Chicago area's top recruits

[LastWarrior]

We've had some pretty good success pulling recruits out of Chicago in recent years (Gates, Amal, Wardle, Wade, Mason, Barro, & Jerel) but nothing this year.  So... I think our odds with Luke Fabrizius next year are pretty good!!   


http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/illinois/cs-061108prepbbkrecruitlist,1,4741953.htmlstory?coll=cs-home-headlines

Basketball's Decision '06
Where the Chicago area's top recruits are headed when the letter-of-intent signing period begins Wednesday

November 8, 2006

PLAYER            SCHOOL           HT   POS  COLLEGE
Mike Capocci      Glenbard East    6-6  F    Northwestern
Ceola Clark       Warren           6-2  G    Western Illinois
Larry Dumas       Bloom            6-1  G    Western Illinois
Tim Flowers       Simeon           6-5  F    Wisconsin-Milwaukee
J.J. Henley       Lincoln Park     6-7  F    Wisconsin-Green Bay
Aaron Johnson     Hubbard          5-9  G    Alabama-Birmingham
Kevin Johnson     Simeon           6-6  F    Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Sean Kane         Carmel           6-5  F/G  Brown
Mac Koshwal       Boys To Men      6-8  F    DePaul
Garrett Leffelman St. Joseph       6-4  F/G  Brown
Sam Maniscalco    St. Patrick      6-1  G    Bradley
Demetri McCamey   St. Joseph       6-3  G    Illinois
Dwight McCombs    Young            6-7  F/C  Miami of Ohio
Brandon McGee     Crane            6-7  F    Indiana
Dan Monckton      Glenbrook S.     6-5  F    Pennsylvania
Jacob Pullen      Proviso East     6-0  G    Kansas State
Jon Rice          Waubonsie Valley 6-0  G    Belmont University
Derrick Rose      Simeon           6-4  G    Memphis
Michael Thompson  Lincoln Park     5-10 G    Northwestern
Evan Turner       St. Joseph       6-6  F    Ohio State

Compiled by Bob Sakamoto

[77ncaachamps]

It is funny that we were not able to get the usual ONE chi-town steal this year.

Call it the Big East Effect or whatever.

I think national recruiting is as important as local recruiting. The latter contribute to the "Ties that bind" - fan base growth, control/influence of local market, Marquette in the back of every WI and IL prospect's mind.