Schools we are competing with for recruits right now

[ChicosBailBonds]

Class of 2008 -  All are top 150 kids per Scout


Quintrell Thomas - Elizabeth, NJ - Marquette, Maryland, Rutgers

Rotnei Clarke - Claremore, OK - Arizona State, Marquette, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Iowa State, Kansas, Missouri State, Oklahoma State, Tulsa

Nathan Garth - Dallas, TX - California, Minnesota, Oklahoma, UTEP, Houston, Mississippi, Duquesne, Florida, Illinois, LSU, Marquette, Missouri, New Mexico State, Texas A&M, Texas-Arlington, Wichita State

Renaldo Woolridge - N. Hollywood, CA - Arizona State, Miami (Fl), Pepperdine, Arizona, Marquette, Maryland, Notre Dame, Portland, Wake Forest, Washington

Luke Fabrizius - Arlington Hts, IL - Albany NY, Dayton, DePaul, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa State, Marquette, Northwestern, Notre Dame

Patrick Jackson - Brooklyn, NY - Clemson, Marquette, Miami (Fl), Rutgers, Saint John's (NY), Seton Hall, Syracuse, Virginia Tech

Brett Thompson - Vienna, IL - Alabama, Indiana, Iowa State, Notre Dame, Purdue, St. Louis, Georgia, Illinois, Marquette, Michigan State, Northwestern

Maurice Sutton - Upper Marlboro, MD - Clemson, Connecticut, Kentucky, Marquette, Maryland, Virginia, Miami (Fl), UNLV

Matthew Humprhey - Chicago, IL - Connecticut, Duke, Illinois, Marquette, Michigan, Notre Dame, Oregon

Iman Shumpert - Oak Park, IL - Bradley, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Illinois, Marquette, Michigan, North Carolina, Northwestern, Tennessee, Wisconsin

Taylor Brown - Sandy, UT - Arizona, BYU, Indiana, Oregon State, Stanford, Syracuse, UNLV, Utah, Utah State, Marquette, New Mexico, USC, Washington

Max Kenyi - Washington, D.C. - Marquette, George Mason, Hampton, James Madison, Virginia Commonwealth, William & Mary

Colin Chieverton - San Jose, CA - Marquette, Oregon, Arizona State, California, Gonzaga, Loyola Marymount, Oklahoma, Oregon State, Pepperdine, San Diego State

[Nukem2]

Gotta close the deal.  Simple (or as hard ) as that.   

[herboturbo]

Does anyone know if shumpert can play the point?? 

Also Thompson recently shortened his list and we were not on it

[1990Warrior]

How many positions are we trying to fill for 2008?

[NYWarrior]

dont forget about Jordan Theodore at PG.....he listed MU as one of the schools he's interested in/recruiting him hardest last month.  #19 PG in the nation per Scout

[ChicosBailBonds]

Quote from Cincinnati's coach

"I'm a numbers guy," observes Cronin, "so to sign six guys, we've got to recruit probably 20. It takes almost three-and-a-half to four guys to get one recruit. And that's way down from the number you start with. So now, when you're recruiting 20 guys to get six, you've got to recruit the kid, you've got to recruit at least one family member and at least one of the coaches, high school or AAU. So now you're dealing with 60 people on a daily basis as a staff."

[77ncaachamps]

Can the OP be edited to include positions and heights?

[TVDirector]

Basketball Recruiting

SG Iman Shumpert
(Oak Park & River Forest HS)
Oak Park, IL   6-4/175 

PG   Rotnei Clarke
(Verdigris HS)
Claremore, OK   6-0/170 

C  Brett Thompson
(Vienna HS)
Vienna, IL   6-11/255 

SG  Matthew Humphrey
(Hales Franciscan HS I)
Chicago, IL   6-5/- 

SG Nick Williams
(Le Flore HS)
Mobile, AL    6-4/200 

SF  Renaldo Woolridge
(Harvard-Westlake School)
N Hollywood, CA   6-8/205

PF  Quintrell Thomas
(St. Patrick HS)
Elizabeth, NJ   6-8/225

38    Luke Fabrizius
(John Hersey HS)
Arlington Heights, IL   6-8/180 

C  Maurice Sutton
(Largo HS)
Upper Marlboro, MD   6-10/190 

SG  Taylor Brown
(Alta HS)
Sandy, UT   6-5/195 
 
SF  Patrick Jackson
(Xaverian HS)
Brooklyn, NY   6-5/175 

SG  Max Kenyi
(Gonzaga College HS)
Washington, DC   6-4.5/175 

SG  Colin Chieverton
(Archbishop Mitty HS)
San Jose, CA   6-5/180 

[bma725]

Nathen Garth can be checked off the list.  He cut his list to 4 back in April and MU wasn't a part of it....but MU was out of the running well before that.

[muhoops1]

The coach to watch is Fred Hill.  Well liked and well connected in NJ.  Could hurt our prep activity on the East Coast.

[MUDPT]

Shumpert was listed as a priority for both MU and Illinois in yesterday's Chicago Tribune. 

Speaking of recruiting, I'm treating a high school basketball player right now from a Chicago area high school.  He loves Marquette because of Dwyane Wade.  I'm not sure how good he is, but he played varsity as a sophomore, until getting injured.  I think we will see more of this in years coming up.  Kids who were in elementary school and middle school when DWade came upon the scene will look very highly on Marquette.  Those in high school when Dwyane became an NBA star already had their favorite NBA players when they were deciding on which schools to look at.

[bma725]

Shumpert was listed as a priority for both MU and Illinois in yesterday's Chicago Tribune. 

