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Recruiting Activity of Valley Schools:
Bradley:
Commits to Bradley:
Walter Lemon 6-2 SG at Chicago (Julian)
SIU, Loyola-Chicago in recently to take a look.
3/24 update: Commits to Bradley
http://www.pjstar.com/sports/x152647...rd-commits-to-
Recruits:
John Wilkens 6-9 enrolled but not playing atSoutheastern CC (IA)
Outstanding shooter with athleticism. He was a buzz when he came to the U.S. last year.
3/21 update: Commits to Iowa State
4/4 update: Well, let's say it's doubtful he will be a Brave. Wilkens' father says John is not committed to Iowa State. Bradley might still be considered along with Illinois State, Providence, Indiana and perhaps others.
Signs LOI with Illinois State
COULD BE CLOSE TO Landing:
Ricardo Johnson 6-6 SF Covington, KY
A Rivals' 3 star, Scout 2 star has just taken one of his officials to the Braves. He has another one soon to Western Kentucky. Other offers are from Ohio, Central Michigan, Drake and Marshall
9/9 update: Ohio gets a verbal from Ricardo Johnson.
PROBABLY A LOCK:
Tyler Les 6-2 SG at Peoria, IL (Notre Dame)
Son of head coach Jim Les. A good shooter with a quick release has gotten looks from a range of D-1 and D-2 schools. He very possibly will walk-on to free up a scholarship.
STEPPING UP EFFORTS FOR:
Darren Tillman 6-4 SF Country Club Hills, IL.
LOOKING IN NEW DIRECTIONS:
New offer to Allen Payne, a 6-6 SF from Cincinnati, OH. A Rivals' 3 star, Scout 2 star who has many offers, mostly from "mid-majors."
10/8 update: Just learned the offer to Payne was a while back. We don't believe he is any longer in the picuture for the Braves. He will visit Auburn on October 16th.
11/11 update: Payne signs LOI with Auburn.
HITTING THE JUNIOR COLLEGES:
Bradley is now thought to be recruiting several JC players. Here the first that I know about:
Chephas Oglesby guard at Cape Fear CC
Oglesby visited Bradley on October 23-25. He previously visited Towson. Another Valley school who is in contact with Oglesby is Wichita State.
11/11 update: Oglesby verbals to Towson.
A NEW RUMOR:
Jarod Oldham 6-3 combo guard at Decatur, IL. (Eisenhower)
There has not been much news about him since last year but an unconfirmed source on 10/27 says he has a final three of Bradley, Indiana State and Illinois State. All three offered sometime ago. He is not on ESPN, Scout or Rivals. Illinois scouting services were high on him last year.
3/10 update: Bradley is no longer involved with Oldham.
3/28 update: Oldham verbals to Buffalo.
Recruiting Activity After the Fall Signing Period:
Quan Connor 6-1 guard at Waukegan, IL. Hi
Bradley and Indiana State are looking. Also involved are SIU-Edwardsville and Ball State. He still needs to work on his core requirements to qualify.
Anthony Cousin 5-11 PG at Butler County CC, KS.
Cousin in a freshmen "one & done" at Butler. WSU and Bradley are said to be working on him the hardest.
4/14 update: Commits to Illinois State
Diante Watkins 5-6 PG at Richard C. Daley City College in Chicago
Also has the attention of Chicago State, Illinois-Chicago, Jackson State and Northern Illinois. He is averaging around 25 a game at the D-2 Juco.
Mykel Cleveland 6-1 PG at Southwestern Illinois College in Belleville, IL.
Has offers from Bradley and Southern Illinois. Interest from Alabama, DePaul, Georgia, Ruters, UNC-Wilmington, Western Kentucky. 11ppg, 4.7 apg.
4/14 update: Commits to SIU.
Kevin Olekaibe 6-1 SG at Las Vegas, NV. (Cimmarron)
An explosive scorer who has been offered by North Texas and looked at by many including Bradley and Creighton, Marquette, San Diego State.
Delino Dear 6-10 C at Progressive Christian Academy (MD)
Native of Chicago is a 5th year player at Progressive Christian Academy. Has interest from Bradley, IUPUI, Drexel, VCU, Toledo and Maryland-Eastern Shore.
Walter Lemon 6-2 SG at Chicago (Julian)
SIU, Loyola-Chicago in recently to take a look.
3/24 update: Commits to Bradley
http://www.pjstar.com/sports/x152647...rd-commits-to-
Ben Mills 6-11 C/PF from Hartland, WI.
Recently released by Boise State from his LOI, he has recieved many new offers. Bradley Northwestern, Oregon State and Xavier are some of them for the Scout 2 star who might after some development time turn into a very good frontliner.
4/21 update: He as offers from Oklahoma State, Bradley, Wisconsin-Green Bay, Northwestern, Toledo, Iowa State and Xavier. Eight other schools have made contact, including Iowa, Georgia Tech, Northern Iowa, Oklahoma, Southern Illinois, St. John's, Virginia, and Washington State.
Creighton:
Will Artino 6-11 PF Waukee, Iowa LOI
Tall but more of a outside player rather than a banger. Artino had offers from Ball State, Iowa, Colorado State, Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Indiana State. A Scout 2 star.
Greg Echenique 6-9 C transfering from RutgersCreighton is on the short list for this sophomore who left Rutgers after the first semester this year. He will have to sit out next year. Others on the list are Maryland, Indiana, Miami and Georgia Tech. Creighton was one of his finalist before chosing Rugers. At Rutgers this year he had a season ending injury after his 7th game. In those games his numbers were 12.6 and 7.7.
1/14 Update: Echenique enrolls at Creighton. He will be eligible 2nd semester next year with 2 and 1/2 years to play.
Jahenns Manigat 6-2 CG playing for Regional Elite Development Academy in Ottawa, Canada.
Manigat give Canisius a verbal a little over a month ago.
4/21 Update: Manigat signs with Creighton.
Doug McDermott 6-7 PF (Ames, IA) LOI
Scouting Report: The son of the Bluejays new coach, Greg McDermott. He is a Scout 3 star. Was the 6th man on a State championship team last year. He had a good AAU summer and senior HS season. Doug visited Creighton and Central Flordia before committing to Northern Iowa when his father was coach at Iowa State. He was released from his Northern Iowa LOI when Greg became the Creighton coach.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recrui...63&season=2010
Recruits:
Keithrick Denson 6-8 PF at Navarro JC, TX LOI
Was being recruited by Iowa State and Georgia State. 4.4 ppg as a freshman at Navarro. Denson is not listed on Juco Junction's top 150. Through half of this season Denson's stats are 10ppg, 7rpg.
Signed a LOI with Creighton in the Fall but was released after Altman's departure.
COULD BE CLOSE TO LANDING:
Elliott Eliason 6-11 C (Chadron, NE)
A Rival's three star has Creighton, Stanford and Minnesota as his final three. He plans to take officials to all three. Eliason has been a top target of Creighton for sometime. Visiting Minnesota this weekend (9/12).
9/17 Update: Eliason verbals to Minnesota.
John Gasser 6-4 Combo Guard (Port Washington, WI)
Said to have a final list of Creighton, Maryland (been rumors of him giving them a verbal but that was nearly a month ago), Arizona State, Northwestern and Wisconsin (offering a 4 for 5).
9/18 Update: Maryland out of it. Has been scheduled to visit Arizona State on 9/18 but no mention of them as current finalist which no appears to be Wisconsin, Northwestern, Creighton and Northern Iowa.
9/24 update: Gasser verbals to Wisconsin. I believe they recently gave him a normal scholarship offer instead of the 4 for 5 deal.
Doug McDermott 6-7 SF (Ames, Iowa)
The Rivals' three star has CU, UNI, Central Florida as his final three with the added possibilty of him walking on to play for his father at Iowa State. Visiting Creigton this weekend (9/12).
10/1 update: McDermott verbals to Northern Iowa.
J.J. O'Brien 6-6 SF (Alto Loma, CA)
A Scout 2 star with offers from and visits set to Creighton, Portland, Utah and San Diego State. He has already been to Utah and is at Creighton this weekend (9/12).
9/16 Update: O'Brien verbals to Utah
BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD:
Jordan Salley 6-7 C LaVern, CA.
Was drawing interest from Tulsa, N. Mexico, San Francisco, Santa Clara and Perpperdine before having a serious ACL tear this summer. Creighton is setting up an on-campus visit with the undersized, wide body. Expect a Spring decision.
Missing out on top targets, the Bluejays are turning to JC players. First on their JC list:
Ben Smith, 6-5 SF/SG Northern Oklahoma
He has been offered by Creighton but will wait until Spring. A former teammate of current Bluejay, Wayne Runnels. Smith is #61 on Juco Junciton's top 150. WSU and SIU have interest. Murry State and TCU have offered.
Signs LOI with Wichita State.
Keithrick Denson 6-8 C/PF at Navaro JC, TX.
Visited Creighton weekend of October 24th. Iowa State, Georgia State, Louisiana State also are recruiting him. His JC coach doesn't like Fall commitments.
11/6/09 update: Verbals to Creighton
Recruiting Activty After the Fall Signing Period:
Brandon Dunson 6-3 guard at Wabash Valley CC in Mount Carmel, IL.
The JucoJunction's #123 ranked player has a reported offer from CU. In January he was offered by Arizona State. Interested schools now include UCLA, Kansas State, Gonzaga, Alabama, Illinois and Nevada.
1/30 update Dunson verbals to Arizona State.
Nick McFarlin 6-7 PF playing at Black Hawk JC.
JucoJunction's #104 ranked player.
LaTroy Taylor 6-2 combo guard at Gary Wallace H.S. Indianapolis, IN.
Taylor is gaining recrutiing interest this Fall. He also has interest from Evansville, Howard, Tulsa and Wright State.
Greg Echenique 6-9 C transfering from RutgersCreighton is on the short list for this sophomore who left Rutgers after the first semester this year. He will have to sit out next year. Others on the list are Maryland, Indiana, Miami and Georgia Tech. Creighton was one of his finalist before chosing Rugers. At Rutgers this year he had a season ending injury after his 7th game. In those games his numbers were 12.6 and 7.7.
1/14 Update: Echenique enrolls at Creighton. He will be eligible 2nd semester next year with 2 and 1/2 years to play.
Jay Harris 6-1 Combo Guard at Oswego, IL (East)
UNI and Creighton interested. WSU and Valparaiso close to offering according to ESPN. He has current offers from Ball State and North Dakota State.
4/14 Update: Harris has commited to Valpo.
Matt Pressey 6-2 Combo Guard at Navarro JC, Texas
Another son of former Tulsa and NBA star Paul Pressey (another son Phil committed to Missouri this year). Matt has reported offers from Akansas, Sam Houston State, TCU and Georgia State. He is just getting to know Creighton.
4/14 Update: Pressey will join his brother at Missouri.
Kurt Alexander 6-2 PG at Iowa Central CC.
Schools with interest include Iowa, Iowa State, Creighton, Northern Iowa, Wichita State, Cal. State-Northridge, North Dakota, North Dakota State
4/14 Update: Commits to Drake
Kevin Olekaibe 6-1 SG at Las Vegas, NV. (Cimmarron)
An explosive scorer who has been offered by North Texas and looked at by many including Bradley and Creighton, Marquette, San Diego State.
