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It was quite apparent that The Harrisons did not want to play with Britt, but is there any word on whether or not they'd play with Rysheed? I certainly like Rysheed, but I'm passing on ANYBODY who hurts our chances at getting the Harrisons.

No chance.

*insert standard Joe Black comment about the percentage chance of the Harrisons coming here*

Rysheed Jordan neither

4 star talent is Maryland's peak...we don't get 5 stars, let alone 2 of them at once

This is a situation made for 20/20 hindsight. It would be great if the Harrisons commit ''early'' but what if they drag it out? Rysheed won't want to wait on the twins, if he's ready to commit before they do. If he wants to commit before the twins and we try to delay, he may go elsewhere, and we could come up empty on our primary recruits. If we get the twins, no one will remember.

Just sign Rysheed and don't tell anybody. It's not that hard. And if he starts telling people that he signed, just deny it.

You can't be punished by the NCAA for doing that, and the people who admire cheating will love you. Win - Win!

It's not about having balls, it's about being realistic. I think that if Jordan were to want to commit right now, we'd probably be wise to wait it out and hope for the best. Now if it's November and the Harrisons decide to push their announcement until the spring and Jordan wants to commit then, that's a little bit different.

I really want them a lot, but they are just not once in a generation. Not for Maryland. We should absolutely be involved with players of that caliber every season and land players of that caliber every few seasons. If this were Lebron James, yes, but there are players as good as these two every single season.

Two random top-10 players /= the Harrisons. Why does everyone outside of Hogie and me fail to see this? We can absolutely get players of this caliber in any given year, but the recognition of having elite twins will do more than any other top-10 players could possibly do, outside of a super elite like LeBron or Durant.

This goes way beyond just having two talented players on our roster for a year or two. The attention placed on the team by the media would explode the second these two stepped on campus. Then, in all likelihood, they'd go on to be starters in the NBA for over a decade, still having more media hype than most others, simply because they are twins. All the while, "Maryland" is constantly listed next to their names. On top of that, they're the face of Under Armour basketball, and they have their own line of shoes that kids will be wearing all across the country, including shoes with the Maryland logo on them, much like Durant has with Texas. Obviously it's a stretch to think they'll ever have the following that Durant has, or that UA will ever be in the same realm as Nike, but it would nonetheless be a major positive in the eyes of recruits for many years.

So them being twins means they will give us more impact than MKG and Davis (for instance)? That seems like a stretch based on nothing, really. I think we will be just fine one way or the other.

Save the jokes for Chris Tucker, Richard Pryor and 'em

This is what I was going to say a few posts back. But in reality the Harrison twins are a little different. They obviously really like Maryland and I think we should give them the benefit of the doubt and let them decide where they want to go to college, at least until November. If Jordan has comitted elsewhere and the Harrison twins go to Kentucky, we'll still have solid options on the table.

Why would you turn a five star baller away. If the twins expressed their genuine interest in Md and said they did not want to play with Jordan then I wouldn't take him, but that's the only reason not to take him. The kid is a baller. Why not play with a three guard set with Cleare, Len and Mitchell rotating the two post/big spots. But then again there's Faust and do you have Nick start or be the sixth man? Not a bad problem to have though. A team consisting of the twins, Jordan, Faust, Cleare, Mitchell, Len, etc coached by MT would have ncaa championship potential written all over it. Besides the twins and Jordan who are big targets for 2013? Is Tyler Ennis interested in Md? What about Bejay? Who else?

Don't forget Layman. If MT can tell Parker he's not going to be getting a lot of p/t, after losing SM as the starting 3, then it must be because he's totally sold on Layman.