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Hoosiers continue talent grab The relative shambles that the Indiana Hoosiers‘ basketball program was in when coach Tom Crean took over has all but been erased from the minds of college basketball fans at large in a few short years, and a significant reason is because of their outstanding success on the recruiting trail. After [...]
Posted: December 18, 2012, 5:02 am
New Nebraska Cornhuskers coach Tim Miles snagged his first commit of the 2013 recruiting class early on Friday afternoon, according to multiple reports. 6-6 wing forward Nick Fuller of Sun Prairie (WI) made the call during a campus visit, which he took in with one of the Huskers other top targets in this recruiting cycle, [...]
Posted: August 10, 2012, 10:03 pm
On the last day of the second July evaluation period, a well-known college coach muttered “I can’t wait to go home.” While this thought was surely shared by many of his colleagues, the 17U Sports U/Team IZOD team based out of northern New Jersey had different thoughts. Despite being forced to play back to back games [...]
Posted: July 24, 2012, 5:02 am
The Wisconsin Badgers grabbed a verbal commitment from 2013 shooting guard Riley Dearring of Minnetonka (MN) on Thursday, and now have two players locked up in that class. Dearring, who recently received a scholarship offer to play at Wisconsin, only considered the tender for a short time before making his pledge. He posted via his Twitter [...]
Posted: July 20, 2012, 12:00 am
The position skill sessions wrapped up on Sunday morning at the LeBron James Skills Academy in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the participants were divided into 8 teams for two sessions of games in the afternoon and evening. An impressive contingent of spectators that included the event’s namesake, recent NBA champion LeBron James and his Team [...]
Posted: July 9, 2012, 6:48 am
With July’s three periods of evaluation open to men’s college basketball coaches approaching, several programs have secured commitments from recruits. While there wasn’t any top-100 recruits that committed in recent days, at least since Zach LaVine committed to the UCLA Bruins, there are no doubt some quality players that are now off the board. Additionally, it’s been [...]
Posted: June 30, 2012, 9:18 pm
Incoming Verbal Commitments and Signings
Class of 2013
| Name | Height | Position | School (State) | Type | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronson Koenig | 6'-3" | PG | Aquinas (WI) | HS | Signed |
| Riley Dearring | 6'-5" | SG | Minnetonka (MN) | HS | Signed |
| Nigel Hayes | 6'-7" | PF | Whitmer (OH) | HS | Signed |
| Vitto Brown | 6'-8" | PF | Bowling Green (OH) | HS | Signed |
| Jordan Hill | 6'-3" | SG | Phillips Exeter Academy (NH) | HS | Signed |
Class of 2014
| Name | Height | Position | School (State) | Type | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethan Happ | 6'-7" | SF | Rockridge (IL) | HS | Verbal |
Past Recruiting Classes
Class of 2012
| Name | Height | Position | School (State) | Type | Status |
| Sam Dekker | 6′-7″ | SF | Sheboygan Lutheran (WI) | HS | Signed |
Class of 2011
| Name | Height | Position | School (State) | Type | Status |
| Traevon Jackson | 6′-2″ | SG | Westerville (OH) | HS | Signed |
| George Marshall | 6′-0″ | PG | Brooks (IL) | HS | Signed |
| Frank Kaminsky | 6′-10″ | PF | Benet Academy (IL) | HS | Signed |
| Jarrod Uthoff | 6′-8″ | SF | Jefferson (IA) | HS | Signed |
