Burnt Roux: KJ Cunningham commits to Weber State

[cajun_lannister]

Final 3 👀#IAmKingK pic.twitter.com/5BTRmrDBCC

— 👑 KJ Cunningham 👑 (@HoopKingK) August 27, 2018

[Cajunsmike]

Final 3 👀#IAmKingK pic.twitter.com/5BTRmrDBCC

— 👑 KJ Cunningham 👑 (@HoopKingK) August 27, 2018

Thanks for letting us know who the additional recruit is. The Little Rock basketball loss was too much of a disappointment for me to realize when people are joking. My bad.

[RaginDave]

Thanks for letting us know who the additional recruit is. The Little Rock basketball loss was too much of a disappointment for me to realize when people are joking. My bad.

These are his final three, but he has more offers than this including:

ECU RPI 275
ODU RPI 74
CMU RPI 144
Longwood RPI 335
UTA RPI 112
UMASS-Lowell RPI 293
Air Force RPI 252

His 3 finalist are

UL RPI 65
Weber State RPI 158
Tulsa RPI 89

It appears outside of a couple he has eliminated he has taken some of the higher RPI schools from last year as his finalist. Hopefully we can convince him to come to UL, never hurts to have too many good PG's.

[BeauCajun]

Hopefully we can convince him to come to UL, never hurts to have too many good PG's.

Especially those who are 6' 2".

[Crawfish]

One of these days we will win one these recruiting battles. After all, we did get Long (after a year) and Elfrin?

[RaginDave]

One of these days we will win one these recruiting battles. After all, we did get Long (after a year) and Elfrin?

Elfrid?

Yes, Long we lost, but he came back after the fact and Elfrid was not highly recruited, I think he was a project when he arrived that was much better than anyone could have expected. I think the same can be said for Jay Wright. I don't think anyone could expect Jay to end up with the career he had at UL.

Bryce is actually another one that was not highly recruited when he came to UL and ended up with a stellar career.

[Turbine]

Elfrid?

Yes, Long we lost, but he came back after the fact and Elfrid was not highly recruited, I think he was a project when he arrived that was much better than anyone could have expected. I think the same can be said for Jay Wright. I don't think anyone could expect Jay to end up with the career he had at UL.

Bryce is actually another one that was not highly recruited when he came to UL and ended up with a stellar career.

Marlin makes players better.

[RaginDave]

Marlin makes players better.

Not my point, but in some cases the players improved greatly while they were here. That could be them maturing, them getting better/growing into themselves or finally yes, possibly better coaching. It appears that many of the guards that came here have improved, again I don't say that all the credit is to Marlin, but I do believe that we have taken a reach on a few players whom improved or grew into their skill set while they were here.

Long had the talent before he got to UL and we were lucky to get him
Payton was young and undervalued, he matured a ton (basketball wise and age) to become what he is now
Wright I think we just got lucky and he was overlooked.
Washington I think just worked harder than most

[CajunEXPRESS]

He started here at 16.

[Balanced_view]

These are his final three, but he has more offers than this including:

ECU RPI 275
ODU RPI 74
CMU RPI 144
Longwood RPI 335
UTA RPI 112
UMASS-Lowell RPI 293
Air Force RPI 252

His 3 finalist are

UL RPI 65
Weber State RPI 158
Tulsa RPI 89

It appears outside of a couple he has eliminated he has taken some of the higher RPI schools from last year as his finalist. Hopefully we can convince him to come to UL, never hurts to have too many good PG's.

looks like we were on him much earlier than everyone else. bravo for coach seeing his talent before the others, hopefully that goes a long way with this recruit.

[cajun4life]

Well Bryce Washington was a stud in HS and a 3* out of Brother Martin (I think). He was rated as a top 10 player in the state too. He wasn’t really under the radar.

[RaginDave]

Well Bryce Washington was a stud in HS and a 3* out of Brother Martin (I think). He was rated as a top 10 player in the state too. He wasn’t really under the radar.

He was only recruited by us and SLU, that is why I stated that. Those are his words, not mine.

[Hatch]

Well Bryce Washington was a stud in HS and a 3* out of Brother Martin (I think). He was rated as a top 10 player in the state too. He wasn’t really under the radar.

I found a Times Picayune article that had Washington ranked 12th in the state as a Senior, behind both Plaisance (7th) and Stove (4th). I think it is fair to say he overachieved. I think a factor in Bryce's success is he had to go up against Long in practice for 2 years. I hope the same can be said for Trajan Wesley battling Stroman this year. I think Wesley can be one of those diamond in the rough type recruits. I also think that potential is there for Gladney and Lafayette as well. Expectations seem to already be high for Julien.

[zephyr]

I found a Times Picayune article that had Washington ranked 12th in the state as a Senior, behind both Plaisance (7th) and Stove (4th). I think it is fair to say he overachieved. I think a factor in Bryce's success is he had to go up against Long in practice for 2 years. I hope the same can be said for Trajan Wesley battling Stroman this year. I think Wesley can be one of those diamond in the rough type recruits. I also think that potential is there for Gladney and Lafayette as well. Expectations seem to already be high for Julien.

By all accounts, Julien will be the most impact ready freshman out of the group. He played in a great program at Madison Prep. They lost their top player (Josh Leblanc) and he stepped up and led them to a state title. He also got 3A player of the year. From what I understand, he had a bigger senior year than possibly expected as they were going to rely on Leblanc more. I think if he had this type of success his junior year, he would have been a higher rated recruit. I'm extremely excited about his potential here. We need athletic wings who can get up the court and score from various spots.

[sportsfanatic21]

I saw Julien play a few times last year. When his knee is 100%, he will be one of our best players, if not THE best.