Here's Xavier Cochrane's current verbalcommits page, lots of "stale" offers from high school, believe Xavier qualified out of high school:

http://www.verbalcommits.com/players/xavier-cochran

http://bankhoops.com/bank-hoops-class-b-all-state/

Marlo Brown named first team Class C all state for second year in a row, 16 pts, 11 rebounds and 5 assists per game.

James Towns could be moving way up the list of available h.s. PGs in MI.

I'd guess that he and Turner (Detroit Renaissance) are the two best unsigned h.s. guards in MI.

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/.../82279494/

TOL loses Stuckey Mosley to transfer but gets a verbal from a JUCO G we offered...

http://www.bcsn.tv/news_article/show/628..._id=986244

(03-26-2016 02:25 PM)emu steve Wrote:  James Towns could be moving way up the list of available h.s. PGs in MI.

I'd guess that he and Turner (Detroit Renaissance) are the two best unsigned h.s. guards in MI.

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/.../82279494/

I saw a little of Towns in the state final. He's a pure PG. Not a great shooter but a good ball handler and passer. Seems like he has a high basketball IQ. Looks like a borderline D1 player because of his size but may be OK in the MAC.

Turner looks very smooth in his highlight video. He's legit D1.

(03-26-2016 04:26 PM)emu steve Wrote:  TOL loses Stuckey Mosley to transfer but gets a verbal from a JUCO G we offered...

http://www.bcsn.tv/news_article/show/628..._id=986244

Good catch by Toledo, frankly I'm surprised Toledo outrecruited us for him.

http://bankhoops.com/bank-hoops-2016-all-state/

http://bankhoops.com/bank-hoops-class-d-all-state/

http://bankhoops.com/bank-hoops-class-c-all-state/

Burton and Brown second team C.

Didn't know former EMU player John Bowler is an assistant hoops coach at Des Monies Community College.

article on Cochran:

http://www.owensexpress.com/sports/mbkb/...0309kouk2o

(03-28-2016 04:13 AM)emu79 Wrote:  Didn't know former EMU player John Bowler is an assistant hoops coach at Des Monies Community College.

Guess we have that school locked down with Bowler, Naz, and now Steele.

My favorite college team to watch is EMU.

My 2nd favorite college team to watch is going to be Des Moines Community College.

That college has to be a good place for a big man to learn his craft. Those who remember John Bowler remember him as a 'beast' inside, a really, really good post player.

I have NO idea at which level or conference or school he'll look but Javon Bess (MSU - Columbus, OH) is transferring.

Highly ranked recruit who didn't become a star, but might elsewhere.

Wonder if he'd consider a MAC team? Got plenty of MAC and A-10 offers out of h.s.

Marvin Clark jr. is also leaving MSU.

Clyburn gets offer from U of D.

Detroit News has an article on both MSU transferees. Both have had injury problems at MSU.

Many schools will be interested in them.

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/.../82359364/

FWIW, UofM's Spike Albrecht is transferring as a graduate eligible.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketba...an-release

Don't know if any of these three have any interest in EMU but it will be fun to watch their transfers. Curious if any of these three end up in the MAC...

(03-28-2016 10:36 PM)emu steve Wrote:  I have NO idea at which level or conference or school he'll look but Javon Bess (MSU - Columbus, OH) is transferring.

Highly ranked recruit who didn't become a star, but might elsewhere.

Wonder if he'd consider a MAC team? Got plenty of MAC and A-10 offers out of h.s.

Marvin Clark jr. is also leaving MSU.

I would kill for Marvin Clark. That is a very talented kid who was a victim of numbers in his time at MSU. Good shooter, and can play both forward spots. I think he goes high major though.

Javon Bess never looked fully healthy in the last two years. Even when he played, he looked extremely tentative. Izzo even mentioned as much, saying that Bess looked "afraid to jump". High risk, high reward type player that'll probably end up at a mid major. Worth giving him a call, in my opinion.

(03-29-2016 07:35 AM)EagleSam Wrote:  

(03-28-2016 10:36 PM)emu steve Wrote:  I have NO idea at which level or conference or school he'll look but Javon Bess (MSU - Columbus, OH) is transferring.

Highly ranked recruit who didn't become a star, but might elsewhere.

Wonder if he'd consider a MAC team? Got plenty of MAC and A-10 offers out of h.s.

Marvin Clark jr. is also leaving MSU.

I would kill for Marvin Clark. That is a very talented kid who was a victim of numbers in his time at MSU. Good shooter, and can play both forward spots. I think he goes high major though.

Javon Bess never looked fully healthy in the last two years. Even when he played, he looked extremely tentative. Izzo even mentioned as much, saying that Bess looked "afraid to jump". High risk, high reward type player that'll probably end up at a mid major. Worth giving him a call, in my opinion.

Bess might benefit from a (transfer) redshirt year.

Players hate to sitout but it gives them a chance to heal the body, gain an academic year of classwork, learn the schemes, do S&C, etc.

Some might call it 'delay of gratification.' The payoff is there for those who are patient.

FWIW, FOUR (!) players have/are leaving Ohio State.

Don't know if we are interested in ANY of the transfers from MSU, UofM, OSU, etc. I count EIGHT players from those three schools who could probably find Ypsilanti and the Convo with a map, but without GPS. Lol. (OSU - 4, MSU - 2, and UofM 2, including Albrecht and Doyle, who announced yesterday).

As things stand, I still assume:

One big man, Steele, from Des Moines Area C.C.

Probably one PG, most like a JUCO (we have no pure PG behind Toney). This is our thinnest spot. Not sure I would trust a true frosh if something would happen to Toney. Murphy has had good luck with experienced players like Talley and Toney. I believe he has had a number of high school PGs who did not last including one from N. Carolina a few years back.

And one recruit who could be "Best Available". Could be a h.s. SG. Maybe a grad eligible SF. Or simply a player who is too good to pass up, including a sitout transfer.

I'm noticing a real trend toward the JUCOs in the middle of the country, e.g., Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Texas, etc.

Staff seems to be making a living at those JUCO tourneys which are a good 'showcase' for JUCO talent.

Here is the ESPN transfer list which includes the graduate eligibles. I assume we have 4 scholarships to give and only one know verbal, Steele.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketba...nsfer-list

James Towns to Niagara.

(03-31-2016 09:06 PM)EagleSam Wrote:  James Towns to Niagara.

Good find.

Now we need the scoop on Justin Turner, a SG/combo guard, out of Detroit Renaissance.

I'm surprised his recruiting is so quiet. Maybe the Detroit News, Freep, etc. will have something when they do their all-everything teams...

Here is Turner's entry in Verbalcommits.com:

http://verbalcommits.com/players/justin-turner

Picked up a couple new offers last summer. Nothing new indicated in the last 9 months.

Verbalcommits.com and this Twitter account are the best for up to the minute recruiting happenings (as well as the ESPN.Com transfer page).

I assume ALL 351 D-I schools pour over this stuff 'night and day' looking for 'actionable intelligence' in the 'recruiting wars'... (I couldn't resist the hyperbole)

https://twitter.com/therecruitscoop