Sherrard Brantley SG at Northwest Florida State JC
The pure shooter with 3 years remaining will visit Creighton, LSU and Georgia before making his decision. Illinois State was also interested but appears to be out of the running.
4/4 update: Commits to Georgia.
Still looking, CU is bringing in 3 visitor the weekend of 4/17:
Marcus Williams 5-10 PG at Cochise CC, Arizona.
Tyrone Nared 6-8 Redshirt freshman forward at Community College of Rhode Island
Signed with Creighton but released after the departure of Altman.
Jahenns Manigat 6-2 CG playing for Regional Elite Development Academy in Ottawa, Canada.
Manigat give Canisius a verbal a little over a month ago.
4/21 Update: Manigat signs with Creighton.
Bo Barnes, a SG out of Phoenix, AZ. Has many offers from mid-majors. The most known schools are Albany, Duquesne, Oral Roberts, and Evansville
4/21 update: Commits to Hawaii
Drake:
Drake has no more scholarships.
Commits to the Bulldogs:
Karl Madison 5-10 PG (Springfield, IL) LOI
A Scout 2 star with over 20 ppg as a HS junior. ChicagoHoops' 11th ranked area player for the class of 2010. Athletic and quick, a good scorer who is making a transition to point guard. At the end of his recruitment he was having interest from Nevada, DePaul, Ball State and Northern Iowa. He had scheduled visits left with Northern Iowa and Ball State. There is a thread on Madison on our recruiting board.
Rayvonte Rice 6-3 SG/SF (Champaign, IL) LOI
A strong power type wing player who has a good shot when open. A good scorer. A 3 star on Rivals, no profile on Scout and Northstar has him in the top 125. ChicagoHoops 15th ranked area player in the class of 2010. He had many offers, the most noteable from Nevada, VCU, St. Louis and other Valley schools. It came down to Ohio, Nevada and Drake. We have a recruiting thread on Rice.
4/5 update: Rice finished 2nd in the 2010 voting for Mr. Illinois Basketball.
Jeremy Jeffers 6-5 SF (Wilson, NC) LOI
A scout 2 star, no rivals' rating. A opportunistic offensive player with some range accuracy. Can get to the lane and hit a pull up jumper. Jeffers appears to had offers and serious consideration at the end with schools like VCU, Butler, Bucknell and Auburn.
Kurt Alexander 6-2 PG at Iowa Central CC.
Schools with interest included Iowa, Iowa State, Creighton, Northern Iowa, Wichita State, Cal. State-Northridge, North Dakota, North Dakota StateRecruits:
COULD BE CLOSE TO LANDING:
Jordan Threloff 6-10 240lb C (DeKalb, IL)
A Scout 3star has high interest in Drake and is visited them at the end of August. He has offers from over half the Valley, DePaul and Western Kentucky.
10/7/09 update: Top three are now Drake , Illinois State and Western Michigan. He has visited all three. However he might visit a couple of others.
10/17/09 After a weekend visit to Illinois State, Threloff verbals to the Redbirds.
Michael Bradley 6-10 C (Chattanooga, TN)
A big riser this summer is now a Scout 4 star and their #16 ranked center. He will visit Drake on September 25th. Two other officials are set for VCU and Connecticut. He recently had unofficials to Murry State and Belmont. 9/13 update: Visited Georgia this weekend. It appears he might be considering more schools than what I orginally thought. Visiting Georgia this weekend (9/12).
Update: Bradley's final two are Drake and UConn with UConn the favorite.
10/14 update: Bradley picks U/Conn over Drake.
WAS CLOSE BUT WON'T BE A BULLDOG:
Jonathan Frye 6-5 SG (Greensboro, NC)
A pure shooter with his feet set but needs to increase foot speed. A Scout 2 star. He was pretty set to commit to Drake during a planned visit on September 15. Due to the commitments of Rice and Jeffers, he will look elsewhere. His other offer is from Elon.
10/16 update: Frye verbals to Appalachian State.
LIFE AFTER BRADLEY AND THRELOFF:
Alec Brown 7-0 C Winona, MN.
14.2 ppg, 7.2 rpg as a junior.
He says he is currently down to Loyola-Chicago, UW-Green Bay and possbily Drake who just entered the picture. He probably will not sign until Spring.
RECRUITING ACTIVITY AFTER THE FALL SIGNING PERIOD:
Fred Ford 5-11 PG at Vincenness CC
Dillon Starzl 6-9 PF Kearny, MO
19.6 ppg, 66% from the field as a junior
Drake attended at least one of his recent games. It's believed he has also visited WSU.
From a poster claiming to be Dillon's uncle on the MOsports board, he has offers from Drake, William Jewell, Northwest, Truman State and Rockhurst. Interest also from UMKC. Others posters seem to think he will soon commit to William Jewell.
Will Yeguette 6-7 SF 210 Melbourne, FL (Air Academy)
Considering Drake and Southern Illinois among others. He already has taken official visits to St. John's and Sam Houston State. Georgia Tech. Oklahoma, UCLA and Indiana also are involved.
Evansville:
EU Commits:
New Spring verbal for the Aces is Matt Peeler 6-8 230lb 4/5 at Otero JC in LaJunta, CO.
14.2 ppg, 11.5 rpg in his sophomore season. Has two years of eligiblity left. Played HS at Almagordo, New Mexico.
Jordan Jahr 6-6 SG, a fifth year player at Air Force Prep from Austin, TX.
Kenny Harris 6-6 SF playing at John A. Logan CC
JucoJunction's 108th ranked player.
http://midstatehoops.com/v5/?page_id=3505
Recruits:
No Verbals.
No Information on getting close to anyone.
RECRUITING ACTIVITY AFTER THE FALL SIGNING PERIOD:
Latroy Taylor (See Creighton)
Matt Trimnell 6-4 SG from Seymour, Indiana
Getting looks from Evansville and Butler
Taylor Baxter 6-5 SG at Minonk, IL (Fieldcrest)
Talking to Evansville, North Dakota State, Northern Arizona, Tennessee-Martin, Eastern Illinois and Division 2 & 3 teams.
Bo Barnes, a SG out of Phoenix, AZ. Has many offers from mid-majors. The most known schools are Albany, Duquesne, Oral Roberts, and Evansville
4/21 update: Commits to Hawaii
Nick Thompson 6-8 PF at College of Eastern Utah
Thompson is being sought by Colorado State, Evansville, Kent State, Oklahoma and Utah, though OU and New Mexico appear to be his favorites.
Illinois State:
Commits to the Redbirds:
Jordan Threloff 6-10 C (DeKalb, IL) LOI
The 240lb center is a Scout 3 star. No rating yet on Rivals. ChicagoHoops' 14th ranked area player for the class of 2010. Picked the Redbirds overs Drake and Western Michigan.
Kenyon Smith 6-0 PG Playing at Linclon College LOI
Signed with the Redbirds in 2007 but was academically ineligible. In high school he was the back up to Derrick Rose and averaged less than 5 points a game. A defensive oriented point guard who has the ability to get to the rim.
Anthony Cousin 5-11 PG at Butler County CC, KS.
Bradley and WSU after him the hardest.
Commits to Illinois State
John Wilkens 6-9 enrolled but not playing atSoutheastern CC (IA)
Outstanding shooter with athleticism. He was a buzz when he came to the U.S. last year.
3/21 update: Commits to Iowa State
4/4 update: Well, let's say it's doubtful he will be a Brave. Wilkens' father says John is not committed to Iowa State. Bradley might still be considered along with Illinois State, Providence, Indiana and perhaps others.
Signs LOI with Illinois State
SOMEWHAT CLOSE TO LANDING:
See Indiana State (Mike McCall)
10/3 udpade: McCall verbals to St. Louis
Carlton Guyton 6-3 SG Juco playing at Mineral Area College
A smooth backcourt talent who can score in a variety of ways.
Three of his offical visits will be to Illinois State, Kent State and Cal State-Northridge.
9/30 update: Guyton verbals to Kent State.
STILL WANTING ANOTHER ONE:
Phillip Jackson (See Southern Illinois)
The Redbirds have an offer out to Jackson and would still like to have him. There could be possible ways for them to make room for him.
10/24 update: With the addition of Jackson, perhaps they have given up on Jackson.
3/24 update: Jackson commits to Nevada but may have to go juco.
Jarod Oldham (See Bradley)
One over on scholarships not slowing down 2010 Redbird recruiting? There is a new rumor that Oldham has them on his final list of three.
3/28 update: Oldham verbals to Buffalo.
11/13 RUMORS, RUMORS but nothing on their message board.
Fabyan Harris 5-9 PG at Chicago Hyde Park
Redbirds, Shockers giving the second leading scorer in the Chicago Public League some attention.
4/3 update: Harris commits to SMU
Marquis Carter 6-4 PG at Three Rivers JC, MO.
Illinois State has been mentioned, but Carter's most recent list appears to be Wichita State, Gonzaga, Baylor, LSU and Texas A&M.
Bobby Hatchett 5-10 PG at Scott County, MO (Central Hi)
SIU, Illinois State and MSU said to have interest. Others are St. Louis, Tennessee-Martin, Vanderbilt, Iowa, Ole Miss, Missouri and perhaps Memphis. The report might be old but MOSports lists SIU, Illinois State and Mississippi State as Hatchett's top three. However Hatchett may go JUCO and Three Rivers may be the place. No reports of offers.
Rico Richardson, 6-0 PG at Chicago Bogan formerly from Topeka, KS.
UNI, Drake, Illinois State, WSU all interested. Providence, Virginia, Illinois, Arkansas, UCLA, Memphis, Arizona, and Baylor have all been in touch. St. Louis, Nevada, Northern Illinois also in the hunt.
4/14 update: Has offers from K-State, Texas A&M.
John Wilkens 6-9 playing Juco at Southeastern CC (IA)
Outstanding shooter with athleticism. He was a buzz when he came to the U.S. last year. Somewhat like the Shocker's E. Orupke, a year seeing how he does in Juco ball will give us a better idea how good he might become.
3/21 update: Commits to Iowa State
4/4 update: Well, let's say it's doubtful he will be a Brave. Wilkens' father says John is not committed to Iowa State. Bradley might still be considered along with Illinois State, Providence, Indiana and perhaps others.
Indiana State:
With the departure of Bruce Leitnaker Indiana State has one open scholarship.
Commits to Indiana State:
Jake Kitchell 6-8 Combo Forward (Union Mills, IN.) LOI
A Rivals 3 star, Scout 2 star. 20ppg, 13rpg last season at a small school.
At one time his offers included Ball State, IUPUI, Oregon State and Valparaiso. Xavier showed some late interest. In the end it came down to the Trees, Valpraiso and Western Michigan.
Myles Walker 6-8 250lb C at South Plains CC LOI
He could be a defensive help but is behind on offense. 7.4ppg, 4.8rpg and very poor FT shooting as a freshman at South Plains. He was a sought after D-1 football recruit in high school. Walker is # 84 on Juco Junction's top 150.
