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Excellent

I want Frazier too. I still don't get the rush to offer Holland if at all.

A sniper in the hand is worth . . . Hmm. Scratch that. Metaphor doesn't seem to translate.

For Clarkson to be immediately eligible, he will have to demonstrate the transfer is due to some hardship. I don't know of any family circumstances that have arisen that might require him to be closer to home, but the manner in which his desire to leave was publicized make it seem unlikely that a hardship waiver will be granted.

I'm still a little puzzled by Clarkson's determination to transfer. He has measurables that possibly make him a draftable commodity. He has adequate size for an NBA combo guard. He doesn't have great size, but he has enough to get by as a shooting guard. I'm not sure I am willing to believe that Manning won't be able to convince him to stay at Tulsa for one year, work on some things, and try to make himself draft ready in 2013 rather than sit out a year.

I think Clarkson wants to compete at the highest level in college basketball. Tulsa is not going to be any better next year.

They lose 3 bigs, and they don't have a lot coming back up front.

He also realizes that if he sits out, gets stronger and works out vs. the Horns roster next year, it can only make him better.

Ogden really wants the kid from what I am told.

I don't think one player affects another directly in some cases, but at some point it becomes a numbers game.

Here is the reality if Holland and Clarkson both end up at Texas...

The 2013-14 season at SG/wing: Sheldon McClellan (Jr.), Julien Lewis (Jr.), Jordan Clarkson (Jr.) and Holland (RS-Fr. or Soph.).

Under that scenario, knowing how college basktball recruiting is, not a good one for Texas if they hope to land Frazier.