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The Miami Hurricanes took their best shot at the nation's No. 1 available basketball recruit this weekend. So, did staying on South Beach and hanging out with Jack McClinton this weekend convince future NBA Lottery star point guard John Wall that UM could be the place he spends one year before collecting a multi-million million dollar paycheck at the next level? Let's just say the Hurricanes might now really be in the mix. After reading several interviews Wall gave various media outlets in the time since his visit, it appears at the very least Miami made an impression. "Now they are up there," Wall told Scout.com's Evan Daniels. "I'm not going to lie, I wasn't really considering them that hard, but I hadn't taken a visit there and I didn't know how it was going to be and how the coaches were. After I took the visit it really opened my eyes up. I feel like I like the school better than I did before. I had Miami on my list but I never really considered them. I didn't know how it was. I knew it was going to be nice in Florida, but didn't know how it was school wise and that all the players from different sports get along great. From talking to coach [Frank] Haith, I really got a chance to sit down and talk to him one-on-one for a few hours and we watched some film and I just felt like it was a great place.

Miami Herald

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May 11, 2009  08:41 AM ET
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If the Canes landed the best high school prospect that might cause the earthquake they have been trying to create for about 15 years. This would put them on par with a school like Florida... who they have been chasing since they decided to take basketball seriously

May 11, 2009  08:55 AM ET
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perfect fit at Thug U

May 11, 2009  09:21 AM ET
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South beach is always a deal closer!!!

May 11, 2009  09:29 AM ET
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Carolina sports radio has been all over the John Wall saga since April, I wonder what would the reaction would be if he ended up in Miami.

May 11, 2009  09:37 AM ET
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Hope the students at the U know enough to lock their doors and windows. John Wall may be coming to town kiddies.

May 11, 2009  09:42 AM ET
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Originally posted 08:55 AM ET  05.11 by wntr sux

perfect fit at Thug U

Last time i checked, he wasnt considering UF or FSU, so i guess Thug U is out the window

May 11, 2009  09:59 AM ET
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Plus he liked the fact that all the homes are 1 story so much easier to break and enter if you don't have to climb up on 2 story. That Miami has all the perks!

May 11, 2009  11:19 AM ET
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nope..miami = thug U....got it right the first time

May 11, 2009  11:20 AM ET
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UNC, Duke, Kentucky, and now Miami? My how the mighty have fallen

May 11, 2009  11:26 AM ET
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Thug U :
Another name for the University of Miami Hurricanes football team due to various scandals involving recruitment and scholarship violations, brawls with other teams, coaches inability to control players, association with controversial people and associations, incidents with players involving shootings, stabbings, and murder, and their general thuggish attitude towards fans, officials, opponents, media, and anyone and anything associated with the game of football.

No mention of Florida State..

May 11, 2009  12:40 PM ET
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Originally posted 11:26 AM ET  05.11 by wntr sux

Thug U : Another name for the University of Miami Hurricanes football team due to various scandals involving recruitment and scholarship violations, brawls with other teams, coaches inability to control players, association with controversial people and associations, incidents with players involving shootings, stabbings, and murder, and their general thuggish attitude towards fans, officials, opponents, media, and anyone and anything associated with the game of football. No mention of Florida State..

Get with the times will ya?

May 11, 2009  01:03 PM ET
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Originally posted 09:42 AM ET  05.11 by svt.

Last time i checked, he wasnt considering UF or FSU, so i guess Thug U is out the window

OMG Miami fan calm down. Miami is Thug U. Not your rival teams. Don't cry and flood all of fannation cause your team is a bunch of thugs.

May 11, 2009  01:05 PM ET
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I sense some bromance going on between these Miami fans. Save that for jail with the players you idolize lol.

May 11, 2009  01:05 PM ET
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Originally posted 11:20 AM ET  05.11 by LazyTown

UNC, Duke, Kentucky, and now Miami? My how the mighty have fallen

Wow none of those teams have fallen. UK is coming back.

May 11, 2009  01:23 PM ET
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Originally posted 09:59 AM ET  05.11 by IGotaPointofView

Plus he liked the fact that all the homes are 1 story so much easier to break and enter if you don't have to climb up on 2 story. That Miami has all the perks!

Never thought of that.

The miracle of the Internet: blending millions of perspectives.

May 11, 2009  01:26 PM ET
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I'm looking at the picture and thinking about the phrase "when flying monkeys come out my ass" and no realizing the biomechanical horror that would entail to pass those enormous winged simians through so small an orifice.

May 11, 2009  01:41 PM ET
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Originally posted 01:03 PM ET  05.11 by --Thor--

OMG Miami fan calm down. Miami is Thug U. Not your rival teams. Don't cry and flood all of fannation cause your team is a bunch of thugs.

not even worth arguing with you.......waste of time and effort typing

May 11, 2009  01:54 PM ET
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Originally posted 01:41 PM ET  05.11 by browardcane

not even worth arguing with you.......waste of time and effort typing

yet you did it anyway...what a tool

May 11, 2009  01:56 PM ET
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Originally posted 01:41 PM ET  05.11 by browardcane

not even worth arguing with you.......waste of time and effort typing

how about "Tool U" ?

 
May 11, 2009  02:05 PM ET
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Originally posted 01:54 PM ET  05.11 by LazyTown

yet you did it anyway...what a tool

a tool??? you know nothing about me so I would recommend keeping your opinions of people to yourself

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