2018 Recruiting: All You Need To Know

[shocks02]

Shocks02, is this guy Jai Bijiek listed somewhere already or does he need a thread?

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Didn't know about him until just now. Good catch!

[wusphlash]

http://www.kansas.com/sports/college/wichita-state/article159252594.html

[forevershockerfan]

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Didn't know about him until just now. Good catch!

Shocks02, we truly appreciate your hard work and efforts. We will be young for 2018-2019 and still we face the unknowns of MM and LS. Thus, it makes me ponder that the Shocks could be keeping a keen and even more watchful eye on some skilled Juco players to better balance the team for the future. Do you know of any such possibilities yet? Especially among the bigs in Juco? 3G has also done a great job on transfers too and that could happen on into 2018 as a remote possibility? Even so, we are on so many 4 star and sleeper 3 star players in high school, we may only have a few slots to fill in the possible voids needed after the early signing period. Ideas?

[shocks02]

Shocks02, we truly appreciate your hard work and efforts. We will be young for 2018-2019 and still we face the unknowns of MM and LS. Thus, it makes me ponder that the Shocks could be keeping a keen and even more watchful eye on some skilled Juco players to better balance the team for the future. Do you know of any such possibilities yet? Especially among the bigs in Juco? 3G has also done a great job on transfers too and that could happen on into 2018 as a remote possibility? Even so, we are on so many 4 star and sleeper 3 star players in high school, we may only have a few slots to fill in the possible voids needed after the early signing period. Ideas?

The only 2018 JUCO prospect I've heard us connected to is 6'4 Hutch CC guard JJ Rhymes. That being said, I see us signing anywhere from 7 to 9 players in this 2018 class when all is said and done. I think the odds of one, or both, of LS and MM declaring for the draft is pretty high and as we know, somebody always transfers. Lets assume LS and MM both declare. This is what we would know for 2018-2019...

Samajae Haynes-Jones
Austin Reaves
Erik Stevenson
CJ Keyser
Rodgerick Brown
Isaiah Chandler
Asbjorn Midtgaard

To me this says we will need two more guards, a small forward, two power forwards and a center. Will be interesting to see how things play out. Here are a couple of names we seem to be recruiting heavily...

Guards:
Tyler Harris
Daylen Kountz
Zach Scott Jr.
Serrel Smith
Jason Wade
Diante Wood

Forwards:
Miller Kopp
Feron Hunt
Morris Udeze
Jal Bijiek
Vincent Williams
Tyrese Samuel
Reggie Chaney
Josh Roberts

Centers:
Flo Thamba
Dimon Carrigan
Jalen Shaw

[mumdaddy316]

Smith,Kountz, Kopp, Jal and Flo an call it a class

[SlyShock]

Most likely to be here in 2018 IMO: Kountz, Samuel, Carrigan, Scott Jr, and maybe Roberts

[shocks02]

Commitments:
Keenan Fitzmorris (Stanford)
Ed Chang (Washington)

Added Offers:
Jal Bijiek (Wichita St)
Dimon Carrigan (UConn, New Mexico)
Morris Udeze (Milwaukee)
Sasha Sukhanov (Rhode Island, Stony Brook)
Nassir Little (UCLA)
Dravon Mangum (Radford)
Immanuel Bates (NC State)
Ian Steere (NC State)

Campus Visits:
Tyler Harris (Iowa St)
Dimon Carrigan (UConn)

Hoop DFW: Dallas-Fort Worth Top 50

http://hoopdfw.com/?page_id=1087

Kaden Archie #1
Isaac Likekele #7
Xavier Bryant #9
Feron Hunt #10

Texas Recruited: Texas Top 40

https://twitter.com/TXRecruited/status/880849486188343296

Kaden Archie #3
Jal Bijiek #5
Morris Udeze #10
Miller Kopp #13
Isaac Likekele #23
Feron Hunt #32
Xavier Bryant #35

https://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/news/twittertuesday-georgia-tech-targets-unc-strategy-fiba-stars

Rivals discusses Shocker recruits Mike Devoe, Nassir Little and SN wonderboy Mac McClung.

[Bluzrover]

Commitments:
Keenan Fitzmorris (Stanford).

That's not surprising based on the fact his sister is there, right?

And it would seem our interest waned as well. Perhaps he made it clear to the staff he was headed to Stanford.

[shocks02]

Rivals has updated their C/O 2018 Top 150. Several Shocker targets have jumped into the rankings.

