School Lists
I was busy yesterday collecting school lists from over 30
players to along with one from Chris Braswell that I got Friday night but did not
have a chance to post and one I got from Rod Odom this morning. Amongst the 30+ ballers were a number of top-notch prospects
from all four high school classes (2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012). The biggest names, such as Jordan Hamilton, Kyrie Irving, and Tony Wroten, Jr. are listed closest to the top. Have a look:
Jordan Hamilton ’09, Dominguez (CA): Texas, UConn,
Syracuse, Cal, and Kansas
Offers: All of them; Texas, UConn, Syracuse, Cal, and Kansas
Favorites: Texas and UConn; “I would say they are just about even. I
[have] got to look at[them].”
Note- Hamilton said that he does not “have a
set date yet” for when he will commit.
Kyrie Irving ’10, St. Patrick’s (NJ): Kansas State,
USC, Tennessee, Memphis, Villanova, Indiana, Kansas, Rutgers, Seton Hall,
Florida, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Ohio State, Pitt, Marquette, Georgetown,
Syracuse, Arizona, UConn, Duke, Boston College, Notre Dame, Louisville, Texas
A&M, St. Joseph’s, and George Washington
Offers:
Kansas State, Memphis, Villanova, Indiana, Rutgers, Seton Hall, Virginia,
Virginia Tech, St. Joseph’s, and George Washington
Favorites: “Nope,
[I’m] not even close [to having any].”
Chris Braswell ’09, Hargave Military Academy (VA): Virginia Tech,
Charlotte, Indiana, Maryland, and Xavier
Offers: All of them; Virginia Tech, Charlotte, Indiana, Maryland, and Xavier
Favorites: n/a
James McAdoo ’11, Norfolk Christian School (VA): UCLA, North
Carolina, Florida, Virginia, Clemson, Virginia Tech, Ohio State, USC, Pitt, Louisville,
Georgetown, and Wake Forest
Offers: UCLA, Florida, Ohio State, Pitt, Louisville, Georgetown, and
Wake Forest
Favorites: “I would say UCLA, North Carolina, Florida, Ohio State, and
Wake Forest, but I’m still considering the others.”
Note- McAdoo informed me that he is “not
[considering] Louisville or Pitt.”
Tony Wroten, Jr. ’11, Garfield (WA): UNLV, Miami,
Maryland, St. John’s, Seton Hall, North Carolina, Texas, Louisville, and
Syracuse
Offers:
n/a
Favorites: n/a
Devon Collier ’10, St. Anthony's (NJ): St. John's,
Wake Forest, Stanford, Villanova, Miami, Marquette, Syracuse, Virginia,
Virginia Tech, LSU, Providence, Xavier, Temple, South Carolina, Rutgers,
Fordham, Georgetown, and St. Joseph's
Offers: St. John's, Wake Forest, Miami, Marquette, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia
Tech, LSU, Providence, Xavier, Temple, South Carolina, Rutgers, Fordham,
Georgetown, and St. Joseph's
Favorites: St. John's, Wake Forest, Stanford, Villanova, Miami, Marquette,
Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech, LSU, and Georgetown
Phil Pressey ’10, Episcopal School of Dallas (TX):
Texas, Florida, UConn, LSU, Missouri, Louisville, Baylor, Tennessee, Kansas,
Boston College, and Kansas State
Offers: n/a
Favorites:
n/a
Shane Southwell ’10, Rice (NY): Marquette, St. John’s,
Seton Hall, Xavier, Providence, Clemson, Kansas, and South Carolina
Offers: Marquette, St. John’s, Seton Hall, and Xavier
Favorites: “[I have] no [favorites], but
Marquette and then St. John’s are [recruiting me] the hardest.”
Rodney Williams ’09, Robbinsdale Cooper Sr. (MN): Minnesota,
Kansas, and UConn
Offers: n/a
Favorites: n/a
Sterling Gibbs ’11, Seton Hall Prep (NJ): Maryland,
Florida, Rutgers, Seton Hall, Louisville, Pitt, and St. John’s
Offers: None
Favorites: None; “Right now they are all [at] the same [level].”
Rod Odom ’10, Middlesex (MA): Georgetown, Rutgers,
Memphis, Louisville, Providence, Boston College, Xavier, West Virginia, Seton
Hall, George Washington, UMass, UPenn, Harvard, Columbia, Stanford, and William
& Mary
Offers: “William
& Mary offered. Columbia, Harvard, and UPenn [have] expressed very strong
interest that would be the equivalent of an offer even though Ivy League
schools don’t have scholarships to offer, [and] . . . I just got an offer from
Seton Hall.”
