Jerrick Harding, PG, Wichita SE, 16

[Dan]

We have a guy that looks just like Harding on our team, his name is Ty Taylor. He also was a high scoring guard and we're still trying to figure out if he can play at this level.

[pinstripers]

Harding is not nearly as fast or as quick as TTT

[TopekaHoops]

So you project your evaluation of him to be more like Joe Ragland. You may be right but I'm not a good enough of an evaluator to have an opinion. That's what we pay coaches for. It's not an easy job and a lot of mistakes are made. Our coaches have proven that they are good evaluators.

I believe Jerrick Harding will be a very productive player in college. I think he will be a better scorer than Ragland, not to take anything away from him.

[TopekaHoops]

We have a guy that looks just like Harding on our team, his name is Ty Taylor. He also was a high scoring guard and we're still trying to figure out if he can play at this level.

I saw them both play in high school (also did a video on Taylor which is on this site and YouTube). I like them both and although Taylor put up numbers in high school and they're left-handed, I think they have different styles. Harding is a better perimeter shooter and has a better feel for scoring whereas Taylor is a better distributor and more of a true passing point guard in addition to being taller.

[Cdizzle]

whereas Taylor is a better distributor and more of a true passing point guard

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[shockmonster]

Like I said, evaluating talent is a difficult job. It's better not done by amateurs.

[shoxlax]

Jerrick has a great understanding of the game. Might he take the Jahmal Mcmurray route to up his stock?

[TopekaHoops]

Jerrick has a great understanding of the game. Might he take the Jahmal Mcmurray route to up his stock?

Not sure, haven't talked to him about it. In regards to Jahmal (and not to thread jack too much) his recruitment clearly wasn't because of a lack of ability, just not enough people saw him. He's clearly making a smooth transition to DI this year leading USF in scoring and just dropped 30 the other day. One thing I will say about Jahmal's recruitment is former Shocker Matt Braeuer, now an assistant at Sam Houston State, was very high on him.

[TopekaHoops]

Jerrick Harding just scored 38 points in a win over Wichita East tonight. I'm done.

https://twitter.com/SheNeedsJayR/status/694708933194182656

[TopekaHoops]

Here's an in-depth article on Jerrick Harding on 247Sports (free) and he talks about Wichita State

http://247sports.com/Article/PG-Jerrick-Harding-a-Major-Sleeper-in-2016-Class-43505924

[pinstripers]

Sounds like a great kid.

[WSUwatcher]

Agreed, pin -- also seems like a guy who matches up well with WSU.

Unfortunately, the Shocks have a numbers problem right now, and I'm not sure how they could get around it. Maybe a post-grad year at Sunrise for Harding would be a start, although the Shocks don't have any scheduled seniors in the class of 2017, either; or a suitable junior college; or a year at Sunrise followed by the Ron Baker deal -- who knows? But it would be nice to keep a big-time local player at home, and we know that not getting he national ink that Ellis and Frankamp did doesn't necessarily mean he isn't big time.

[Ricardo del Rio]

Just watching more film on Jerrick this year and he's a mid-major/high-major player to me. I don't know why he's not being coveted. He's going to be a steal for whoever lands him.

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[TopekaHoops]

Here's a recruiting update on Harding that I shared on my Twitter account earlier today

https://twitter.com/TopekaHoops/status/697096335615365120

[TopekaHoops]

Sam Houston State has now offered Harding after seeing him score 37 in yesterday's game. UMKC has told Harding they plan to offer.