ESPN (Insider) touts Looney, Stone at Nike Elite 100

[GB Warrior]

Insider article for those of you with access:

Stone, Looney highlight Nike Elite 100

[Dreadman24]

Wow, this is great. Who ever has an insider please post!

[Stringer Bellenson]

Standout players


Dave Telep/ESPN.comDiamond Stone is ranked No. 3 overall in the 2015 class.
Diamond Stone
2015, C, 6-foot-8, 220 pounds
He proved to be one of the top big men we've seen at this camp in the past decade. In camp settings like this one, you can get a true measure of how good a big man is by how much respect the guards show him. At this event, the guards tossed to Stone for fear of reprisal. He's a huge body with an inherent dose of skill. Stone's hook shot and ability to use both hands in the lane was outstanding. He has room to develop and crank up his motor. There was little doubt he was the No. 1 overall prospect at the event and will be a serious challenger for the top overall spot in the 2015 class.

Kevon Looney
2014, PF, 6-7, 185 pounds
There have not been many 2014 prospects who have strung together better spring and early summer performances than Looney. He has an extremely high motor, wide shoulders and is a punishing finisher in the lane. He's a beast once he catches in the paint and his production level is high. Given the fact that he's been so consistent, he's vaulted himself into top-10 contention in his class. Should he round out his power and athletic game with a reliable jump shot, he would take another leap. Had there been an MVP trophy awarded at camp, he would have been a popular choice.

[Otule's Glass Eye]

Standout players


Dave Telep/ESPN.comDiamond Stone is ranked No. 3 overall in the 2015 class.
Diamond Stone
2015, C, 6-foot-8, 220 pounds
He proved to be one of the top big men we've seen at this camp in the past decade. In camp settings like this one, you can get a true measure of how good a big man is by how much respect the guards show him. At this event, the guards tossed to Stone for fear of reprisal. He's a huge body with an inherent dose of skill. Stone's hook shot and ability to use both hands in the lane was outstanding. He has room to develop and crank up his motor. There was little doubt he was the No. 1 overall prospect at the event and will be a serious challenger for the top overall spot in the 2015 class.

Kevon Looney
2014, PF, 6-7, 185 pounds
There have not been many 2014 prospects who have strung together better spring and early summer performances than Looney. He has an extremely high motor, wide shoulders and is a punishing finisher in the lane. He's a beast once he catches in the paint and his production level is high. Given the fact that he's been so consistent, he's vaulted himself into top-10 contention in his class. Should he round out his power and athletic game with a reliable jump shot, he would take another leap. Had there been an MVP trophy awarded at camp, he would have been a popular choice.

Their praise is getting really high, maybe too high...

[JakeBarnes]

Their praise is getting really high, maybe too high...

If you act like a mid-major, you get treated like a mid major.  Time to go for broke for guys in the backyard of MU and create something like what the Fab 5 was to Michigan: a team built around some good, local talent (i get that only 3/5 were from Detroit).  Buzz is on the right track, and getting that sort of a pipeline going can make sure he gets (and has already, in the cases of Deonte, jameel and Duane) top picks of the local talent when such a pool exists.

[Otule's Glass Eye]

If you act like a mid-major, you get treated like a mid major.  Time to go for broke for guys in the backyard of MU and create something like what the Fab 5 was to Michigan: a team built around some good, local talent (i get that only 3/5 were from Detroit).  Buzz is on the right track, and getting that sort of a pipeline going can make sure he gets (and has already, in the cases of Deonte, jameel and Duane) top picks of the local talent when such a pool exists.

Lets say Juan Anderson transfers and Otule doesnt get his 6th year. Kendrick Nunn and Jabari Parker commit to us and then we have at positions

1) Wilson
2) Nunn
3) Burton
4) Parker
5) McKay

and you have your Fab 5. 

[Otule's Glass Eye]

Looney is on the front page of ESPN's CBB Recruiting section as "Mr. Consistency"

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/index

[Dawson Rental]

Lets say Juan Anderson transfers and Otule doesnt get his 6th year. Kendrick Nunn and Jabari Parker commit to us and then we have at positions

1) Wilson
2) Nunn
3) Burton
4) Parker
5) McKay

and you have your Fab 5.  

Hey, let's say that Buzz takes a sabbatical to get his masters degree in theology, and is replaced by Tom Izzo with Bill Self as his co-head coach....

[GB Warrior]

Their praise is getting really high, maybe too high...

+1 It's to the point where it's making me nervous. I won't go so far as to say our status as an elite program rides on these two guys, but losing the two best recruits out of Milwaukee in recent memory would be a shot in the gut.

With that said, Buzz has done everything right to make this a possibility!