Mike Bradley's (pictured) official visit dates are set Sept 11-12 Georgia, September 18-19 Drake Sept 25-26 UCONN, Oct 2-3, VCU Oct, 8. Boston College Coach's Skinner and Duquette and VCU Coach's Smart and Wade were in Chattanooga yesterday to visit Bradley. Georgia and Drake are set to visit with him be today. Belmont and Murray State are set for next week. Bradley is currently rated #99 in the class of 2010.
Another solid 2010 player out of Tennessee is 5'11 guard Cory Stanton (Springfield/TN Tigers AAU) he has an official visit Sept 25 with Wright State. Tennessee Martin and Lipscomb visited Cory yesterday. Wright St. and Marshall either visited him last Saturday or will be this coming Saturday. Tulsa, Tulane, Mississippi State, Appalachian State, Jacksonville and MTSU are all actively involved in his recruitment.
Recently, I was also able to catch up with 2010 Louisville commit Josh Langford and I should have that ready to post tomorrow afternoon.
Mike Bradley is stellar player out of Memphis Tennessee and is currently rated #99 in the 2010 class. Bradley's AAU coach has informed us that he will be taking official visits to UCONN, VCU, Drake, and Georgia. Bradley is also considering Murray State and Boston College both are making a hard push for his services. Bradley has already visited Belmont and he currently holds no less than five division one scholarship offers.
Kyrie Irving has narrowed his list of schools via the social networking site Twitter. "Duke Indiana Kentucky Georgia Tech Seton Hall and Uconn are on my list...sorry for not updating it last night..." I would expect more recruits to use social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook in the future to cut their lists and even announce their decision to commit. Irving is currently rated the #16 player in the class of 2010.
Fabricio DeMelo is a big, mobile kid, that runs the court extremely well. At one point during the game he got himself trapped by a double team, managed to spin out of it, and shoot a graceful hook shot, that was all net. DeMelo then hustled down the court to draw a charge only seconds later. Unfortunately, I was unable to catch this sequence on film. The court was so crowded with fans, parents, players, and coaches that it was tough to get a clean shot during stretches of the game. The video does show DeMelo's excellent foot work and passing abilities, at one point he hits 2010 Louisville commit Josh Langford with a nice no look drop pass for an easy dunk. This kid is an amazing prospect with a bright future ahead of him.
Coaches that were on had to watch DeMelo include: Billy Donovan, John Calipari, Roy Williams, and a slew of other high major division one coaches. After the game DeMelo's high school coach Adam Ross delivered this list of schools to us. "Connecticut, Louisville, Florida State, Syracuse, Florida, Texas, Miami and Kentucky. In no particular order."
-Will Barton posted a 36 point game over the weekend at the MDC. Though Barton was unable to match that effort again, he was by all accounts among the best prospects at the tournament.
-2010 prospect Keala King lists Oregon State, Kentucky, USC and Arizona over the weekend. King is 6'5, lanky and explosive. This kid goes hard to the rim and after the ball when rebounding as well.
-Syracuse commit Dion Waiters scored a game high 27 points to win MVP honors. The 6-3 Waiters is a strong guard that is ranked the # 20 prospect in the Class of 2010.
-St. Patrick of Elizabeth (N.J.) student athlete Michael Gilchrist, the #1 player in the Class of 2011, was an opposing teams nightmare all tournament posting multiple 20 point games.
-The New York Gauchos Doron Lamb listed Pittsburgh, Marquette, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Kansas, St. John’s, Connecticut, Syracuse, Louisville and Arkansas. The 2010 guard could be taking some visits in June to Kentucky, Kansas, Arkansas and Oklahoma according to scout.com.
-Class of 2010 center, Will Regan is being pursued by Maryland, Virgina, Stanford and Arizona State
-Ky Madden is hearing from Florida, Oklahoma, Kansas, Memphis, Kentucky, Baylor, Arkansas, Texas, and LSU. Madden is a 6'4 shooting guard from the class of 2011
-By all accounts 2010 forward Terrance Jones had a huge weekend. Jones listed UNC, Washington, California, Washington St., Georgetown, Oklahoma, Florida, Indiana and Texas as possible destinations.
-Josh Selby continues to impress as his Baltimore Elite squad went heads up with Harrison Barnes squad. Selby was impressive posting 25 points.
