where he is serving as a counselor in a basketball camp run by Michael Jordan. "It's getting closer and closer to when I'm going to have to sit down and make a decision."

Singler does not plan to tour UCLA or Washington because he has visited both schools and "has a really good sense of what both schools and both coaching staffs are about," his father, Ed Singler, said.

While Kyle Singler ponders his future, college recruiters are flocking to Southern Oregon to offer last-second pitches. Duke assistant coach Steve Wojciechowski stopped by Medford on July 31, and Kansas coach Bill Self visited the following day -- three days before Kansas assistant Joe Dooley made an appearance.

In between, UCLA coach Ben Howland, days after landing an oral commitment from Lake Oswego's Kevin Love, visited Medford.

Singler has not set a time frame for his decision but probably will make an announcement sometime after his official visits and before November's NCAA early signing period.

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Should be an interesting story to follow considering the teams involved in this kid.

 

[MaoTosiFanClub]

It will take a miracle or his Dad getting the Athletic Director job at KU for Singler not to end up in Durham.

 

[DWKB]

It will take a miracle or his Dad getting the Athletic Director job at KU for Singler not to end up in Durham.

You have to be so snarky? So how much would Lute have to give him then?

 

[TucsonDevil]

In reading that last note, why didn't Arizona give a pitch the last few days? I wonder... thinking out loud... if Lute doesn't want to push hard for a guy that is most likely one and done?

Is Singler a "one and done"?

 

[Russ Smith]

In reading that last note, why didn't Arizona give a pitch the last few days? I wonder... thinking out loud... if Lute doesn't want to push hard for a guy that is most likely one and done?

Is Singler a "one and done"?

My guess is that Lute didn't think he had any chance. Harden to ASU has been a virtual lock for awhile now, they hired his former coach, his grandparents live in Arizona, his mom is moving there. It was either because he was going to ASU or UA and nobody thought it was UA.

In UCLA's case, if you buy the Bruin story, Harden grew up a Bruin fan so they were his original "dream school." So Howland was simply hoping a last second offer to come to his dream school would outweight the situation at ASU but obviously that ship had sailed and UCLA's chances were long dead.

I don't have any idea on Singler, the most common comparison is Dunleavy Jr, white guy similar size, my guess is probably at least 2 years.

 

[MaoTosiFanClub]

Or perhaps because Lute has a silent commitment from a player at the same position and is out of scholarships.

Lute is pushing hard for Singler, it's just not going to happen unless his Duke visit goes completely horrible. Knowing K and how terrific of a prospect Singler is and how he favors Duke, I'm guessing he commits sometime during his visit.

 

[MaoTosiFanClub]

Or perhaps because Lute has a silent commitment from a player at the same position and is out of scholarships.

Told ya so.

http://www.azcentral.com/sports/preps/articles/0816bayless.html

 

[Absolute Zero]

I actually saw Singler play last year. Good kid, very talented, has an inside out game, good passer and ball handling. He didn't strike me as super athletic or anything, more of a Larry Bird type, but not that talented. He is about 6-9/6-10, but probably still growing. I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up playing center in college, but he is not real bulky, looks more like a smaill forward. I will probably see him play again this year as his school is down the road from my office!

 

[Absolute Zero]

Looks like Singler may be leaning towards Duke after his visit there.

http://www.mailtribune.com/archive/2006/0926/sport/stories/dh-columnz-9-26.htm

 

[Russ Smith]

Looks like Singler may be leaning towards Duke after his visit there.

http://www.mailtribune.com/archive/2006/0926/sport/stories/dh-columnz-9-26.htm

There was a rumor he'd verballed to Duke but apparently not true. He told UW he is not going there. He also just announced he won't take an official visit to UCLA but that's because he's already made more than one unofficial visit on his own with Kevin Love so he doesn't need to see UCLA like he does UA and Kansas. Still he's almost a lock to go to Duke everything you read says his dad loves Duke and is pushing hard for them.

