Kentucky Hoops Recruiting Targets

by JL Blue on Jun 19, 2007 11:01 AM EDT in Basketball Comment 12 comments

Last Updated: November 15, 2007

Name	High School	Position	Rank/Stars	Class/UK Commit?
Deandre Liggins	Chicago George Wash. (IL)	PG	#18/*****	2008/YES
Darius Miller	Mason County (KY)	SF	#29/****	2008/YES
GJ Vilarino	McKinney HS (TX)	PG	NR/****	2009/YES
Dakotah Euton	Rose Hill Academy (KY)	PF	#10/****	2010/YES
K.C. Ross-Miller	DeSoto (TX) God's Academy	PG	#5/*****	2010/YES
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Leonard Washington	Lake Charles (LA) Washington	PF	NR/***	2007/No
Greg Monroe	Harvey Helen Cox (LA)	PF	#1/*****	2008/Verbal Georgetown
Willie Warren	Ft. Worth North Crowley (TX)	SG	#8/*****	2008/No
Jamychal Green	Montgomery St. Jude HS (AL)	PF	#13/*****	2008/NLOI Alabama
Tyler Zeller	Washington HS (IN)	PF/C	#16/*****	2008/NLOI North Carolina
Terrence Jennings	Mt. Zion (NC)	PF/C	#17/*****	2008/NLOI Louisville
Sylven Landesberg	Queens Holy Cross (NY)	SG/SF	#38/*****	2008/Verbal Virginia
Andrew Steele	Birmingham John Carroll (AL)	SG/SF	#38/****	2008/NLOI Alabama
Chris Singleton	Canton Cherokee (GA)	PF/SF	#53/****	2008/NLOI Florida State
Courtney Fortson	Montgomery Jeff. Davis (NC)	PG	#63/****	2008/NLOI Arkansas
Dashan Harris	Montverde Academy (FL)	PG	#68/****	2008/NLOI TAMU
Olek Czyz	Reno HS (NV)	PF	#77/****	2008/Verbal Duke
Draymond Green	Saginaw HS (MI)	PF	#78/****	2008/NLOI Michigan State
Rotnei Clarke	Claremore Verdigris (OK)	SG	#79/****	2008/No
Kevin Jones	Mt. Vernon (NY)	F	#97/****	2008/NLOI West Virginia
Ian Markolf	San Antonio (TX) Churchill	C	#NR/***	2008/NLOI Wisconsin
J'Mison Morgan	Dallas (TX) South Oak Cliff	C	#23/*****	2008/NLOI LSU
Ralph Sampson III	Duluth (GA) Northview	C	#76/****	2008/NLOI Minnesota
Verdell Jones	Champaign (IL) Central	PG	#126/***	2008/No
Demarcus Cousins	Birmingham Erwin (AL)	PF	#3/*****	2009/No
Reeves Nelson	Modesto Christian (CA)	SF	#10/*****	2009/No
Dominic Cheek	St. Anthony Jersey City (NJ)	SG	#14/*****	2009/No
Shawn Williams	Duncanville HS (TX)	SF	#28/****	2009/No
Stephan Van Treese	Lawrence North (IN)	F	#31/****	2009/No
Greg Echenique	Ridgewood St. Benedict's (NJ)	PF	#49/****	2009/No
Kenny Hall	Stone Mtn. Redan (GA)	PF	#NR/***	2009/No
Jon Hood	Madisonville, KY North Hopkins	SG	#NR/****	2009/No
John Wall	Word Of God Academy Raleigh (NC)	PG	#NR/****	2009/No
Trae Golden	Powder Springs Mceachern (GA)	PG	#NR/****	2010/Verbal Ohio State
Chad Jackson	Rose Hill Academy (KY)	PG	#NR/****	2010/No

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Nice ...

good work.

by Truzenzuzex on Jun 19, 2007 11:02 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

It's that time of year...

...this will stay linked to the right, and we'll update as often as there is news.

Folks should feel free to post updates in the comments, as we are user-generated as well.

The Online home of Big Blue Nation ...

by JL Blue on Jun 19, 2007 11:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's one thing to read about all the high school players Gillispie is recruiting, it's another to see them all listed together like this. You figure that just based on percentages UK is going to end up with a pretty good fresman class each of the next 3 years.

Looking for a rock to wind a piece of string around.

by JLeverenz on Jun 19, 2007 11:22 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Katz's Top 25 for next year...

Our favorite ESPN commentator has his "final" pre-preseason Top 25 poll up at espn.com.

He puts the Cats in there at 16 with a fairly honest commentary on how they'll look on the floor.

The Gators slip in at 25, which I'm fine with. I think Billy D will have those kids hanging around the Top 25 all year.

by chirop1 on Jun 19, 2007 4:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

This is Awesome JL

Thanks for putting a comprehensive recruit list together like this. It saves my mind a lot of trouble trying to remember or having to search who is what year and so forth ...

You rock.

Loading ... checking memory card ... press Start and enjoy the game.

by giddyupwcb on Jun 19, 2007 4:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Me

I've been telling myself how much I rock for years.

You're welcome. I'll try to keep it somewhat updated. Thankfully, Gillispie makes that hard.

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by JL Blue on Jun 19, 2007 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Omission??

Doesn't K.C. Ross-Miller(2010) have an offer?

Seymour

by Seymour on Jun 20, 2007 12:56 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah ...

apparently he does. Guess we need to fix that, eh?

by Truzenzuzex on Jun 20, 2007 6:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Point of Clarification

Are the listed players just "targets," or do they all have "confirmed" scholarship offers? (It appears to me to be the latter, but I certainly don't want to assume anything.) If the former, might I suggest adding another column that communicates whether an "official" offer has been extended or not?

Apparently I got a price special on quotation marks today.

As another POC, whose rankings/star ratings are you using? (Rivals, Scout, HoopScoop, etc.)

All those nits aside, this is a really nice resource you've created.

by Kilgore Trout on Jun 20, 2007 7:58 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Bastard...

It's an amalgam of Scout, Rivals and the occasional Hoopmasters (where there are no ran kings for, say, 2010 players, etc.).

I don't intend this to be every offer, nor every target. Moreso, it's a list of guys we've heard more about, that we know have offers or expect have them.

I'm reluctant to put a category for offers because that information is notoriously quiet/wrong or unknown.

But thanks for the suggestions.

The Online home of Big Blue Nation ...

by JL Blue on Jun 20, 2007 8:24 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

BTW

Bastard was meant as "bastardized"...I realized that could have been taken wrong.

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by JL Blue on Jun 20, 2007 8:25 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Questioning my parentage?

Thanks for the clarification about the "bastard" heading; I wondered what I'd done to piss you off so badly. :)

I also respect your stance on the "official offers," since the information is so notoriously fuzzy. (Thanks to the helpful NCAA, who refuses to allow official comment from the schools. Allowing the schools to clarify might help avoid the reputed "Adam Williams' Scenario.")

I'm still getting that great value on quotation marks, in case you couldn't tell. (I'm practically a walking/talking/typing Schoolhouse Rock segment all on my own.)

by Kilgore Trout on Jun 20, 2007 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs