Blogger So Dear - Wake Forest Basketball National Signing Day 2014The Wake Forest Demon Deacon sports blog where Charlie Brown is still trying to kick that football...https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/47639/blogger-fave.png2014-11-12T19:22:18-05:00http://www.bloggersodear.com/rss/stream/69761642014-11-12T19:22:18-05:002014-11-12T19:22:18-05:00Bryant Crawford Officially Signs With Wake Forest
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<p>Bryant Crawford was the first pledge of Danny Manning's 2015 recruiting class, and this afternoon he was true to his commitment when he signed his national letter of intent to play basketball at Wake Forest University. The coaching staff is ecstatic and Wake Forest fans should be too.</p>
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<p>All three LOI's for Wake commits John Collins, Doral Moore and Bryant Crawford have been signed.</p>
— Michael Jennings (@DemanDeac) <a href="https://twitter.com/DemanDeac/status/532681674019336193">November 12, 2014</a>
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<p>Crawford is a dynamic point guard who has the ability to start from day one. He is an excellent athlete who has a strong feel for the game and a nice jump shot. The consensus 4-star point guard chose the Demon Deacons over offers from SMU, Georgetown, and others.</p>
<p>Crawford was arguably the most important commitment for Danny Manning and his staff. In addition to filling a need at point guard, Crawford's commitment was the catalyst of a top-25 recruiting class that also includes 4-star big men John Collins and Doral Moore. It was also incredible to see Manning beat out Georgetown for a Washington, D.C. prospect.</p>
<p>Please join me in officially welcoming Bryant to Wake Forest. Go Deacs!</p>
<p>You can check out footage of Bryant below.</p>
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https://www.bloggersodear.com/2014/11/12/7205109/bryant-crawford-officially-signs-with-wake-forest-national-signing-day-2014Robert Reinhard2014-11-12T19:20:39-05:002014-11-12T19:20:39-05:00Doral Moore Officially Signs with Wake Forest
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<p>Doral Moore was the second verbal pledge of Danny Manning's 2015 recruiting class. Moore initially committed to the Demon Deacons on October 8th, when he chose Wake Forest over offers from Kentucky, Illinois, Ohio State, and many more. Moore is a consensus 4-star prospect, and is the 49th best prospect in the country according to Rivals.</p>
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<p>All three LOI's for Wake commits John Collins, Doral Moore and Bryant Crawford have been signed.</p>
— Michael Jennings (@DemanDeac) <a href="https://twitter.com/DemanDeac/status/532681674019336193">November 12, 2014</a>
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<p>Moore has a chance to come in next year and be the team's starting center. At the very least, he will a very productive player off the bench and provide excellent shot blocking ability. He is an excellent athlete for his size, with developing post moves. He will fit into our up-tempo system very well.</p>
<p>He is playing for the number one high school basketball team in the country (Montverde Academy) this season, so Moore will have a chance to go against excellent players every day in practice, and play elite competition.</p>
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<p>Moore was a priority of Danny Manning from day one. Manning was consistently spotted at Moore's AAU games, and clearly that relationship paid tremendous dividends with the commitment and signing of Doral.</p>
<p>Please join me in officially welcoming Doral Moore to Wake Forest. Go Deacs!</p>
<p>Check out highlights of Doral Moore below.</p>
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https://www.bloggersodear.com/2014/11/12/7205461/doral-moore-officially-signs-with-wake-forest-national-signing-day-2014Robert Reinhard2014-11-12T09:27:12-05:002014-11-12T09:27:12-05:00John Collins Officially Signs With Wake Forest
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<p>John Collins, a 4-star power forward out of Florida, has signed his national letter of intent to play basketball at Wake Forest University. Collins verbally committed to Wake Forest on October 11th following an official visit, and chose Wake Forest over offers from Memphis and Miami.</p>
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<p><span><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Cardinal Newman hoops standout John Collins (<a href="https://twitter.com/_KINGJC_23">@_KINGJC_23</a>) after officially signing with <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WakeForest?src=hash">#WakeForest</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DemonDeacons?src=hash">#DemonDeacons</a> <a href="http://t.co/TuCaFvKYrq">pic.twitter.com/TuCaFvKYrq</a></p>&mdash; Wells Dusenbury (@DuseReport1063) <a href="https://twitter.com/DuseReport1063/status/532521709174534144">November 12, 2014</a></blockquote></span></p>
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<p>Collins is an athletic big man, who will play meaningful minutes for the Demon Deacons beginning in his freshman season. He will allow Wake Forest to play an up-tempo game and he also has good touch around the basket when the Deacs get in half court situations. He should provide Devin Thomas and the Greek Deac good support off the bench next season. With Collins, Wake Forest will have front court depth for the first time in years.</p>
<p>Please join me in officially welcoming John to Wake Forest!</p>
<p>Check out John below:</p>
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https://www.bloggersodear.com/2014/11/12/7203093/john-collins-officially-signs-with-wake-forest-national-signing-day-2014Robert Reinhard