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I saw on chicagohoops.com this morning that NIU received a commitment from Bryan Hall. He is a point guard out of Whitney Young H.S. in Chicago.
http://www.chicagohoops.com

I know they're hard to come by, but wouldn't it be nice if we could get a big guy for the middle?

I heard that Patton was in California recruiting last week or 2 weeks ago...Anyone know who he's going after out there

HuskieRak Wrote:I heard that Patton was in California recruiting last week or 2 weeks ago...Anyone know who he's going after out there

Probably Krystopher Faber who visited NIU two weekends ago.

Dog Fan Wrote:I know they're hard to come by, but wouldn't it be nice if we could get a big guy for the middle?

We'll have Sean Kowal next season. Besides, what good bigs are left in the class of 2008? All of them have been swooped up or have offers from major colleges. I'm sure the last scholarship will go to a bigger guy (like Krystopher Faber).

HuskieRak Wrote:I heard that Patton was in California recruiting last week or 2 weeks ago...Anyone know who he's going after out there

You can find it on the last page of the basketball recruites thread. I think his name is Faber. He's a 2 star center (6'10'' 245 lbs), but is being recruited by Minnesota, Vanderbilt, Wash State, Oregon, Utah and a couple other schools. He says MN is his favorite. He actually visited NIU. Not sure if was official or if he just visited campus on his own.

Coach Storm Wrote:I saw on chicagohoops.com this morning that NIU received a commitment from Bryan Hall. He is a point guard out of Whitney Young H.S. in Chicago.
http://www.chicagohoops.com

This is the first time i've heard about Bryan Hall. I hadn't previously read anything showing any interest in him from us. Looks like Dennis Gates is at it again.

From http://www.illinoishsbasketball.com/:

Quote:

May 23rd, 2007- Bryan Hall Journal #1

Bryan Hall of Whitney Young, a top 08 prospect and one of the top defenders in the state has dropped his first journal for illinoishsbasketball.com...

Whats up everybody, it's Bryan Hall of WhitneyYoung. I play for Ferrari AAU for the spring and summer. So far we have been playing good basketball. We recently finished in the sweet sixteen in the gold division at spiece. I am one of the three point guard/ como guards that start for our team. The other two are AJ Rompza and Isiah Williams. Our team also includes Stan Brown, Carl Richard, Byron Woods, and others. As of now I have about five schools that are recruiting me the hardest. This list includes, Minnesota, Toledo, Western Michigan, Eastern Illinois, and Loyola. I have been talking to theses coaches and am scheduling visits right now. New schools that have began to send mail and invite me to their camps are Colgate, Virginia Tech, Illinois State, Columbia and Holy Cross. Look out for more Journals in the future from Bryan Hall...

anybody knows where this kid ranks in State/caliber wise?

NIUHuskie4life Wrote:anybody knows where this kid ranks in State/caliber wise?

Chicagohoops.com does not have him in their top 30.
IllinoisHSbasketball.com has him at #52.

Maybe we just wanted to grab a guy out of Whitney Young?

I'm not saying we are in on jordan, but maybe there is another kid we like out of that school too?

If we are indeed going to run, the More guards the better!

With Kowal, a former Three star guy, and these other recruits Next years new players are going to be a pretty solid group!

TheNEWguy Wrote:Maybe we just wanted to grab a guy out of Whitney Young?

I'm not saying we are in on jordan, but maybe there is another kid we like out of that school too?

We have an offer out to Chris Colvin

chicagohoops has him ranked 44th

now you don't need Colvin as you will have 6 deep at the guard postion the next two years what you need is a 3 to back up Storm because Ervin and Gaters Suck and can't play at this level you also need a dominate 4 or 5 because right now you only have Kwoel and Kelley and maybe walker in 2009.

what i'm hopping will happen Gaters and Ervin will be switched to walk ons I guess they can do that they did it with nichols and they will give Fisher one oand get another player for 09 season or

2008-2009
SG Landers, Jeremy 6'3" G SO
SG Anderson, Jake 6'2" G SO
SG Pancratz, Zach 6'4" G SR
SF Tyler Storm 6'7" F FR
SF Gaters, Darrius 6'6" F  SO
SF Ervin, Najul 6'7" F JR
PG Yelder, Cody 6'1" G JR
PG Dinunno, Mike 6'0" G FR
PG Mike Hall 6'2" G FR
PF Kelley, Bristan 6'6" F  JR
PF Sean Smith 6'5" F SR
C Sean Kwoel 6'11" C SO
FR
Walk-ons
SG Nichols, Jarvis 6'3" G SR
SF Oruche, Richard 6'2" G JR
PG Patton, Micheal 5'11" G SO
PF Fakuade, Micheal 6'6" F SO
PF Lee Fisher 6'5" F SO

2009-2010
SG Landers, Jeremy 6'3" G JR
SF Gaters, Darrius 6'6" F  JR
SF Najul Ervin 6'7" F SR
SF Tyler Strom 6'7" F SO
PG Jake Anderson  6'2" G JR
PG Mike Dinunno 6'0" G SO
PG Yelder, Cody 6'1" G SR
PG Mike Hall 6'2" G SO
PF Kelley, Bristan 6'6" F  SR
PF Steve Walker 6'5" F FR
C Sean Kwoel 6'11" C JR
SO
FR
Walk-Ons
SF Oruche, Richard 6'2" G SR
PG Patton, Micheal 5'11" G JR
PF Fakuade, Micheal 6'6" F JR
PF Lee Fisher 6'5" F FR

Zao123 Wrote:chicagohoops has him ranked 44th

now you don't need Colvin as you will have 6 deep at the guard postion the next two years what you need is a 3 to back up Storm because Ervin and Gaters Suck and can't play at this level you also need a dominate 4 or 5 because right now you only have Kwoel and Kelley and maybe walker in 2009.

