Wojo Offers Sam Hauser

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

https://twitter.com/WisBBYearbook/status/479078138236772353

Wojo has offered Sam Hauser, a 2 star SF out of Steven's Point High. While not highly ranked on the national stage, he is considered the top 2016 recruit coming out of Wisconsin.

We are the first major player to offer him a scholarship. Our competition currently is Drake, Northern Iowa, Toledo, and UWGB.

[ThatDude]

Wow

[muhoops1]

Sam's good, but his younger brother may be better ...just sayin'

[GGGG]

Almost 24 months prior to his high school graduation.  The same time that Buzz offered Kyle Kelm from Randolph who went on to a decent, but not spectacular career at UWM.

IOW, there is plenty of time for either party to move on if it doesn't pan out.  It's the 2015 offers that are most immediately important right now.

[Freeport Warrior]

I've seen him play many times. Great shooter, but what sets him apart IMO is his mid-range game. He will be Dekker 2.0. Would love to get him in the mix.

[Texas Western]

He will get more visibility in the coming years. Smart move to be the first high major to put out an offer. Wojo is working on developing a local pipeline.

[T-Bone]

Sam's good, but his younger brother may be better ...just sayin'

I'm hearing that his future children will be a team of Michael Jordans. 

[esotericmindguy]

Recruit shooters, it's the only way to compete on a national level. All the best Marquette teams (post Al) had midwest kids that can shoot.

[swoopem]

I'm totally cool with offering the best kid in the state even if he is a sophomore. On another note does anyone know how Phillip Flory is doing/did this past season?

[Nukem2]

Recruit shooters, it's the only way to compete on a national level. All the best Marquette teams (post Al) had midwest kids that can shoot.

Hmmm...what about Buzz's teams?

[real chili 83]

Almost 24 months prior to his high school graduation.  The same time that Buzz offered Kyle Kelm from Randolph who went on to a decent, but not spectacular career at UWM.

IOW, there is plenty of time for either party to move on if it doesn't pan out.  It's the 2015 offers that are most immediately important right now.

Yes, lots of time, but if you start pulling offers after they are accepted can reflect well on a program.

[tower912]

Recruit shooters, it's the only way to compete on a national level. All the best Marquette teams (post Al) had midwest kids that can shoot.

Elite 8?   The midwest kids who could shoot on that team were..............?

[GGGG]

Elite 8?   The midwest kids who could shoot on that team were..............?

Jake Thomas.

[keefe]

Jake Thomas.

Jake Thomas wasn't a shooter. He is a sniper.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

I've seen him play many times. Great shooter, but what sets him apart IMO is his mid-range game. He will be Dekker 2.0. Would love to get him in the mix.

So I take it you think he is underranked?

[muhoops1]

I'm hearing that his future children will be a team of Michael Jordans. 

I'm not kidding.  I believe his brother will be a Fr next year and has scouts drooling already.  Flory's parents shopped him there and was told they couldn't guarantee him a starting spot. Most assume they are recruiting a package deal. 

[Earl Tatum]

From Marshfield; SAM HAUSER IS DAM GOOOOOOOD! Better than a two star. Will be a junior. He has talent.
Younger brother is just as good. Trevor Anderson wouldn't be a bad get either. Even keel with Sam.
I believe there game still has upside.

[4everwarriors]

Is he Jewish too?

[leever]

From Marshfield; SAM HAUSER IS DAM GOOOOOOOD! Better than a two star. Will be a junior. He has talent.
Younger brother is just as good. Trevor Anderson wouldn't be a bad get either. Even keel with Sam.
I believe there game still has upside.

His older brother Doogie was pretty good too until the acl injury took away his quickness and forced him to go to med school.

[BCHoopster]

MU has turned into Yeshiva University!

[Freeport Warrior]

So I take it you think he is underranked?

Yes, for sure. I think it is only a matter of time before he blows up. My frame of reference at this age would be that he is a much taller Riley Lachance - who ended up 4star, ESPN Top 100. And let's just say he doesn't end up ranked 4star or ESPN100, he has a very similar skill set and is a more athletic. I would also say he is as good of a shooter right now as Brady Ellingson (Iowa recruit) and a much better ball handler. I watch a ton of WI high school/AAU games and you see a ton of kids who can drive, and a ton of kids that can shoot 3s. You also see some that can do both. What you hardly ever see is a solid mid-range game - and Hauser has a great one. He has the IQ and maturity to take what you give him. Hauser and his teammate Anderson also make people around them better.

Some guys were joking about comparing him to Jake. Jake could shoot threes and gave as much as he could, but that is where the comparison ends. Hauser plays a lot like Dekker in HS and is only a few inches shorter at this point. In regards to his brother, Joey, I think he will be a good one as well. Even though he was always the tallest kid on Stevens Point and his WI Swing AAU team in the early years, he always played some wing or guard, so he has been developing those skills for some time. You see it all the time when kids start bball in 3rd grade and they put the tallest kid at center and they stay there forever, learning back to the basket "skills" only to end up 5' 10" by the time they reach high school. That is certainly not the case for either of the Hausers; they can both shoot the lights out.

[GGGG]

Not to mention that Hauser is already 6'6" while Thomas was 6'3".

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Thanks for the info Freeport

[keefe]

Is he Jewish too?

No, but these girls are

[77ncaachamps]

6'6"

I can dig that.

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