Steve McWhorter 6-2 PG Racine, WI LOI
Pehaps more of a defensive specialist but he did shot 57.6% from the field, 10ppg, 5apg as a junior. Picked ISU over Ball State, North Dakota State and Wisconsin Green Bay.
http://www.wissports.net/sports/hoop...123&id=1072567
WAS SOMEWHAT CLOSE TO LANDING:
Mike McCall 6-2 SG from Illinois
It's a little early to say the Trees are close to getting this good SG but they and Illinois State are said to be in the lead. I thought their efforts with McCall deserved being mentioned. If a bigger named school gives McCall a late solid offer they both may lose out however. Right now, it's looking good for one of these Valley schools. McCall has a thread on the recruiting board. He is ChicagoHoops' 6th ranked area player for the class of 2010.
10/3 update: McCall verbals to St. Louis
MAYBE STILL LOOKING:
Jarod Oldham (See Bradley)
3/28 update: Oldham verbals to Buffalo.
RECRUITING ACTIVITY AFTER THE FALL SIGNING PERIOD:
Chris Henderson 6-8 PF playing at Vincennes CC
Quan Connor (See Bradley)
Derwin Gage 6-2 SG at Danville Area CC (Div-2)
14 ppg this year. Played HS ball at Proviso, IL (East).
Isiah Jones 6-3 PG at Christian Life Academy in Humbolt, TX.
Louisiana Tech, Kansas State, DePaul and Indiana State among the schools that are actively tracking him.
Missouri State:
The Bears have an open scholarship but are probably done.
Commits:
Aaron Cooper 5-10 PG Jacksonville, Arkansas LOI
A quick and high scoring point guard who will need to show leadership of a true point guard. Cooper had an offer from North Texas State and looks from Tulsa, Lamar, Texas-El Paso, Arkansas State and Arkansas-Little Rock.
Corey Copeland 6-4 SG (Ft. Smith, AR) LOI
A Scout 1 star. Long and lean lefty who has the ability to produce buckets off the dribble.
Nathan Scheer 6-5 SG/SF (Washington, MO) LOI
Tough despite a slender frame. A Scout 2 star.
http://www.news-leader.com/article/2...al+commitments
Recruits:
Were fighting for:
Before getting verbals from Scheer and Copeland they were fighting hard for Phillip Jackson (see SIU) and Mike McCall (see Indiania State).
Recruiting Activity After the Fall Signing Period:
Jeverik Nelson 6-7 PG Jackson, MS (Calloway Hi)
Athletic rebounder who plays with energy and runs the court well. Working on a consistent jumper. He has interest from C-USA and Sunbelt schools.
Bobby Hatchett 5-10 PG at Scott County, MO (Central Hi)
SIU, Illinois State and MSU said to have interest. Others are St. Louis, Tennessee-Martin, Vanderbilt, Iowa, Ole Miss, Missouri and perhaps Memphis. The report might be old but MOSports lists SIU, Illinois State and Mississippi State as Hatchett's top three. However Hatchett may go JUCO and Three Rivers may be the place. No reports of offers.
Mamadou Seck 6-7 PF/C at Southeastern Illinois College (JUCO)
From Dakhor, Senegal. Averaging 14.2 ppg, 9.8 rbs, 2 stls, 2 assists, shoots 57% fg, but only 57% ft. Averaged about 10ppg and 11 rbs last year.
Offers by SIU, Cal-Poly and Wichita State
Northern Iowa:
With the release of Doug McDermott's LOI, the Panthers have two open scholarships.
Nate Buss 6-8 Combo Forward Charles City, Iowa LOI
Has range to three and can attack the rim but is very thin. Was ranked 7th in Iowa for his class. 18 points, 8 rebounds, 2.7 blocks per game as a junior. Having verballed in June, little recruiting information is known.
Chip Rank 6-7 PF Cedarburg, Wisconsin LOI
A physically developed PF with determination and desire. He had offers from UW-Milwaukee, UW-Green Bay, North Dakota, William & Mary, Miami-OH, Missouri State and Loyola-Chicago. Looks from Northwestern and Creighton. Rank is a Scout 1 star. Ranked #10 in the State of Wisconsin for his class.
http://www.wissports.net/sports/hoop...123&id=1052161
COULD BE CLOSE TO LANDING:
Kyle Kelm 6-9 PF Randolph, Wisconsin H.S.
A Rivals 3 star from a small school who's recruiting possibly was hurt because of an injury. He has his final list as Northern Iowa, North Dakota State, St. Louis, UW-Green Bay and UW-Milwaukee. He received an early offer from Creighton.
9/18 Update: Kelm verbals to Wisconsin-Milwauke.
John Gasser 6-4 Combo Guard (Port Washington, WI)
See Creighton
09/24 update: Gasser verbals to Wisconsin.
Recruiting Activity After First Signing Period:
Jordair Jett 6-1 PG Notre Dame Prep (MA)
Jett has a possible offer by Baylor and interest from Nebraska. He is from Minnesota. Not a lot of flash, but a tough and strong old school player.
5/2 update: Jett has signed with St. Louis
Norvell Arnold 6-5 SF playing at Southeastern CC
Arnold has been offered by UNI. He is ranked #21 by JucoJunction. Wichita State has interest. Lots of MVC teams took a look at the NJCAA Championships in Hutchinson.
Antwond Roshell 6-10 PF playing at John A. Logan CC
Ranked #57 by JucoJunction.
Brennen Hughes 6-5 PF at Moberly, MO.
With a 25 ppg average Hughes is heavily recruited by Southeast Missouri State and Central Missouri. UNI, SIU-Evansville and Toledo are also showing some interest.
Will Clyburn 6-6SF at Marshalltown C.C.
WSU offers along with Central Michigan, Duquesne, Northern Iowa, and St Louis and Iowa State.
He is #53 in the Juco. 150.
Kurt Alexander 6-2 PG at Iowa Central CC.
Schools with interest include Iowa, Iowa State, Creighton, Northern Iowa, Wichita State, Cal. State-Northridge, North Dakota, North Dakota State
DeAndray Buckley, a 6-3 guard from Romulus (Mich.), has offers from Eastern Kentucky and Northern Iowa; he is also considering Central Michigan.
Southern Illinois:
SIU is currently out of scholarships.
Commits to SIU:
Diamond Taylor 6-4 SG Bolingbrook, IL. Enrolling at SIU for transfer year.
Recently kicked off the team at Wisconsin for burglary and theft.
Considered a top 150 player by many coming out of high school. He didn't last long at Wisconsin as he was charged shortly after arriving with burglary and theft of dorm rooms. He will be enrolling at SIU soon and will be eligible next year.
Troy Long 6-1 PG at Southeastern, IL JC
Has offers from SIU, Miami-O and Eastern Kentucky. Interest from Wyoming and Costal Carolina.
4/14 Update: Commits to SIU
Ernest "Stretch" Watson 6-7 CG at Trintly Valley JC, TX.
Recently visited SIU and will visit Montana State. Montana also interested.
4/14 Udate: Commits to SIU
Mykel Cleveland 6-1 PG at Southwestern Illinois College in Belleville, IL.
Has offers from Bradley and Southern Illinois. Interest from Alabama, DePaul, Georgia, Ruters, UNC-Wilmington, Western Kentucky. 11ppg 4.7 apg
4/14 Update: Commits to SIU.
Mamadou Seck 6-7 Combo Forward at Southeastern Illinois CC
Devonte Drinkard, a 6-8 high school power forward from Stephens, GA.
WAS CLOSE TO GETTING:
Top priorities have been McCall (see Indiana State) and Jordan Threloff (see Drake). Chicago 6-8 post man Phillip Jackson is the other. He has offers from DePaul, Iowa State, Illinois State, St. Louis, Detroit and others. He has not narrowed the field.
ON THE TRAIL Of:
James Siakam 6-6 CG Playing at Brehm Prep in Carbondale
Rivals 96th ranked player for 2011. There is some hope among SIU fans that Siakam may reclassify to 2010. If he does, it increases chances of Siakam staying in Carbondale as Illinois doesn't appear to be ready to offer. Siakam is out for the rest of this year with an injury.
4/11 update: Siakam has indeed reclassified to 2010. Florida, Marquette, Stanford are looking.
Update: Siakan to Vanderbilt
Kentari Nettles 6-9 C from Mobile, Alabama
The Rivals 3 star recently decommited from South Alabama and now lists SIU, Missouri and South Alabama as his top three with all three giving offers. Other offers are from New Mexico and Boston College. Scout has him as a 1 star and his ESPN grade is 79.
Recruiting Activity After The First Signing Period:
Jesse Perry 6-8 SF at John A. Logan JC
The 205 pounder is Juco Junctions' 75th ranked player. Played HS at Gateway Tech in St. Louis. There may be qualifying concerns. SIU has offered and there is interest from Providence, Arizona, UAB, Iowa State and Oklahoma State.
2/15 update: Arizona has offered however, they may favor Kadeem Jack, a forward at Rice Hi in NY. UAB, and Iowa State are probably the other main contenders for SIU.
3/11 update: Offers from Oklahoma State, South Carolina, Texas, UCLA. The offer from Arizona may have been recinded.
3/28 update: Perry commits to Arizona during his official visit.
Paris Carter 6-6 PF playing at Lakeland, IL CC
There are reports of an offer by SIU. Ranked #119 by JucoJunction. Illinois State was also interested at one time.
1/5/10 update: Carter verbals to UI-Chicago.
Dwight McCombs 6-8 PF playing at Moraine Valley CC.
SIU has reportedly offered JucoJunction's 65th ranked player. He has over twenty offers.
3/10 update: SIU does not appear to be in the final running for McCombs.
Aziz N'Diaye 7-1 C playing at College of Southern Idaho
JucoJunction's 20th ranked player has many interested schools. 8.5 ppg and 7.9 rpg with 2.3 block a game as a freshman. The Rival's 3 star had big time looks before having to go Juco. SIU has had long time interest in N'Diaye. Oklahoma is going hard after him and has offered.
4/14 update: Commits to Washington
Aaron Bowen 6-4 SG from Pennwood, MS
The decommit to Marquette is a Rivals' 3 star
Kenny Harris (See Evansville)
Brandon Frazier 6-3 Combo Guard H.S. player at Bishop Loughlin in New York City.
Frazier has cut his list to SIU, Fordham, George Mason, Quinnipac, St. John's and Hofstra. Two strongest factors appear to be a desire to get out of New York and playing time. Coach Lowery just took a trip to N.Y. There is a rumor of a commit by Frazier to SIU.
Bobby Hatchett (See Missouri State)
SIU, Illinois State and MSU said to have interest. Others are St. Louis, Tennessee-Martin, Vanderbilt, Iowa, Ole Miss, Missouri and perhaps Memphis. The report might be old but MOSports lists SIU, Illinois State and Mississippi State as Hatchett's top three. However Hatchett may go JUCO and Three Rivers may be the place. No reports of offers.
Jay Harris 6-1 Combo Guard at Oswego, IL (East)
UNI and Creighton interested. WSU and Valparaiso close to offering according to ESPN. He has current offers from Ball State and North Dakota State.
Wichita State has now offered.
Michael Haynes, 6-6 PF at Heat Basketball Academy
Marquette, Oklahoma, Westrn Kentucky, S. Fl. also recruiting. SIU had interest in last year's non-qualifier while playing HS ball in the Chicago area.
