Missouri has secured a verbal commitment from Dallas-area prep standout Phil Pressey, sources confirmed on Sunday.
Pressey, a 5-10 point guard from the Episcopal School of Dallas who is ranked as the 31st best prospect in ESPNU's Top 100 in the 2010 recruiting class, paid an official visit to Columbia over the weekend and participated in an open gym with current Missouri basketball players on Saturday afternoon at Mizzou Arena before attending the Tigers' football game against Bowling Green.
He left town on Sunday to return home to Dallas, but not before pledging to join Rock Bridge guard Ricky Kreklow in the Tigers' 2010 recruiting class.
He had been considering scholarship offers from Arizona, Baylor, LSU and UCLA before accepting Missouri's offer.
Pressey is the son of former NBA player and current New Orleans Hornets assistant coach Paul Pressey, a college teammate of MU Coach Mike Anderson's at Tulsa. He is the highest ranked prospect to commit to the Tigers during Anderson's tenure, which began in 2006. In addition to his ESPNU ranking, Rivals.com lists him 54th in its top 150 and Scout.com considers him the 42nd-best prospect and ninth-best point guard in the 2010 class.
Verbal commitments are non-binding, and the Tigers won't be able to sign Pressey to a letter of intent until the NCAA's week-long early signing period, which begins on Nov. 11.
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The commitment was hinted at earlier at PowerMizzou.
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FANTASTIC news...
…as Gabe at PM was saying earlier this week, this makes the second straight year that Mizzou got its #1 target (last year it was Dixon). Pressey’s pretty big-time. We didn’t get a great feel for his shot yesterday, but he is QUICK. And he made a three-pointer over Kimmeh at one point that led to a great exchange at one point with a friend of ours who Kimmeh knows.
Friend: Guard someone, Kimmie!
Kimmeh: Shut up, fat boy.
(later, after the scrimmage, when Kimmeh realizes he knows the heckler, he comes over to say hi…)
The Beef: You taking Pressey to the game tonight?
Kimmeh (in a split-second): Is the president black?
Rock M Nation
Thrust nunchuk upward!
Like you said at the tailgate...
Kimmie is “on” all the time. I wish they would let him do another radio show…
Chicago White Sox Examiner — I wish I could cuss right now.
by UribeAuction on Sep 13, 2009 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Speaking of the tailgate
Our boy SleepyFloyd was good enough to drop by and get Bill some airtime on the Pregame Show:
I had no idea you were taking a pic of that...
…does that mean I was “in the moment”?
Rock M Nation
Thrust nunchuk upward!
So that's what Sleepy looks like...
got to admire a man that ask the hard, biting questions with a brat and fork in the other hand…
I'm the guy that keeps Mr. Death in his pocket.
It really was a business-like performance...
…pretty sure that’s not the first time he’s interviewed and tailgated at the same time…
Rock M Nation
Thrust nunchuk upward!
Thanks for the grilled meatstuffs boys.
All in all a good day
3 brats
1 pulled pork sandwich
4 ribs
1 habenero deviled egg
1 fork-full of kool-aid pickles
3 chocolate chip cookies
beverages
Not my best day on the job, but what the hell? It’s the season opener.
The sleeper has awoken. . .awakened. . .he woke up.
by SleepyFloyd7 on Sep 13, 2009 5:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Come on back...
If you show up early, we have breakfast casserole (will change your life) and screw-drivers. If you come back before the game, we will have some marinaded grilled chicken breasts and some other fun stuff (plus beverages)
"Write a wise saying and your name will live forever." - Anonymous
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breakfast casserole is beast.
I’m asssuming it hass bacon in it?
"The field mouse is fast but the owl sees at night"
It has a great many wonderful things in it
"Write a wise saying and your name will live forever." - Anonymous
Rock M Nation
Yes!
If you watch Rambo backwards, it's Sylvester Stallone healing people with his magic bullet vacuum.
by ratherfantastic on Sep 13, 2009 1:28 PM CDT reply actions
next up, this guy:
Beat Arkansas for this guy, and I think Mike Anderson’s recruiting reputation starts to skyrocket. It’s already improved tremendously.
Rock M Nation
Thrust nunchuk upward!
So, are we sure that this guy
is legitimately related to someone in the New Orleans Hornets’ organization?
by Andy--01 on Sep 13, 2009 7:01 PM CDT reply actions 8 recs
Rec'd indeed
Sponor of the Will Ebner Physical Therapy Center for Players Who've Been Hit By Will Ebner and Want to Try to Stop the Ringing. Or WEPTCPWBHBWEWTSR for short.
by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Sep 14, 2009 12:21 AM CDT up reply actions
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