Texas basketball transfer Jai Lucas will get to play his first game against
Pan American on December 15th.
Why December 15th? Because that's the last day of final exams at Texas, and Lucas has to sit out one school year after transferring from Florida.
According to internet personality ipowers, Lucas is expected to back up Shawn Williams.
"I told Trips dat he would be eligible in December, but everybody wants ta believe dat idiot," said powers.
The Star-telegram's Mike Jones did a terrific piece on Jai Lucas and how he's impacting the program.
If you've been around the site the last few months you know I've been singing Jai's praises. And when it comes to assessing Jai as a player, I think a lot of folks get bogged down in the minutiae when evaluating his game. Choosing to focus on wingspan, hand size, and height in
Sounds like a law firm, I know. My lord what a salty bunch that would be in the Legal Eagle rec. league.
But in case you missed it,
Willie Warren one-upped his galactically stupid decision to attend Oklahoma University in the first place, with the even more galactically stupid decision to stay at Oklahoma University instead of taking lottery money. Seriously? Is Norman, Oklahoma recession proof? Are cars flying off
I want to talk about the new blood coming in, how it will be infused into the body of our current roster, discuss the actions of our platelets as they staunch the wound of our bleeding while white blood cells race to battle the infection of poor shooting and....I've run out of blood metaphors.
Anyway, we're going to be good next year. And we'll probably be elite in 2011, 2012.
Now that Jai is officially a Horn, I made a phone call and talked to my friend to get a scouting report on Jai. Here are his thoughts:
Jai's a tough, tenacious player that won't back down from anybody big or small.
Better on ball defender than his brother. Better on ball defender than AJ Abrams.
Good creativity off the bounce. Will make plays for Texas when things break down.
Gets other people involved
The 6-0 transfer from Florida will announce his next destination some time this evening.
I posted over a week ago that there was a strong probability that school would be Texas. (See comments section.) And that's definitely still the case. If I hear anything definitive sooner, I'll let you know.
As for the move, I think it would be outstanding. Jai is good lead guard prospect who would automatically be an