3/2 update: Duke is now in the mix and Haynes will visit them after his season.
Will Yeguette 6-7 210 Melbourne, FL Air Academy
A WF considering Drake and Southern Illinois among others.
2/18 update: Reported offers by SIU, St. John's Sam Houston State and Indiana. He already has taken official visits to St. John's and Sam Houston State. Georgia Tech, Oklahoma and UCLA also are involved.
Joel Wright 6-6 wing at Greensboro N.C. (Carolina Sports Academy)
After de-committing from Fordham in December, he said he has heard from Southern Illinois, Drexel and Baylor, but would like to play in the Big East, if possible.
Tim Steed 6-4 SF/SG at Highland CC, (IL)
The versatile player, who can also run a team has been offered by SIU, Fresno State and Cal St Fullerton. Wichita State, Nebraska, Nevada and Arkansas Little Rock have interest.
3/27 update: Taking an official visit to Arkansas-Little Rock this weekend.
Ben Smith 6-5 SF at Northern Oklahoma-Enid JC.
SIU has interest. See Creighton and Wichita State
Mykel Cleveland 6-1 PG at Southwestern Illinois College in Belleville, IL.
Has offers from Bradley and Southern Illinois. Interest from Alabama, DePaul, Georgia, Ruters. 11ppg, 4.7 apg.
Walter Lemon 6-2 SG at Chicago (Julian)
SIU, Loyola-Chicago in recently to take a look.
3/24 update: Commits to Bradley
Tim Toller 6-7 280lb PF at Danville Area JC, IL.
Has a final three of SIU, Northern Illinois and Eastern Kentucky. Plans to visit all three.
4/6 update: Commits to NIU.
Troy Long 6-1 PG at Southeastern, IL JC
Has offers from SIU, Miami-O and Eastern Kentucky. Interest from Wyoming and Costal Carolina.
Mamadou Seck 6-7 Combo Forward at Southeastern Illinois CC
Interest from Missouri State, Mississippi State, WSU, S.E. Missouri State.
Now has offers from Wichita State, Cal-Poly and SIU.
Ernest "Stretch" Watson 6-7 CG at Trintly Valley JC, TX.
Recently visited SIU and will visit Montana State. Montana also interested.
Commits to Wichita State:
The Shockers current do not have open scholarships.
Commits to the Shockers:
Ehimen Orupke 7-0 C Native of Nigeria playing at Three Rivers JC, MO. LOI
A long awaited for Shocker recruit. His year at Three Rivers will tell us a lot about how good he might become as a Shocker. Orupke not on Juco Juction's top 150 which is to be expected since he hasn't played before.
http://www.shockernet.net/sn/viewtopic.php?t=9311
Joe Ragland 6-0 PG JUCO at North Platte JC, NE Scouting Report: Mid 40% on 3s, 56% field goals, mid 70s on FTs. Fast and is known to blow by people. A NJCAA 1st team All-American. Utah and Creighton was also considered by Ragland at the end of his recruitment.
Ben Smith, 6-5 SF/SG Northern Oklahoma
He has been offered by Creighton but will wait until Spring. A former teammate of current Bluejay, Wayne Runnels. Smith is #61 on Juco Junciton's top 150. WSU and SIU have interest. Murry State and TCU have offered.
Signs LOI with Wichita State.
Other Potential Targets:
Marquise Carter 6-4 PG San Diego, CA. Playing Juco at Three Rivers CC, MO.
A Juco 2nd team All-American last year at Three Rivers CC, MO. 6-4 point guard. Can be a combo guard. Thought to be a solid mid-major prospect when in high school but didn't get much recruiting attention due to not playing AAU. Teammate this year with Ehimen Orupke. They visited WSU togather on 9/18-20. It was an official visit for Carter. Expect him to visit other schools and not make a decision until Spring. Carter is #26 on Juco Junction's top 150.
2/15 update: Most recentl list of schools for Carter are WSU, Gonzaga (Mark Few has attended one of his recent games), LSU, Texas A&M, Baylor. There are signs that the Shocker's are in very good shape with Carter.
2/26 update: Iowa may be involved.
3/11 update: Carter's final two appear to be Gonzaga and Oklahoma.
Jonathan Simmons 6-5 SG Juco at Midland CC (TX)
Recently recieved an offer from the Shockers and has other offers. Little is known about his recruitment. Simmons is #19 on Juco Junction's top 150.
4/16 update: Very little has been written for months about Simmons recruitment. He remains unsigned and it appears all early offers are probably off. He is presently being recruited by Louisiana-Lafayette.
Raphael Akpejiori 6-9 PF Sunrise Christian Academy (Bel Aire, KS)
update:
Coach Marshall watched Raphael at his open gym at the beginning of the open period. A long talk followed.
10/19 update: Akpejiori verbals to Miami-FL.
Brandon Peters 6-1 SG Houston, Texas
Peters visited North Texas on 9/26. A potential visitor it appears his time has past for the Shockers. Almost for sure will be non-committed past the Fall signing period.
11/25 Update: "Snap" Peters verbals to Western Kentucky after a visit.
Dexter Ellington 6-0 PG Playing at Chipola JC, FL.
The Shockers recently offered. Little known at this time about his recruitment. #114 in Juco Junction's top 150.
Tryee Graham 6-1 CG Playing at Brunswick CC, N.C.
He has high interest in the Shockers and UAB. Visiting UAB on October 16th. #23 on Juco Junction's top 150.
12/9 update: Graham verbals to Binghamton
Michael Wynn 5-11 pg at Heat Academy in Martinsville, VA.
Recently offered by WSU, Western Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky and Wyoming. North Carolina Greensboro offered earlier.
11/28 update: Wynn signs with North Carolina Central
Ben Smith (See Creighton)
Shocker staff reportedly talking to Smith after one of his games this Fall and Smith follows that up with an unofficial visit to WSU. Creighton has offered along with TCU and Murry State.
Desmond Holloway 6-4 SG at Wasbash Valley JC.
Tennessee Tech, Idaho, IUPUI and Murry State are also interested.
3/5 update: Vebals to Costal Carolina
Norvell Arnold (See UNI)
Lazeric Jones 5-11 PG playing at John A. Logan CC
The 15th ranked player by JucoJunction has offers from UCLA and Nevada. Interest in the Shockers by Jones may be minimal.
1/6/10 Update: Jones verbals to UCLA
KC Ross-Miller 6-0 PG at God's Academy in Dallas, TX.
Shockers are said to be on the new top 12 list for this former Billie Gillispie commit.
Ross-Miller has commited to LSU.
Dillon Starzl (See Drake)
Reece Holliday 6-4 SF at Sumner Academy, Kansas City, KS.
Holliday has commited to Wisconsin Green Bay.
Johnathan Loyd 5-9 PG at Las Vegas, Nevada (Bishop Gorman)
A Rivals' three star with offers from SMU, Cal Riverside, Cal Poly, Northern Arizona. Interest from UCLA, Santa Clara, BYU, Charolotte
Stephen Rogers 6-8 PF at Mesa CC, Arizona
Possible WSU interest with involvment by BYU, Boise State, Eastern Washington, Northern Arizona
Tony Smith 6-5 Combo Guard at Seward County CC, KS
Partial list of Smith's 38 schools are WSU, West Virignia, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Cincinnati, Gonzaga, Texas A&M, Florida, USC.
Anthony Cousin 5-11 PG at Butler County CC, KS.
Bradley and WSU after him the hardest.
Commits to Illinois State
Jay Harris 6-1 Combo Guard at Oswego, IL (East)
UNI and Creighton interested. WSU and Valparaiso close to offering according to ESPN. He has current offers from Ball State and North Dakota State.
2/12/10 update: WSU has offered.
Fabyan Harris 5-9 PG at Chicago Hyde Park
Redbirds, Shockers giving the second leading scorer in the Chicago Public League some attention.
4/4 update: Harris commits to SMU.
Matthew Brabham 5-11 PG at Macon, GA. (Central)
A small, high scoring pg with interest from Auburn, Georgia State, Middle Tennessee State.
Rico Richardson, 6-0 PG at Chicago Bogan formerly from Topeka, KS.
UNI, Drake, Illinois State, WSU all interested all with several big name schools.
Daishon Knight 6-1 PG at Baltimore Lake Clifton Hi
A backcourt mate of Josh Selby. It's been mentioned that he may take a prep school year. He visited the Shockers during the WSU-Missouri State game.
Tim Steed 6-4 SF/SG at Highland CC, (IL)
The versatile player, who can also run a team has been offered by SIU, Fresno State and Cal St Fullerton. Wichita State, Nebraska, Nevada and Arkansas Little Rock have interest.
Will Clyburn 6-6SF at Marshalltown C.C.
WSU offers along with Central Michigan, Duquesne, Northern Iowa, and St Louis and Iowa State.
He is #53 in the Juco. 150.
Robert Sandoval 6-0 PG at Clovis East Hi in Fresno, CA
Has the interest of WSU, Utah State, San Jose State, Sacramento State, UC-Davis
Kurt Alexander 6-2 PG at Iowa Central CC.
Schools with interest include Iowa, Iowa State, Creighton, Northern Iowa, Wichita State, Cal. State-Northridge, North Dakota, North Dakota State
3/26 update:
Daneil Barnes 6-2 SG at Kashaskia College (JC) in Centralia, IL.
Interest from schools like Nevada, Eastern Illinois, Eastern Kentucky, Portland State, SIU-Edwardsville. Offers from Illinois-Chicago, Northwestern State.
Ken Brown 6-1 PG at Cerritos CC (CA)
Brown has narrowed his choices to Western Kentucky, Southern Cal and Houston
Chris Babb 6-5 SG transferring from Penn State
There is mutal interest between Babb and the Shockers in this year's starting SG at Penn State who averaged almost 10 points per game.
Mamadou Seck 6-7 Combo Forward at Southeastern Illinois CC
Interest from Missouri State, Mississippi State, WSU, S.E. Missouri State.
Now has offers from Wichita State, Cal-Poly and SIU.
Kendall Jennings 6-6 SF from Huntsville, Alabama.
Offers from UAB and South Alabama. He has interest from Alabama, Auburn and Indiana. The Shockers have been interested for awhile and it appears coach Marshall has made a recruiting trip to see him.
Jarvis Davis 6-1 PG at Hargrave Military in NC.
The Columbia, SC native is a former Charlotte commit before their coach was fired. On his short list are Charlotte, WSU, Charleston Southern, Nebraska and Delaware.
4/2 update: Commits to Central Florida
Jawanza Poland 6-4 SG at Butler Co. CC, KS
The Wichita native and freshman redshirt appears to have a final three of South Florida, Wichita State and Oklahoma.
C.J. Washington 6-7 PF at Conners State JC, OK.
Scouting Report: A newly named NJCAA 1st team All-American and thought to be the best JC player in Oklahoma. Offers from
Wright State, Murry State, Sam Houston State and interest from
ORU, Ball State, Western Kentucky, looks by some Big 12 schools.
Andre Roberson 6-7 SF at Converse, TX (Wagner)
Recently visited the Shockers and believed to have also taken recent visits to Penn State and Colorado. Had a Spring offer from Tulsa but back away from it to see what Spring recruitment would bring. Some schools like UCLA have taken a look.
