thetorch Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Former recruits where are they now 2014 Malek Harris - Kansas State - played in 7 games, less than 2 point and 2 boards in 13 minutes per game for 5-4 Wildcats Ore Arogundade - Drake - Played in 9 games for 1-8 Drake. 3 points, 1.5 boards per game in 13 minutes. Season highs of 11 points against W Michigan and 5 boards against Bowling Green. Darius Austin - UMKC - Averages 15 minutes per game 3.6 points and 3.5 boards in 11 games for 4-7 UMKC. Season highs of 9 points & 8 boards against Omaha CJ Rivers - Drake - Averages 23 minutes, with 5 points and 4 rebounds per game for 1-8 Drake. Season high 11 points against IUPUI & 8 boards vs. Bowling Green. Dareon Reddick - Tennessee St. - Averages 24 minutes, 7 points and 3 rebounds for 2-7 Tenn St. Season highs of 15 points against Reinhardt & 14 rebounds against Fisk. Therence Mayimba - Has not played for George Mason due to not being cleared by NCAA. May redshirt. Jalyn Patterson LSU - Averaging 2 points and 1.6 boards in 12 minutes per game for 7-2 LSU. Season highs of 6 points against Mcneese St and 5 boards against Gardner Webb & Sam Houston St. Markell Lodge - St. Joes - Sitting out the season due to academics. Andre Walker - Loyola MD - In 27 minutes per game he averages 10 points, 4 boards, 2 assists, and a steal. for 3-6 Loyola. Season highs of 17 points vs Texas Tech, 6 boards against Mount St. Marys & Cornell, 6 assists against Syracuse CJ Davis - Tenn Martin - Only played in 1 game against Champion Baptist. Kelan Martin - Butler - In 16 minutes per game averaging 10 points and 3 boards for 8-1 Butler. Season highs 23 points and 7 boards against Loyola Md. JP Macura - Xavier - In 11 minutes per game averaging 7 points & 1.3 steals for 8-2 Xavier. Season highs of 17 points against Long Beach St, 5 steals vs IUPUI, and 4 boards against Mizzou. Hunter Ware - In 16 minutes per game averaging 6 points and 2 assists for 2-5 Bryant. Season highs of 17 points against Army, 3 assists against Yale, Brown, and Army. Thomas Welsh - UCLA - In 14 minutes per game averaging 5 points, 4.4 boards, and 1 block for 8-2 UCLA. Season highs of 14 points against Montana St and 8 rebounds against North Carolina. Marial Shayok - Virginia - In 15 minutes per game averaging 4 points and 2 rebounds for 9-0 Virginia. Season highs of 9 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists against Maryland. Delshon Strickland - At Indian Hills CC Quadree Smith - Reclassified is at IMG Academy Aaron Brennan - IUPUI - In 22 minutes a game averaging 7 points and 3 boards for 2-7 IUPUI. Season highs of 14 points against Ball St. and 5 boards against Purdue & Evansville. Mack Mercer - Belmont - Averaging 2 minutes a game for 7-3 Belmont. Tarin Smith - Nebraska - In 14 minutes a game averaging 4 points and 1 rebound for 5-3 Nebraska. Season high of 6 points against Northern Kentucky. Pat McCaw - UNLV - In 24 minutes per game averaging 6 points, 4 boards and 2 assists for 6-2 UNLV. Season highs of 12 points agaisnt South Dakota, 8 rebounds against St Katherine. David Whacker - Boise St. - In 13 minutes per game averaging 4 points and 3 rebounds for 7-2 Boisie St.. Season highs of 12 points against San Diego & 5 boards against Loyola Marymount. Tai Odaise - Illinois-Chicago - In 21 minutes per game averaging 5 points, 4 boards and 1.7 blocks for 3-7 UIC. Season highs of 11 points, 10 boards and 4 blocks against St. Xavier. Tevin Glass - Wichita St - Only played in 3 games has scored 10 points. Jeff Roberson - Vanderbilt - In 19 minutes per game averaging 4 points and 4 boards for 6-2 Vandy. Season high of 8 points against Trevecca & 7 boards against LaSalle. Trey Dickerson - Iowa - In 11 minutes per game averaging 3 points & 1.5 assists for 8-3 Iowa. Season high of 7 points and 4 assists against Longwood. Kevin Punter - Tennessee - In 32 minutes per game averaging 9 points 3 boards and 3 assists for 3-3 Tennessee. Season high of 14 points against Kansas, 5 boards and 7 assists against VCU. Sean O’Mara - Xavier - In 6 minutes per game averaging 3 points and 1 board for 8-2 Xavier. Larry Austin - Xavier - In 6 minutes per game averaging 1 point for 8-2 Xavier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwayne's_World Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Kelan Martin - Butler - In 16 minutes per game averaging 10 points and 3 boards for 8-1 Butler. Season highs 23 points and 7 boards against Loyola Md. That one really stings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiseAndGrind Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Martin and Mccaw really sting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Impressive information. Glad you have time to do this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Great stuff. Thanks for doing it, torch. I signed on this morning to get started but this is pretty much what I had in mind (albeit probably with a less clever title). I'll add: Remy Abell - Xavier - Starting and averaging 9.0 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 2.6 assists in 24.5 minutes per game. Scored a season-high of 13 points the first time against Long Beach State, but has scored in double figures five times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Ikenna Okwarabizie - Tyler CC - Big Ike wound up at Tyler Junior College as the NCAA hadn't cleared him fully yet. The 6-10, 250 lb. center has offers from Mississippi State, Iowa, Virginia Tech, and others, and UCLA coach Steve Alford has indicated an offer may be forthcoming. Stats are hard to come by, but Ike is playing well at TJC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
