nvspuds Wrote:He really came out of nowhere to be a top 150 player..I can't wait to see what this guy brings to the mix.
No kidding. The more I hear about him, the more exciting it sounds (twice first team all-state; state championships as a SO and SR; MVP of several tournaments; blah, blah, blah*)
Two things about that list are very interesting:
1) it includes only 15 players that signed w/teams in non-power conferences (only 9 if you exclude Memphis and Gonzaga, two teams that have arguably attained major status).
5 Derrick Rose PG IL 94 Memphis
28 Austin Daye SF CA 91 Gonzaga
33 Herb Pope PF PA 91 New Mexico State
38 Jeff Robinson SF NJ 90 Memphis
53 Marcus Morris PF PA 90 Memphis
57 Markieff Morris C PA 89 Memphis
71 Chris Wright SF OH 89 Dayton
83 Steven Gray SG WA 88 Gonzaga
101 Tyrone Shelley SF CA 86 Pepperdine
111 D.J. Gay PG CA 86 San Diego State
120 Morgan Grim PF UT 85 Utah
135 Billy White SF NV 85 San Diego State
138 Kevin Johnson SF IL 85 Wisconsin-Milwaukee
140 Malik Cooke PF NC 85 Nevada
141 Wendell McKines PF CA 85 San Francisco
2) How many players on the top 150 list Nevada was recruiting (I see three that I think Nevada was a finalist for, and another six that had Nevada listed).
*NOTE: I don't mean to hijack this thread by talking all about Nevada, but ejm DID ask for background on Cooke. ;-)
) For his sake, I hope he pulls it off.
