2018 Recruiting: All You Need To Know

[forevershockerfan]

Of the 3 Mags I purchased, below are where some of the Seniors were ranked that th Shocks are recruiting.

Athlon's 73--Bryan Penn-Johnson, 92-Keyontae Johnson 111-Jal Bijiek 130-Dimon Carrigan 134-Alex Lomax

Lindy's--86--Eric Stevenson

Street & Smith--74--Jal Bijiek 98-Keyontae Johnson

[shocks02]

Blake Brinkmeyer has committed to Indiana State. This was a name WSU was connected to several times recently but doesn't look as if we ever offered.

[Bluzrover]

This is silly but every time I see that you have posted, I open it up thinking we've got a new, highly rated commit. I'm especially anxious on those last days of a recruits visit.

I'll go back to watching football now...

[BOBB]

Moving to current page for convenience.

The Shocks will be replacing 6 seniors and possibly 1 or 2 underclassmen at the end of this season. 3G says he needs at least 1 of everything plus a special player.

I took the nifty list that @ShockTalk put together and added just a bit of color.
- Red: Players who do not have us among their finalists or have committed elsewhere
- Purple: Players with WSU on their top picks list
- Green: Players who have made or scheduled visits to WSU
- Bold Gold: Players who have verbally comitted to WSU

Center: #ranked 47
Bryan Penn-Johnson #5 .9735 (5)
Keenan Fitzmorris #13 .8776 (13) - Committed to Stanford
Morris Udeze #18 .8709 (7) - WSU Visit - June 13-14 WSU made his Top 5
Florent Thamba #27 .8194 (25)
Antun Maricevic - Casper WY Juco
Mohammad Abdulsalam - (3-Star)
Isaiah Chandler - Sunrise - Committed to WSU

Power Forward #ranked 91
Darius Days #20 .9731 (19) -WSU not in Top 5 List
Jal Bijiek #28 .9398 (NA)
Dimon Carrigan #32 .9262 (NA) - WSU on Top 8 List
Amanze Ngumezi #35 .9100 (28) - Committed to Georgia
Tyrese Samuel #41 .8920 (44)
Reggie Chaney #43 .8853 (37) - WSU Visit: Oct 14-15
Amadou Sow #51 .8767 (46) Committed to UC-Santa Barbara
Vincent Lee NA
Grayson Carter - Committed to Georgetown
Shaq Carter - Eastern Florida Juco - His team practiced at Koch Arena before last year's Juco Nationals in Hutch.
Joel Ntambwe (3-Star)
Andrew Gordon - Northwest Florida Juco - WSU Visit - Aug 25-27

Small Forward # ranked 98
Keyontae Johnson #22 .9592 (28) - WSU Visit Sept 15-17
Landers Nolley #25 .9507 (13) - WSU Visit Oct 20-22
Kaden Archie #30 .9366 (18)
Miller Kopp #32 .9337 (19)
Keyshawn Bryant #43 .8968 (36)
Aaron Nesmith #46 .8939 (NA)
Rod Brown #48 .8850 (32) - Committed to WSU - Class of 2017
KJ Buffen #85 .7667 (69) - Committed to Middle Tennessee State
Josh Roberts #91 .7667 (60) - Commited to St. John's
Michael Barber (ESPN 3-Star) - Unconfirmed Report That He Will Take An Official Visit to WSU
Noah Kirkwood (Rivals 3-Star)
Emmitt Mathews Jr
Vince Williams Jr (3 to 4 Star) - Attended the SIU game at Koch Arena last February 3rd. Unofficial Visit?

Shooting Guard # ranked 110
Jason Wade #24 .9418 (NA)
TJ Moss #52 .8821 (38)
Diante Wood #55 .8763 (36)
Erik Stevenson #64 .8467 (39) - Commited to WSU
Nate Hinton #68 .8185 (18) - Committed to Houston
Jared Rhoden (3-Star)
Caleb McConnell (2-Star) - Sunrise
Khaleem Bennett (2-Star) - Sunrise

Combo Guard # ranked 18
Israel Barnes #11 .8737 (10) - No Known Offer From WSU
Serrel Smith #12 .8702 (13) - Committed to Ole Miss
Daylen Kountz #16 .7965 (74 as SG) - Committed to Colorado

Point Guard # ranked 78
Jared Butler #16 .9580 (14) - WSU on Top 6 List
Alex Lomax #24 .9245 (30) - WSU Visit: Aug 25-27
Tyler Harris #27 .9203 (29)
Zach Scott #44 .8701 (40) - Committed to Flordia Gulf Coast
Neftali Alvarez #56 .8046 (58) - WSU Visit: Tweeted WSU Would Be His First Visit - No Date Given
Xavier Castaneda #64 .7667 (NA) - WSU Visit: Sep 18
Isaiah Bujdoso (2-Star) - Sunrise

Please post any updates, errors or changes you see or know of.

