Weekend wrap – Jefferson stars at NBPA camp
Amile Jefferson finished his run at the NBPA Top 100 camp in Charlottesville, Va., as the event's leading scorer at more than 20 points per game.
Jefferson, a Maryland forward target from Philadelphia, impressed scouts from start to finish at the camp.
He has a knack along the baseline for scoring. Jefferson's body is nowhere close to being developed, but his mobility and slinky driver ability allow him to forge entries into the lane. He's a gutty finisher and competitor. The training staff gave him the option of sitting out because of an injured finger, and at his choice, he hasn't so much as missed a single drill.
Jefferson gave an updated list of schools he's considering to Northstar Basketball.
He mentioned Villanova, Temple, Ohio State, North Carolina State, Georgetown, Maryland, West Virginia, Wake Forest, Miami, UCLA, Stanford, and UConn.
• Maryland center target Shaquille Cleare impressed Rivals.com's Jerry Meyer during the Saturday session of the Top 100 camp.
Cleare's game is all about strength. He controls space and produces in traffic. A sure-handed rebounder, Cleare is also a great finisher through contact.
• UM center target Mitch McGary was consistently strong throughout the Top 100 camp.
McGary is getting calls from all over the country and is one of the hottest commodities. He had a big-time effort on Saturday afternoon with 22 points and averaged 12 points a game for the event.
• NBE Basketball Report caught up with DeMatha forward Jerami Grant at the Top 100 camp.
Recently, Syracuse has jumped on him, to which he noted “They contacted me yesterday, Coach (Jim) Boeheim and Coach Red (Autry). And yeah, I’m looking at them”. The Orange have offered, along with Georgetown, Notre Dame, Rutgers ... along with “UVA, V-Tech, NC State, Maryland.” The Terps hosted him unofficially recently.
• Gonzaga (D.C.) point guard and Terps target Nate Britt -- a rising junior -- was second in scoring at the Top 100 camp with 16.7 points per game.
• RunTheFloor.com named UM shooting guard signee Nick Faust to its preseason All-ACC rookie team.
He’s got wing size in a 2-guard game. He can shoot over people, has a nice mid-range game, and can use his size at the rim.
• Maryland women's commitment Lexie Brown was ranked the No. 13 prospect nationally in the 2013 class in ESPN HoopGurlz's new rankings. For 2012, future Terps Tierney Pfirman and Chloe Pavlech were ranked 20th and 99th, respectively.
Comments
Matt, don't forget that Maryland's other woman commitment, A'lexus Harrison, is ranked #46 (
http://espn.go.com/womens-college-basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/105055).
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Sean T. -- Thanks for the link. The list I saw was just the Top 25. Much appreciated. -- Matt
Posted by: Sean T. | June 20, 2011 9:20 AM
How does one get hosted Unofficially? What is the difference
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JayZeis: A prospect is allotted five official visits during their senior year. Any other campus visit is unofficial. -- Matt
Posted by: JayZeis | June 20, 2011 10:28 AM
Wait...Nick Faust struggles with 'hitting threes'??? Is that really the scouting report on him? That's not the impression that I've read, or seen in highlights.
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Ryan: Yeah, that's not right at all. I took that part out. Thanks. -- Matt
Posted by: Ryan | June 20, 2011 11:49 AM
Matt...You mention MD is targeting 2 centers....would they take both .....do they take the one who says yes first ?......How does that work ?
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BaltJohn: It's going to be a huge class, so I could definitely see them taking both if they could. The Terps certainly need all the size they can get. -- Matt
Posted by: BaltJohn | June 20, 2011 12:42 PM
The two big men the Terps are targetting and mentioned in Matt's report are different types of players. While both listed as centers, McGary is more of a high post player with some range on his shot. He could be a face up 4. Cleare is more of the banger, low post player. I think they would compliment each other well. Plus, like Matt said, the Terps need bigs.
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Good points. Thanks, Jeff. -- Matt
Posted by: Jeff | June 20, 2011 2:26 PM
i'm in the dark here .... when is the signing period for all these "potential" signups
as denzel washington said in Philadelphia ... talk to me like I am a 4th grader
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pepper: The fall signing period is one week in late November. -- Matt
Posted by: pepper | June 20, 2011 8:23 PM
Good JOB, MATT, as always !!!
MD. can take both "Centers", McGary can easly play the ( 4 ), while SHAQ 2, will take care of the ( 5 ). If MD. could land Jefferson, this could be one of the greatest classes ever !!
Posted by: curt shaw | June 21, 2011 4:31 AM