 

[Absolute Zero]

There was a rumor he'd verballed to Duke but apparently not true. He told UW he is not going there. He also just announced he won't take an official visit to UCLA but that's because he's already made more than one unofficial visit on his own with Kevin Love so he doesn't need to see UCLA like he does UA and Kansas. Still he's almost a lock to go to Duke everything you read says his dad loves Duke and is pushing hard for them.

Russ, I think you are on the right track there since the word on the street here in Medford, OR is that he will end up at Duke with some encouragement from his dad who will encourage him to join the best program and put aside other factors. A close second will be UCLA, largely because he is good buds w/ Kevin Love who I understand has committed to play there.

 

[Russ Smith]

Russ, I think you are on the right track there since the word on the street here in Medford, OR is that he will end up at Duke with some encouragement from his dad who will encourage him to join the best program and put aside other factors. A close second will be UCLA, largely because he is good buds w/ Kevin Love who I understand has committed to play there.

Supposedly UCLA is out, as in they know they won't get him and are recruiting with that in mind. UCLA has recently offered both Luke Babbitt and Drew Gordon who are both juniors in HS this year a year behind Singler. Babbitt plays SF and PF, Gordon PF and C. Apparently UCLA got a commit yesterday but nobody is sure yet who it is UCLA boards are rampant with speculation from Jrue Holiday(best junior guard on the West Coast) to Babbitt or Gordon but right now it's just one guy who's usually pretty reliable saying someone verballed but he won't say who until he confirms it.

No way it's Singler though.

 

[Russ Smith]

FYI article today says Singler called Ben Howland last week and officially dropped UCLA from his list. Is down to Duke, Kansas and ARizona said he just sees himself as a better fit at those schools.

Still say I'll be stunned if he doesn't go to Duke.

 

[DWKB]

Kyle will be in Lawrence on Fri for Late Night.

 

[abomb]

Thanks for updates like these Russ. Interesting stuff.

 

[Russ Smith]

Kyle will be in Lawrence on Fri for Late Night.

Interesting that's usually a good sign for recruiting. I still think he's going to duke. FYI the article on Oregon Live about him telling UCLA he's not going there says he's now 6'10".

 

[MaoTosiFanClub]

Not Singler-related, but Eric Gordon is supposedly switching his commitment from Illinois to Indiana as soon as tomorrow. Tough break for the Illini, who for whatever reason still cannot consistently bring in elite recruits.

 

[Russ Smith]

Not Singler-related, but Eric Gordon is supposedly switching his commitment from Illinois to Indiana as soon as tomorrow. Tough break for the Illini, who for whatever reason still cannot consistently bring in elite recruits.

If true, I'm going to have a serious dislike for Gordon.

That rumor has been out there for months and Gordon has REPEATEDLY denied he was going to renege on Illinois. He's told Chicago based reporters over and over that he's not backing out on Illinois. Then word got out he visited Indiana recently with a buddy who's going to IU and again he came out and said don't worry. So if he really goes back on his word now that will be bad IMHO.

I realize he's probably 18 but its' one thing to make a decision and then change your mind but to deny for months that you've changed your mind and then do it bugs me.

 

[Dback Jon]

That would suck on Gordon. IU blows.

 

[Russ Smith]

This has nothing to do with Singler but I figured someone on this thread might know the answer. I was reading a K State site(rumors were OJ Mayo was going to their midnight madness hasn't been confirmed) and some Kansas fans were bragging they were about to get a commit from Jeff Withey a C from San Diego who attended their Madness. I casually mentioned as a UCLA fan they dropped Withey months ago after he bombed at their skills camp and I believed he was a strong lean to UA.

I did a quick check and found some UA fans saying UA stopped recruiting Withey probably for the same reasons UCLA did(not that strong, mechanical, a project player).

So is UA not recruiting him at all now? IIRC they actually offered him at one point at least that was the rumor. Weird the kid was injured and people were sayign that was one reason he was so bad at the UCLA skills camp, but now it appears he is down to Kansas or Louisville according to these Kansas fans?