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Vols beat Memphis to prized recruit

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The Tennessee and Memphis men's basketball teams went head to head earlier this year and the Vols won. It happened again Tuesday. Highly touted recruit Emmanuel Negedu ended two weeks of mystery and committed to the Vols, ending a battle between UT, Memphis, Indiana and Georgia Tech. "They made me feel like I was already going to school there," Negedu told Rivals.com. "They made me feel like I had already been a part of their team and everyone there, the students, the people, everyone, made me feel like I was at home." Negedu (6-foot-8, 255) is a native of Nigeria who prepped at Brewster Academy in New Hampshire. He signed with Arizona but received a release after issues arose involving the Wildcats' coaching staff.

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June 18, 2008  08:49 AM ET
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He agreed after Pearl showed up at his house shirtless and painted orange ...

June 18, 2008  11:10 AM ET
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Maybe he likes orange coaches

June 18, 2008  11:21 AM ET
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As a fan of UT basketball you got to love what Bruce Pearl is doing for the program.

June 18, 2008  05:58 PM ET
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Bruce !!!!! Real, Energetic, People Oriented and most of all, Grateful for what he has accomplished and thankful to UT for giving him the chance to succeed. GO VOLS !

June 19, 2008  11:40 AM ET
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Well with Robert Dozier coming back, Negedu wasn't a real need.

June 19, 2008  12:50 PM ET
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The Vols will make some noise next march...but wont do anything in the tournament...

June 19, 2008  04:45 PM ET
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Does this guy understand that he has to play for a weasel like Pearl?

June 19, 2008  06:18 PM ET
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Congrats UT for beating Memphis, Indiana and GT for a 6'8 power forward that has been listed on EVERY OTHER NEWSPAPER AND RECRUITING WEBSITE AS 6''6 but is really only 6"4....Yeah...what a victory! WoooooHoooo!!!!!

June 20, 2008  01:43 AM ET
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Doesn't anybody want tp play for Keno at PC ???

June 24, 2008  11:36 AM ET
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This just in - in a sneak attack Keno davis of PC got Negedu to "decommit" and come East to PC !!!

July 1, 2008  02:00 PM ET
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Robert Dozier is complete garbage. REAL ORIGINAL COMMENTS with the painted orange crap. The Vols are LOADED for next year.

November 25, 2008  01:23 PM ET
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Originally posted 04:45 PM ET  06.19 by TenRingsSTL

Does this guy understand that he has to play for a weasel like Pearl?

Spoken like a true sore loser from Memphis

Oh yeah, and Calipari is certainly not a weasel. It would be so much better playing for him. Ha!

 
November 25, 2008  01:25 PM ET
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woops, my bad, you aren't from memphis, I was looking at the guy below you.

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