Cabot Arkansas' Matthew Stanley, targeted by Memphis, signs with DII Ouachita Baptist

Cabot Arkansas' Matthew Stanley, targeted by Tubby Smith's staff at the University of Memphis, signed with DII Ouachita Baptist yesterday. 

I would like to thank everyone who made this possible! Excited to be a OBU tiger now ---- pic.twitter.com/iefRALNKir

— Matthew Stanley (@mattstanley32) April 19, 2017

Commercial Appeal Memphis Tigers Basketball Beat Reporter Mark Giannotto confirmed via email from Matt Stanley's father that Memphis did, in fact, offer Stanley a written full scholarship.

Matt Stanley's father Jim emailed this morning to clarify: "Matt was offered a scholarship. We have it in writing. The timing was just bad."

— Mark Giannotto (@mgiannotto) April 20, 2017

The news was part of another bad day for the University of Memphis program. Earlier Wednesday Markel Crawford announced he would transfer to Ole Miss. 92.9FM's Gary Parrish tweeted about the significance of this late Wednesday.

The program that once enrolled Derrick Rose and played for the 2008 national title just lost a recruit to a Division II school. https://t.co/BmemYsNSlb

— Gary Parrish (@GaryParrishCBS) April 20, 2017

Thursday, Yahoo! College Basketball Writer Jeff Eisenberg (scheduled to appear on the Gary Parrish Show Thursday at 5:25pm CST) added to the story.

Did Memphis really lose a recruit to Division II Ouachita Baptist? I spoke to his high school coach to find out. https://t.co/uwbBhKazJI

— Jeff Eisenberg (@JeffEisenberg) April 20, 2017

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