There are going to be some exceptions to this rule - guys like Oscar Tshiebwe and Drew Timme going undrafted stand out - but once we got out of the early stages of the draft the NBA actually backed up what front office types and scouts have been preaching to 247Sports and other scouting outlets experience and character will matter more than ever before. Jaime Jaquez Jr.(Photo: Arturo Holmes/Getty, Getty) When you are about to compete with Baylor, Kansas, Texas and the other Big 12 programs that have been pumping out draft picks, Thursday night was huge. 25 by Memphis before getting traded to Detroit. Some programs preach player development, Houston can prove that the Cougars practice it (and, to be honest, this hasn’t exactly been in question) after Marcus Sasser was taken No. Speaking of recruiting pitches, the pitch of "come to us as a three-star prospect, become an All-American and get taken in the first round" has to be a good one. It doesn’t take a recruiting expert to understand how Sampson and his staff will be looking to incorporate that into their recruiting pitch. He followed that up by becoming the program’s highest draft pick since Hakeem Olajuwon, when he was picked eighth overall and sent to the Indiana Pacers. ![]() Not only was former five-star McDonald’s All-American Jarace Walker Houston’s highest-ranked recruit during the era of internet rankings - he had a tremendous freshman year.
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