by Alex Schwartz

The AAU Super Showcase and AAU Nationals at the ESPN Wide World of Sports near Orlando, Florida displayed a plethora of talented players in each and every class. I spent eight days of the second session of the July Live Evaluation Period in Orlando for the events and had a chance to not only watch hundreds of players, but also interview a multitude of prospects.

Since I spoke with so many players while in Orlando, I am breaking my school list coverage down into multiple articles. There will be a number of posts with school lists and recruiting updates I collected from players out in Orlando. I talked with players in the class of 2013, 2012, and 2011.

This third installment of my Orlando School Lists features some of the players in the class of 2012 that I had the chance to catch up with. Take a look at the lists.

Braxton Obgueze ’12, Vance (NC): Virginia, Charlotte, South Carolina, Providence, Clemson, Wake Forest, Virginia Tech, Florida, Miami, Marquette, and more
                                 Offers: Virginia (first offer), Charlotte, South Carolina, Clemson, and Wake Forest
                                 Favorites: None
                                 Note- To read the full article I contributed to for NBE Basketball Report on Obgueze, Quinten Payne ’13, Evan Nolte ’12, Domonique Bull ’12, Julius Randle ’13, Anthony Bennett ’12, and Neville Fincher ’12, click Here.

Rasheed Sulaimon ’12, Strake Jesuit (TX): Texas A&M, Texas, Baylor, North Carolina, Kansas, Indiana, Oregon State, and Oklahoma State
                                    Offers: All except North Carolina and Kansas
                                    Favorites: “I always [have] wanted [to] go to UNC. North Carolina and Texas A&M, that’s my top two,” Sulaimon said.

Marcus Paige ’12, Linn-Mar (IA): Virginia, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Iowa State, Northern Iowa, Creighton, Kansas, Wisconsin, Clemson, Florida, North Carolina, Michigan State, Tennessee, Washington, and Michigan
                            Offers: Virginia, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Iowa State, Northern Iowa, Creighton, and Michigan
                            Favorites: None
                            Note- To read the full article I contributed to on Paige for NBE Basketball Report, click Here.

Matt Costello ’12, Bay City Western (MI): Michigan State, Michigan, Butler, Oakland, Indiana, Purdue, Ohio State, and Cleveland State
                           Offers: Michigan State, Michigan, Butler, Oakland, and Indiana
                           Favorites: “Right now I got a top five, but I’m gonna keep it to myself.”
                           Note- To read the full article I contributed to for NBE Basketball Report on Costello, Julian Royal ’11, Chris Walker ’13, James Robinson ’12, and Steve Moundou-Missi ’12, click Here.

James Robinson ’12, DeMatha (MD): To read the full article I wrote on Robinson for VUSports.com, click Here.

Anthony Bennett ’12, TBD: UNLV, UConn, Oklahoma, Iowa State, West Virginia, Pitt, Ohio State, Marquette, and more
                                  Offers: UNLV, UConn, Oklahoma, Iowa State, and West Virginia
                                  Favorites: None
                                  Note- Bennett was at Mountain State Academy (WV) this past year, but is undecided on where he will go next year and is considering Huntington Prep (WV) and Montrose Christian (MD) in addition to MSA.

Codi Miller-McIntyre ’12, First Assembly Christian (NC): Wake Forest, Clemson, Marshall, Charlotte, Appalachian State, and University of Charleston (DII)
                                      Offers: None
                                      Favorite: Wake Forest

Stephon Blair ’12, Dillard (FL): South Carolina, Georgia Southern, Missouri, Ohio State, Florida, and Florida Atlantic
                            Offers: South Carolina, Georgia Southern, and Missouri
                            Favorites:  “Well, South Carolina is recruiting me the most right now.”
                            Note- To read the full article I contributed to for NBE Basketball Report on Blair, David Rivers ’11, Malik Price-Martin ’13, BJ Young ’11, Rashad Madden ’11, Mitch McGary ’12, and Patrick Connaughton ’11, click Here.

Mike Gessell ’12, South Sioux City (IA): Northern Iowa, Iowa State, Iowa, Creighton, Nebraska, Utah, and Stanford
                           Offers: All except Stanford
                           Favorites: n/a
                           Note- Gessell’s AAU coach, Hank Huddleson, provided the recruiting update.

Kamari Murphy ’12, Lincoln (NY): Virginia Tech, Virginia, Providence, Rutgers, St. John’s, Siena, Iowa, and Iowa State
                               Offers: Providence, Rutgers, St. John’s, Siena, and Iowa State
                               Favorites: None
                               Note- To read the full article I wrote on Murphy, who plans to take a post-grad year and end up in the class of 2012, for RedStormReport.com, click Here.

Kale Abrahamson ’12, Valley (IA): To read the full article I wrote for Recruit Recon on Abrahamson, Elijah Bonsignore ’11, Julian DeBose ’11, Sim Frazier ’11, Michael Hundley ’11, Eddie Mitchell ’11, Deshawn Murphy ’11, Andrew Nicholas ’11, and Dan Jansen ’12, just go to the Recruit Recon main page.

Note- photo on the top right is of Matt Costello; all photos are from http://scouthoops.scout.com/