He's probably a long shot for both of those schools right now, Clemson is the leader, and he's basically their's to lose.  Unless Oliver Purnell screws up majorly, Shumpert is going to Clemson.

[The Lens]

Oliver Purnell has to be absolutely confused that a top player from Chicago has grown up dreaming of playing at Clemson.

I mean even more confused that Tim Floyd with OJ Mayo.  If I'm Purnell, I'd be looking for the Candid Camera..."Wait he said Clemson, as in South Carolina? Really?, Why?"

[Coobeys Oil Depot]

Oliver Purnell has to be absolutely confused that a top player from Chicago has grown up dreaming of playing at Clemson.

I mean even more confused that Tim Floyd with OJ Mayo.  If I'm Purnell, I'd be looking for the Candid Camera..."Wait he said Clemson, as in South Carolina? Really?, Why?"

That is weird with Shumpert and Clemson. Then again, maybe he really wants the ACC play and knows that at a school like Clemson he can star whereas at a school like UNC he'd be a bit player?

Also, no confusion with Floyd and Mayo. The kid has made it pretty clear why he chose USC.

[The Lens]

I know the whole Mayo-USC story but I would bet that for the first coupe of days, Floyd was in a daze.

And no I'm not comparing the talents of Iman & OJ.

[bma725]

Oliver Purnell has to be absolutely confused that a top player from Chicago has grown up dreaming of playing at Clemson.

I mean even more confused that Tim Floyd with OJ Mayo.  If I'm Purnell, I'd be looking for the Candid Camera..."Wait he said Clemson, as in South Carolina? Really?, Why?"

That is weird with Shumpert and Clemson. Then again, maybe he really wants the ACC play and knows that at a school like Clemson he can star whereas at a school like UNC he'd be a bit player?

Part of it is the ACC....but Shumpert has also said he likes Clemson because of the uniform colors.  No I'm not kidding.  He said that he liked the orange and blue, but didn't want to be like all his friends and root for Illinois, so he looked for another school with orange and blue, and that just happened to be Clemson. 

Just goes to show there's a lot more going into recruiting than just basketball.

[MUDPT]

Did Fabrizius just commit to Northwestern or was that someone else?

[bma725]

Did Fabrizius just commit to Northwestern or was that someone else?

Fabrizius is still out there.  Northwestern got two commits over the weekend from AAU teammates Nick Fruendt and John Shurna.  Fruendt was also recruited by Wisconsin, and they were thought to be his favorite, but they didn't extend an offer.

[Big Papi]

Oliver Purnell has to be absolutely confused that a top player from Chicago has grown up dreaming of playing at Clemson.

I mean even more confused that Tim Floyd with OJ Mayo.  If I'm Purnell, I'd be looking for the Candid Camera..."Wait he said Clemson, as in South Carolina? Really?, Why?"

That is weird with Shumpert and Clemson. Then again, maybe he really wants the ACC play and knows that at a school like Clemson he can star whereas at a school like UNC he'd be a bit player?

Part of it is the ACC....but Shumpert has also said he likes Clemson because of the uniform colors.  No I'm not kidding.  He said that he liked the orange and blue, but didn't want to be like all his friends and root for Illinois, so he looked for another school with orange and blue, and that just happened to be Clemson. 

Just goes to show there's a lot more going into recruiting than just basketball.

Per Shumpert's own words, Clemson IS NOT HIS DREAM SCHOOL.  That is an exaggeration.  He didn't want to like all the same schools his buds liked, i.e. Duke, North Carolina so he started following Clemson initially because he liked the colors.  They are a player of his services but he is not Purnell's recruit to lose as we have just as good a chance of landing him as Clemson does. 

[bma725]

When asked if it was his dream school, he didn't say no, and when asked why it was his dream school, he went on to tell what you just said. 

Any non-ACC school is a long shot at this point, he was just offered and turned down Wisconsin.  He's starting to focus only on ACC schools and he's getting more interest from them every day.

[Coobeys Oil Depot]

When asked if it was his dream school, he didn't say no, and when asked why it was his dream school, he went on to tell what you just said. 

Any non-ACC school is a long shot at this point, he was just offered and turned down Wisconsin.  He's starting to focus only on ACC schools and he's getting more interest from them every day.

Are you pulling this from somewhere or is this just your conclusions from reading things or are you somehow involved in Shumpert's recruitment?

I haven't read much about this kid's recruitment but your info seems pretty detailed.

[BigSky]

When asked if it was his dream school, he didn't say no, and when asked why it was his dream school, he went on to tell what you just said. 

Any non-ACC school is a long shot at this point, he was just offered and turned down Wisconsin.  He's starting to focus only on ACC schools and he's getting more interest from them every day.

That simply is misinformed.

[NYWarrior]

That simply is misinformed.

You are correct sir.  Iman addresses the Clemson/ACC issue here -- and mentions that MU is among his faves

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/news?slug=rivals-123707&prov=rivals&type=story_recruiting

[ChicosBailBonds]

When asked if it was his dream school, he didn't say no, and when asked why it was his dream school, he went on to tell what you just said. 

Any non-ACC school is a long shot at this point, he was just offered and turned down Wisconsin.  He's starting to focus only on ACC schools and he's getting more interest from them every day.

Correct, he did turn down Wisconsin (or they "cooled on him") recently.

[ilovefreeway]

That simply is misinformed.

You are correct sir.  Iman addresses the Clemson/ACC issue here -- and mentions that MU is among his faves

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/news?slug=rivals-123707&prov=rivals&type=story_recruiting

wow, just........wow.
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