Solomon Poole: Georgia Tech lands one of nation’s top 15 prospects
Georgia Tech has landed one of the top point guards in the nation.
Solomon Poole of Jacksonville, Fla., committed to the Yellow Jackets over UCLA on Saturday. He is ranked as a 5-star recruit by Rivals, along with the nation’s No. 14 overall college basketball prospect for 2013.
“First of all, I picked Georgia Tech because I think ACC is the best conference for basketball,” Poole told the AJC. “Also, my brother [Stacey Poole] is there. The program has a tradition of point guards going into the league, guys like Stephon Marbury and Mark Price.
“[Coach Brian Gregory] was real with me. He only told me what I needed to hear. He didn’t give me a bunch of hype and tell me I was great just to get me to go to the program. I get along with all the coaches well there at Georgia Tech. And it’s a solid educational school, one of the best in the country.”
The 6-foot-1, 180-pound point guard also had scholarship offers from Louisville, Memphis, UCLA and UGA, among others.
“If I didn’t go to Georgia Tech, I definitely was going to UCLA,” Poole said.
Poole’s older brother, Stacey Poole, recently from transferred from Kentucky to Georgia Tech – which influenced the decision.
“Oh, that made a big impact on my decision,” Poole said. “Ever since we were young and played in the backyard, we wanted to play together in college and win a championship. My brother has been there for me since I came out of the womb. I think I owe him that [committing to Georgia Tech], so we could play together. He made me the player I am today.”
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GO BLUE
June 18th, 2012
3:47 am
As a Michigan fan I must admit that GT is recruiting well and UGA is acting like they have lost the world for some reason. I thought when I moved into the SEC vs. ACC country that it was obvious that the ACC ruled in BBall and the SEC ruled in FBall……seems that the SEC folks are very jealous for some reason over Bball…….congrats to GT by the way on the awesome recruiting the last two years
BRW
June 18th, 2012
7:57 am
Tim, You embarass a nice town like Toccoa.
The city should sue you for defamation.
Get a life.
islander
June 18th, 2012
8:17 am
kid has been suspended for most of the year. good player, but really needs to grow up. dad would have been another jordan if not for injuries.
Caleb" The Pro" King
June 18th, 2012
10:05 am
I heard Ugag is paying better than when I there. Can I come back to Athens!
ACC Weekly Five: 06.18.12 Edition « Rush The Court
June 18th, 2012
10:15 am
[...] Atlanta Journal-Constitution: In January, when Georgia Tech ended up as the landing place for former Kentucky player Stacey Poole, it was a nice get for the beleaguered Yellow Jackets, but not a game-changer. However, taking on Stacey has paid dividends in the form of a younger brother, Solomon Poole. Stacey’s little brother is a five-star point guard for the Class of 2013 and he is headed to join his older brother in Atlanta. Solomon admits that his brother’s presence was a major factor in his decision to attend Georgia Tech, and I doubt if Brian Gregory could be much happier with this turn of events. [...]
DawginLex
June 18th, 2012
10:32 am
Good pickup but not really a surprise.
His brother Stacey ran out of Lexington because of the recruits being brought in that he didn’t want to compete against. Like Calipari says, not everyone can handle being at Kentucky.
It’s a shame because he could have stayed 4 years like Darius Miller and become a key player on another national title team instead of struggling to win 20 games at Tech and going to get a job.
His brother could have come to Lexington and continued the point guard parade to the NBA under Calipari
I don’t get it. If you want to be the best, you compete against the best.
harold
June 18th, 2012
11:19 am
GT BASKETBALL IS SENSATIONAL. THE JACKETS ARE COMMITTED TO BB. UGA IS NOT NOR HAVE THEY EVER BEEN.
DDPO
June 18th, 2012
11:27 am
TIM FROM TOCCOA hasn’t been the same since he lost his job at the Wig Wam…
Katbluefan
June 18th, 2012
12:24 pm
Glad Mr. Poole decided to go to Ga. Tech I hope his decision was what Solomon wanted because I don’t think it was what Stacey wanted. It would have been nice if the boys could have decided for them selves instead of daddy doing what he wanted. Ga. Tech new coach may get tired of their dad telling him what to do like KY’s coach did.
monstermash
June 18th, 2012
12:48 pm
Good luck to Stacey Poole down in ATL. yall get him and we get nothing. I call it a fair trade. Looks like his brother is pretty good but if he’s cut from the same cloth, he’ll be a cancer before it’s over. Keep plenty of towels ready around the court.
italian_29
June 18th, 2012
12:51 pm
Congratulations to GA Tech and this young man. It looks like CBG is getting your program turned around after Coach Paul Blewitt left it struggling. Looks like I will have to resign myself to several more years of domination from you guys in Basketball. Best of luck next season in all sports and I hope we are both undefeated in November on the Gridiron. Go Dawgs and GATA!
