Tony Wroten Jr. to Announce Thursday at 6 p.m. (Louisville Time) - Live Stream at The Seattle Times

[Donald Yaste]

Wroten Photo - Jim Bates/The Seattle Times

By Donald Yaste - CD Basketball Recruiting Scout

SEATTLE, Wa. - Tony Wroten is announcing on Thursday, October 7 at 6 p.m. Louisville time, 3 p.m. Seattle time. You can watch it live streaming at The Seatlle Times.

I'm not necessarily expecting him to pick Louisville, but I believe there is the possibility he may.

However, he will do something very interesting and I think just watching it for the show he'll put on is well worth it.

Again, I expect a UW commit from him, but if he picks Louisville, then it is a major victory for Fuller and Pitino, and could help Louisville land R.Hood and Q. Miller.

[P Streble Sr.]

I do not expect UL to land all three, Wroten, Miller and Hood. But with already having Behanan, Blackshear, Price and Nunez, any one of these three will make for a soilid class. IF, all these arrive it will give Pitino his first top 5 class since taking over at UL. Then we can see if Pitino has the same magic he once posessed at uk.
Wroten NEEDS UL more than UL needs Wroten. Wroten loves the spotlight and media attention and he would get his fill of that at UL, the new arena, the Big East and the east coast media. He will receive none of that on the west coast and at Washington. The majority of the US population is in the east and does not see the west coast highlights on ESPN until the next day. If he chooses UW, he will be 'day old news'. The one thing I find interesting about Wroten is he raved about his UL visit and set his announcement immediately following that vist. He took NO official visits at any other school, including Washington. All that would indicate a UL committment, but we know recruiting is a head scratching business.
I have seen video of wroten and he certainly is a playmaker and a wizard at passing the ball. He is tall and has the quickness and strength to get in the paint and score or dish it off. We will kepp our fingers crossed on this one.

[Tricky Nik]

Seattle Times says announcement will be at 3:00pm

[Kenneth L Stark Sr]

Tricky Nik said:

Seattle Times says announcement will be at 3:00pm

3 pm Seattle=6 pm Louisville

[Donald Yaste]

P Streble Sr. said:

I do not expect UL to land all three, Wroten, Miller and Hood. But with already having Behanan, Blackshear, Price and Nunez, any one of these three will make for a soilid class. IF, all these arrive it will give Pitino his first top 5 class since taking over at UL. Then we can see if Pitino has the same magic he once posessed at uk.
Wroten NEEDS UL more than UL needs Wroten. Wroten loves the spotlight and media attention and he would get his fill of that at UL, the new arena, the Big East and the east coast media. He will receive none of that on the west coast and at Washington. The majority of the US population is in the east and does not see the west coast highlights on ESPN until the next day. If he chooses UW, he will be 'day old news'. The one thing I find interesting about Wroten is he raved about his UL visit and set his announcement immediately following that vist. He took NO official visits at any other school, including Washington. All that would indicate a UL committment, but we know recruiting is a head scratching business.
I have seen video of wroten and he certainly is a playmaker and a wizard at passing the ball. He is tall and has the quickness and strength to get in the paint and score or dish it off. We will kepp our fingers crossed on this one.

I see yor point with the timing of his decision but while Tony may have never officially visited UW he's been there on countless other times I'm sure. He has good friends both at UL and UW. He would get more spotlight here however I still think he stays home and stays a huskie. But I'm def keeping up hope that he'll possibly spurn the hometown school and pick us, though it's unlikely.

[P Streble Sr.]

Not a great loss with wroten, I do not think anyone expected his committ anyway. Rodney Hood is in town for the weekend. He is a 5 star and a pure shooter. At 6-7 he has the ability to play the SG or SF. He would be a better pick up than Wroten. Wroten is a PG and UL will have Siva for 3 more years. Hood is a good passer and with his height could be a Point forward much like T Will or Garcia. Also, if Pitino can land Hood, it will not hurt so much if Miller strings the recruitment out and chooses Baylor or Duke. I think Pitino learned a lesson from Telfair, Tyler and Teague and when recruits start procrastinating he simply goes to the next guy so not to get stuck empty handed. We, as fans, do not know the whole story in recruiting either. We do not know what the recruits or their families are asking of the coaches or if they have a 'hand out'. Go cards, good luck with Hood or Miller.

[tonymontana]

Onward forward. Wroten would have been a great pick-up. At least we've got Coach Fuller out there seriously shaking some bushes. He and StevieMass were not at the Tip-Off Luncheon Tuesday and RP said they were on the west coast. Prolly trying to wrap up Wroten. Gotta keep huggin mommas and fist bumpin dads. We'll be just fine without TW.

P.S. Good to see a couple of my invites here. Always enjoy reading your recruiting updates, Streeb. And a big welcome to Kenneth Stark. You'll love it here!

[Donald Yaste]

P Streble Sr. said:

Not a great loss with wroten, I do not think anyone expected his committ anyway. Rodney Hood is in town for the weekend. He is a 5 star and a pure shooter. At 6-7 he has the ability to play the SG or SF. He would be a better pick up than Wroten. Wroten is a PG and UL will have Siva for 3 more years. Hood is a good passer and with his height could be a Point forward much like T Will or Garcia. Also, if Pitino can land Hood, it will not hurt so much if Miller strings the recruitment out and chooses Baylor or Duke. I think Pitino learned a lesson from Telfair, Tyler and Teague and when recruits start procrastinating he simply goes to the next guy so not to get stuck empty handed. We, as fans, do not know the whole story in recruiting either. We do not know what the recruits or their families are asking of the coaches or if they have a 'hand out'. Go cards, good luck with Hood or Miller.

I agree 100% Paul, don't get me wong i would have loved to land Wroten but IMHO neither are neccesities and Hodd would fill out this class nicely. I think losing Wroten means we look to 2012 for another PG staff should start turning up the heat further on Shabazz Muhammed. I still think some other names might pop up for this years class so we'll wait and see what else unfolds.