Weekly recruiting roundup
Justin Anderson's quest for a national championship got off to a good start Thursday afternoon.
The Maryland-bound small forward scored 11 points and grabbed eight rebounds in Montrose Christian's 64-59 win over John Carroll in the first round of the National High School Invitiational at Georgetown Prep.
Anderson’s best moment came late in the third quarter, when he stole the ball and went in for an uncontested dunk, then grabbed a loose ball in the lane and scored just before the buzzer, giving Montrose Christian a 51-43 lead.
The Mustangs will play Boys & Girls of New York at 3:30 p.m. this afternoon. The game will be televised on ESPN2.
• Terps commitments Nick Faust and Martin Breunig are scheduled to play in the NeXt All-American Classic on Sunday at 3 p.m. in suburban Chicago. National Recruiting Spotlight broke down the top matchups, including Breunig vs. Central Florida commitment Michael Chandler.
Breunig (Maryland) is worth watching since he is an athletic forward who does whatever it takes for his team to win, whether it’s rebounding, passing, or good defense. Both big men run the floor and finish through contact well so it should be fun to watch them in transition. Both are capable shot-blockers as well so everyone in the first few rows should keep an eye out for basketballs in the stands.
• Faust played in the Elite Showcase Basketball Classic at the Verizon Center last weekend. Check out video highlights of the future Terp courtesy of The Mars Reel. Faust's highlights start 46 seconds in.
• UM target Desmond Hubert is set to play in the All-American Championship on Sunday at 3 p.m.
The games, a brainstorm of USA Basketball member, The Gazelle Group of Princeton, will take place Sunday, April 3 at the M.O. Campbell Center in Houston will be carried live on ESPN3.com, beginning at 3 p.m.
The games will then be rebroadcast in prime time on ESPNU at 9 p.m. that same evening.
Football recruiting
• Rivals.com's Mike Farrell fielded a question in his weekly mailbag about the early returns on Randy Edsall as a recruiter at Maryland.
The Terps have generated plenty of interest with recruits and three prospects have committed. Mike Madaras is the gem of the bunch of far. The 6-foot-6, 280-pound tackle from Good Counsel was a huge pickup. He's the kind of in-state kid that could really have a lot of pull with other top Maryland recruits. Defensive end Roman Braglio and Georgia offensive lineman Nick Brigham are less heralded recruits but are tough, blue collar guys that will be contributors.
• Maryland-bound fullback Tyler Cierski was named Outstanding Youth of the Week by DaculaPatch.
“This year in high school I’ve been taking a microbiology class and that was very interesting,” he said. “I’m definitely looking toward some kind of science, I’m not sure what kind yet, if it will biology, microbiology, or kinesiology, but definitely something in that area.”
Comments
h.s basketball game sunday is on cbs college sports
Posted by: freddy from boca | April 1, 2011 1:33 PM
The NHSI is not the real national championship. St. Anthony's of Jersey City is the real national champion. Montrose has one loss, the Friars none. Whoever wins this tournament will not vault to the top of any polls. The real national championship was St. Anthony's vs. St. Patrick's.
Posted by: Eric | April 1, 2011 2:00 PM
Saw Justin Anderson in the game against Oakhill. He is good. How that translates into playing for the Terps I can only hope is good. It's amazing to see what a difference the players and the coaching makes to create a winning team. Butler & VCU proved once and for all it take determination, courage, and energy to win. It takes more than McD's to win. Obviously it takes a Kemba Walker but he'd be Rogriguez for example if he didn't have Napier and Oriakhi. How the coaches draw up plays is another thing. But all these guys are fighters. They're all individually champs. Only one team is wins the game. Enjoy the game. It's not really fair to judge a school by a team when we know with so much money at stake a lot of curves will be thrown. Some will get away with it and some won't. That's life.
Posted by: Rocky Road | April 3, 2011 9:54 AM
What happened to the HS game with Faust and Bruenig?
Posted by: Larry M | April 3, 2011 3:20 PM