Interesting thing about the new-media news cycle...it can change in a matter of minutes or a few hours.
Caught up earlier this afternoon with Seagoville forward Devonta Abron after his weekend visit to UNT. I didn't think it looked good for the Mean Green, but they didn't sound out of it either. Went with the story, as per TMGR's front page right now.
At about 5 p.m., I'm hearing that Abron's uncle has called a "family meeting" to goad the power forward into making a decision on a college choice now instead of dragging this out over another month (or longer) and three more official visits.
A few hours later, I get confirmation Abron has committed to Arkansas. He was planning to visit FIU, Oklahoma State and Texas A&M, but it appears now those are off.
Abron's official visit to Arkansas a week ago was apparently too impressionable for him to pass up the Razorbacks, and UNT has to move on in search of another big man. Win some, lose some.
Kudos to Abron's family for putting down a foot to get what's most often a ridiculous process over and done with. He needs to concentrate on schoolwork and his upcoming senior basketball season, and not party-weekend jaunts to out-of-state college campuses to have his rear end kissed by recruiters with, in many cases, a bunch of empty promises they can't keep.
Hey, if things don't work out at Arkansas, UNT is still close to home, right?
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