Weekly recruiting roundup
Justin Coleman entered Wednesday’s National Basketball Players Association Top 100 camp as one of the lesser-known prospects in attendance.
Unlike [Wake Forest-bound Travis] McKie, Coleman is still waiting for a scholarship offer. Coleman, who said he's not sure which high school he'll attend in 2009-10, sees the camp as an opportunity to raise his stock.
After the first day of play in Charlottesville, Va., the Maryland target and three-star prospect from Richmond did just that. Rivals.com’s Jerry Meyer gave Coleman rave reviews for his play at the camp.
Whether he was dunking, finishing difficult layups or nailing jumpers from well behind the arc, Coleman was constantly on the attack offensively. He is a high-level athlete with a impressive motor who has a skill game that will continue to develop. Mark him down as a four-star when the rankings are reshuffled before the July evaluation period.
• Holly Springs, N.C., power forward C.J. Leslie, another NBPA Top 100 camp participant, still has the Terps under consideration.
Leslie, who said he admires the game of Boston's Kevin Garnett, is still deciding what other schools he will visit this year. Florida, Maryland, Kentucky and Wake Forest are on his short list.
• Between attending Maryland’s elite camp last weekend and the NBPA camp now, Washington, N.C., small forward Mychal Parker took some time to stop in at Virginia’s camp.
The Cavaliers' coaches watched Mychal Parker with particular interest. A 6-5 swingman who attends the Miller School in western Albemarle County, Parker is one of the top prospects in the nation's Class of 2010. The schools he's considering include Maryland, Virginia, Miami and Florida.
• DeMatha point guard Quinn Cook, a 2011 UM target, scored 22 points to lead the United States’ U16 men’s national team to a 102-76 win over Venezuela in the FIBA Americas Championship tournament Thursday.
"I just wanted to come out aggressive," Cook said. "I wanted to throw the first punch. I was lucky enough to get a couple baskets to get some momentum. I just wanted to be aggressive."
• Delaware shooting guard Trevor Cooney earned solid reviews from NBE Basketball Report for his play in last weekend’s Rumble in the Bronx AAU tournament.
His current schools of interest include Boston U, Delaware, Syracuse, Villanova, Ohio State, Rutgers, Texas and Maryland. He has been to Delaware and ‘Cuse, ‘Nova and Maryland and would like to see Ohio State and get a sense for what a Big 10 school is like.
• The Baltimore Sun’s Jeff Barker broke the news Monday that Maryland had stopped recruiting Lance Stephenson. According to the New York Daily News, Stephenson’s father was caught off guard by the report.
As of Wednesday night, Lance Stephenson Sr. had no knowledge that Maryland has stopped recruiting his son.
"As far as we know Maryland is still an option," the father said.
With the Terps bowing out of the Stephenson sweepstakes, Adam Zagoria writes that Memphis could be “the last team standing.”
One source with knowledge went so far as to say Stephenson was planning an upcoming visit to the Conference USA school.
“I think he is taking a visit. I think Memphis is leading,” the source said. “They are two feet in on Lance.”
Football recruiting
• Defensive end Nermin Delic, a three-star prospect from Tunnell Hill, Ga., has the Terps at the top of his list, according to GoUpState.com.
Delic will visit Maryland this weekend and says he may commit. "I'll be there all weekend with my parents and if it feels right, I'll might commit," he said. "I've talked to my dad about it. He was supportive." Delic says that if he does commit, he will not shut down recruiting completely. "I will listen to schools if they offer me. If Georgia or Clemson were to offer, I would have to listen."
• The Washington Post’s Josh Barr reports that Dunbar (D.C.) linebacker Javarie Johnson picked up an offer from Miami last week.
[Dunbar coach Craig] Jefferies said Johnson has pared his list of nearly two dozen offers to four schools with a common thread: Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State and Miami.
• Jacksonville, Fla., offensive lineman Tramell Williams told Rivals.com that he “will likely commit to Illinois or South Carolina” before the end of the month, but he also discussed where Maryland stands in his recruitment.
“Maryland has offered me,” Williams said. “I talked with them early this morning and they said I had an offer. They emailed me a few days ago and said they wanted to offer me as a defensive tackle. They are the first school that has offered me as a defensive tackle. UCF may as well. At this time I don’t know too much about Maryland and I likely not get up there this summer, maybe take an official visit this fall.”
• New Jersey wide receiver Shakim Phillips, a four-star player according to Rivals.com, plans to check out College Park this summer.
“I’m going to Pittsburgh, Boston College, Maryland, West Virginia, Georgia and Tennessee. Those are the schools I know off the top of my head I’m going to see.
Comments
lance is just the type of player memphis can use. another player that will bring the ncaa investigators with him.
Posted by: fkterp | June 19, 2009 12:40 PM
I never thought BR would be a terp BUT, imagine for a minute, a three guard offense with Mosely, Greivis and Lance. Throw in the new bigs, with the athletes coming off the bench and MD could run every team in the ACC off the court. That would be some exciting basketball. Alas, not to be
Posted by: Ray in Texas | June 22, 2009 10:56 AM