Bobby Maze to be a Vol

On the heels of some really bad news in the form of a dismissal/transfer announcement for Ramar Smith and Duke Crews, we learned that Bobby Maze, a JUCO All-American point guard, was back in the recruiting picture for UT. According to a Govolsxtra report, Maze has now given a verbal commitment to UT and Coach Pearl.

http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/07/bobby-maze-says-hes-coming-ut/

Since we are already in the signing period, I would expect this to become official pretty quickly and for Maze to ink with the Vols soon.

For what it’s worth, a Terp fan was kind enough to link this article on Maze. Sounds like a good kid to me.

Rumor mill is turning and churning

Specifically, there is word out that Ramar Smith has been dismissed from the team. Jimmy Hyams says it is not true and that he heard this from an assistant coach, and Volquest is backing that up. But other sources are insisting that this is false information and that Ramar will indeed not be on the team next season.

In a related rumor, UT is said to have offered JUCO PG Bobby Maze, a very talented player that started for Oklahoma as a freshman but was dismissed and went to JC to get his act together. The Vols had been in deep in his recruitment but backed off and signed Daniel West instead. If this rumor is true, it seems likely to me that the Ramar rumor is true too.

I guess we will know soon. What a crazy time of year, folks.