Is there something we don't or do know about Israel Barnes that makes him not a target for us? Conjecture of the "not a WSU type of player" variety not helpful. His offers to date are low major, so maybe there is something the big boys know where the little guys are willing to roll the dice? Just seems odd for a Kansas kid of his apparent stature to have zero offers from KSU, KU, or WSU.

[shockmonster]

Is there something we don't or do know about Israel Barnes that makes him not a target for us? Conjecture of the "not a WSU type of player" variety not helpful. His offers to date are low major, so maybe there is something the big boys know where the little guys are willing to roll the dice? Just seems odd for a Kansas kid of his apparent stature to have zero offers from KSU, KU, or WSU.

I could be wrong but look at who has been offering him and look at the suitors of our other recruits. He isn't good enough at this time.

[BOBB]

I could be wrong but look at who has been offering him and look at the suitors of our other recruits. He isn't good enough at this time.

Could be right. Would the recruiting services all be wrong then? Regarding stars and rank at position?

[ShockTalk]

Moving to current page for convenience.

The Shocks will be replacing 6 seniors and possibly 1 or 2 underclassmen at the end of this season. 3G says he needs at least 1 of everything plus a special player.

I took the nifty list that @ShockTalk put together and added just a bit of color.
- Red: Players who do not have us among their finalists or have committed elsewhere
- Purple: Players with WSU on their top picks list
- Green: Players who have made or scheduled visits to WSU
- Bold Gold: Players who have verbally comitted to WSU

Center: #ranked 47
Bryan Penn-Johnson #5 .9735 (5)
Keenan Fitzmorris #13 .8776 (13) - Commited to Stanford
Morris Udeze #18 .8709 (7) - WSU Visit - June 13-14 WSU made his Top 5
Florent Thamba #27 .8194 (25)
Antun Maricevic - Casper WY Juco
Mohammad Abdulsalam - (3-Star)
Isaiah Chandler - Sunrise - Committed to WSU

Power Forward #ranked 91
Darius Days #20 .9731 (19) -WSU not in Top 5 List
Jal Bijiek #28 .9398 (NA)
Dimon Carrigan #32 .9262 (NA) - WSU on Top 8 List
Amanze Ngumezi #35 .9100 (28) - WSU Visit: Sept 22-24
Tyrese Samuel #41 .8920 (44)
Reggie Chaney #43 .8853 (37) - WSU Visit: Oct 14-15
Amadou Sow #51 .8767 (46)
Vincent Lee NA
Grayson Carter NA
Shaq Carter - Eastern Florida Juco - His team practiced at Koch Arena before last year's Juco Nationals in Hutch.
Joel Ntambwe (3-Star)
Andrew Gordon - Northwest Florida Juco - WSU Visit - Aug 25-27

Small Forward # ranked 98
Keyontae Johnson #22 .9592 (28)
Landers Nolley #25 .9507 (13)
Kaden Archie #30 .9366 (18)
Miller Kopp #32 .9337 (19)
Keyshawn Bryant #43 .8968 (36)
Aaron Nesmith #46 .8939 (NA)
Rod Brown #48 .8850 (32) - Committed to WSU - Class of 2017
KJ Buffen #85 .7667 (69)
Josh Roberts #91 .7667 (60)
Noah Kirkwood (Rivals 3-Star)
Emmitt Mathews Jr
Vince Williams Jr (3 to 4 Star) - Attended the SIU game at Koch Arena last February 3rd. Unofficial Visit?