Just wondering what you are basing that off of. Not saying you are wrong, just wondering.

Northern Illinois Secures Third Commitment From Class Of 2008
http://www.ilprepbullseye.com/page48.html

October 31, 2007

Quote:Illinois Prep Bulls-eye has learned through most reliable sources that Brian Hall, a 6'1 point guard from Whitney Young High School in Chicago, has verbally committed to Northern Illinois University. Hall's commitment actually became official late last night.

Playing on a high school team which is absolutely loaded with D1 talent, it is easy for Hall to go unnoticed. However, Hall turned in solid performances at several prominent events during the July evaluation period, most notably the NIKE Peach Jam in North Augusta, SC. In doing so, he confirmed in our minds that he is undoubtedly a D1 prospect.

Hall has proven to us that he can definitely play the point at both the high school and college levels. He is a team player first and foremost and simply does a lot of the little things that aren't going to show up in a box score. We think that defense is his greatest attribute, although as the summer progressed Hall also showed us that he has good ball handling skills, can consistently get to the basket and most importantly possesses the leadership traits that are necessary of a D1 point guard.

Hall becomes Huskie head coach Ricardo Patton's third commitment from the class of 2008, as he will join forces with 5'11 Mike Dinunno from Von Steuben High School in Chicago and 6'6 Tyler Storm from Geneseo High School in Geneseo, IL. In fact, Hall and Dinunno could prove to be the back court of the future for Northern Illinois, because although they may be on the small side, their styles provide the perfect compliment to one another.

Once again a ton of credit must also go to Northern Illinois assistant coach Dennis Gates on helping to secure Hall's commitment. Gates is an alum of Whitney Young High School (having played on their 1998 state championship team) and as we have mentioned numerous times, has strong connections throughout Chicago and the Public League.

The most underrated player in Illinois?
http://citysuburbanhoopsreport.blogspot....inois.html

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Quote:The final player who is vastly underrated is Whitney Young's Bryan Hall, an attacking guard who flourishes in transition and just needs to tighten up his jump shot. He's a terrific kid and student and is without question a Division I talent.

http://forums.chicagohoops.com/viewtopic.php?t=13389

wolfpackdad Wrote:You've got yourself a nice player in Hall. The times I've seen him play he was Very strong defensively. Very pestky and gets a lot of steals. Able to play full court in your face defense against the point and strong enough to play tough against the two.

Offensively, very smart in his shot selection. Solid mid range game and able to hit the three. Can finish off the drive and break with the best of them. A solid all around player. This is how he starts around all the talent at Young. One of the least talked about guards at Young, though one of the best I think and my favorite. A solid pick for NIU.

I base my opionion on Ervin and gaters that i have seen both players play.

Gaters in the game i saw didn't have a shot he just got rebounds and put them back he can't really do that as he is undersized. now i know that he had a year to get better and i hope he does.

Ervin i saw last year verse Highland he started and went 0-4 3 rebounds vs Highland. he was the 4th best player on kankakee team and i could name 20 better players that went d2 from area juco better than ervin One of them was Jeremiah Box from Sauk Valley he same height and he can shoot. Oh yeah he went to the D2 Quincy.

Also another negitive thing about signing Ervin is that the coaches at NIU already Ticketed off the coaches at Highland belive me Juco's like to brag about who went where. And Coach Norman know's that Ervin dosn't belong at NIU.

Zao123 Wrote:I base my opionion on Ervin and gaters that i have seen both players play.

Gaters in the game i saw didn't have a shot he just got rebounds and put them back he can't really do that as he is undersized. now i know that he had a year to get better and i hope he does.

Ervin i saw last year verse Highland he started and went 0-4 3 rebounds vs Highland. he was the 4th best player on kankakee team and i could name 20 better players that went d2 from area juco better than ervin One of them was Jeremiah Box from Sauk Valley he same height and he can shoot. Oh yeah he went to the D2 Quincy.

Also another negitive thing about signing Ervin is that the coaches at NIU already Ticketed off the coaches at Highland belive me Juco's like to brag about who went where. And Coach Norman know's that Ervin dosn't belong at NIU.

I don't know if I can believe you. You write like a 12 year old.

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/preps/630...01.article

Quote:Young's Hall commits to Northern Illinois

November 1, 2007

Young senior guard Bryan Hall gave an oral commitment Wednesday to Northern Illinois.

Hall is the second Public League player in the Class of 2008 to commit to NIU, following Von Steuben guard Mike Dinunno. Simeon junior Steve Walker also committed to the Huskies during the summer.

Hall chose NIU over Eastern Illinois, IUPUI-Fort Wayne and Drake.

''I've heard a lot of good things about [NIU coach Ricardo Patton],'' Hall said. ''When I met him, I got a good feeling about him and the whole program. It's also a place that could give me a chance to play right away.''

Michael O'Brien