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 fifth installment of my Orlando School Lists features some of the players in the class of 2011 that I had the chance to catch up with. Take a look at the lists.

BJ Young ’11, McCluer North (MO): Marquette, Indiana, Baylor, Arizona, Arkansas, Iowa, Iowa State, Purdue, Providence, North Carolina State, Virginia Tech, Illinois, Illinois State, and Southern Illinois
                     Offers: All except Virginia Tech and Illinois
                     Favorites: Arkansas, Indiana, Marquette, Illinois State, and Baylor are his top five

Johnny O’Bryant ’11, East Side (MS): Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Georgetown, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, LSU, Tennessee, Alabama, and Baylor (“That’s my final [list] and I’m gonna try to decide,” O’Bryant said.)
                                 Offers: All
                                 Favorites: None
                                 Note- To read the full article I wrote for NBE Basketball Report on O’Bryant, Angel Rodriguez ’11, George Fant ’11, Nick Faust ’11, Jacob Lawson ’11, Julian Royal ’11, and Trey Burke ’11, click Here.

Dorian Finney-Smith ’11, IC Norcom (VA): Maryland, Virginia Tech, Virginia, Florida, Wake Forest, and Old Dominion
                                       Offers: All
                                       Favorites: None
                                       Note- Finney-Smith noted that Florida is the most recent of the six to offer and said of when he will commit, “End of September or early October.”

Rodney Hood ’11, Meridian (MS): Florida State, Alabama, Mississippi State, Marquette, Ohio State, Louisville, Georgetown, and Seton Hall are his top eight and are the ones under consideration
                            Offers: All plus Georgia, Florida, UTEP, and more
                            Favorites: None
                            Note- Hood said that he will commit “at the end of the summer.”

JaKarr Sampson ’11, St. Vincent-St. Mary (OH): Tennessee, Michigan State, Ohio State, Baylor, St. John’s, Louisville, Kansas, Cincinnati, Dayton, Miami, and USC
                                Offers: All
                                Favorites: None
                                Note- To read the full article I wrote on Sampson for InsideTheU.com, click Here.

Rashad Madden ’11, East Poinsett County (AR): Arkansas, Ole Miss, Baylor, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Georgetown, Georgia Tech, Florida, Alabama, Memphis, and Marquette
                               Offers: All
                               Favorites: None

Julian Royal ’11, Milton (GA): Georgia Tech, Georgia, Alabama, Wake Forest, Northwestern, Oregon State, Florida State, Texas, UCLA, Auburn, and more
                          Offers: All except Florida State, Texas, and UCLA
                          Favorites: Royal said that Georgia Tech, Georgia, Alabama, and Wake Forest were the “pretty much the big ones that have been following him” in July and are the main ones involved, but he has no specific favorite.
                          Note- To read the full article I contributed to for NBE Basketball Report on Royal, Matt Costello ’12, Chris Walker ’13, James Robinson ’12, and Steve Moundou-Missi ’11, click Here.

Jabarie Hinds ’11, Mount Vernon (NY): Oklahoma State, UNLV, Louisville, Villanova, West Virginia, Wake Forest, Virginia, Rutgers, St. John’s, Oklahoma, and Boston College
                            Offers: Oklahoma State, UNLV, Louisville, Wake Forest, Virginia, Rutgers, and St. John’s
                            Favorites: None
                            Note- To read the full article I wrote on Hinds for VUSports.com, click Here.

Aaron Thomas ’11, Aiken (OH): Iowa, Nebraska, Clemson, Michigan, Cincinnati, UTEP, West Virginia, Ohio State, Detroit, Florida, Miami, Louisville, Indiana, and Duquesne
                              Offers: Iowa and Indiana
                              Favorites: Clemson, Louisville, Iowa, and Nebraska
                              Note- To read the full article I contributed to for NBE Basketball Report on Thomas, Tony Parker ’12, Elijah Macon ’12, Shane Larkin ’11, Branden Dawson ’11, Austin Rivers ’11, E. Victor Nickeson ’11, and J-Mychal Reese ’12, click Here.

George Fant ’11, Warren Central (KY): USC, Seton Hall, Western Kentucky, Toledo, Ohio, Miami (OH), Clemson, Virginia Tech, St. Louis, South Florida, Southern Illinois, and more
                           Offers: Western Kentucky, Toledo, Ohio, Miami (OH), Clemson, St. Louis, and Southern Illinois
                           Favorites: None
                           Note- To read the full article I wrote for NBE Basketball Report on Fant, Johnny O’Bryant ’11, Angel Rodriguez ’11, Nick Faust ’11, Jacob Lawson ’11, Julian Royal ’11, and Trey Burke ’11, click Here.

David Rivers ’11, Little Rock Hall (AR): Nebraska, Wichita State, Clemson, Louisville, Missouri, Colorado, South Florida, Providence, UTEP, Tulsa, and Ole Miss
                           Offers: Al except Louisville and Missouri
                           Favorites: Clemson is his leader, with Wichita State, UTEP, and Ole Miss rounding out his top four.
                           Note- To read the full article I contributed to for NBE Basketball Report on Rivers, Malik Price-Martin ’13, Stephon Blair ’12, BJ Young ’11, Rashad Madden ’11, Mitch McGary ’12, and Patrick Connaughton ’11, click Here.

Remy Abell ’11, Eastern (KY): Seton Hall, Ohio, Wright State, Akron, Morehead State, IUPUI, Marshall, Radford, Dayton, Murray State, Alabama, Louisville, and more
                         Offers: Seton Hall, Ohio, Wright State, Akron, Morehead State, IUPUI, Marshall, and Radford
                         Favorites: None
                         Note- To read the full article I wrote for Recruit Recon on Abell, John Cannon ’11, Chris Ortiz ’11, Brian Patterson ’11, Jerel Scott ’11, Mike Thorne ’11, Stephon Blair ’12, and Joell James ’12, just go to the Recruit Recon main page.

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