Weekend wrap – New SG target for UM?
New targets continue to emerge for the Maryland men's basketball program.
Leading up to the Super 64 adidas AAU event in Las Vegas, three-star shooting guard Buddy Hield of Sunrise Christian Academy in Bel Aire, Kan., reportedly impressed the Terps and several other high-major programs.
Some schools had more interest than others, but that was before the ever-crucial July period began. Since then (read: since he had a surprisingly strong showing with the Kansas Pray and Play Players in Indianapolis earlier this month), Memphis, Baylor, Virginia Tech, Maryland and Oregon State have dropped in.
• UM shooting guard target Christian Sanders could be a legacy recruit for Kansas.
In a short span he has received offers from Stanford, Colorado, Texas, Maryland, Harvard and Oklahoma State and is also being recruited by KU and others.
“It’s been a learning experience for the family. It’s been enjoyable in many ways, but also a pretty serious process,” former Leavenworth High standout Brad Sanders said Sunday in a phone conversation, indicating recruiting has changed a lot since his years (1975-79) at KU.
• Gonzaga (D.C.) point guard and Terps target Nate Britt was a standout for D.C. Assault on Sunday in Las Vegas.
DC Assault needed an exquisite three-point play with seven seconds remaining from Nate Britt (2013) to hold off Lakeshow 17 Black by the final score of 58-55. Britt displayed the outstanding vision that has more than a few high-level programs looking to garner his services, and he’s also a very good perimeter shooter.
• NBE Basketball got an updated list of schools for DeMatha forward Jeremi Grant.
The half dozen finalists for the 6-foot-7 combo forward out of DeMatha HS and Team Takeover AAU are Virginia Tech, North Carolina State, Texas, Oklahoma, Syracuse and Rutgers. Of those, he does “not really” have any favorites.
Comments
Go Terps Go
Posted by: Coach Hall | July 25, 2011 2:28 PM
That's more like it. 3 star prospects are where this program should be focusing its attention. Wasting its time to simply be mentioned among the 10 schools pursuing 4 and 5 star types. This is a program that should find solace in the occasional NCAA bid. Big boys do not fear the turtle. We are more often than not the team that uncovers talent, only to have them bolt when the big boys come calling. Face it, this is not the place that top recruits want to be. It hurts me as a fan, but that is just the truth.
Posted by: Gettreal | July 28, 2011 10:07 PM