It used to be, coaches would get the verbal and could rest relatively easy as they awaited signing day. Monson's persistence paid off. And it appeared that Patton's would too. Colorado moved in and had Tinch, who had solidly committed to Seton Hall, all-but convinced that CU should be the school of his choice. Now, coaches, even after the verbal, must stay on that recruit and give him no reason to look elsewhere.
Nobody knows Colorado as a basketball powerhouse.
They see it as a football school. Guys start really looking at the pressures of what school you pick, because they're worried about everyone else's opinion. To that end, Mosley commended Jason Carter, the lone Colorado early signee, for following the path he thought was best for him, no matter where it led. Carter, however, is the exception. Jose Winston notes, that is much easier said than done.