Favorites:
None; “Not yet, I’m really just trying to see what’s out there.”
Stevie Taylor ’11, Lincoln (OH): Ohio, Marquette,
Indiana, Cincinnati, Ohio State, Georgetown, and Tennessee
Offers: None
Favorites: n/a
Note-
Taylor said that Ohio and Marquette are the most recent schools to start showing
interest in him.
Davon Saddler ’09, Aberdeen (MD): Delaware, TCU,
Central Florida, Fairfield, Kent State, and Quinnipiac
Offers: Delaware, TCU, Fairfield, and
Quinnipiac
Favorites: Delaware, TCU,
Central Florida, and Fairfield in that order
Note- Saddler has yet to schedule
any official visits, saying, "not yet," and adding, "my dad [is]
putting them together."
Justin Anderson ’12, Montrose Christian (MD): Texas,
Maryland, Louisville, and Virginia
Offers: Louisville
Favorites: Texas, Maryland, and North Carolina are Anderson’s top three,
even though North Carolina is not currently recruiting him.
Note- Anderson’s dream school is Texas.
Tavon Sledge ’11, St. Benedict’s (NJ): Syracuse,
Richmond, LSU, Villanova, and Georgia Tech
Offers:
None
Favorites: “I like Syracuse, LSU, and Georgia Tech.”
Kyle Anderson ’12, Paterson Catholic (NJ):
Georgetown, Temple, Pitt, Xavier, St. Peter’s, Indiana, Wake Forest, Syracuse,
Miami, New Mexico State, St. John’s, Kansas, Texas, Oregon State, and UCLA
Offers: Georgetown, Temple, Pitt, Xavier, and St. Peter’s
Favorites: “None currently.”
Derrick Gordon ’11, St. Patrick's (NJ): Western
Kentucky, Virginia, Pitt, Marquette, Rutgers, Maryland, Florida, Florida State,
Siena, Syracuse, Cincinnati, Auburn, Stanford, and Tennessee
Offers: None
Favorites: "Viginia and
Western Kentucky like me a lot and those are my top schools right now."
Note- Gordon said that Western
Kentucky, Virginia, and Pitt are the most recent schools to get involved in his
recruitment.
Jayon James ’10, Paterson Catholic (NJ): Xavier, Clemson, Fordham, Seton
Hall, Providence, La Salle, Miami, Rhode Island, West Virginia, Arkansas, and St. John's
Offers: Xavier, Fordham, Seton
Hall, La Salle, and Rhode Island
Favorites: "I don't have any favorites
right now."
Tyreek Duran ’10, Neumann-Goretti (PA): Mount St.
Mary’s, Providence, Robert Morris, Georgetown, Maryland, and Miami Offers:
Miami
Favorite: Georgetown
Note-
Duran, who said that Mount St. Mary’s is the most recent school to show
interest in him, “might visit Miami next month.”
Paul Bilbo ’09, St. Dominic’s (NY): Manhattan,
Colgate, Hofstra, Army, Fordham, Drexel, Wagner, Navy, UMBC, Holy Cross,
Albany, Boston University, Lehigh, Buffalo, Davidson, Cincinnati, Niagara,
Quinnipiac, and St. Peter’s
Offers:
Manhattan, Colgate, Hofstra, and Army
Favorites:
Manhattan, Colgate, and Hofstra are Bilbo’s top three, but he said, “I don’t
have one [single favorite] yet. It’s all equal interest.”
Mike McFadden ’09, Technology (NJ): LSU, Maryland,
West Virginia, Rutgers, Temple, Utah, Seton Hall, Providence, Penn State, and
Stanford
Offers: All of them; LSU, Maryland, West Virginia, Rutgers, Temple,
Utah, Seton Hall, Providence, Penn State, and Stanford
Favorites: “All of them.”
David Laury ’09, The Nia School (NJ): St. John's,
Providence, Iona, Niagara, UNC-Greensboro, Virginia Commonwealth, Towson, and
St. Bonaventure
Offers: St. John's, Iona,
Niagara, UNC-Greensboro, Virginia Commonwealth, Towson, and St. Bonaventure
Favorites: Laury listed the
schools in order, one through eight: 1. St. John's, 2. Iona, 3. Providence, 4.
St. Bonaventure, 5. Niagara, 6. UNC-Greensboro, 7. Virginia Commonwealth, 8.
