I think some of this overlaps with Jeff's story on Troy Williams as I wrote much of this yesterday. Also Matt's football portion may not come till late morning.
ITLR:
What stands out right now about the current recruiting outlook is how many highly ranked 2017 (seniors-to-be) that Indiana is mentioned with right now.
Here’s a quick rundown of all the four and five star prospects listing the Hoosiers along with a handful that may jump up to that level in the next iteration of the rankings:
Five-stars
Kris Wilkes (Indianapolis)
Mohamed Bamba (NYC)
Hamidou Diallo (NYC)
Michael Porter (Columbia, Mo)
Nick Richards (NJ)
Jeremiah Tilmon (East St. Louis, IL)
Jarred Vanderbilt (Houston)
Four-stars
Paul Scruggs (Indianapolis)
Jaren Jackson (Indianapolis)
Malik Williams (Ft. Wayne)
Matt Coleman (Va)
Jordan Tucker (NJ)
Brandon Randolph (CT)
Xavier Tillman (Mich)
Derek Culver (Oh)
Tremont Waters (NJ)
Jordan Goodwin (Ill.)
Chris Lykes (DC)
Fast risers
Justin Smith (Ill.)
David Beatty (NJ)
Andrew Platek (NY)
Jose Alvarado (NYC)
Luka Garza (DC)
That’s around two-dozen names. Wilkes and Scruggs should remain at the top of our next hot board but should have quite a few making the “high” mutual interest level including Coleman, Bamba, Tucker and one or two of the fast risers.
Michael Porter may be harder to land as Washington coach Lorenzo Romar hired his father to his staff as a full time assistant coach. Porter Sr. has been an assistant on the Missouri women's team the last few years. Romar goes way back with the father (he’s godfather to his children) and already has a verbal from Michael’s younger brother Jontay Porter - a four-star 2018 prospect.
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The NBA draft combine in Chicago kicked off yesterday and runs through Sunday. Troy Williams measured 6’5.75 w/o shoes and 6’6.75 with shoes. Weighed 214 pounds with a 6’8.25 wingspan and had 10.0 percent body fat. The latter was unexpectedly a bit high and among the top 10 there but well below several fellow Big Ten players including Purdue’s Caleb Swanigan (12.6 percent).
Williams had a 36-inch max vertical which ranked as the 8th highest overall:
In the combine scrimmage Williams had some unusual shooting stats. He was 2-for-3 on 3-pointers but just 2-for-11 inside the arc, finishing at 4-for-14 from the floor. Added five boards and had just one turnover in just over 20 minutes.
Box score pic
Draft Express thinks today is key for Williams
Interesting measurement/scrimmage notes on Big Ten players:
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Back to spring recruiting and the storylines that have come about from that important evaluation time.
One of those key storylines is that Mohamed Bamba, the 6-foot-11 center ranked No. 3 in the nation in the 2017 class, remains a player to keep a close eye on.
Bamba plays for the same AAU team as IU center Thomas Bryant, who will be a sophomore this fall, and folks in New York say the improvement of Bryant is something Bamba and those close to him have noticed.
Another storyline is that five-star 2017 forward Kris Wilkes of Indianapolis North Central plans, at least at this point, to make official visits to schools further away and then work his way back toward the Midwest.
At this point, he’s planning for UCLA and Maryland to be his first two official visits. Players are allowed a maximum of five official visits.
Six-foot-11 Fort Wayne forward Malik Williams’ recruitment has kicked up a notch.
Williams initially was going to announce a college decision on Aug. 26, his birthday, but told Peegs.com that he now likely will announce finalists on that date.
Since adjusting his plans, Williams added offers from Louisville, Maryland, Pittsburgh and UCLA.
Indiana made a strong impression on 2017 shooting guard Andrew Platek on his unofficial visit.
Platek is the top 3-point shooter on the Nike EYBL circuit among players with at least three attempts per game. The 6-foot-4 guard is shooting 54.1 percent from the arc.
Our story on his unofficial visit.
James Blackmon Jr. this week sounded like a player planning to return to IU for his junior season.
Blackmon was on radio with his hometown station in Marion and while he didn’t make any formal pronouncements, he talked quite a bit about what role he expected to play for IU next season.
You can read that story here.
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Peegs.com will be in Hampton, Va., this weekend for annual loaded Boo Williams event, part of the EYBL circuit now.
Mohamed Bamba, Hamidou Diallo, Michael Porter, Nick Richards, Matt Coleman, Jordan Tucker, Andrew Platek, Brandon Randolph and Jose Alvarado are just a few of the Indiana recruiting targets who will be playing in the event, as well as 2017 IU commit Al Durham.
There will be a good event in Westfield, Ind., this weekend at Jonathan Byrd’s Fieldhouse, organized by Elevate Hoops.
