2011 Recruiting Thread

[McGrowlTowelZac]

I hate the fracker, but Kellis put up some stuff on Nino after actually making a phone call.  Good stats and opinions from his high school coach. 

You should copy & paste rather than driving traffic to Eagle.  Just sayin.

True, that way I don't have go to his website, but can read his stuff and not feel guilty.  I still won't read is stuff...its only a matter of time till I break though.  I don't have longevity.

[sys]

73% from the line is good.  should be able to develop an outside shot.  but he needs to be downgraded a bit for being a year older than other 2011s.  probably not as likely to develop physically as might have been assumed.

[ksu_FAN]

http://cjonline.com/interact/blog/austin_meek/2009-10-05/nino_williams

Love the legal guardian EMAW connections.  A couple of my favorite Wooly-Cats.

[michigancat]

http://cjonline.com/interact/blog/austin_meek/2009-10-05/nino_williams

Love the legal guardian EMAW connections.  A couple of my favorite Wooly-Cats.

I know, that was kind of a shock.  was he involved in a CSI scandal, perhaps?

[ksu_FAN]

http://cjonline.com/interact/blog/austin_meek/2009-10-05/nino_williams

Love the legal guardian EMAW connections.  A couple of my favorite Wooly-Cats.

I know, that was kind of a shock.  was he involved in a CSI scandal, perhaps?

Lot's of weird stuff out there.  There was a CSI scandal when he coached there, apparently he accused USC (Bibby was coach) of offering him or CSI money for a recruit.  Looks like he left coaching to work at Rusty Eck Ford.  ku grad also.  His son also plays at Leavenworth High.

[Rick Daris]

http://cjonline.com/interact/blog/austin_meek/2009-10-05/nino_williams

Love the legal guardian EMAW connections.  A couple of my favorite Wooly-Cats.

I know, that was kind of a shock.  was he involved in a CSI scandal, perhaps?

Lot's of weird stuff out there.  There was a CSI scandal when he coached there, apparently he accused USC (Bibby was coach) of offering him or CSI money for a recruit.  Looks like he left coaching to work at Rusty Eck Ford.  ku grad also.  His son also plays at Leavenworth High.

eck 


did everyone see that steve eck replaced that swanson guy at hutch?

eck when he was at south 

johnny murdock, bj williams, steve woodberry, manny dies, etc. 

[leawoodcat]

73% from the line is good.  should be able to develop an outside shot.  but he needs to be downgraded a bit for being a year older than other 2011s.  probably not as likely to develop physically as might have been assumed.

That's one way to look at it, but wouldn't it make more sense that he would be more developed when he gets into college than the average freshman?

One of the first articles on GPC said this,"Doctors have projected that the still-growing Williams will hit 6-foot-8 or 6-foot-9 before he takes the floor in college." 

Hopefully that plays out.

[yosh]

http://cjonline.com/interact/blog/austin_meek/2009-10-05/nino_williams

Love the legal guardian EMAW connections.  A couple of my favorite Wooly-Cats.

I know, that was kind of a shock.  was he involved in a CSI scandal, perhaps?

Lot's of weird stuff out there.  There was a CSI scandal when he coached there, apparently he accused USC (Bibby was coach) of offering him or CSI money for a recruit.  Looks like he left coaching to work at Rusty Eck Ford.  ku grad also.  His son also plays at Leavenworth High.

eck 


did everyone see that steve eck replaced that swanson guy at hutch?

eck when he was at south 

johnny murdock, bj williams, steve woodberry, manny dies, etc. 

I went to South during that time.  Eck's a huckuva recruiter.  From my 7th grade year to my soph year of college South sent 8 players to d1.  Literally every Varsity player in my 4 years there played some level of college ball. 

[Rick Daris]

http://cjonline.com/interact/blog/austin_meek/2009-10-05/nino_williams

Love the legal guardian EMAW connections.  A couple of my favorite Wooly-Cats.

I know, that was kind of a shock.  was he involved in a CSI scandal, perhaps?

