This is why I want Rick Stansbury to replace Tubby when he leaves. Not only can he coach, he can recruit.
Third time no charm
No SEC school can match Mississippi State's bad recruiting luck. State is the only league school to lose a prized recruit to a jump from high school to the NBA.
It's happened twice to State. Recruits Jonathan Bender and Travis Outlaw bypassed college for the NBA.
Now it appears about to happen a third time. The jewel of State's recruiting class this year, guard Monta Ellis, is widely considered to be NBA-bound. Ellis, who plays for Lanier High in Jackson, is compared favorably to former prep star Chris Jackson. Only Ellis is bigger (6-3 to Jackson's 5-101/2) and supposedly faster.
When Ellis played against another prep standout, Georgia signee Louis Williams, in January, 23 NBA teams sent representatives to the game. Ellis scored 46 points and Williams had 34.
Memphis Grizzlies president Jerry West has been at three of Ellis' games.
And he's also from Kentucky, which doesn't hurt.
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