That event is scheduled to include Romeo Langford of the EG10 All-Stars, Kris Wilkes, Paul Scruggs and Keion Brooks (15U) of the Indy Hoosiers, Malik Williams of Team Legit and Kevin Easley of GH3 Rising Stars (16U) as well as others.
Here are some key game times.
Saturday (17U unless noted)
10 a.m. - Team Legit vs. Grassroots Indiana Blue
10 a.m. 16U - GH3 Rising Stars vs. Grassroots Indiana Blue
11:15 a.m. - Indy Hoosiers vs. Team NEBC/WNYElite of New York
12:30 p.m. - EG10 All-Stars vs. St. Louis Eagles
12:30 p.m. 16U - GH3 Rising Stars vs. Hoop Dreams
12:30 p.m. 15U - Indy Hoosiers vs. Fast Break
3:30 p.m. - Indy Hoosiers vs. Pocket City
4:15 p.m. - EG10 All-Stars vs. Queen City Prophets
5:30 p.m. - Indy Hoosiers vs. St. Louis Eagles
5:30 p.m. - Team Legit vs. Illinois Wolves
6:45 p.m. 15U - Indy Hoosiers vs. Michigan Mustangs
Sunday
Bracket play begins at 9:40 a.m.
The bracket and all game times can be found here: http://www.elevatehoops.com/event/circle-city-hoop-fest
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Indiana will find out today where one of their top 2017 targets plans on playing his college football when California QB Braxton Burmeister announces his decision. The four-star prospect will be making his commitment at 8:30 his time so around 11:30 Indiana time. Most of the recent buzz with Burmeister has him recommitting to Arizona.
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Another target for IU in the 2017 class - Texas WR Bronson Boyd - announced on Twitter this week that he has cut his list of schools down to a top 8 and the Hoosiers were one of the schools on his list. Here is the story that we did recently on Boyd.
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Another top target for IU in the 2017 class is Ohio defensive tackle Derrius Mullins. Peegs.com spoke to the three-star prospect recently and he told us that Indiana is the top school for him at this time. You can check out that story here.
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We have done a number of stories on Indiana targets in the 2017 and 2018 classes the last 7-10 days and you can check those out here:
2017 New Jersey DE Mike Tverdov: New Jersey DE being heavily recruited
2017 Maryland RB Tayon Fleet-Davis: Maryland RB likes the Hoosiers
2018 Indiana RB Kristian Pechac: 2018 RB has strong ties to Indiana
2018 New Jersey LB Javar Garrett: IU offers 2018 New Jersey LB
2018 Florida athlete Greg Rousseau: 2018 Florida athlete has an offer from IU
2017 Indiana OL Bryce Bailey: Bailey updates his recruitment
2017 Texas DE Nelson Mbanasor: Texas D-lineman hearing from the Hoosiers
2017 California QB Tyler Lytle: Hoosiers after California QB
2018 New York DB Jarrett Paul: New York DB visiting IU in June
2017 Tennessee DB Ray Coggins: Tennessee DB hoping for IU offer
2017 Illinois DE Lere Oladipo: Illinois DE talks Indiana, recruiting
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The Indiana staff has been busy again this past week extending new offers to prospects in the 2017, 2018 and 2019 classes. Peegs.com has compiled a list of recruits that we know have picked up an offer from the Hoosiers and that list is below:
2017 Florida RB Malik Davis
2017 Maryland DE Victor Dimukeje
2017 WR Octavius Evans
2017 OL Josh Fedd-Jackson
2017 Maryland Tyshon Fogg
2017 Florida DE Jake Lichtenstein
2017 Florida DE Antwan Owens
2017 Florida WR Jordan Pouncey
2017 Florida LB Waynmon Steed
2017 Florida DE Jordan Wright
2018 Florida DE Dennis Briggs
2018 Florida athlete Jacob Copeland
2019 DE Ge’mon Eaford
2018 Florida DB Miguel Edwards
2018 Florida DB Stanley Garner
2018 Alabama RB Tyler Price
2018 Ohio WR Joseph Scates
2018 New Jersey WR Justin Shorter
2018 Maryland DB Terrell Smith
2018 Florida DB Marquis Williams
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The start times for three IU football games were announced this week. The Hoosiers Big Ten opener against Michigan State on October 1st will be a primetime game on the Big Ten Network. Their Homecoming game against Nebraska on October 15th will be a 3:30 kick, and their road game at Northwestern on October 22nd will kick-off at 11:00 a.m. Central time/noon Eastern. You can read the releases from IUHoosiers.com below:
Hoosiers to host Spartans in primetime
Homecoming game against Nebraska to kick at 3:30 p.m.
ITLR:
What stands out right now about the current recruiting outlook is how many highly ranked 2017 (seniors-to-be) that Indiana is mentioned with right now.
