Kolek planning to go pro
I know that we were recruiting him up till Marquette Madness. He was scheduled to be in attendance, and for whatever reason, decided not to show up. I have a friend who was in charge of waiting for him and his family at the Al left hanging. This was more of his choice, than ours.
Anybody have a source or is this just pure speculation?
Mark Miller's Site had it:http://www.wissports.net/sports/hoopsb/blog/message.aspx?f=123&id=963691Marquette University has pulled out of the recruiting sweepstakes for Racine Horlick senior Jamil Wilson. Horlick coach Jason Treutelaar confirmed today Marquette coach Buzz Williams called Wilson and his father on Monday evening with the news the Golden Eagles were no longer actively recruiting the talented 6-foot-7 senior. Marquette received a verbal commitment from 6-9 senior Brett Roseboro of Quakertown, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, which in effect ended the Golden Eagles’ pursuit of Wilson. Marquette had previously received verbal commitments from forwards Jeronne Maymon of Madison Memorial and Erik Williams of Houston, along with guards Junior Cadougan of Houston and Dwight Buycks of Indian Hills Community College and Milwaukee Bay View. Michigan State appears to be the current leader for Wilson, who is ranked No. 2 among state prospects in the class of 2009 by Wishoops.net. Oregon and Texas also remain in the hunt for Wilson, who may take an official visit to Oregon on Nov. 6-7.
Roseboro is a better fit in that his skill set is different than Wilson's and he thus fits in better with Maymon and Erik Williams.
Oregon? Boy the last few months have really limited his options. I bet if he could do this entire thing over, he would have declared much earlier.On an interesting side note, I coached against the other kid mentioned in the article - Mike Boebel from Marshall - when he was in sixth grade. You could see then what a player he was. Glad to see he's getting a scholie somewhere.
you are confident that he is a better fit? if you are then im on board. however, having different skill set doesnt make you a better fit. I have always thought that college basketball was about taking the best players possible, with keeping in mind academic and personal concerns (amoroso, mason, mbakwe, etc etc) I believe that if you take the best players, they can fill their different roles. That said, you dont want 5 of the same type of player on the same team.However, ill give an extreme example. Some might say, and said last season, that mo acker's pass first type of skill set where he sets everyone up better fits this teams style than DJ's because of DJ's erratic play and shoot first mentality at times. That, to me, is pure bullocks. Id take DJ any day in the lineup over acker, as id take a top 100 player over a top 300 player and then find a way to make it fitI know i know thats why the recruiters are there and the rankings arent always a good representation. All im saying is that conceptually, if Wilson is much more skilled than Roseboro like the rankings say, Id def go after Wilson, even if his 'skill set' wasnt what you were looking for to compliment everyone else.
I have no idea, but I wonder if Wilson not making midnight madness turned Buzz off. Buzz has repeatedly stated that he wants players who want to be at Marquette. If Wilson did not show up without calling Buzz, I would think that would turn Buzz off.
Jamil had a HS volleyball tournament that ended up going into Midnight Madness. If his team was out earlier he would have been there.