Bradley:
Commits to Bradley:
Walter Lemon 6-2 SG at Chicago (Julian)
SIU, Loyola-Chicago in recently to take a look.
3/24 update: Commits to Bradley
http://www.pjstar.com/sports/x152647...rd-commits-to-
Recruits:
John Wilkens 6-9 enrolled but not playing atSoutheastern CC (IA)
Outstanding shooter with athleticism. He was a buzz when he came to the U.S. last year.
3/21 update: Commits to Iowa State
4/4 update: Well, let's say it's doubtful he will be a Brave. Wilkens' father says John is not committed to Iowa State. Bradley might still be considered along with Illinois State, Providence, Indiana and perhaps others.
Signs LOI with Illinois State
COULD BE CLOSE TO Landing:
Ricardo Johnson 6-6 SF Covington, KY
A Rivals' 3 star, Scout 2 star has just taken one of his officials to the Braves. He has another one soon to Western Kentucky. Other offers are from Ohio, Central Michigan, Drake and Marshall
9/9 update: Ohio gets a verbal from Ricardo Johnson.
PROBABLY A LOCK:
Tyler Les 6-2 SG at Peoria, IL (Notre Dame)
Son of head coach Jim Les. A good shooter with a quick release has gotten looks from a range of D-1 and D-2 schools. He very possibly will walk-on to free up a scholarship.
STEPPING UP EFFORTS FOR:
Darren Tillman 6-4 SF Country Club Hills, IL.
LOOKING IN NEW DIRECTIONS:
New offer to Allen Payne, a 6-6 SF from Cincinnati, OH. A Rivals' 3 star, Scout 2 star who has many offers, mostly from "mid-majors."
10/8 update: Just learned the offer to Payne was a while back. We don't believe he is any longer in the picuture for the Braves. He will visit Auburn on October 16th.
11/11 update: Payne signs LOI with Auburn.
HITTING THE JUNIOR COLLEGES:
Bradley is now thought to be recruiting several JC players. Here the first that I know about:
Chephas Oglesby guard at Cape Fear CC
Oglesby visited Bradley on October 23-25. He previously visited Towson. Another Valley school who is in contact with Oglesby is Wichita State.
11/11 update: Oglesby verbals to Towson.
A NEW RUMOR:
Jarod Oldham 6-3 combo guard at Decatur, IL. (Eisenhower)
There has not been much news about him since last year but an unconfirmed source on 10/27 says he has a final three of Bradley, Indiana State and Illinois State. All three offered sometime ago. He is not on ESPN, Scout or Rivals. Illinois scouting services were high on him last year.
3/10 update: Bradley is no longer involved with Oldham.
3/28 update: Oldham verbals to Buffalo.
Recruiting Activity After the Fall Signing Period:
Quan Connor 6-1 guard at Waukegan, IL. Hi
Bradley and Indiana State are looking. Also involved are SIU-Edwardsville and Ball State. He still needs to work on his core requirements to qualify.
Anthony Cousin 5-11 PG at Butler County CC, KS.
Cousin in a freshmen "one & done" at Butler. WSU and Bradley are said to be working on him the hardest.
4/14 update: Commits to Illinois State
Diante Watkins 5-6 PG at Richard C. Daley City College in Chicago
Also has the attention of Chicago State, Illinois-Chicago, Jackson State and Northern Illinois. He is averaging around 25 a game at the D-2 Juco.
Mykel Cleveland 6-1 PG at Southwestern Illinois College in Belleville, IL.
Has offers from Bradley and Southern Illinois. Interest from Alabama, DePaul, Georgia, Ruters, UNC-Wilmington, Western Kentucky. 11ppg, 4.7 apg.
4/14 update: Commits to SIU.
Kevin Olekaibe 6-1 SG at Las Vegas, NV. (Cimmarron)
An explosive scorer who has been offered by North Texas and looked at by many including Bradley and Creighton, Marquette, San Diego State.
Delino Dear 6-10 C at Progressive Christian Academy (MD)
Native of Chicago is a 5th year player at Progressive Christian Academy. Has interest from Bradley, IUPUI, Drexel, VCU, Toledo and Maryland-Eastern Shore.
Walter Lemon 6-2 SG at Chicago (Julian)
SIU, Loyola-Chicago in recently to take a look.
3/24 update: Commits to Bradley
http://www.pjstar.com/sports/x152647...rd-commits-to-
Ben Mills 6-11 C/PF from Hartland, WI.
Recently released by Boise State from his LOI, he has recieved many new offers. Bradley Northwestern, Oregon State and Xavier are some of them for the Scout 2 star who might after some development time turn into a very good frontliner.
4/21 update: He as offers from Oklahoma State, Bradley, Wisconsin-Green Bay, Northwestern, Toledo, Iowa State and Xavier. Eight other schools have made contact, including Iowa, Georgia Tech, Northern Iowa, Oklahoma, Southern Illinois, St. John's, Virginia, and Washington State.
Creighton:
Will Artino 6-11 PF Waukee, Iowa LOI
Tall but more of a outside player rather than a banger. Artino had offers from Ball State, Iowa, Colorado State, Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Indiana State. A Scout 2 star.
Greg Echenique 6-9 C transfering from RutgersCreighton is on the short list for this sophomore who left Rutgers after the first semester this year. He will have to sit out next year. Others on the list are Maryland, Indiana, Miami and Georgia Tech. Creighton was one of his finalist before chosing Rugers. At Rutgers this year he had a season ending injury after his 7th game. In those games his numbers were 12.6 and 7.7.
1/14 Update: Echenique enrolls at Creighton. He will be eligible 2nd semester next year with 2 and 1/2 years to play.
Jahenns Manigat 6-2 CG playing for Regional Elite Development Academy in Ottawa, Canada.
Manigat give Canisius a verbal a little over a month ago.
4/21 Update: Manigat signs with Creighton.
Doug McDermott 6-7 PF (Ames, IA) LOI
Scouting Report: The son of the Bluejays new coach, Greg McDermott. He is a Scout 3 star. Was the 6th man on a State championship team last year. He had a good AAU summer and senior HS season. Doug visited Creighton and Central Flordia before committing to Northern Iowa when his father was coach at Iowa State. He was released from his Northern Iowa LOI when Greg became the Creighton coach.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recrui...63&season=2010
Recruits:
Keithrick Denson 6-8 PF at Navarro JC, TX LOI
Was being recruited by Iowa State and Georgia State. 4.4 ppg as a freshman at Navarro. Denson is not listed on Juco Junction's top 150. Through half of this season Denson's stats are 10ppg, 7rpg.
Signed a LOI with Creighton in the Fall but was released after Altman's departure.
COULD BE CLOSE TO LANDING:
Elliott Eliason 6-11 C (Chadron, NE)
A Rival's three star has Creighton, Stanford and Minnesota as his final three. He plans to take officials to all three. Eliason has been a top target of Creighton for sometime. Visiting Minnesota this weekend (9/12).
9/17 Update: Eliason verbals to Minnesota.
John Gasser 6-4 Combo Guard (Port Washington, WI)
Said to have a final list of Creighton, Maryland (been rumors of him giving them a verbal but that was nearly a month ago), Arizona State, Northwestern and Wisconsin (offering a 4 for 5).
9/18 Update: Maryland out of it. Has been scheduled to visit Arizona State on 9/18 but no mention of them as current finalist which no appears to be Wisconsin, Northwestern, Creighton and Northern Iowa.
9/24 update: Gasser verbals to Wisconsin. I believe they recently gave him a normal scholarship offer instead of the 4 for 5 deal.
Doug McDermott 6-7 SF (Ames, Iowa)
The Rivals' three star has CU, UNI, Central Florida as his final three with the added possibilty of him walking on to play for his father at Iowa State. Visiting Creigton this weekend (9/12).
10/1 update: McDermott verbals to Northern Iowa.
J.J. O'Brien 6-6 SF (Alto Loma, CA)
A Scout 2 star with offers from and visits set to Creighton, Portland, Utah and San Diego State. He has already been to Utah and is at Creighton this weekend (9/12).
9/16 Update: O'Brien verbals to Utah
BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD:
Jordan Salley 6-7 C LaVern, CA.
Was drawing interest from Tulsa, N. Mexico, San Francisco, Santa Clara and Perpperdine before having a serious ACL tear this summer. Creighton is setting up an on-campus visit with the undersized, wide body. Expect a Spring decision.
Missing out on top targets, the Bluejays are turning to JC players. First on their JC list:
Ben Smith, 6-5 SF/SG Northern Oklahoma
He has been offered by Creighton but will wait until Spring. A former teammate of current Bluejay, Wayne Runnels. Smith is #61 on Juco Junciton's top 150. WSU and SIU have interest. Murry State and TCU have offered.
Signs LOI with Wichita State.
Keithrick Denson 6-8 C/PF at Navaro JC, TX.
Visited Creighton weekend of October 24th. Iowa State, Georgia State, Louisiana State also are recruiting him. His JC coach doesn't like Fall commitments.
11/6/09 update: Verbals to Creighton
Recruiting Activty After the Fall Signing Period:
Brandon Dunson 6-3 guard at Wabash Valley CC in Mount Carmel, IL.
The JucoJunction's #123 ranked player has a reported offer from CU. In January he was offered by Arizona State. Interested schools now include UCLA, Kansas State, Gonzaga, Alabama, Illinois and Nevada.
1/30 update Dunson verbals to Arizona State.
Nick McFarlin 6-7 PF playing at Black Hawk JC.
JucoJunction's #104 ranked player.
LaTroy Taylor 6-2 combo guard at Gary Wallace H.S. Indianapolis, IN.
Taylor is gaining recrutiing interest this Fall. He also has interest from Evansville, Howard, Tulsa and Wright State.
Greg Echenique 6-9 C transfering from RutgersCreighton is on the short list for this sophomore who left Rutgers after the first semester this year. He will have to sit out next year. Others on the list are Maryland, Indiana, Miami and Georgia Tech. Creighton was one of his finalist before chosing Rugers. At Rutgers this year he had a season ending injury after his 7th game. In those games his numbers were 12.6 and 7.7.
1/14 Update: Echenique enrolls at Creighton. He will be eligible 2nd semester next year with 2 and 1/2 years to play.
Jay Harris 6-1 Combo Guard at Oswego, IL (East)
UNI and Creighton interested. WSU and Valparaiso close to offering according to ESPN. He has current offers from Ball State and North Dakota State.
4/14 Update: Harris has commited to Valpo.
Matt Pressey 6-2 Combo Guard at Navarro JC, Texas
Another son of former Tulsa and NBA star Paul Pressey (another son Phil committed to Missouri this year). Matt has reported offers from Akansas, Sam Houston State, TCU and Georgia State. He is just getting to know Creighton.
4/14 Update: Pressey will join his brother at Missouri.
Kurt Alexander 6-2 PG at Iowa Central CC.
Schools with interest include Iowa, Iowa State, Creighton, Northern Iowa, Wichita State, Cal. State-Northridge, North Dakota, North Dakota State
4/14 Update: Commits to Drake
Kevin Olekaibe 6-1 SG at Las Vegas, NV. (Cimmarron)
An explosive scorer who has been offered by North Texas and looked at by many including Bradley and Creighton, Marquette, San Diego State.
