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Illinois loses assistant Chew to Marquette

Published by Source on May 29th, 2012

New Illinois head coach John Groce scored big when he hired assistant coach Isaac Chew away from Missouri back in March. Unfortunately, Chew’s time in Champaign was short-lived and the coach is already on to his next destination.

Marquette head coach Buzz Williams grabbed Chew to be an assistant for him up in Milwaukee. Chew had originally turned down a spot at MU before taking the Illinois job, so it is assumed that the monetary offer was much greater this time around.

Chew was the recruiter that Groce needed to re-establish the Illini presence in the Chicago prep circuit. The Chicago-native played his high school ball at Wells and was the Chicago Public League Blue West POY in 1994. His Chicago ties will be beneficial to Williams and Marquette, as they continue to compete for the top talent in the city year after year. Williams already has a solid Chicago freshman coming to campus in Simeon big man Steve Taylor.

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Updated 2012 Scout Rankings

Published by Source on January 31st, 2012

Just as ESPN did last week, Scout.com has updated their Top 100 list for the class of 2012. Below is a list of the B1G and local prospects that made the cut:

Indiana:

* Jeremy Hollowell 6’7″ 200 (Indianapolis, IN – Lawrence Central)  

                                                             || #6 SF | 4 stars // Top 100 #26

* Hanner Mosquera-Perea 6’8″ 190 (LaPorte, IN – LaLumiere)          

                                                             || #5 PF | 4 stars // Top 100 #32

* Yogi Ferrell 6’0″ 180 (Indianapolis, IN – Park Tudor)                        

                                                             || #4 PG | 4 stars // Top 100 #33

 

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Updated 2012 ESPNU 100 Rankings

Published by Source on January 26th, 2012

ESPN has updated their ESPNU100 list for the class of 2012. Below is the breakdown of B1G and local Big East schools. ESPN assigns each player with a overall score and a star level. Those can be found at the end of each line. Bolded players have made the Top 100 list and their overall rank is listed.

DePaul:

* DeJuan Marrero 6’6″ 195 (Gary, IN – Bowman Academy)        || #50 SF | 89 | 3 stars

* Jodan Price 6’7″ 170 (Southfield, MI – Detroit Country Day)   || #61 SF | 88 | 2 stars

Illinois:

* Michael Orris 6’3″ 180 (Crete, IL – Crete-Monee)   || #22 PG | 89 | 3 stars

 

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Powerade Fab 50 Preseason List

Published by Source on October 20th, 2011

ESPNHS has released its preseason Powerade Fab 50, a list of the 50 best boy’s high school basketball teams in the country. There are a number of Illinois and Indiana teams on the list, as well as plenty of teams with players committed to or being recruited by B1G and Chicago-area colleges. Here’s the highlights of the list:

 

1. Simeon Career Academy (Chicago, IL)

- Chicago powerhouse Simeon landed the well-deserved top spot on this year’s list. Behind outstanding junior Jabari Parker, considered by some to be the best player in the 2013 class, the Wolverines lineup features several other highly-touted prospects. Senior Steve Taylor is already committed to Marquette, while junior Kendrick Nunn recently re-opened his recruitment after making an early pledge to Texas A&M. Also joining the group is junior point guard Jaylon Tate, who transferred to Simeon from De La Salle this past summer. Tate has been hearing from most of the B1G already, plus hometown DePaul, and has already landed an offer from Northwestern.

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Other Weekend Visitors

Published by Source on October 14th, 2011

We already have a pretty extensive list of prospects posted for Hoosier Hysteria this Saturday, but we have also put together a shorter list of visitors at other schools in the area. It is safe to say that no school, in the Midwest or anywhere else, has a list as big as Indiana’s, but top prospects from the classes of 2012-2015 will be attending scrimmages and Midnight Madness events all over.

There’s a rundown (not all-inclusive) after the jump:

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Kendrick Nunn back on the market

Published by Source on September 30th, 2011

2013 Simeon star Kendrick Nunn is back on the recruiting market after decommitting from Texas A&M earlier this week. Nunn, who announced the news via Twitter, committed to the Aggies back on August 7 in what many thought was a suprise choice.

