Syracuse, N.Y. — Coveted basketball recruit Thomas Bryant saw the Syracuse basketball program as one in "chaos" due to NCAA scholarship restrictions, transferring players and struggles at the guard position, his mother, Linda, said Tuesday.
Linda Bryant, who has been heavily involved throughout Bryant's recruiting process, said it was those differences, along with his belief that Indiana can win immediately, that ultimately led her son to pick the Hoosiers.
Questions surrounding Syracuse's recruitment of Bryant, a Rochester native, have lingered for weeks, ever since Bryant told reporters at the McDonald's All-American Game that he hadn't talked to Syracuse coaches in two months.