2011 recruits

[JACKGUYII]

Re: 2011 recruits

Kyle Bauman, 6'8" power forward from Wells, MN (United South Central) received an offer from the Jacks at their elite camp last week according to MinnesotaPreps.com (pay site):
http://minnesotapreps.rivals.com/con...sp?CID=1094276

This actually is a 2012 recruit.

[GopherHole]

Re: 2011 recruits

I think Vick has an offer from us in football rather than basketball. His profile shows up on Rivals as both football and basketball but the video of him on the site is for football.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/footbal...us-Vick-107559

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketb...us-Vick-107559

I would be very interested in him for either. I watched Darrius play in two basketball games this year and he was impressive. I don't know how it would translate to a high level of D1 basketball, but the Class A guards in Nebraska could not stay with him.

[JACKGUYII]

Re: 2011 recruits

Jesperson is getting more interest from the Bigs. He will likely be a reach for the Rabbits. According to Sid at the StarTribune:

"The Gophers basketball team has offered a scholarship to Paul Jesperson, a 6-5 junior forward from Merrill, Wis. Gopher Illustrated reports Jesperson is the No. 1 recruit in Wisconsin for the class of 2011, the 30th-ranked small forward in the nation and the 132nd overall top recruit in the country."

http://www.startribune.com/sports/tw...tml?page=3&c=y

Nice to see our sights our set high. Can anyone share those recruits who have offers and attended the elite camp this week. I can't imagine this is any kind of guarded secret.

[GopherHole]

Re: 2011 recruits

So a refresher for 2011:

We have signed
SG/SF Zach Horstman - Winner, SD 6'5, 170
http://rivals.yahoo.com/basketballre...yr4BZ4aTrSO5B4

We have offers out to
PG Joel Lindberg - [6'2" 180] Superior, Wisconsin
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketb...indberg-110205
No other offers

SG Josh Oglesby - [6'5" 175] Cedar Rapids, Iowa
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketb...Oglesby-105643
Has Offers From: Albany, Creighton, Indiana St, & UNI

SG Paul Jesperson - [6'7"] Merrill, Wisconsin
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketb...esperson-88940
Has Offers From: Arizona St, Butler, Colorado St, WI-Green Bay, Loyola, WI-Milwaukee, NDSU, UNI, & San Diego

PF Shelby Moats - [6'8" 225] Waconia, Minnesota
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketb...y-Moats-101375
Has Offers From: WI-Green Bay, WI-Milwaukee, & Utah
ESPN GRADE = 92

Jesperson is getting more interest from the Bigs. He will likely be a reach for the Rabbits. According to Sid at the StarTribune:

"The Gophers basketball team has offered a scholarship to Paul Jesperson, a 6-5 junior forward from Merrill, Wis. Gopher Illustrated reports Jesperson is the No. 1 recruit in Wisconsin for the class of 2011, the 30th-ranked small forward in the nation and the 132nd overall top recruit in the country."

http://www.startribune.com/sports/tw...tml?page=3&c=y

[MinneapolisJack]

Re: 2011 recruits

Another name who is apparently has an offer is Darrius Vick 6'2 Guard Lincoln Nebraska. Some other names who show on Rivals as having interest from the Jacks in addition to the above cited include.

Jake White 6'7 forward Chaska,Mn
Alex Richter 6'5 forward Lakeville,Mn
Marquel Curtis 6'2 guard Plymouth,Mn

I think Vick has an offer from us in football rather than basketball. His profile shows up on Rivals as both football and basketball but the video of him on the site is for football.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/footbal...us-Vick-107559

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketb...us-Vick-107559

[JACKGUYII]

Re: 2011 recruits

Another name who is apparently has an offer is Darrius Vick 6'2 Guard Lincoln Nebraska. Some other names who show on Rivals as having interest from the Jacks in addition to the above cited include.

Jake White 6'7 forward Chaska,Mn
Alex Richter 6'5 forward Lakeville,Mn
Marquel Curtis 6'2 guard Plymouth,Mn

[jackmd]

Re: 2011 recruits

Terry V. mentioned in his blog yesterday that the elite boys basketball camp was going on at this time. Does anyone know any of the potential recruits that are on campus? Hopefully we can follow up the last two recruiting years with a solid 2011 class.

Roughly 80-100 kids are expected to attend. Maybe five of them already have scholarship offers from the Jacks.

TV expects at least 5 young men that we have already offered. Mitchell previously provided this list of 4:

We have offers out to
PG Joel Lindberg - [6'2" 180] Superior, Wisconsin
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketb...indberg-110205
No other offers

SG Josh Oglesby - [6'5" 175] Cedar Rapids, Iowa
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketb...Oglesby-105643
Has Offers From: Albany, Creighton, Indiana St, & UNI

SG Paul Jesperson - [6'7"] Merrill, Wisconsin
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketb...esperson-88940
Has Offers From: Arizona St, Butler, Colorado St, WI-Green Bay, Loyola, WI-Milwaukee, NDSU, UNI, & San Diego

PF Shelby Moats - [6'8" 225] Waconia, Minnesota
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketb...y-Moats-101375
Has Offers From: WI-Green Bay, WI-Milwaukee, & Utah
ESPN GRADE = 92

Unsure if all these guys are at the camp and who else might be there that we have offered. Would be nice to get an update from TV or someone else.