Lot's of weird stuff out there.  There was a CSI scandal when he coached there, apparently he accused USC (Bibby was coach) of offering him or CSI money for a recruit.  Looks like he left coaching to work at Rusty Eck Ford.  ku grad also.  His son also plays at Leavenworth High.

eck 


did everyone see that steve eck replaced that swanson guy at hutch?

eck when he was at south 

johnny murdock, bj williams, steve woodberry, manny dies, etc. 

I went to South during that time.  Eck's a huckuva recruiter.  From my 7th grade year to my soph year of college South sent 8 players to d1.  Literally every Varsity player in my 4 years there played some level of college ball. 

yosh- did you play basketball for south? i bet you did.

quick hijack of the 2011 recruiting thread...
my friends and i would skip high school (mhs) and drive to the 6A state tourney (emporia). half of us adopted south and the other half adopted east. i was a south guy. fav alltime south player-takii clements(sp?). his hair alone was worth an extra 2 pts a game for south. and yeah, eck must've been an insane recruiter. randy freaking staats or whatever his name was transferred from carroll. who does that? those early ninety south teams were glorious. absolutely glorious. i can still remember the whole team w/ eck piling out of a minivan on an emporia side street before a game. like clowns out of a clown car they were.

[mcmwcat]

http://cjonline.com/interact/blog/austin_meek/2009-10-05/nino_williams

Love the legal guardian EMAW connections.  A couple of my favorite Wooly-Cats.

I know, that was kind of a shock.  was he involved in a CSI scandal, perhaps?

Lot's of weird stuff out there.  There was a CSI scandal when he coached there, apparently he accused USC (Bibby was coach) of offering him or CSI money for a recruit.  Looks like he left coaching to work at Rusty Eck Ford.  ku grad also.  His son also plays at Leavenworth High.

eck 


did everyone see that steve eck replaced that swanson guy at hutch?

eck when he was at south 

johnny murdock, bj williams, steve woodberry, manny dies, etc. 

thought Val Barnes was the best from South High.

those were the best days of Wichita HS bball.  Remember the Heights team w Cortez Barnes, Norwood, Dreifort (2nd overall MLB pick), some kid who played Safety at OSU.  Cortez could have been great.  South still won the CL title that year.

East high had eyeballs Hutton and NBA'r Adrian Griffin a couple years apart.

Even KMC had an d-1 player (Duquesne) in Miles Powers

[Rick Daris]

http://cjonline.com/interact/blog/austin_meek/2009-10-05/nino_williams

Love the legal guardian EMAW connections.  A couple of my favorite Wooly-Cats.

I know, that was kind of a shock.  was he involved in a CSI scandal, perhaps?

Lot's of weird stuff out there.  There was a CSI scandal when he coached there, apparently he accused USC (Bibby was coach) of offering him or CSI money for a recruit.  Looks like he left coaching to work at Rusty Eck Ford.  ku grad also.  His son also plays at Leavenworth High.

eck 


did everyone see that steve eck replaced that swanson guy at hutch?

eck when he was at south 

johnny murdock, bj williams, steve woodberry, manny dies, etc. 

thought Val Barnes was the best from South High.

those were the best days of Wichita HS bball.  Remember the Heights team w Cortez Barnes, Norwood, Dreifort (2nd overall MLB pick), some kid who played Safety at OSU.  Cortez could have been great.  South still won the CL title that year.

East high had eyeballs Hutton and NBA'r Adrian Griffin a couple years apart.

Even KMC had an d-1 player (Duquesne) in Miles Powers

yeah, i remember griffin really well also. he was a big man with just about no shooting touch in highschool and then went on to play guard in the nba and had range. saw him airball two free throws at the state tourney one year. one of them off the backboard (no rim) and not on purpose.

[catzacker]

what year was the south vs. east state championship game?  Thought it was 1992, had bj vs. adrian griffin. both teams were just loaded with D1 talent.  probably the best hs basketball game (from a pure athlete standpoint) I remember watching.  

[yosh]

http://cjonline.com/interact/blog/austin_meek/2009-10-05/nino_williams

Love the legal guardian EMAW connections.  A couple of my favorite Wooly-Cats.

