School Lists

by Alex Schwartz

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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