New Rivals Top 150: https://n.rivals.com/prospect_rankings/rivals150/2018

Bol Bol (Was #7, Now #3)
Nassir Little (Was #49, Now #28)
Gerald Liddell (Was #22, Now #39)
Kamaka Hepa (Was #36, Now #61)
Darius Days (Was #113, Now #68)
Will Richardson (Was #79, Now #78)
Ian Steere (Was NR, Now #79)
Tyler Harris (Was #84, Now #88)
Michael Devoe (Was #144, Now #97)
Christian Bishop (Was #140, Now #103)
Kaden Archie (Was NR, Now #104)
Jordan Lathon (Was #138, Now #116)
Miller Kopp (Was NR, Now #127)
Valdir Manuel (Was #128, Now #133)
Jared Butler (Was NR, Now #139)
Immanuel Bates (Was NR, Now #143)
Dimon Carrigan (Was NR, Now #144)
Jason Wade (Was NR, Now #146)
Emmitt Matthews (Was NR, Now #148)

Dropped from Rankings:
TJ Moss (Was #86)
Keenan Fitzmorris (Was #109)
Trey’von Hopkins (Was #143)

Paul Biancardi released his All-Analytics teams for the Nike EYBL. Vincent Williams was awarded 1st team and Dimon Carrigan was awarded 2nd team. Pretty amazing that Vincent isn't generating more recruiting interest.
1st team: https://twitter.com/PaulBiancardi/st...32054192148482
2nd team: https://twitter.com/PaulBiancardi/st...28717052891136

[Dan]

I really hope we can land either Carrigan or Thamba. We need a freak athlete underneath to compliment our other bigs.

[shocks02]

The first of three July evaluation periods begins tomorrow. They run July 12-16, 19-23, and 26-30. 2018 recruiting will be pretty hectic from now until the fall signing period in early November.

Both Erik Stevenson (Washington Supreme) and Rodgerick Brown's (Team Thad) teams qualified for the UAA finals. They'll play a warmup game tomorrow and then start bracket play on Thursday. The UAA Finals, Nike Peach Jam and Adidas Gauntlet Finale will all run Wednesday through Sunday.

[Stickboy46]

The first of three July evaluation periods begins tomorrow. They run July 12-16, 19-23, and 26-30. 2018 recruiting will be pretty hectic from now until the fall signing period in early November.

Both Erik Stevenson (Washington Supreme) and Rodgerick Brown's (Team Thad) teams qualified for the UAA finals. They'll play a warmup game tomorrow and then start bracket play on Thursday. The UAA Finals, Nike Peach Jam and Adidas Gauntlet Finale will all run Wednesday through Sunday.

Coach Jones is ready to go!

https://twitter.com/DonnieJones/status/884770198561189888

The Journey begins for the Future of Shocker Basketball Tomorrow. #Shockers

[ShockingButTrue]

Coach Jones is ready to go!

https://twitter.com/DonnieJones/stat...70198561189888

I'm amped to see who the Shockers sign next.

[shocks02]

You can tell who is a top priority by who the head coach is watching. Gregg in the house for Dimon Carrigan and/or Reggie Chaney.

Patrick Engel*
@PatrickEngel_
Tim Jankovich, Will Wade, Tad Boyle, Shaka Smart and Gregg Marshall among the HCs here. Assistants from #Purdue, #UCLA, Butler, Texas Tech.

https://twitter.com/PatrickEngel_/status/885254074354081793

[shocks02]

Here are a couple stat lines from last night. Not everyone was in action and these we're more exhibition games than bracket play.

Tyler Harris: 24 pts, 9 ast/1 to, 2 reb, 2 stl
Miller Kopp: 18 pts, 4 reb, 1 blk
Reggie Chaney: 10 pts, 12 reb, 6 ast/1 to, 2 blk, 2 stl
Emmitt Matthews: 14 pts, 5 reb, 0 ast/1 to
Dimon Carrigan: 8 pts, 8 reb, 3 blk
Morris Udeze: 9 pts, 2 reb, 1 stl
Vincent Williams: 9 pts, 6 reb, 2 blk, 1 ast/0 to
Israel Barnes: 9 pts, 6 reb
Riley Battin: 7 pts, 5 reb, 1 blk
Rodgerick Brown: 8 pts (4-5 shooting)
Jason Wade: 6 pts, 2 reb, 3 ast/2 to, 2 stl, 1 blk
Erik Stevenson: 5 pts, 4 reb, 1 stl

Oregon State, Washington State, Boise State and Washington are prioritizing Erik Stevenson’s teammate, and Shocker offer, Emmitt Matthews. https://basketballrecruiting.rivals....mour-wednesday

Feron Hunt & Kaden Archie had a big night. Feron may start to blow up during the July evalution period. Currently his only offers are from WSU, Old Dominion, W Kentucky and Houston. Highlights from last night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlke...ure=youtu.be&a

More on Feron Hunt & Kaden Archie from Rivals: https://basketballrecruiting.rivals....idas-wednesday

Added Offers:
Antun Maricevic (Wichita St)
Keyshawn Bryant (Wichita St)
Jal Bijiek (Oklahoma)
Dravon Mangum (Kennesaw St)