Here’s a quick rundown of all the four and five star prospects listing the Hoosiers along with a handful that may jump up to that level in the next iteration of the rankings:
Five-stars
Kris Wilkes (Indianapolis)
Mohamed Bamba (NYC)
Hamidou Diallo (NYC)
Michael Porter (Columbia, Mo)
Nick Richards (NJ)
Jeremiah Tilmon (East St. Louis, IL)
Jarred Vanderbilt (Houston)
Four-stars
Paul Scruggs (Indianapolis)
Jaren Jackson (Indianapolis)
Malik Williams (Ft. Wayne)
Matt Coleman (Va)
Jordan Tucker (NJ)
Brandon Randolph (CT)
Xavier Tillman (Mich)
Derek Culver (Oh)
Tremont Waters (NJ)
Jordan Goodwin (Ill.)
Chris Lykes (DC)
Fast risers
Justin Smith (Ill.)
David Beatty (NJ)
Andrew Platek (NY)
Jose Alvarado (NYC)
Luka Garza (DC)
That’s around two-dozen names. Wilkes and Scruggs should remain at the top of our next hot board but should have quite a few making the “high” mutual interest level including Coleman, Bamba, Tucker and one or two of the fast risers.
Michael Porter may be harder to land as Washington coach Lorenzo Romar hired his father to his staff as a full time assistant coach. Porter Sr. has been an assistant on the Missouri women's team the last few years. Romar goes way back with the father (he’s godfather to his children) and already has a verbal from Michael’s younger brother Jontay Porter - a four-star 2018 prospect.
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The NBA draft combine in Chicago kicked off yesterday and runs through Sunday. Troy Williams measured 6’5.75 w/o shoes and 6’6.75 with shoes. Weighed 214 pounds with a 6’8.25 wingspan and had 10.0 percent body fat. The latter was unexpectedly a bit high and among the top 10 there but well below several fellow Big Ten players including Purdue’s Caleb Swanigan (12.6 percent).
Williams had a 36-inch max vertical which ranked as the 8th highest overall:
In the combine scrimmage Williams had some unusual shooting stats. He was 2-for-3 on 3-pointers but just 2-for-11 inside the arc, finishing at 4-for-14 from the floor. Added five boards and had just one turnover in just over 20 minutes.
Box score pic
Draft Express thinks today is key for Williams
Interesting measurement/scrimmage notes on Big Ten players:
- Melo Trimble had the shortest wingspan of players there, one of the few guys you ever see to have a shorter wingspan (6’2) than his height with shoes (6’2.5). Maryland teammates Diamond Stone and Robert Carter were both on the top four in highest body fat percentage. Carter played really well in the scrimmage.
- Nigel Hayes’ wingspan differential versus height was among the largest in the camp and he posted a 7’3 wingspan. Hayes did not have a good stat line in his scrimmage.
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Back to spring recruiting and the storylines that have come about from that important evaluation time.
One of those key storylines is that Mohamed Bamba, the 6-foot-11 center ranked No. 3 in the nation in the 2017 class, remains a player to keep a close eye on.
Bamba plays for the same AAU team as IU center Thomas Bryant, who will be a sophomore this fall, and folks in New York say the improvement of Bryant is something Bamba and those close to him have noticed.
Another storyline is that five-star 2017 forward Kris Wilkes of Indianapolis North Central plans, at least at this point, to make official visits to schools further away and then work his way back toward the Midwest.
At this point, he’s planning for UCLA and Maryland to be his first two official visits. Players are allowed a maximum of five official visits.
Six-foot-11 Fort Wayne forward Malik Williams’ recruitment has kicked up a notch.
Williams initially was going to announce a college decision on Aug. 26, his birthday, but told Peegs.com that he now likely will announce finalists on that date.
Since adjusting his plans, Williams added offers from Louisville, Maryland, Pittsburgh and UCLA.
Indiana made a strong impression on 2017 shooting guard Andrew Platek on his unofficial visit.
Platek is the top 3-point shooter on the Nike EYBL circuit among players with at least three attempts per game. The 6-foot-4 guard is shooting 54.1 percent from the arc.
Our story on his unofficial visit.
James Blackmon Jr. this week sounded like a player planning to return to IU for his junior season.
Blackmon was on radio with his hometown station in Marion and while he didn’t make any formal pronouncements, he talked quite a bit about what role he expected to play for IU next season.
You can read that story here.
…
Peegs.com will be in Hampton, Va., this weekend for annual loaded Boo Williams event, part of the EYBL circuit now.
Mohamed Bamba, Hamidou Diallo, Michael Porter, Nick Richards, Matt Coleman, Jordan Tucker, Andrew Platek, Brandon Randolph and Jose Alvarado are just a few of the Indiana recruiting targets who will be playing in the event, as well as 2017 IU commit Al Durham.