TIM FROM TOCCOA
June 18th, 2012
1:18 pm
I am so excited! Me, Rick James and Sasha are all going to ride to Bulldog’s in the Bentley. Of course, when I wear the Hamburglar costume, Rick likes me to say Gobble Gobble Gobble instead of Robble Robble Robble
a person SMART enough to know.....
June 18th, 2012
1:48 pm
One thing is for certain, Poole already has a great body.
Rick James
June 18th, 2012
2:05 pm
When “Sasha” drives me around in the Bentley, I like to dress up in my Ronald MacDonald outfit and sit in the back seat. When we pull up beside someone at a light I roll down my window and ask, “Pardon me, do you have any Grey Poupon”?
BLT
June 18th, 2012
5:50 pm
monstermash, CBG is not like Hewitt so we will see. Being able to inbound the ball is huge (Hewitt never coached that). Everything else is “bonus”. Thanks
UGA Fan Foreva
June 18th, 2012
7:45 pm
A recurring theme for GT basketball. They get big time recruits but never do anything with them. Win basketball games or develop them. But congrats. Hopefully Mark Fox can start recruiting. If so, our basketball program should get better.
a person SMART enough to know.....
June 18th, 2012
8:29 pm
I guess cbg wants to only recruit ‘inner city’ kids. Someone needs to tell him they do play basketball at brookwood, marist, parkview, etc. Smh.
Paul in NH
June 18th, 2012
11:07 pm
“I don’t get it. If you want to be the best, you compete against the best.”
COmpete against the best? Sounds like a good reason to play in the ACC in 2013-14 against UNC, Duke, Syracuse, Pitt, NCSU, Maryland, FSU et al
Supersize that order, mutt
June 18th, 2012
11:15 pm
Smart, CBG should recruit anyone, inner city or not, that IS academically eligible to play at Tech. The rest of the garbage can go to that cesspool in Athens.
GT Rick
June 18th, 2012
11:31 pm
Supersize, for whatever reason you have been branded a racist by some on this blog. I, as an African American, appreciate the fact that you realize inner city kids need respect too.
Supersize that order, mutt
June 18th, 2012
11:44 pm
# Rick, never been a racist but I am a realist. A kid from a good home and well educated family, regardeless of race, is better for our program and society as a whole.
Supersize that order, mutt
June 19th, 2012
12:02 am
GT Rick, I can assure you that I am not a racist, but I can also assure you that the person posting at 11:15 and 11:44 is a FAKE !!!! I don’t know what his little game is, but he has been reported several times to the AJC and they have banned him. And yet somehow he manages to get around their ban and continue to post things that, although sometimes innocuous, are generally racist, sexist, homophobic, and slanderous. I wish there were some way that you could discern the difference between him and me, but unfortunately there is not, and I suffer as a result. The guy is a totally worthless PIECE OF SH!T.
GT Rick
June 19th, 2012
12:10 am
Supersize, I don’t think you are racist but for whatever reason it is out there.
Supersize that order, mutt
June 19th, 2012
12:14 am
# Rick, my imposter says inappropriate things that unfortunately gets attributed to me. I can assure you I’m not against the blacks.
Supersize that order, mutt
June 19th, 2012
12:16 am
12:14 was also the faker
Supersize that order, mutt
June 19th, 2012
12:19 am
@ GT Rick, I would imagine that the racist accusation probably came from Tony Shumpert (I believe that is the correct blog name), because the imposter made some racist comments one night when Tony was posting. I read them later, but it was too late by then to explain to Tony that I was not the one who had made them. If the jerk has said things which offend you, then I apologize; but remember, they were not made by me. They offend me as much as they offend you. And it’s interesting tonight to see that he is trying not to appear racist; that’s a switch. I wonder what other pieces of garbage he will post tonight trying to fool you and others. Fortunately, I have several personal friends who post on here who can tell the real from the fake. Unfortunately, none of them seem to be online right now.
