Alvin Ellis 6-4 to Minnesota

[SubGod22]

Wants to visit the Shockers.

http://blogs.suntimes.com/hoopsrepor...but_alvin.html

Gotta give the kid some kudos for sticking it out when it would have been easy to jump ship. That says a lot to me.

[mumdaddy316]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VAeArQUS3Y&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[Ricardo del Rio]

Gotta give the kid some kudos for sticking it out when it would have been easy to jump ship. That says a lot to me.

The transfer activity reminds me somewhat of the NBA.

[WstateU]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VAeA...e_gdata_player

[mumdaddy316]

really hope we can land this kid,he would be a nice pickup...

[tropicalshox]

City/Suburban Hoops Report ranks Ellis #9 in Illinois for the class of 2013.

http://blogs.suntimes.com/hoopsreport/2012/08/after_dust_has_settled_the_top.html

[tropicalshox]

Ellis sets visit dates with Minnesota and Kansas State.

[tropicalshox]

Ellis' trip to Minnesota is this weekend. No other visit dates are set.

http://rivalshoops.rivals.com/content.asp?highlight=wichita&CID=1411409

[tropicalshox]

Offered by Butler.

[tropicalshox]

Looks like we are still on his radar:

RT @collegebbnews: Alvin Ellis is considering trips to Northwestern, Kansas State and Wichita State, according to his father.

[calfan]

Ellis has verballed to Minnesota:

http://rivals.yahoo.com/jucojunction/basketball/recruiting/player-Alvin-Ellis-119396

[WSUwatcher]

Is he still planning to take those visits? If so, the verbal commitment may not mean much.

[tropicalshox]

Probably not.

[WSUwatcher]

Probably not.

You're the info guy, trop, so do you have anything on which to base that? In football, it's not at all uncommon for people to commit to one school but continue to take visits, even though most coaches would prefer that they not do so.

[tropicalshox]

It appears well known by Minnesota sources Ellis was a strong lean to them and what was expected happened. No other visits were scheduled and it was thought he would verbal during the visit. This should be classified as a strong verbal to Minnesota. There was a little hope given that he was still considering visits to others, including WSU before the visit, but that was probably just a fall back if the visit didn't go well. Tubby and his staff have been working Ellis very hard.

I don't know much about football recruiting, but taking visits to other schools after a verbal doesn't appear to me as being common place in basketball.