Nunn plays at Simeon with another 2013 star, Jabari Parker. College coaches from all over the country have been flooding the Simeon gym in the past weeks to watch Parker and his teammates work out, but things are going to get a lot more crazy now that Nunn is available again.

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B1G / Chicago Recruiting Tidbits – Friday 9/16

Published by Source on September 16th, 2011

Every Friday we will release a list of small recruiting news “nuggets” or “tidbits” they deserve mention on this site but do not necessarily require full articles. Here is this Friday’s edition of Recruiting Tidbits:

* DePaul has added a late member to its 2011 recruiting class in JUCO point guard Worrell Clahar. The 6-foot junior comes to Chicago from Lawson State CC (Alabama) and will have 2 years of eligibility with the Blue Demons. The commitment actually happened over Labor Day weekend, but got lost in the shuffle by yours truly. Apologies on that one!

* Chicago’s Simeon Career Academy was the place to be for college coaches on Wednesday night as all eyes were on 2013 star Jabari Parker. In the house to see Parker were head coaches and/or assistants from over 20 D1 schools, headlined by Mike Krzyzewski (plus 2 Duke assistants), Tom Izzo, Roy Williams, Thad Matta (plus assistant), Bill Self (plus assistant), Bruce Weber (plus assistant), Oliver Purnell and Larry Krystkowiak (Utah). Several other local schools were represented, including Chicago State, UIC, Valpo, Illinois State and Northern Illinois. The workout also featured Marquette commit and Steve Taylor (2012) and Texas A&M verbal Kendrick Nunn (2013).

* Indiana commitment Peter Jurkin (2012) has been out of basketball for most of the last year with a stress fracture in his leg. Inside The Hall is reporting that Jurkin is now back at full strength after missing most of his junior season and the entire AAU evaluation period.

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Deonte Burton chooses Marquette

Published by Source on September 2nd, 2011

Head coach Buzz Williams has landed the first member of his 2013 recruiting class in Brewster Academy wing Deonte Burton. Listed as the #45 overall prospect in Rivals’ new rankings, Burton chose the Golden Eagles over reported offers from Clemson, Illinois and Maryland.

Burton is actually a Milwaukee-native, so the commitment to his hometown Big East school should come as no surprise. The 6-5 prospect transferred to Brewster in Wolfeboro, NH before last season after playing his freshman year at Milwaukee’s Vincent HS. At Brewster, he is a teammate of top-5 prospect and Michigan target Mitch McGary.

Williams is putting together an impressive list of future recruits. Burton joins Class of 2012 verbals Steve Taylor, TJ Taylor and Jamal Ferguson headed to a Marquette team that has not missed the NCAA Tournament since 2005. They snuck into the field at-large this past season as an 11-seed and rode 2 upset victories into the Sweet Sixteen.

Burton is the top prospect in his class to commit to the Big East so far and the 4th-highest ranked player to commit anywhere.

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New 2012 Rivals150

Published by Source on August 30th, 2011

*Edited Tuesday evening after Marrero commitment*

Rivals.com has released their latest version of the Rivals150 for the basketball class of 2012. They actually released the list at the end of last week but updated it again on Monday. A number of B1G and Chicagoland commitments and targets make the list, so we have put together a quick breakdown for our readers.

Note: A prospect is a 5-star if they fall between 1-26 (including 26), is a 4-star if between 27-105, and is a 3-star if 106-150.

B1G commitments:

 

Indiana – Hanner Perea #16, Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell #17, Jeremy Hollowell #48, Ron Patterson #131, Peter Jurkin NR (3*)

Iowa – Mike Gesell #96, Patrick Ingram NR (3*), Kyle Meyer NR (3*)

Michigan – Glenn Robinson III #34, Nick Stauskas #79

Michigan State –  Denzel Valentine #80, Matt Costello #82, Kenny Kaminski #84

Minnesota – Wally Ellenson NR (3*)

Nebraska – Keith Coleman NR

Northwestern – Kale Abrahamson #138, Sanjay Lumpkin NR, Alex Olah NR

Penn State – Akosa Maduegbunam NR

Purdue – Ronnie Johnson #91, Jay Simpson #101, Rapheal Davis #106

Wisconsin – Sam Dekker #18 (more…)

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