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Actually, that may not be true. What is, however, is the fact that Crean has The Gambia's Tijan Jobe on this year's squad, and he is set to bring in Ghana-native Bawa Muniru next year. He apparently has his eyes on 2010 recruit from Sudan, according to a post from SportsNet New York (SNY) blogger and recruiting expert Adam Zagoria.
Bobby Capobianco was cleared to play tonight for Loveland High School (Ohio), and did versus the top team in Ohio, the Princeton Vikings. The Tigers fell to Princeton, 90-50.
UPDATE (12/9): Watford went for 34 points and 16 boards last night in an 80-72 Shades Valley win. Karron Johnson, a four-star power forward who is headed for Oklahoma State next year, has been dismissed from the Mt. Zion Academy (N.C. team). Translation: more playing time for Bawa Muniru. Rivals.com released its first ever 2010 team recruiting rankings, though certainly many things can change between now and 2010. For the time being, however, Ohio State (1), Illinois (3), Purdue (9) and Wisconsin (10) are set to bring in solid classes. Keep in mind, IU has a stellar class for next year that will have one year of experience on the 2010 recruits at the other schools. At the DLTR National High School Hoops Festival in Maryland, 2009 IU signee Maurice Creek had an uncharacteristic 11 points in a 79-76 loss on Sunday. He and UMass-bound Freddie Riley shot a combined 4 of 29 from behind the arc, but Riley finished with 22 points. Tom Crean was in the house. Derek Elston dropped 30 points (12-21 FG) and grabbed 14 rebounds in a 43 point 'W' against Delphi on Friday night. Elston also converted four of his seven three-point attempts, and now is just 18 points from the 1,000-point milestone. Last Thursday, Shades Valley High School (Ala.) dropped its first game of the season, despite 19 points from Christian Watford. Watford scored 25 the following night, however, giving SVHS (not to be confused with the fictitious Sweet Valley High) its eighth win on the year. Jordan Hulls, meanwhile, scored 12 points and had four assists and six steals in a BHS South win over the weekend.
DeMarcus Cousins, ranked the No. 2 recruit in the Class of 2009 by Rivals.com, never signed with UAB. The Mike Davis recruit verbally committed to the Blazers, but the fall signing period passed without the 6-foot-9 prospect signing on the dotted line.
Loveland High School (Ohio) star Bobby Capobianco had the cast removed from his foot last month, but he's still not ready to bump and grind on the court yet.
Rivals.com reviewed the Big Ten's 2009 recruiting class, and not surprisingly Tom Crean's six-man class leads the conference. Illinois came in at No. 2 and five-star Royce White has Minnesota at No. 3, while Michigan and Purdue follow.
Thought I'd slip this in between coverage of yesterday's NCAA ruling (see below) and tonight's seventh place game in Maui: Scout.com released an updated early team rankings for the class of 2009 recruiting. IU slipped to No. 10. Big Ten foes Minnesota (13) and Illinois (15) are also ranked. Four-star recruit and Shades Valley High School (Ala.) star Christian Watford scored 26 points in a 13-point victory on Monday. Shades Valley is now 3-0 on the year. Derek Elston will make his senior season debut tonight with Tipton (Ind.) at Tri-Central.
IU recruit Christian Watford sat out most of the second and third quarters of a game yesterday due to foul trouble, but still ended up with 16 points, four rebounds and two blocks. The Shades Valley (Ala.) star scored seven of his points in the fourth quarter. Shades Valley won by 12.
With No. 6 and No. 7 rankings from Rivals.com and Scout.com, respectively, a No. 8 rating by ESPN.com certainly makes it safe to call Tom Crean's 2009 recruiting class a consensus top 10 class.
Bloomington High School South, led by Jordan Hulls among others, is ranked No. 19 in the first USA Today Super 25 boys basketball rankings. Mark your calendars for a Feb. 21 contest versus No. 9 Detroit Country Day, who is led by DaShonte Riley (Georgetown), Donnovan Kirk (Miami), Joe Dumars' son, Jordan (USF), and former BHS North standout Ray McCallum, Jr.
Kyrie Irving, the No. 27 high school junior in the nation, according to Rivals.com, visited IU this weekend. The four-star recruit from New Jersey is a stud and would be a major pickup for any school that could land him.
Bawa Muniru has signed, and that makes six for the highly-touted Class of 2009 IU recruiting class.
Tipton (Ind.) High School star Derek Elston was sold on both coach Kelvin Sampson and IU men’s basketball. He verbally committed to the Hoosiers last September.PODCAST: Hoosier Headlines
The Big Ten Network apparently reported Bawa Muniru's letter of intent was in, but in fact it was not.
I'm quickly trying to get an article in for tomorrow, but just minutes ago (7:33 p.m.) I spoke to Ernest Watford, Christian's father, who said the signed papers were sent in.
The early signing period for basketball, as well as several other sports, runs today through next Wednesday, Nov. 19.
With the early signing period beginning on Wednesday, there seemed to be no doubt IU would receive signed paper work from Bobby Capobianco, Maurice Creek, Derek Elston, Jordan Hulls and Christian Watford.
Bobby Capobianco, the first Class of 2009 recruit to commit to play for Tom Crean, had a cast removed from his left foot on Tuesday, according to Mike Dyer of the Cincinnati Enquirer. The healing process seems to be going well, but the Loveland High School (Ohio) big man may miss the first two games for the Tigers this year.
Can't say many of you really want to hear about former Sampson guys, but a team-high 16-point effort from Deandre Thomas's helped lead NAIA Robert Morris College (Ill.) over Northwestern in an exhibition game last night.
