Jakeenan Gant

Some around the fan base continue to hope that Jakeenan Gant will come to Georgia now that his head coach bolted to Tulsa.  Unfortunately, that is just not going to happen:

Both UGA and Georgia Tech reportedly have heavy interest in Gant, but it’s not reciprocal.

There are quite a few reasons he isn't coming - transfer rules and the fact that he already moved to Missouri chief among them.

The article implies Gant was never interested in Georgia in the first place, but I have heard otherwise.  The rumor mill said he was very interested, but Fox's uncertain contract status scared him off.  If so, how ironic is it that the coach he committed to left before his first practice?

Had Haith left for Tulsa two weeks before signing day, this whole discussion might be different.  As it is, it looks like Gant will be staying at Missouri.

As always, best of luck to him.  It is a crappy situation:

“It’s a big surprise when a coach tells you that he’s going to be there for the longevity of (Gant’s) career and then all of sudden he bolts out,” said Michael Stokes, Gant’s AAU coach, told the AJC on Tuesday. “Nobody saw that coming. College basketball is a business.”

This happens all the time.  Anytime a recruit asks a coach how much longer he plans to be at a school, the answer is, "At least 5 more years."

College basketball is, indeed, a business - for everyone but the players.

h/t AJC