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"Sidney to Mississippi State? Tuesday, April 28, 2009 | Print Entry The Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday that Renardo Sidney earned a qualifying SAT score. But he won't be playing at USC. A source close to the program confirmed that the Trojans are officially no longer recruiting Sidney, who had verbally committed to USC. The decision, according to the source, came from within the administration. UCLA also backed off in its recruitment of the 6-foot-9 power forward out of Fairfax High (Calif.) in a similar fashion, even though there was a strong chance the Bruins were going to land Sidney prior to him committing to USC. A possible destination for Sidney, ranked No. 7 by ESPN's Scouts Inc., could be Mississippi State. Sidney is originally from Jackson, Miss., and moved to Los Angeles in 2007. According to a source, he was visiting friends and family in the Starkville area over the weekend. A source close to the Mississippi State program said that Sidney would be a good fit with the Bulldogs because of the proximity to home and the potential that he could play alongside Jarvis Varnado if the latter withdraws from the NBA draft. A Varnado-Sidney combination would give the Bulldogs the most feared frontcourt in the SEC. • USC lost two more players to the NBA draft by the Sunday night deadline, according to a USC source. Junior Taj Gibson did declare, but without an agent, and senior Marcus Johnson also declared for the draft. Johnson, a transfer from Connecticut, missed eight games in the second semester after he hurt his shoulder on a dunk in a win over Cal. He is still waiting to see if he can earn back a fifth year of eligibility. If he can't, then he would be in the draft anyway as a senior whose eligibility is over. But while his case is pending, Johnson wanted to put his name in the draft to keep his options open. Johnson averaged 3.1 points a game. Gibson's decision was expected since he was a 23-year old junior. Gibson, the team's second-leading scorer at 14.3 points a game, will be an interesting test case. He's not a lock for the first round but may feel he needs to go because of his age. The Trojans already lost junior guard Daniel Hackett and freshman guard DeMar DeRozan to the draft. Both were scheduled to sign with agents. The Trojans will be looking at a rebuilding situation with the team relying heavily on the return of senior guard Dwight Lewis (14.4 ppg) and big men Alex Stepheson, who transferred from North Carolina, and Nikola Vucevic, a returning reserve player. The Trojans also bring back role-playing forwards Leonard Washington and Marcus Simmons, who was a defensive stopper in the final weeks of the season. The Trojans will likely start freshman Lamont Jones at the point in place of Hackett and use freshman forward Noel Johnson quite a bit if Gibson doesn't return. If he does, then the Trojans would actually have three experienced players in Gibson, Lewis and Stepheson, who contributed to the Tar Heels' 2008 Final Four team, in the starting lineup. "

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4/28/2009 5:39:50 PM

you motherfucker

4/28/2009 5:40:21 PM

I'd trade our Sidney for their Stansbury... he's a really good coach.

I mean for fuck's sake, he took MISSISSIPPI STATE to the tourney 6 times this decade...

4/28/2009 5:43:39 PM

i lul'd

4/28/2009 5:50:57 PM

loller

4/28/2009 5:54:05 PM

IBTL

4/28/2009 6:04:00 PM

lol.

4/28/2009 6:15:06 PM

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"you motherfucker"

but lulz was had


8/10

4/28/2009 6:32:11 PM

well played, sir

4/28/2009 8:11:11 PM

Damn, something must be seriously wrong with this kid if USC backed off.

4/29/2009 8:38:53 AM

i guess not too many of you guys really follow recruiting

4/29/2009 8:53:37 AM

who's got time to follow recruiting?

oh, and you fucker!

4/29/2009 9:59:41 AM

not making this up -- the kid seriously still sucks his thumb.

back when Herb was recruiting him hard, I read up a lot on him. he's one of those kids whose had everything handed to him his entire life. he's bounced around from school to school. he's as immature as they get. and he's one of those guys who wouldn't have a chance in hell to get in to ANY college if it weren't for basketball

4/29/2009 10:42:40 AM

first the ESPN "Fowler out"

now this

lulz

4/29/2009 10:52:13 AM

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"who's got time to follow recruiting?"

is this a serious question pat? lol

[Edited on April 29, 2009 at 11:16 AM. Reason : lol]

4/29/2009 11:12:59 AM

I keep up to date with the big time recruits, but can't keep up with all of them

If I'm gonna spend a lot of time on 16 and 17 year olds, they're not gonna have cocks

4/29/2009 11:16:25 AM

ahahahaha FTW.


and I just heard about this 4 hours ago, although I felt he wasn't going to set foot on the SC campus months ago. haha I'm gonna quote myself cause it was spot on...

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"sd2nc All American 9142 Posts user info edit post I'd say he's a lock. ASU is still in the mix as Sidney has a connection with Harden and Glasser through a HS coach who's now with ASU. He's friends with Master P through AAU hoops. Lil Romeo and Derozan are both at SC and the three of them are close. I can't see Howland taking him - wrong character. He's a big timer who knows he's a big timer and that won't fly on a team with a ton of NBA potential. I think the only thing that keeps him away from USC is possible sanctions in next year's tourney because of Mayo. 1/15/2009 5:46:44 PM"

[Edited on April 29, 2009 at 11:24 AM. Reason : w]

4/29/2009 11:21:10 AM