I know, that was kind of a shock.  was he involved in a CSI scandal, perhaps?

Lot's of weird stuff out there.  There was a CSI scandal when he coached there, apparently he accused USC (Bibby was coach) of offering him or CSI money for a recruit.  Looks like he left coaching to work at Rusty Eck Ford.  ku grad also.  His son also plays at Leavenworth High.

eck 


did everyone see that steve eck replaced that swanson guy at hutch?

eck when he was at south 

johnny murdock, bj williams, steve woodberry, manny dies, etc. 

thought Val Barnes was the best from South High.

those were the best days of Wichita HS bball.  Remember the Heights team w Cortez Barnes, Norwood, Dreifort (2nd overall MLB pick), some kid who played Safety at OSU.  Cortez could have been great.  South still won the CL title that year.

East high had eyeballs Hutton and NBA'r Adrian Griffin a couple years apart.

Even KMC had an d-1 player (Duquesne) in Miles Powers

Hieghts and East  always had good talent as well.  It does seem to me that GWCL was much more talented as a whole back then

Carroll had Randy Staats for a while too (though Eck stole him away) he went on to play at OSU via Colwley JUCO.

Remember the kid from West?  I want to say his name was Kendrick something-or-rather...went on to play for Hutch JUCO.  Wasn't a good enough ball handler for d1, but man he could shoot.  Anything past half-court was in his range.

[Rick Daris]

Carroll had Randy Staats for a while too (though Eck stole him away) he went on to play at OSU via Colwley JUCO.

yosh- did you play basketball for south? i bet you did.

quick hijack of the 2011 recruiting thread...
my friends and i would skip high school (mhs) and drive to the 6A state tourney (emporia). half of us adopted south and the other half adopted east. i was a south guy. fav alltime south player-takii clements(sp?). his hair alone was worth an extra 2 pts a game for south. and yeah, eck must've been an insane recruiter. randy freaking staats or whatever his name was transferred from carroll.  who does that? those early ninety south teams were glorious. absolutely glorious. i can still remember the whole team w/ eck piling out of a minivan on an emporia side street before a game. like clowns out of a clown car they were.

 



last post i promise, but least fav 6A state basketball player from that time period...adam peakes. gmafb. what a complete loser.

[sys]

in the 2012 thread, michicat brought up trey burke.  another link mentioning him and ksu.

Kansas State will be at open gym tomorrow to look at Trey Burke (6'0/2011) point guard of Columbus Northland.

Burke will be visiting Ohio State this weekend.

Wisconsin, Iowa, and Notre Dame have been recruiting lately.

Burke's father (Benji) said that a return trip to Penn State will be coming soon.

his profile

http://rivals.yahoo.com/arizona/basketball/recruiting/player-Trey-Burke-81659

[PowercatPat]

in the 2012 thread, michicat brought up trey burke.  another link mentioning him and ksu.

Kansas State will be at open gym tomorrow to look at Trey Burke (6'0/2011) point guard of Columbus Northland.

Burke will be visiting Ohio State this weekend.

Wisconsin, Iowa, and Notre Dame have been recruiting lately.

Burke's father (Benji) said that a return trip to Penn State will be coming soon.

his profile

http://rivals.yahoo.com/arizona/basketball/recruiting/player-Trey-Burke-81659

He has a pretty crapty list of offers.

[raquetcat]

in the 2012 thread, michicat brought up trey burke.  another link mentioning him and ksu.

Kansas State will be at open gym tomorrow to look at Trey Burke (6'0/2011) point guard of Columbus Northland.

Burke will be visiting Ohio State this weekend.

Wisconsin, Iowa, and Notre Dame have been recruiting lately.

Burke's father (Benji) said that a return trip to Penn State will be coming soon.

his profile

http://rivals.yahoo.com/arizona/basketball/recruiting/player-Trey-Burke-81659

He has a pretty crapty list of offers.

