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When coaches leave, recruits follow

By Ryan Canner-O'Mealy
ESPNRISE.com

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- The minute the McDonald's All-American Game media day began Tuesday, hordes of reporters descended upon Xavier Henry of Putnam City (Warr Acres, Okla.) and DeMarcus Cousins of LeFlore (Mobile, Ala.). Henry has signed with Memphis, while Cousins has verbally committed to the Tigers, and with coach John Calipari's reported departure to Kentucky, everyone wanted to know what these top-five recruits were thinking. So why did Henry sign with the Tigers? For the school or C ...

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