Sherrard Brantley SG at Northwest Florida State JC
The pure shooter with 3 years remaining will visit Creighton, LSU and Georgia before making his decision. Illinois State was also interested but appears to be out of the running.
4/4 update: Commits to Georgia.
Still looking, CU is bringing in 3 visitor the weekend of 4/17:
Marcus Williams 5-10 PG at Cochise CC, Arizona.
Tyrone Nared 6-8 Redshirt freshman forward at Community College of Rhode Island
Signed with Creighton but released after the departure of Altman.
Jahenns Manigat 6-2 CG playing for Regional Elite Development Academy in Ottawa, Canada.
Manigat give Canisius a verbal a little over a month ago.
4/21 Update: Manigat signs with Creighton.
Bo Barnes, a SG out of Phoenix, AZ. Has many offers from mid-majors. The most known schools are Albany, Duquesne, Oral Roberts, and Evansville
4/21 update: Commits to Hawaii
Drake:
Drake has no more scholarships.
Commits to the Bulldogs:
Karl Madison 5-10 PG (Springfield, IL) LOI
A Scout 2 star with over 20 ppg as a HS junior. ChicagoHoops' 11th ranked area player for the class of 2010. Athletic and quick, a good scorer who is making a transition to point guard. At the end of his recruitment he was having interest from Nevada, DePaul, Ball State and Northern Iowa. He had scheduled visits left with Northern Iowa and Ball State. There is a thread on Madison on our recruiting board.
Rayvonte Rice 6-3 SG/SF (Champaign, IL) LOI
A strong power type wing player who has a good shot when open. A good scorer. A 3 star on Rivals, no profile on Scout and Northstar has him in the top 125. ChicagoHoops 15th ranked area player in the class of 2010. He had many offers, the most noteable from Nevada, VCU, St. Louis and other Valley schools. It came down to Ohio, Nevada and Drake. We have a recruiting thread on Rice.
4/5 update: Rice finished 2nd in the 2010 voting for Mr. Illinois Basketball.
Jeremy Jeffers 6-5 SF (Wilson, NC) LOI
A scout 2 star, no rivals' rating. A opportunistic offensive player with some range accuracy. Can get to the lane and hit a pull up jumper. Jeffers appears to had offers and serious consideration at the end with schools like VCU, Butler, Bucknell and Auburn.
Kurt Alexander 6-2 PG at Iowa Central CC.
Schools with interest included Iowa, Iowa State, Creighton, Northern Iowa, Wichita State, Cal. State-Northridge, North Dakota, North Dakota StateRecruits:
COULD BE CLOSE TO LANDING:
Jordan Threloff 6-10 240lb C (DeKalb, IL)
A Scout 3star has high interest in Drake and is visited them at the end of August. He has offers from over half the Valley, DePaul and Western Kentucky.
10/7/09 update: Top three are now Drake , Illinois State and Western Michigan. He has visited all three. However he might visit a couple of others.
10/17/09 After a weekend visit to Illinois State, Threloff verbals to the Redbirds.
Michael Bradley 6-10 C (Chattanooga, TN)
A big riser this summer is now a Scout 4 star and their #16 ranked center. He will visit Drake on September 25th. Two other officials are set for VCU and Connecticut. He recently had unofficials to Murry State and Belmont. 9/13 update: Visited Georgia this weekend. It appears he might be considering more schools than what I orginally thought. Visiting Georgia this weekend (9/12).
Update: Bradley's final two are Drake and UConn with UConn the favorite.
10/14 update: Bradley picks U/Conn over Drake.
WAS CLOSE BUT WON'T BE A BULLDOG:
Jonathan Frye 6-5 SG (Greensboro, NC)
A pure shooter with his feet set but needs to increase foot speed. A Scout 2 star. He was pretty set to commit to Drake during a planned visit on September 15. Due to the commitments of Rice and Jeffers, he will look elsewhere. His other offer is from Elon.
10/16 update: Frye verbals to Appalachian State.
LIFE AFTER BRADLEY AND THRELOFF:
Alec Brown 7-0 C Winona, MN.
14.2 ppg, 7.2 rpg as a junior.
He says he is currently down to Loyola-Chicago, UW-Green Bay and possbily Drake who just entered the picture. He probably will not sign until Spring.
RECRUITING ACTIVITY AFTER THE FALL SIGNING PERIOD:
Fred Ford 5-11 PG at Vincenness CC
Dillon Starzl 6-9 PF Kearny, MO
19.6 ppg, 66% from the field as a junior
Drake attended at least one of his recent games. It's believed he has also visited WSU.
From a poster claiming to be Dillon's uncle on the MOsports board, he has offers from Drake, William Jewell, Northwest, Truman State and Rockhurst. Interest also from UMKC. Others posters seem to think he will soon commit to William Jewell.
Will Yeguette 6-7 SF 210 Melbourne, FL (Air Academy)
Considering Drake and Southern Illinois among others. He already has taken official visits to St. John's and Sam Houston State. Georgia Tech. Oklahoma, UCLA and Indiana also are involved.
Evansville:
EU Commits:
New Spring verbal for the Aces is Matt Peeler 6-8 230lb 4/5 at Otero JC in LaJunta, CO.
14.2 ppg, 11.5 rpg in his sophomore season. Has two years of eligiblity left. Played HS at Almagordo, New Mexico.
Jordan Jahr 6-6 SG, a fifth year player at Air Force Prep from Austin, TX.
Kenny Harris 6-6 SF playing at John A. Logan CC
JucoJunction's 108th ranked player.
http://midstatehoops.com/v5/?page_id=3505
Recruits:
No Verbals.
No Information on getting close to anyone.
RECRUITING ACTIVITY AFTER THE FALL SIGNING PERIOD:
Latroy Taylor (See Creighton)
Matt Trimnell 6-4 SG from Seymour, Indiana
Getting looks from Evansville and Butler
Taylor Baxter 6-5 SG at Minonk, IL (Fieldcrest)
Talking to Evansville, North Dakota State, Northern Arizona, Tennessee-Martin, Eastern Illinois and Division 2 & 3 teams.
Bo Barnes, a SG out of Phoenix, AZ. Has many offers from mid-majors. The most known schools are Albany, Duquesne, Oral Roberts, and Evansville
4/21 update: Commits to Hawaii
Nick Thompson 6-8 PF at College of Eastern Utah
Thompson is being sought by Colorado State, Evansville, Kent State, Oklahoma and Utah, though OU and New Mexico appear to be his favorites.
Illinois State:
Commits to the Redbirds:
Jordan Threloff 6-10 C (DeKalb, IL) LOI
The 240lb center is a Scout 3 star. No rating yet on Rivals. ChicagoHoops' 14th ranked area player for the class of 2010. Picked the Redbirds overs Drake and Western Michigan.
Kenyon Smith 6-0 PG Playing at Linclon College LOI
Signed with the Redbirds in 2007 but was academically ineligible. In high school he was the back up to Derrick Rose and averaged less than 5 points a game. A defensive oriented point guard who has the ability to get to the rim.
Anthony Cousin 5-11 PG at Butler County CC, KS.
Bradley and WSU after him the hardest.
Commits to Illinois State
John Wilkens 6-9 enrolled but not playing atSoutheastern CC (IA)
Outstanding shooter with athleticism. He was a buzz when he came to the U.S. last year.
3/21 update: Commits to Iowa State
4/4 update: Well, let's say it's doubtful he will be a Brave. Wilkens' father says John is not committed to Iowa State. Bradley might still be considered along with Illinois State, Providence, Indiana and perhaps others.
Signs LOI with Illinois State
SOMEWHAT CLOSE TO LANDING:
See Indiana State (Mike McCall)
10/3 udpade: McCall verbals to St. Louis
Carlton Guyton 6-3 SG Juco playing at Mineral Area College
A smooth backcourt talent who can score in a variety of ways.
Three of his offical visits will be to Illinois State, Kent State and Cal State-Northridge.
9/30 update: Guyton verbals to Kent State.
STILL WANTING ANOTHER ONE:
Phillip Jackson (See Southern Illinois)
The Redbirds have an offer out to Jackson and would still like to have him. There could be possible ways for them to make room for him.
10/24 update: With the addition of Jackson, perhaps they have given up on Jackson.
3/24 update: Jackson commits to Nevada but may have to go juco.
Jarod Oldham (See Bradley)
One over on scholarships not slowing down 2010 Redbird recruiting? There is a new rumor that Oldham has them on his final list of three.
3/28 update: Oldham verbals to Buffalo.
11/13 RUMORS, RUMORS but nothing on their message board.
Fabyan Harris 5-9 PG at Chicago Hyde Park
Redbirds, Shockers giving the second leading scorer in the Chicago Public League some attention.
4/3 update: Harris commits to SMU
Marquis Carter 6-4 PG at Three Rivers JC, MO.
Illinois State has been mentioned, but Carter's most recent list appears to be Wichita State, Gonzaga, Baylor, LSU and Texas A&M.
Bobby Hatchett 5-10 PG at Scott County, MO (Central Hi)
SIU, Illinois State and MSU said to have interest. Others are St. Louis, Tennessee-Martin, Vanderbilt, Iowa, Ole Miss, Missouri and perhaps Memphis. The report might be old but MOSports lists SIU, Illinois State and Mississippi State as Hatchett's top three. However Hatchett may go JUCO and Three Rivers may be the place. No reports of offers.
Rico Richardson, 6-0 PG at Chicago Bogan formerly from Topeka, KS.
UNI, Drake, Illinois State, WSU all interested. Providence, Virginia, Illinois, Arkansas, UCLA, Memphis, Arizona, and Baylor have all been in touch. St. Louis, Nevada, Northern Illinois also in the hunt.
4/14 update: Has offers from K-State, Texas A&M.
John Wilkens 6-9 playing Juco at Southeastern CC (IA)
Outstanding shooter with athleticism. He was a buzz when he came to the U.S. last year. Somewhat like the Shocker's E. Orupke, a year seeing how he does in Juco ball will give us a better idea how good he might become.
3/21 update: Commits to Iowa State
4/4 update: Well, let's say it's doubtful he will be a Brave. Wilkens' father says John is not committed to Iowa State. Bradley might still be considered along with Illinois State, Providence, Indiana and perhaps others.
Indiana State:
With the departure of Bruce Leitnaker Indiana State has one open scholarship.
Commits to Indiana State:
Jake Kitchell 6-8 Combo Forward (Union Mills, IN.) LOI
A Rivals 3 star, Scout 2 star. 20ppg, 13rpg last season at a small school.
At one time his offers included Ball State, IUPUI, Oregon State and Valparaiso. Xavier showed some late interest. In the end it came down to the Trees, Valpraiso and Western Michigan.
Myles Walker 6-8 250lb C at South Plains CC LOI
He could be a defensive help but is behind on offense. 7.4ppg, 4.8rpg and very poor FT shooting as a freshman at South Plains. He was a sought after D-1 football recruit in high school. Walker is # 84 on Juco Junction's top 150.