Looks like he could be a backup plan for a lot of schools, either that or they're waiting to see if he'll pan out

[treysolid]

speaking of PGs for the 2011 class, I ran across this heated discussion on the Breakdown boards:

http://www.breakdownmagazine.com/discusboard/messages/975/17598.html?1255391183

FYI - shane larkin is a 4-star, top 100 player from orlando

if all this info about angel is true, i'm very comfortable with him being #2 on our PG recruit board for this class.

[steve dave]

speaking of PGs for the 2011 class, I ran across this heated discussion on the Breakdown boards:

http://www.breakdownmagazine.com/discusboard/messages/975/17598.html?1255391183

FYI - shane larkin is a 4-star, top 100 player from orlando

if all this info about angel is true, i'm very comfortable with him being #2 on our PG recruit board for this class.

Good find trey

[sys]

those orlando fools make me laugh.

[sys]

leading scorer for the pr's gold medal winning u17s this summer in mexico.

http://www.fibaamericas.com/torneos_roster.asp?t=XRVKGXPDGQ&team=349&n=Puerto%20Rico&c=PUR

(thanks to trey and rafael hernandez for supplying his government name).

[steve dave]

leading scorer for the pr's gold medal winning u17s this summer in mexico.

http://www.fibaamericas.com/torneos_roster.asp?t=XRVKGXPDGQ&team=349&n=Puerto%20Rico&c=PUR

(thanks to trey and rafael hernandez for supplying his government name).

Good lord.  He carried that team    My guess?  They sucked.

[treysolid]

I don't like the number of TO's but 20 stls in 4 games = 

[sys]

corey hilliard visiting kstate this weekend.  profile below.


http://scouthoops.scout.com/a.z?s=75&p=8&c=1&nid=4339030

[yosh]

corey hilliard visiting kstate this weekend.  profile below.


http://scouthoops.scout.com/a.z?s=75&p=8&c=1&nid=4339030

Per Scout.Com.... Corey Hilliard, SG/PG, KC Truth- For a second day in a row, Hilliard was terrific. We still like him as a natural scoring guard, but he does have the handles and vision to play some point if needed. A tough kid who wastes little motion, he’s efficient in what he does and has a serious weapon in his pull up jumper. A capable athlete who can finish above the rim.

Think this is a Bossi quote

[treysolid]

October 2nd Tweet from DeMathaHoops:

Had a great week with Tubby Smith, Gary Williams, John Thompson III, Billy Donovan, plus Coaches from Longwood, Alabama, Miami, Va Tech, Kansas St, Pace, Marymount, Notre Dame, George Washington. Cant wait for 11/08/09

[yosh]

October 2nd Tweet from DeMathaHoops:

Had a great week with Tubby Smith, Gary Williams, John Thompson III, Billy Donovan, plus Coaches from Longwood, Alabama, Miami, Va Tech, Kansas St, Pace, Marymount, Notre Dame, George Washington. Cant wait for 11/08/09

Besides Cook and Olapido, who else does Dematha have this year?  Really don't like seeing Billy Donovan's name in there.  

Edit: decided not to be lazy

http://rivals.yahoo.com/kansasstate/basketball/recruiting/player-Mikael-Hopkins-98658

http://rivals.yahoo.com/kansasstate/basketball/recruiting/player-Jerian-Grant-84201

[yosh]

Williams gets evaled by ESPN

http://insider.espn.go.com/ncb/recruiting/tracker/player?recruitId=55592&season=2011&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fncb%2frecruiting%2ftracker%2fplayer%3frecruitId%3d55592%26season%3d2011

FWIW, pretty similar rating to Gruds & Russell

[steve dave]

should help them remain at the top of the Big 12.

Hows the weather down there rest of the Big 12? 

[KCcat28]

Williams gets evaled by ESPN

http://insider.espn.go.com/ncb/recruiting/tracker/player?recruitId=55592&season=2011&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fncb%2frecruiting%2ftracker%2fplayer%3frecruitId%3d55592%26season%3d2011

FWIW, pretty similar rating to Gruds & Russell

Love the fact we are recruiting the talent in KC... could be big in the future.