Here goes some of the latest news and nuggets on several SU targets.
2015
Thomas Bryant-Still keeping things open and checking out other schools, but SU still sits in a good position for his services. The only schools that could pose a legitimate threat moving forward according sources are UNC and UK.
Malachi Richardson-Currently a strong lean for Indiana. With that said, the longer this recruitment goes the better for other teams. Especially with the recent trend of IU losing out on targets where they were considered the heavy favorites early on before losing out in the end.
Cheick Diallo-Scout reported last month that Louisville and Pitt were the early favorites. According to sources, SU is still in the mix and are very interested in Diallo. This recruitment will take some time to play out and will be a battle amongst heavyweights with plenty of twist n turns expected to take place.
Franklin Howard-Being recruited by SU and several others as a Combo Guard that will eventually become a full time Point Guard. SU, Georgetown, and UVA are some of the schools that have put themselves in good position currently.
Moustapha Diagne-Coming off another visit from SU at the Midnight Madness, which was actually his third visit to SU this year alone. Many(including myself) expected Diagne to join Tyler Lydon on the 2015 commitment list, but unfortunately that wasn't the case. Look for Diagne to take some additional visits and make a decision sometime next year. SU has been in good shape for awhile, but don't expect the SU staff to wait around forever with other bigs in the equation such as Cheick Diallo, Chris Silva, and Josh Sharma.
Bryant Crawford-Surprisingly I was told that SU assistant Red Autry, who has close ties to Crawford, has not attended any of the open gyms at Gonzaga High to check out Crawford as of yet. Indiana, Georgetown, UVA, and Villanova are the schools currently showing the most interest.
Donte DiVincenzo-Has been a hot name receiving offers from a number of high-majors recently. The inside word on his recruitment which still has a long ways to go is that SU, Notre Dame, and Villanova have set themselves out front in the early goings.
2016
Jamal Murray-Considered to be one of the top prospects from Canada. SU has already set their sights on Murray and have made him a priority early. Still a long way from a decision, the main competition looks to be coming from the defending national champs Louisville. Louisville has made Murray a priority as well and are hoping to get him in for a visit in the near future.
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ReplyDeleteOne thing that I find interesting about the '15 class is that SU will only have 2 guaranteed spots opening up but could add 4 more (in an unlikely but still plausible scenario) if you have Grant, Ennis, McCullough and Roberson all go pro in the next two years. I imagine it makes it a tricky process recruiting when there's so much uncertainty (maybe 30% chance only one is gone and 10% chance they're all gone plus all the permutations in the middle).
ReplyDeleteI agree that it'll be very interesting to see how things will shake out for 2015. I'm sure they're anticipating Grant having a big year and leaving opening up another spot and maybe somebody else will end up leaving as well. Right now getting a Center Diagne/Diallo/Silva, Forward Bryant/Jones, and Guard Howard/DiVincenzo seems to be the priority moving forward. I'm sure there will be a few more players to receive offers down the line to make things interesting as well.
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