Steve McWhorter 6-2 PG Racine, WI LOI
Pehaps more of a defensive specialist but he did shot 57.6% from the field, 10ppg, 5apg as a junior. Picked ISU over Ball State, North Dakota State and Wisconsin Green Bay.
http://www.wissports.net/sports/hoop...123&id=1072567
WAS SOMEWHAT CLOSE TO LANDING:
Mike McCall 6-2 SG from Illinois
It's a little early to say the Trees are close to getting this good SG but they and Illinois State are said to be in the lead. I thought their efforts with McCall deserved being mentioned. If a bigger named school gives McCall a late solid offer they both may lose out however. Right now, it's looking good for one of these Valley schools. McCall has a thread on the recruiting board. He is ChicagoHoops' 6th ranked area player for the class of 2010.
10/3 update: McCall verbals to St. Louis
MAYBE STILL LOOKING:
Jarod Oldham (See Bradley)
3/28 update: Oldham verbals to Buffalo.
RECRUITING ACTIVITY AFTER THE FALL SIGNING PERIOD:
Chris Henderson 6-8 PF playing at Vincennes CC
Quan Connor (See Bradley)
Derwin Gage 6-2 SG at Danville Area CC (Div-2)
14 ppg this year. Played HS ball at Proviso, IL (East).
Isiah Jones 6-3 PG at Christian Life Academy in Humbolt, TX.
Louisiana Tech, Kansas State, DePaul and Indiana State among the schools that are actively tracking him.
Missouri State:
The Bears have an open scholarship but are probably done.
Commits:
Aaron Cooper 5-10 PG Jacksonville, Arkansas LOI
A quick and high scoring point guard who will need to show leadership of a true point guard. Cooper had an offer from North Texas State and looks from Tulsa, Lamar, Texas-El Paso, Arkansas State and Arkansas-Little Rock.
Corey Copeland 6-4 SG (Ft. Smith, AR) LOI
A Scout 1 star. Long and lean lefty who has the ability to produce buckets off the dribble.
Nathan Scheer 6-5 SG/SF (Washington, MO) LOI
Tough despite a slender frame. A Scout 2 star.
http://www.news-leader.com/article/2...al+commitments
Recruits:
Were fighting for:
Before getting verbals from Scheer and Copeland they were fighting hard for Phillip Jackson (see SIU) and Mike McCall (see Indiania State).
Recruiting Activity After the Fall Signing Period:
Jeverik Nelson 6-7 PG Jackson, MS (Calloway Hi)
Athletic rebounder who plays with energy and runs the court well. Working on a consistent jumper. He has interest from C-USA and Sunbelt schools.
Bobby Hatchett 5-10 PG at Scott County, MO (Central Hi)
SIU, Illinois State and MSU said to have interest. Others are St. Louis, Tennessee-Martin, Vanderbilt, Iowa, Ole Miss, Missouri and perhaps Memphis. The report might be old but MOSports lists SIU, Illinois State and Mississippi State as Hatchett's top three. However Hatchett may go JUCO and Three Rivers may be the place. No reports of offers.
Mamadou Seck 6-7 PF/C at Southeastern Illinois College (JUCO)
From Dakhor, Senegal. Averaging 14.2 ppg, 9.8 rbs, 2 stls, 2 assists, shoots 57% fg, but only 57% ft. Averaged about 10ppg and 11 rbs last year.
Offers by SIU, Cal-Poly and Wichita State
Northern Iowa:
With the release of Doug McDermott's LOI, the Panthers have two open scholarships.
Nate Buss 6-8 Combo Forward Charles City, Iowa LOI
Has range to three and can attack the rim but is very thin. Was ranked 7th in Iowa for his class. 18 points, 8 rebounds, 2.7 blocks per game as a junior. Having verballed in June, little recruiting information is known.
Chip Rank 6-7 PF Cedarburg, Wisconsin LOI
A physically developed PF with determination and desire. He had offers from UW-Milwaukee, UW-Green Bay, North Dakota, William & Mary, Miami-OH, Missouri State and Loyola-Chicago. Looks from Northwestern and Creighton. Rank is a Scout 1 star. Ranked #10 in the State of Wisconsin for his class.
http://www.wissports.net/sports/hoop...123&id=1052161
COULD BE CLOSE TO LANDING:
Kyle Kelm 6-9 PF Randolph, Wisconsin H.S.
A Rivals 3 star from a small school who's recruiting possibly was hurt because of an injury. He has his final list as Northern Iowa, North Dakota State, St. Louis, UW-Green Bay and UW-Milwaukee. He received an early offer from Creighton.
9/18 Update: Kelm verbals to Wisconsin-Milwauke.
John Gasser 6-4 Combo Guard (Port Washington, WI)
See Creighton
09/24 update: Gasser verbals to Wisconsin.
Recruiting Activity After First Signing Period:
Jordair Jett 6-1 PG Notre Dame Prep (MA)
Jett has a possible offer by Baylor and interest from Nebraska. He is from Minnesota. Not a lot of flash, but a tough and strong old school player.
5/2 update: Jett has signed with St. Louis
Norvell Arnold 6-5 SF playing at Southeastern CC
Arnold has been offered by UNI. He is ranked #21 by JucoJunction. Wichita State has interest. Lots of MVC teams took a look at the NJCAA Championships in Hutchinson.
Antwond Roshell 6-10 PF playing at John A. Logan CC
Ranked #57 by JucoJunction.
Brennen Hughes 6-5 PF at Moberly, MO.
With a 25 ppg average Hughes is heavily recruited by Southeast Missouri State and Central Missouri. UNI, SIU-Evansville and Toledo are also showing some interest.
Will Clyburn 6-6SF at Marshalltown C.C.
WSU offers along with Central Michigan, Duquesne, Northern Iowa, and St Louis and Iowa State.
He is #53 in the Juco. 150.
Kurt Alexander 6-2 PG at Iowa Central CC.
Schools with interest include Iowa, Iowa State, Creighton, Northern Iowa, Wichita State, Cal. State-Northridge, North Dakota, North Dakota State
DeAndray Buckley, a 6-3 guard from Romulus (Mich.), has offers from Eastern Kentucky and Northern Iowa; he is also considering Central Michigan.
Southern Illinois:
SIU is currently out of scholarships.
Commits to SIU:
Diamond Taylor 6-4 SG Bolingbrook, IL. Enrolling at SIU for transfer year.
Recently kicked off the team at Wisconsin for burglary and theft.
Considered a top 150 player by many coming out of high school. He didn't last long at Wisconsin as he was charged shortly after arriving with burglary and theft of dorm rooms. He will be enrolling at SIU soon and will be eligible next year.
Troy Long 6-1 PG at Southeastern, IL JC
Has offers from SIU, Miami-O and Eastern Kentucky. Interest from Wyoming and Costal Carolina.
4/14 Update: Commits to SIU
Ernest "Stretch" Watson 6-7 CG at Trintly Valley JC, TX.
Recently visited SIU and will visit Montana State. Montana also interested.
4/14 Udate: Commits to SIU
Mykel Cleveland 6-1 PG at Southwestern Illinois College in Belleville, IL.
Has offers from Bradley and Southern Illinois. Interest from Alabama, DePaul, Georgia, Ruters, UNC-Wilmington, Western Kentucky. 11ppg 4.7 apg
4/14 Update: Commits to SIU.
Mamadou Seck 6-7 Combo Forward at Southeastern Illinois CC
Devonte Drinkard, a 6-8 high school power forward from Stephens, GA.
WAS CLOSE TO GETTING:
Top priorities have been McCall (see Indiana State) and Jordan Threloff (see Drake). Chicago 6-8 post man Phillip Jackson is the other. He has offers from DePaul, Iowa State, Illinois State, St. Louis, Detroit and others. He has not narrowed the field.
ON THE TRAIL Of:
James Siakam 6-6 CG Playing at Brehm Prep in Carbondale
Rivals 96th ranked player for 2011. There is some hope among SIU fans that Siakam may reclassify to 2010. If he does, it increases chances of Siakam staying in Carbondale as Illinois doesn't appear to be ready to offer. Siakam is out for the rest of this year with an injury.
4/11 update: Siakam has indeed reclassified to 2010. Florida, Marquette, Stanford are looking.
Update: Siakan to Vanderbilt
Kentari Nettles 6-9 C from Mobile, Alabama
The Rivals 3 star recently decommited from South Alabama and now lists SIU, Missouri and South Alabama as his top three with all three giving offers. Other offers are from New Mexico and Boston College. Scout has him as a 1 star and his ESPN grade is 79.
Recruiting Activity After The First Signing Period:
Jesse Perry 6-8 SF at John A. Logan JC
The 205 pounder is Juco Junctions' 75th ranked player. Played HS at Gateway Tech in St. Louis. There may be qualifying concerns. SIU has offered and there is interest from Providence, Arizona, UAB, Iowa State and Oklahoma State.
2/15 update: Arizona has offered however, they may favor Kadeem Jack, a forward at Rice Hi in NY. UAB, and Iowa State are probably the other main contenders for SIU.
3/11 update: Offers from Oklahoma State, South Carolina, Texas, UCLA. The offer from Arizona may have been recinded.
3/28 update: Perry commits to Arizona during his official visit.
Paris Carter 6-6 PF playing at Lakeland, IL CC
There are reports of an offer by SIU. Ranked #119 by JucoJunction. Illinois State was also interested at one time.
1/5/10 update: Carter verbals to UI-Chicago.
Dwight McCombs 6-8 PF playing at Moraine Valley CC.
SIU has reportedly offered JucoJunction's 65th ranked player. He has over twenty offers.
3/10 update: SIU does not appear to be in the final running for McCombs.
Aziz N'Diaye 7-1 C playing at College of Southern Idaho
JucoJunction's 20th ranked player has many interested schools. 8.5 ppg and 7.9 rpg with 2.3 block a game as a freshman. The Rival's 3 star had big time looks before having to go Juco. SIU has had long time interest in N'Diaye. Oklahoma is going hard after him and has offered.
4/14 update: Commits to Washington
Aaron Bowen 6-4 SG from Pennwood, MS
The decommit to Marquette is a Rivals' 3 star
Kenny Harris (See Evansville)
Brandon Frazier 6-3 Combo Guard H.S. player at Bishop Loughlin in New York City.
Frazier has cut his list to SIU, Fordham, George Mason, Quinnipac, St. John's and Hofstra. Two strongest factors appear to be a desire to get out of New York and playing time. Coach Lowery just took a trip to N.Y. There is a rumor of a commit by Frazier to SIU.
Bobby Hatchett (See Missouri State)
SIU, Illinois State and MSU said to have interest. Others are St. Louis, Tennessee-Martin, Vanderbilt, Iowa, Ole Miss, Missouri and perhaps Memphis. The report might be old but MOSports lists SIU, Illinois State and Mississippi State as Hatchett's top three. However Hatchett may go JUCO and Three Rivers may be the place. No reports of offers.
Jay Harris 6-1 Combo Guard at Oswego, IL (East)
UNI and Creighton interested. WSU and Valparaiso close to offering according to ESPN. He has current offers from Ball State and North Dakota State.
Wichita State has now offered.
Michael Haynes, 6-6 PF at Heat Basketball Academy
Marquette, Oklahoma, Westrn Kentucky, S. Fl. also recruiting. SIU had interest in last year's non-qualifier while playing HS ball in the Chicago area.
3/2 update: Duke is now in the mix and Haynes will visit them after his season.
Will Yeguette 6-7 210 Melbourne, FL Air Academy
A WF considering Drake and Southern Illinois among others.
2/18 update: Reported offers by SIU, St. John's Sam Houston State and Indiana. He already has taken official visits to St. John's and Sam Houston State. Georgia Tech, Oklahoma and UCLA also are involved.
Joel Wright 6-6 wing at Greensboro N.C. (Carolina Sports Academy)
After de-committing from Fordham in December, he said he has heard from Southern Illinois, Drexel and Baylor, but would like to play in the Big East, if possible.
Tim Steed 6-4 SF/SG at Highland CC, (IL)
The versatile player, who can also run a team has been offered by SIU, Fresno State and Cal St Fullerton. Wichita State, Nebraska, Nevada and Arkansas Little Rock have interest.
3/27 update: Taking an official visit to Arkansas-Little Rock this weekend.
Ben Smith 6-5 SF at Northern Oklahoma-Enid JC.
SIU has interest. See Creighton and Wichita State
Mykel Cleveland 6-1 PG at Southwestern Illinois College in Belleville, IL.
Has offers from Bradley and Southern Illinois. Interest from Alabama, DePaul, Georgia, Ruters. 11ppg, 4.7 apg.
Walter Lemon 6-2 SG at Chicago (Julian)
SIU, Loyola-Chicago in recently to take a look.
3/24 update: Commits to Bradley
Tim Toller 6-7 280lb PF at Danville Area JC, IL.
Has a final three of SIU, Northern Illinois and Eastern Kentucky. Plans to visit all three.
4/6 update: Commits to NIU.
Troy Long 6-1 PG at Southeastern, IL JC
Has offers from SIU, Miami-O and Eastern Kentucky. Interest from Wyoming and Costal Carolina.
Mamadou Seck 6-7 Combo Forward at Southeastern Illinois CC
Interest from Missouri State, Mississippi State, WSU, S.E. Missouri State.
Now has offers from Wichita State, Cal-Poly and SIU.
Ernest "Stretch" Watson 6-7 CG at Trintly Valley JC, TX.
Recently visited SIU and will visit Montana State. Montana also interested.
Commits to Wichita State:
The Shockers current do not have open scholarships.
Commits to the Shockers:
Ehimen Orupke 7-0 C Native of Nigeria playing at Three Rivers JC, MO. LOI
A long awaited for Shocker recruit. His year at Three Rivers will tell us a lot about how good he might become as a Shocker. Orupke not on Juco Juction's top 150 which is to be expected since he hasn't played before.
http://www.shockernet.net/sn/viewtopic.php?t=9311
Joe Ragland 6-0 PG JUCO at North Platte JC, NE Scouting Report: Mid 40% on 3s, 56% field goals, mid 70s on FTs. Fast and is known to blow by people. A NJCAA 1st team All-American. Utah and Creighton was also considered by Ragland at the end of his recruitment.
Ben Smith, 6-5 SF/SG Northern Oklahoma
He has been offered by Creighton but will wait until Spring. A former teammate of current Bluejay, Wayne Runnels. Smith is #61 on Juco Junciton's top 150. WSU and SIU have interest. Murry State and TCU have offered.
Signs LOI with Wichita State.
Other Potential Targets:
Marquise Carter 6-4 PG San Diego, CA. Playing Juco at Three Rivers CC, MO.
A Juco 2nd team All-American last year at Three Rivers CC, MO. 6-4 point guard. Can be a combo guard. Thought to be a solid mid-major prospect when in high school but didn't get much recruiting attention due to not playing AAU. Teammate this year with Ehimen Orupke. They visited WSU togather on 9/18-20. It was an official visit for Carter. Expect him to visit other schools and not make a decision until Spring. Carter is #26 on Juco Junction's top 150.
2/15 update: Most recentl list of schools for Carter are WSU, Gonzaga (Mark Few has attended one of his recent games), LSU, Texas A&M, Baylor. There are signs that the Shocker's are in very good shape with Carter.
2/26 update: Iowa may be involved.
3/11 update: Carter's final two appear to be Gonzaga and Oklahoma.
Jonathan Simmons 6-5 SG Juco at Midland CC (TX)
Recently recieved an offer from the Shockers and has other offers. Little is known about his recruitment. Simmons is #19 on Juco Junction's top 150.
4/16 update: Very little has been written for months about Simmons recruitment. He remains unsigned and it appears all early offers are probably off. He is presently being recruited by Louisiana-Lafayette.
Raphael Akpejiori 6-9 PF Sunrise Christian Academy (Bel Aire, KS)
update:
Coach Marshall watched Raphael at his open gym at the beginning of the open period. A long talk followed.
10/19 update: Akpejiori verbals to Miami-FL.
Brandon Peters 6-1 SG Houston, Texas
Peters visited North Texas on 9/26. A potential visitor it appears his time has past for the Shockers. Almost for sure will be non-committed past the Fall signing period.
11/25 Update: "Snap" Peters verbals to Western Kentucky after a visit.
Dexter Ellington 6-0 PG Playing at Chipola JC, FL.
The Shockers recently offered. Little known at this time about his recruitment. #114 in Juco Junction's top 150.
Tryee Graham 6-1 CG Playing at Brunswick CC, N.C.
He has high interest in the Shockers and UAB. Visiting UAB on October 16th. #23 on Juco Junction's top 150.
12/9 update: Graham verbals to Binghamton
Michael Wynn 5-11 pg at Heat Academy in Martinsville, VA.
Recently offered by WSU, Western Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky and Wyoming. North Carolina Greensboro offered earlier.
11/28 update: Wynn signs with North Carolina Central
Ben Smith (See Creighton)
Shocker staff reportedly talking to Smith after one of his games this Fall and Smith follows that up with an unofficial visit to WSU. Creighton has offered along with TCU and Murry State.
Desmond Holloway 6-4 SG at Wasbash Valley JC.
Tennessee Tech, Idaho, IUPUI and Murry State are also interested.
3/5 update: Vebals to Costal Carolina
Norvell Arnold (See UNI)
Lazeric Jones 5-11 PG playing at John A. Logan CC
The 15th ranked player by JucoJunction has offers from UCLA and Nevada. Interest in the Shockers by Jones may be minimal.
1/6/10 Update: Jones verbals to UCLA
KC Ross-Miller 6-0 PG at God's Academy in Dallas, TX.
Shockers are said to be on the new top 12 list for this former Billie Gillispie commit.
Ross-Miller has commited to LSU.
Dillon Starzl (See Drake)
Reece Holliday 6-4 SF at Sumner Academy, Kansas City, KS.
Holliday has commited to Wisconsin Green Bay.
Johnathan Loyd 5-9 PG at Las Vegas, Nevada (Bishop Gorman)
A Rivals' three star with offers from SMU, Cal Riverside, Cal Poly, Northern Arizona. Interest from UCLA, Santa Clara, BYU, Charolotte
Stephen Rogers 6-8 PF at Mesa CC, Arizona
Possible WSU interest with involvment by BYU, Boise State, Eastern Washington, Northern Arizona
Tony Smith 6-5 Combo Guard at Seward County CC, KS
Partial list of Smith's 38 schools are WSU, West Virignia, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Cincinnati, Gonzaga, Texas A&M, Florida, USC.
Anthony Cousin 5-11 PG at Butler County CC, KS.
Bradley and WSU after him the hardest.
Commits to Illinois State
Jay Harris 6-1 Combo Guard at Oswego, IL (East)
UNI and Creighton interested. WSU and Valparaiso close to offering according to ESPN. He has current offers from Ball State and North Dakota State.
2/12/10 update: WSU has offered.
Fabyan Harris 5-9 PG at Chicago Hyde Park
Redbirds, Shockers giving the second leading scorer in the Chicago Public League some attention.
4/4 update: Harris commits to SMU.
Matthew Brabham 5-11 PG at Macon, GA. (Central)
A small, high scoring pg with interest from Auburn, Georgia State, Middle Tennessee State.
Rico Richardson, 6-0 PG at Chicago Bogan formerly from Topeka, KS.
UNI, Drake, Illinois State, WSU all interested all with several big name schools.
Daishon Knight 6-1 PG at Baltimore Lake Clifton Hi
A backcourt mate of Josh Selby. It's been mentioned that he may take a prep school year. He visited the Shockers during the WSU-Missouri State game.
Tim Steed 6-4 SF/SG at Highland CC, (IL)
The versatile player, who can also run a team has been offered by SIU, Fresno State and Cal St Fullerton. Wichita State, Nebraska, Nevada and Arkansas Little Rock have interest.
Will Clyburn 6-6SF at Marshalltown C.C.
WSU offers along with Central Michigan, Duquesne, Northern Iowa, and St Louis and Iowa State.
He is #53 in the Juco. 150.
Robert Sandoval 6-0 PG at Clovis East Hi in Fresno, CA
Has the interest of WSU, Utah State, San Jose State, Sacramento State, UC-Davis
Kurt Alexander 6-2 PG at Iowa Central CC.
Schools with interest include Iowa, Iowa State, Creighton, Northern Iowa, Wichita State, Cal. State-Northridge, North Dakota, North Dakota State
3/26 update:
Daneil Barnes 6-2 SG at Kashaskia College (JC) in Centralia, IL.
Interest from schools like Nevada, Eastern Illinois, Eastern Kentucky, Portland State, SIU-Edwardsville. Offers from Illinois-Chicago, Northwestern State.
Ken Brown 6-1 PG at Cerritos CC (CA)
Brown has narrowed his choices to Western Kentucky, Southern Cal and Houston
Chris Babb 6-5 SG transferring from Penn State
There is mutal interest between Babb and the Shockers in this year's starting SG at Penn State who averaged almost 10 points per game.
Mamadou Seck 6-7 Combo Forward at Southeastern Illinois CC
Interest from Missouri State, Mississippi State, WSU, S.E. Missouri State.
Now has offers from Wichita State, Cal-Poly and SIU.
Kendall Jennings 6-6 SF from Huntsville, Alabama.
Offers from UAB and South Alabama. He has interest from Alabama, Auburn and Indiana. The Shockers have been interested for awhile and it appears coach Marshall has made a recruiting trip to see him.
Jarvis Davis 6-1 PG at Hargrave Military in NC.
The Columbia, SC native is a former Charlotte commit before their coach was fired. On his short list are Charlotte, WSU, Charleston Southern, Nebraska and Delaware.
4/2 update: Commits to Central Florida
Jawanza Poland 6-4 SG at Butler Co. CC, KS
The Wichita native and freshman redshirt appears to have a final three of South Florida, Wichita State and Oklahoma.
C.J. Washington 6-7 PF at Conners State JC, OK.
Scouting Report: A newly named NJCAA 1st team All-American and thought to be the best JC player in Oklahoma. Offers from
Wright State, Murry State, Sam Houston State and interest from
ORU, Ball State, Western Kentucky, looks by some Big 12 schools.
Andre Roberson 6-7 SF at Converse, TX (Wagner)
Recently visited the Shockers and believed to have also taken recent visits to Penn State and Colorado. Had a Spring offer from Tulsa but back away from it to see what Spring recruitment would bring. Some schools like UCLA have taken a look.
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