Supersize that order, mutt
June 19th, 2012
12:20 am
By the way, he also posts under the name Todd, whom he claims is his boyfriend. I don’t have a boy friend, and I don’t even know anyone named Todd.
Supersize that order, mutt
June 19th, 2012
12:22 am
# Rick, I’m out for now. 12:16 is the jerk faker who needs to be taught a lesson. I don’t play games, bubba.
Supersize that order, mutt
June 19th, 2012
12:24 am
That’s all you do is play games, you creep.
Supersize that order, mutt
June 19th, 2012
12:26 am
@ GT Rick, if you are still there and having to read all this, again, my apologies. I am out of here for the night. ANY further posts made under this name will be by the imposter. I will not respond, no matter what asinine or offensive remarks he posts. I hope you have a good night!!!
GT Rick
June 19th, 2012
12:28 am
Ok I am confused now. Supersize I believe you and I am going to bed. However, please don’t call us “the blacks.” Good night.
Caleb King
June 19th, 2012
8:14 am
You have to be really dumb to go to the “cess pool” in Athens. You can major in “Housing”!!!!!!!!!
Supersize that order, mutt
June 19th, 2012
4:16 pm
No, he is not, FAKER. He already deleted two of your posts on the Kuchar blog this morning. Unfortunately, he has no control over MC’s blogs.
Supersize that order, mutt
June 19th, 2012
4:52 pm
Yeah, it’s obvious to even the dumbest of posters who the fake is, bubba. Your immaturity stinks up the whole place. For one thing, I never sign my posts. That’s one giveaway right there.
Supersize that order, mutt
June 19th, 2012
4:53 pm
and something else you typed is something I would never say either. But I’m not stupid enough to let you know what it is.
Supersize that order, mutt
June 19th, 2012
5:15 pm
Hate to tell you, little boy, but whether that is really your email address or not, Michael already knows what’s going on here. By now, I would imagine everybody at the AJC does. It’s just a matter of time….HOPEFULLY
Bob in Buford
June 19th, 2012
7:18 pm
Supersize, what do you think of Coach Paul Johnson?
Supersize that order, mutt
June 19th, 2012
7:28 pm
@ Bob…..I totally trust CPJ and, for what it is worth, he has my complete support. That’s not saying he is perfect and is incapable of doing wrong, but what coach IS ?
TIM FROM TOCCOA
June 19th, 2012
8:05 pm
Thank you, oh mighty one, for your opinion.
Supersize that order, mutt
June 19th, 2012
9:12 pm
@ TIM…..I was asked for it, and I responded. Thank you, bubba, for your unsolicited babblings.
TIM FROM TOCCOA
June 19th, 2012
9:53 pm
Andrew, people give Supersize a hard time because he is an egotistical, blowhard. Try to critique him and all he can do is become an emotional idiot. Facts don’t seem to matter in his tiny little mind.
Supersize that order, mutt
June 19th, 2012
11:29 pm
gt andrew……I think it’s probably because my name pisses the dwags off. I am nowhere near as egotistical or arrogant as the trolls…..TIM being a prime example of that. I probably have more friends on these blogs than TIM has in his entire life.
Supersize that order, mutt
June 19th, 2012
11:29 pm
TIM…….the only people who give me a hard time are the trolls (like YOU) who wouldn’t know a FACT it it kicked them in the nutz.
Supersize that order, mutt
June 19th, 2012
11:30 pm
IF it kicked, that is
TIM FROM TOCCOA
June 19th, 2012
11:51 pm
Thanks Super for proving my point. All you have is nasty words, emotion, and no facts. I don’t know you but I would guess you are in or just out of college. Name calling is weak.
Supersize that order, mutt
June 20th, 2012
12:20 am
TIM…….I might remind you that you are the one who started the trash talk directed at me. I am just paying back in kind. Have you ever posted anything even remotely indicating any intelligence? Nope, didn’t think so. NEXT
Supersize that order, mutt
June 20th, 2012
12:22 am
TIM, if you don’t like it on the Tech blogs, or recruiting blogs dealing with Tech, why don’t you just go back to the dwag blogs where I am sure you will find others of similar intelligence
eeezy
June 22nd, 2012
4:45 pm
Congratulations to him on committing to a good school. Obviously his brother was a huge influence on his decision. With that said, I do think that UCLA would have prepared him better for the NBA.