It’s going to be nothing but fun to watch what happens in the recruitment of Daniel Orton over the next few months. There’s no doubt that right now he is keeping everyone guessing.

     This 6-10, 260-pound center from McGuinness High School is one of the top prep basketball players in the country. Rivals.com has him ranked as the No. 8 player in the nation in the class of 2009. So you can imagine the attention that he is getting right now.

     Both Oklahoma State and Oklahoma have their “ins” with this athletic big man.

     Orton’s step-brother, Terrence Crawford played at OSU. There was some word that for whatever reason, OSU wasn’t recruiting him hard under Sean Sutton. That was not true. What happened was that Sutton just couldn’t get in on him. It wasn’t because he didn’t want him.

     The Sooners have an edge on some because OU assistant coach, Oronde Taliferro, is related to the Orton family. Over the years he had spent a lot of time coming to Oklahoma City to visit the family. We’ll see how that plays out.

     There are many who think Orton will wind up out of state.

     “He wants to go to a big-time basketball power,” said one insider.

     He talks quite a bit about Florida and Ohio State. But let’s not take Kansas out of the equation. He has become tight with Xaiver Henry, the Putnam City whiz who is ranked as the No. 2 player in the land.

     Henry will select between Kansas and Memphis. But just about everyone thinks it will be a shocker if he doesn’t become a Jayhawk. He grew up a Kansas fan because his mother and father went to school in Lawrence.

     Don’t look for Orton to make a decision any time in the near future. He’s just having too much fun with all of the recruiting process.