2017 Recruiting

DoubleDipper wrote:There's video of Jaylen out there, but it's WAY TOO SOON to even think about kids entering the 9th grade this fall, IMO.

DoubleDipper wrote:UP also likes a Seattle area kid, Jaylen Nowell, now at Garfield HS. 

Jaylen was the HoopScoop #17 ranked 8th grader in the country last year playing as a combo guard.

There's video of Jaylen out there, but it's WAY TOO SOON to even think about kids entering the 9th grade this fall, IMO.

DeanMurdoch wrote:But never too early to start building the relationship, right?

Geezaldinho wrote:Actually, it seems to me that kids in the eighth grade are the perfect kids to be showing interest in...before the recruiting rules kick in.

Eric Reveno @CoachReveno  
Productive trip to Europe but now excited to be in Indy to see some teams from the Northwest.  Time to take a look at some 2016's and 17's.

Oklahoma Wizards @OklahomaWizards  
2017 C Cameron Martin (@BigCamTheShooow | Yukon) has picked up an offer from Portland #TheWizardsWay #okpreps

DoubleDipper wrote:A bunch of interest from various universities in Las Vegas Knicks/Desert Pines High School SF Trevon Abdullah.....and according the Knicks coach, UP has made Trevon an offer.

I’m able to contact them (the coaches), and I talked to someone from every school this afternoon. The big questions aren’t something to talk about until later, but it’s a chance for us to get to know each other better.

DoubleDipper wrote:Kobe King, the son of former Wake Forest and NBA player, Chris King, is a 6-3 wing from LaCrosse, Wisconsin

Terry Cahill wrote:I'm about 35% certain that Chris King scored the first basket in Vancouver Grizzlies franchise history!

DoubleDipper wrote:I'm guessing Rev is in Atlanta at the Peach Jam looking for another "under the radar" type for 2017 and beyond...

Terry Cahill wrote:I thought 6-0 point guards are supposed to throw up soft floaters in the lane when there's two defenders coming at him, not throw down one-handed dunks.

DoubleDipper wrote:

Terry Cahill wrote:I thought 6-0 point guards are supposed to throw up soft floaters in the lane when there's two defenders coming at him, not throw down one-handed dunks.

At 5-9, another product of Arizona, TJ Campbell, could throw them down two-handed with the best of 'em.

UP won that game in Malibu in 2010, 83-62!

DoubleDipper wrote:Saben Lee, 6-0 PG from Tempe, Arizona has retweeted that he has picked up offers from UP, PSU, and Weber State.

Arizona Republic wrote:  Lee, who has grown to 6-foot-1, picked up five college offers in his first three games playing in the Double Pump Summer Tip-Off in Anaheim, Calif.

Lee shut it down in the spring to rest an injured hip that has since fully recovered. He has shown tremendous leaping ability and floor leadership playing the point, averaging 17 points, seven assists and four rebounds in his first three games. His play has brought offers from Northern Colorado, Portland, Portland State, Weber State and Grand Canyon University.
Stanford is keeping a close eye on him.
"I feel like my jumping has really helped me finish around the basket," Lee said. "It's helped with my explosiveness to come back."
Lee said he hopes that he'll land a major-college offer, but he is only entering his junior season, so he has plenty of time to get that.

"I think the strength for me is that when I need to get a bucket, I can get to the basket and score," Lee said.  

DoubleDipper wrote:Just when we think recruiting for 2016 is completed, 5-10 PG Jacob Gilyard from Barstow High School in Kansas City, Missouri, is retweeting that he has received an offer from Portland and LIU.