[YanktonRabbit]

Re: 2011 recruits

Terry V. mentioned in his blog yesterday that the elite boys basketball camp was going on at this time. Does anyone know any of the potential recruits that are on campus? Hopefully we can follow up the last two recruiting years with a solid 2011 class.

[JamesJacks]

Re: 2011 recruits

If we land the AZ State kid, it would be a huge get at this stage. It seems like a bit of a long shot. I'm not sure why he would want to come here to compete with one of the best recruiting classes ever, seems like that's the kind of situation he was leaving in Arizona.
I would rather bank the scholarship and get another Heemstra or Dykstra next fall than sign a reach JUCO. I think it would be better for the long-term success of the program. But that's just me. At this point, we have enough guys to fill all the minutes of each game (if everybody stays healthy). More concerning are practice players who can push the primary players every day there isn't a game.

My guess would be that landing the player from ASU would be a long shot. But I think it would be beneficial to get him for the development of players like Heemstra and Dykstra. Here's a kid who has some Pac10 experience. He could be an upperclassman that helps develop those two. Even if Heemstra and Dykstra are very skilled/talented, they are still freshmen. Yes, I do believe freshmen can make positive impacts, but they are "unknowns" at the D1 level. We just don't know...yet.

I've also stated this before on this board but WE NEED MORE DEPTH. Yes, we can field a very good top __(fill in your own number) rotation of players. But we all know depth is key, especially if we're counting on freshmen (the unknowns). As SF_Rabbit_Fan stated above, "if everybody stays healthy". Well, it's a part of team sport that everybody does not stay healthy all season.

[SF_Rabbit_Fan]

Re: 2011 recruits

Let me ask as question that may very well be unanswerable? When will the Jackrabbit fan base hear about young men signing on with the Jacks? Its starting to worry me just a little bit. OK, a bunch.

GBGBGJ

While I can appreciate the concern (and believe me, I would love to see some signings as well), I can't help but wonder if the coaching staff is going to hold on to some of the available scholarships for next year's recruiting class.

If we land the AZ State kid, it would be a huge get at this stage. It seems like a bit of a long shot. I'm not sure why he would want to come here to compete with one of the best recruiting classes ever, seems like that's the kind of situation he was leaving in Arizona.

I think it would behoove all of us to temper our expectations with some perspective. This late in the recruiting process, who exactly do we think we would be getting? A JUCO or high schooler that was passed over by almost every other DI in the country.

I would rather bank the scholarship and get another Heemstra or Dykstra next fall than sign a reach JUCO. I think it would be better for the long-term success of the program. But that's just me.

At this point, we have enough guys to fill all the minutes of each game (if everybody stays healthy). More concerning are practice players who can push the primary players every day there isn't a game.

[joeboo22]

Re: 2011 recruits

first of all this is 2011 recruiting class in which the Jacks have a verbal from the best kid in the state.

second, this late in recruiting class its hard to get anyone to come in that will help you.... of the kids left the big programs have figured out who is leaving for the draft and the process trickles all the way down....

third the signing period ended I believe May 19th, meaning we won't hear of any "signing"

fourth the Jacks have 2 really good recruits and 2 kids coming off redshirts (Carlson and White) of those four I think the chances of finding anyone that is going to come in and contribute as much as them this late is hard to do.

The best hope for the Jacks is to land the ASU transfer, and then hope that some kid who thought he was high mid-major was left holding the bag as the scholarship offer never came, but until now you don't even know who those recruits are.

[Jacks#1Fan]

Re: 2011 recruits

Let me ask as question that may very well be unanswerable? When will the Jackrabbit fan base hear about young men signing on with the Jacks? Its starting to worry me just a little bit. OK, a bunch.

GBGBGJ

I think it is unanswerable from the fans, and the coaches continue to work on it, but I'm not sure they expect to find somebody who is going to see a lot of playing time at this stage of the game...unless that very rare find comes along...and then we will hear!

[Chains]

Re: 2011 recruits

I know Seth Tuttle has been mentioned as a potential recruit before, but he can be crossed off the list because he just committed to Northern Iowa.

http://wcfcourier.com/sports/college...cc4c002e0.html

Let me ask as question that may very well be unanswerable? When will the Jackrabbit fan base hear about young men signing on with the Jacks? Its starting to worry me just a little bit. OK, a bunch.

GBGBGJ

[Kemo]

Re: 2011 recruits

I know Seth Tuttle has been mentioned as a potential recruit before, but he can be crossed off the list because he just committed to Northern Iowa.

http://wcfcourier.com/sports/college...cc4c002e0.html

[mitchell]

Re: 2011 recruits

Here's an article about Lindberg from Wissports.net.

http://wissports.net/sports/hoopsb/b...123&id=1149082

It mentions that USD & NDSU are starting to show interest as well. Sounds familiar from last year when we were on another PG early only to see some area programs try and jump in towards the end.