Chatman and Loveridge narrow lists to 4 schools

[stuckinbig10country]

This is a direct result of Tommy Connor being on the staff up at Utah. Recruiting in Utah will become much, much tougher simply because of this guy. I still don't understand why he wasn't the choice for head coach there. This is the first state of Utah scholarship that Utah has had on their team since Green a few years back.

This is a kid we get easily if we are in the Big 12 and not WCC. Just saying.

[SpiffCoug]

I don't believe conference affiliation had anything to do with this.

[ThrowbackBlue]

I don't believe conference affiliation had anything to do with this.

Quite the contrary. In speaking with Jordan and a couple BYU coaches this is the primary reason why he's not coming to BYU. (immediate playing time was also a big factor)

For anybody who believes BYU is not being hurt by affiliating it's non-football sports with the WCC you are mistaken. (I realize your comment may have been TIC as well)

I can only pray a BIG12 invite comes soon. It would be paramount in landing Jabari.

[SpiffCoug]

He didn't want to come to BYU. You can accomplish more at BYU in the WCC than you can wallowing in the bottom of the PAC12 at Utah.

[ABYUFAN]

I agree with Spiff on this, I get the Conference chatter... but really, the Utes ask "why would you play in a conference where all of your ROAD games are in crappy high school gyms?" the Answer to this is "why would you want to play for a loosing team where all of your HOME games are played in a crappy 1-AA gym? "

[SpiffCoug]

If he wanted to play in the PAC12 he could have chosen another school. Here's a metaphor: If I want to be a Marine, I don't join the Air Force because the Air Force is also in the Department of Defense.

Jimmer showed last year that your conference is irrelevant.

[BroncoBot]

Why would you pick Utah? I think they'd be #3 on my list of any in-state school.

That high?

1. BYU
2. USU
3. Weber
4. SUU
5. Westminster
6. Alta High School







14. Utah

[blue42]

I don't believe conference affiliation had anything to do with this.

This has everything about conference affiliation. He was interviewed on the radio yesterday and he was asked point blank if utah wasn't in the PAC 12 would his choice be different and he said yes.

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[Schmoe]

Bottom line is this: A bad program is a bad program regardless of what conference it's in. You really joined a Utah team that was competing to stay out of dead last in the MWC because they're in the PAC? The kid sounds like a perfect fit for the U, good luck to him.

[BroncoBot]

Bottom line is this: A bad program is a bad program regardless of what conference it's in. You really joined a Utah team that was competing to stay out of dead last in the MWC because they're in the PAC? The kid sounds like a perfect fit for the U, good luck to him.

I think the whole conference affiliation can be an easy excuse for not choosing BYU, especially in basketball where Utah has been downright pathetic lately.

I know that with my background and family I wouldn't want to admit that I choose Utah because I could party there and not get kicked out. I'd definitely go with the "utah just has superior conference affiliation" line and avoid my real reasons. I'm not saying that that is THE reason Loveridge chose utah, but it'll be interesting to see what kind of person he becomes at the "u". Maybe it was just playing time and conference affiliation, but after what Jimmer just did, it's a weak sauce argument.