Shooting Guard # ranked 110
Jason Wade #24 .9418 (NA)
TJ Moss #52 .8821 (38)
Diante Wood #55 .8763 (36)
Erik Stevenson #64 .8467 (39) - Commited to WSU
Nate Hinton #68 .8185 (18)
Caleb McConnell (2-Star) - Sunrise
Khaleem Bennett (2-Star) - Sunrise

Combo Guard # ranked 18
Israel Barnes #11 .8737 (10) - No Known Offer From WSU
Serrel Smith #12 .8702 (13) - WSU Visit: Aug 25-27
Daylen Kountz #16 .7965 (74 as SG) - WSU: Visted this past May - Tweeted He Will Announce on Sep 16

Point Guard # ranked 78
Jared Butler #16 .9580 (14) - WSU on Top 6 List
Alex Lomax #24 .9245 (30) - WSU Visit: Aug 25-27
Tyler Harris #27 .9203 (29)
Zach Scott #44 .8701 (40)
Neftali Alvarez #56 .8046 (58) - WSU Visit: Tweeted WSU Would Be His First Visit - No Date Given
Xavier Castaneda #64 .7667 (NA) - WSU Visit: Sep 18 to South Florida
Isaiah Bujdoso (2-Star) SCA

[/COLOR]Please post any updates, errors or changes you see or know of.

Fixed Xavier Castaneda

[1972Shocker]

Fixed Xavier Castaneda

Thanks. I thought I had updated him but I guess not.

I do think it's possible that Xavier's commitment to South Florida on September 12th may be sending a little hint about how the Alex Lomax official visit to WSU in late August went.

[shocks02]

Commitment season is in full swing.

Committments:
Jose Placer - UMBC - 9/16
Blake Brinkmeyer - Indiana St - 9/17
Amadou Sow - UC-Santa Barbara - 9/17
Aaron Nesmith - Vandy - 9/19
Robert Allen - Samford - 9/19
Darius Quisenberry - Youngstown St - 9/19

Added Offers:
Flo Thamba (Virginia Tech)
Israel Barnes (Cleveland St)
Caleb McConnell (Kent St)
LJ Owens (Boston)
Sasha Suhkanov (Kennesaw St)
David Wingett (Delaware St)

[wufan]

Six + scholarships to give. I believe these are our priorities. IMO, we will take the first 7 commitments from this group should we be so fortunate.

PG - Alex Lomax, Neftali Alvarez
SG - Erik Stevenson*, Jared Rhoden
WF - Keyonte Johnson, Jay Bijiek
Post - Isaiah Chandler*, Morris Udeze, Reggie Chandler, Bryan Penn-Johnson, Dimon Carrigan

Obviously, two have already verballed.

The following players, I believe were similarly recruited by our staff, but have decided to go elsewhere:

PG - Tyler Harris, Jared Butler, Xavier Castaneda
SG - Serrel Smith
WF - Miller Kopp
Post - Keenan Fitzmorris

[shocks02]

Six + scholarships to give. I believe these are our priorities. IMO, we will take the first 7 commitments from this group should we be so fortunate.

PG - Alex Lomax, Neftali Alvarez
SG - Erik Stevenson*, Jared Rhoden
WF - Keyonte Johnson, Jay Bijiek
Post - Isaiah Chandler*, Morris Udeze, Reggie Chandler, Bryan Penn-Johnson, Dimon Carrigan

Obviously, two have already verballed.

The following players, I believe were similarly recruited by our staff, but have decided to go elsewhere:

PG - Tyler Harris, Jared Butler, Xavier Castaneda
SG - Serrel Smith
WF - Miller Kopp
Post - Keenan Fitzmorris

I think there are three JuCo players we are really making a priority. Yuat Alok, Antun Maricevic and Darius Allen. Jared Rhoden is more of a three-man and Jal Bijiek is probably more of a stretch four, in my opinion.

[wufan]

I think there are three JuCo players we are really making a priority. Yuat Alok, Antun Maricevic and Darius Allen. Jared Rhoden is more of a three-man and Jal Bijiek is probably more of a stretch four, in my opinion.

Thanks for the added info. Do you feel my list of current "targets" is fairly accurate?

[SlyShock]

Jared Rhoden will be a shocker. Book it.

[wufan]

Jared Rhoden will be a shocker. Book it.

He would be a good one!

[shocks02]

Thanks for the added info. Do you feel my list of current "targets" is fairly accurate?

Spot on. I might swap Isaiah Bujdoso for Neftali Alvarez now as the backup plan in case we don't get Lomax. Keyshawn Bryant and Vincent Williams also might be names that would belong as second or third options at this point.