Towson
Note- Laury said that Kentucky is "coming
in to see [him] on the ninth . . . [and] thinks they will offer" him a
scholarship.
Dominique Raney ’11, Putnam City (OK): Kentucky,
Oklahoma, Kansas, and Wichita State
Offers: None
Favorites: None
Frankie Smalls ’11, Trenton Catholic (NJ): Indiana,
Florida, Texas, Pitt, Florida State, Holy Cross, Delaware, USC, Purdue,
Virginia Tech, Virginia, Villanova, Texas A&M, Georgetown, North Carolina,
and North Carolina State
Offers: None
Favorites: Indiana, Texas, Pitt, USC, Villanova, Texas A&M, and
Georgetown
Note-
Indiana, Florida, Texas, Pitt, Holy Cross, USC, Villanova, Texas A&M, and
Georgetown are the schools showing the most interest.
Markens Charles ’09, The Nia School (NJ): MIT (DIII),
Missouri, Mississippi State, LSU, Michigan, Arkansas, and San Francisco
Offers: No DI offers
Favorites: None;
“I’m just being patient. [I have] no favorites right now. . . . [I’m] still
wide open.”
Note- “Right now a lot of schools are just saying that they are very
interested, or very interested and are coming to watch [me play] during the
season and check out my grades,” said Charles on the status of his offers.
Devante Cutler ’09, Boys & Girls (NY): Towson, Longwood, NJIT, and
Fredonia (DIII)
Offers: None
Favorites: "Any school that
offers . . . [and would like it to be] close by."
Note- I got this information
from Elmer Anderson, an assistant coach at Cutler's high school, Boys &
Girls (NY). He mentioned to me that the schools will "be at [Boys &
Girls'] open gyms."
Jhamir White ’11, Paterson Catholic (NJ): Tennessee,
North Carolina State, Farleigh Dickinson, St. Francis (NY), Stanford, and
Syracuse
Offers:
None
Favorite: Tennessee
Mustafa Jones ’10, Neumann-Goretti (PA): Bucknell,
Delaware, Harvard, Cornell, and Temple
Offers: Delaware
Favorites:
Delaware, Bucknell, and Temple are Jones’ favorites in that order
Note-
Jones said that Bucknell has “just started to recruit” him.
Kelvin Amayo ’10, Hillside (NJ): Rutgers, Seton Hall,
Georgia, Towson, Delaware, St. John’s, Baylor, and South Florida
Offers:
None
Favorites: “All [of them] for right now.”
Note-
Amayo told me that he “and [class of 2011 member] Derrick Gordon [of St. Patrick’s
in New Jersey] would like to go to the same college one day.” Amayo and Gordon
are AAU teammates with Team Jersey Elite (NJ).
Reggie Lewis '09, Bedford (OH): TCU, George
Washington, Penn State, Cleveland State, NJIT, and Oregon State
Offers:
None
Favorite: TCU
Kevin Janowski ’09, New Egypt (NJ): Binghamton, New
Hampshire, and Holy Cross
Offers: None
Favorites: None
Lamin Fulton ’11, Neumann-Goretti (PA): Temple, North
Carolina State, St. Joseph’s, Indiana, and Delaware
Offers: None
Favorite: Temple; “That [is] my favorite right [now]. . . . I’m leaning towards
them.”
Terrell Johnson ’11, Imhotep Charter (PA): “None
right now.”
Offers: n/a
Favorites: n/a
Note-
Johnson, who does not have a dream school, would like to play at “any Division
I college.”
Jarrel Lane ’11, St. Patrick's (NJ): Rutgers, Iona,
and Towson
Offers: None
Favorites: Rutgers
Notes- Lane said that there are “a number of
schools [that St. Patrick’s Head] Coach [Kevin Boyle] didn’t tell [him] about
because they can’t talk to [him] yet.” Lane also informed me that he “likes the
Big East [and] . . . would like to go to like a Pitt, Louisville, [or]
Villanova,” yet added, “we’ll see what happens.”
Rico Winston '09, Jericho Christian Academy (MD): Charlotte, Morgan
State, and Clemson
Offers:
None
Favorites: South Florida and Charlotte, even though South Florida is not
currently recruiting Winston.
Note- Winston said that he is “recently
getting looks from” Charlotte and Morgan State. He said that South Florida is
his dream school “because it’s not a really big school, but it’s in the conference
[Big East] I’ve always wanted to play in.”
Note- all photos are from http://scouthoops.scout.com/.



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