For-DaLove Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 This is awesome. Thanks, torch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Jordan Barnett - Texas - Has played in 6 games for the 7-1 Longhorns. Averaging 2 points and 1.7 rebounds in just under 10 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Avery Johnson, Jr. - Texas A&M - Has played in 7 of 9 games, averaging just under 6 minutes and 2.4 points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 I don't think we ever offered either, but here's a local duo at Missouri State: Robin Thompson - Averaging 7.6 minutes, 1.6 points Shawn Roundtree - Averaging 16.5 minutes, 1.9 points, 2 assists Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Shavar Newkirk - St. Joe's - Playing 22.6 minutes per, with 3.2 points on 19.5% shooting, 2.7 rebounds, and 2.6 assists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Avery Patterson - Western Kentucky - Has appeared in 6 of 8 games, only 22 total minutes so far this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwayne's_World Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Thanks Pistol, always nice to have you doing research for the board edit: and Torch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Steve McElvene - Dayton - Sitting out this season as a redshirt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Thanks Pistol, always nice to have you doing research for the board thetorch did all the work on this one. I'm just adding a few names, going through the old 2014 Recruiting thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Johnnie Shuler - La Salle - Averaging 2.3 points in 6.5 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Ben Lammers - Georgia Tech - Has appeared in 5 games, averaging 6 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Anthony Pate - Carleton - Decided to go back home to Canada and play for Carleton, the "Duke of Canada" that beat SLU in a Majerus-era exhibition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Corey Henderson, Jr. - Wichita State - Averaging 1.7 points in 6.6 minutes. Played 8 minutes against SLU and had 2 assists, a rebound, a turnover, and a missed shot. Tevin Glass - Wichita State - Has appeared in a few games, hit a few shots. Appears to be the 13th guy at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Joe Thomasson - Wright State - Has started all but one game. Averaging 32.7 minutes, 11.8 points, 6.4 rebounds, 3.4 assists. Has a .638/.421/.800 shooting line. Leading the team in assists, rebounds, free throws, and blocks. It's worth noting that he is a junior JUCO transfer, not a freshman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetorch Posted December 14, 2014 Author Share Posted December 14, 2014 Ikenna Okwarabizie - Tyler CC - Big Ike wound up at Tyler Junior College as the NCAA hadn't cleared him fully yet. The 6-10, 250 lb. center has offers from Mississippi State, Iowa, Virginia Tech, and others, and UCLA coach Steve Alford has indicated an offer may be forthcoming. Stats are hard to come by, but Ike is playing well at TJC. Ike was one guy I couldn't find any info on. I took my names from the thread at the now defunct billiken report board. I didn't check the one here for any different names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetorch Posted December 14, 2014 Author Share Posted December 14, 2014 As I went through this list I was left with one thing. Yeah we missed out on a couple recruits, Martin, Macura, O'Mara but not much else. The recruits we focused on from our pool of offers turned out to be the best players. I'd say that every freshman would be at the very least in the top 15 of performers out of the group of kids we recruited. This tells me this staff can identify and close on the top talent available to us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Did we ever figure out what actually was up with the McCaw situation? I was under the impression that he wasn't that interested in SLU until Diddy's post suggesting SLU blew it and the kid was actually interested in SLU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACE Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Did we ever figure out what actually was up with the McCaw situation? I was under the impression that he wasn't that interested in SLU until Diddy's post suggesting SLU blew it and the kid was actually interested in SLU. After we did not land Tool Martin in the fall, the staff seemed focused on recruiting a 3 in the spring. Not sure if the timing means anything, but UNLV offers Yarbrough... AFTER Yarbrough signs with SLU, UNLV signs McCaw. Perhaps McCaw was UNLV's Plan B to Yarbrough? My sense is that with Platt's relationship with Yarbrough's dad, MY was a top priority for SLU in the spring. Good job by the staff in landing him as the kid seems to have a lot of ability. Martin is really the one guy on the list who would have been an excellent addition. He visited SLU and we were in his top 3. Not sure we missed much with most of the others. With some of these other players, it is difficult to really determine if we were serious about making an offer or simply "interested". Conversely, sometimes it is difficult to determine how much interest some of the kids had in SLU. If they don't take a visit, I tend to think not so much. The kid from Texas who signed with Vandy appears to be a pretty nice player, but I don't think he ever visited SLU. One player not on the tool list is Riley Lachance - we had interest at one point, before he also signed with Vandy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 As I went through this list I was left with one thing. Yeah we missed out on a couple recruits, Martin, Macura, O'Mara but not much else. The recruits we focused on from our pool of offers turned out to be the best players. I'd say that every freshman would be at the very least in the top 15 of performers out of the group of kids we recruited. This tells me this staff can identify and close on the top talent available to us. That's a good point. But it's also worth noting that we're talking about freshmen very early in their first season. Most are playing behind someone else, so the numbers don't say a whole lot yet. It's certainly worth revisiting in a year or two, or even just later this season. I'm guessing some of those numbers will change dramatically. Martin and Abell are the two that hit me the hardest, for the same reason. They're both guys who were down to SLU and one other school, and both chose the other school. We weren't a finalist for most of the guys on the list, either by our backing off or their making lists that didn't include us. Macura had a ton of offers and my guess is we were in his 5-10 range. Same on O'Mara. Seeing them play is tough, but Abell and Martin sting most to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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