There will be a good event in Westfield, Ind., this weekend at Jonathan Byrd’s Fieldhouse, organized by Elevate Hoops.
That event is scheduled to include Romeo Langford of the EG10 All-Stars, Kris Wilkes, Paul Scruggs and Keion Brooks (15U) of the Indy Hoosiers, Malik Williams of Team Legit and Kevin Easley of GH3 Rising Stars (16U) as well as others.
Here are some key game times.
Saturday (17U unless noted)
10 a.m. - Team Legit vs. Grassroots Indiana Blue
10 a.m. 16U - GH3 Rising Stars vs. Grassroots Indiana Blue
11:15 a.m. - Indy Hoosiers vs. Team NEBC/WNYElite of New York
12:30 p.m. - EG10 All-Stars vs. St. Louis Eagles
12:30 p.m. 16U - GH3 Rising Stars vs. Hoop Dreams
12:30 p.m. 15U - Indy Hoosiers vs. Fast Break
3:30 p.m. - Indy Hoosiers vs. Pocket City
4:15 p.m. - EG10 All-Stars vs. Queen City Prophets
5:30 p.m. - Indy Hoosiers vs. St. Louis Eagles
5:30 p.m. - Team Legit vs. Illinois Wolves
6:45 p.m. 15U - Indy Hoosiers vs. Michigan Mustangs
Sunday
Bracket play begins at 9:40 a.m.
The bracket and all game times can be found here: http://www.elevatehoops.com/event/circle-city-hoop-fest
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Indiana will find out today where one of their top 2017 targets plans on playing his college football when California QB Braxton Burmeister announces his decision. The four-star prospect will be making his commitment at 8:30 his time so around 11:30 Indiana time. Most of the recent buzz with Burmeister has him recommitting to Arizona.
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Another target for IU in the 2017 class - Texas WR Bronson Boyd - announced on Twitter this week that he has cut his list of schools down to a top 8 and the Hoosiers were one of the schools on his list. Here is the story that we did recently on Boyd.
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Another top target for IU in the 2017 class is Ohio defensive tackle Derrius Mullins. Peegs.com spoke to the three-star prospect recently and he told us that Indiana is the top school for him at this time. You can check out that story here.
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We have done a number of stories on Indiana targets in the 2017 and 2018 classes the last 7-10 days and you can check those out here:
2017 New Jersey DE Mike Tverdov: New Jersey DE being heavily recruited
2017 Maryland RB Tayon Fleet-Davis: Maryland RB likes the Hoosiers
2018 Indiana RB Kristian Pechac: 2018 RB has strong ties to Indiana
2018 New Jersey LB Javar Garrett: IU offers 2018 New Jersey LB
2018 Florida athlete Greg Rousseau: 2018 Florida athlete has an offer from IU
2017 Indiana OL Bryce Bailey: Bailey updates his recruitment
2017 Texas DE Nelson Mbanasor: Texas D-lineman hearing from the Hoosiers
2017 California QB Tyler Lytle: Hoosiers after California QB
2018 New York DB Jarrett Paul: New York DB visiting IU in June
2017 Tennessee DB Ray Coggins: Tennessee DB hoping for IU offer
2017 Illinois DE Lere Oladipo: Illinois DE talks Indiana, recruiting
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The Indiana staff has been busy again this past week extending new offers to prospects in the 2017, 2018 and 2019 classes. Peegs.com has compiled a list of recruits that we know have picked up an offer from the Hoosiers and that list is below:
2017 Florida RB Malik Davis
2017 Maryland DE Victor Dimukeje
2017 WR Octavius Evans
2017 OL Josh Fedd-Jackson
2017 Maryland Tyshon Fogg
2017 Florida DE Jake Lichtenstein
2017 Florida DE Antwan Owens
2017 Florida WR Jordan Pouncey
2017 Florida LB Waynmon Steed
2017 Florida DE Jordan Wright
2018 Florida DE Dennis Briggs
2018 Florida athlete Jacob Copeland
2019 DE Ge’mon Eaford
2018 Florida DB Miguel Edwards
2018 Florida DB Stanley Garner
2018 Alabama RB Tyler Price
2018 Ohio WR Joseph Scates
2018 New Jersey WR Justin Shorter
2018 Maryland DB Terrell Smith
2018 Florida DB Marquis Williams
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The start times for three IU football games were announced this week. The Hoosiers Big Ten opener against Michigan State on October 1st will be a primetime game on the Big Ten Network. Their Homecoming game against Nebraska on October 15th will be a 3:30 kick, and their road game at Northwestern on October 22nd will kick-off at 11:00 a.m. Central time/noon Eastern. You can read the releases from IUHoosiers.com below:
Hoosiers to host Spartans in primetime
Homecoming game against Nebraska to kick at 3:30 p.m.
