2014 Recruits

[ictjay]

With Doug as a freebie, we have 2 spots for 2014?

[Bluejay Bilas]

With Doug as a freebie, we have 2 spots for 2014?

3 for 2014, replacing Manigat, Gibbs and Wragge.

[Jaysker12]

Although if our 2014 commits end up being players that the coaches project as immediate contributors, there's zero pressure to fill all three spots.

[Bluejay Bilas]

Although if our 2014 commits end up being players that the coaches project as immediate contributors, there's zero pressure to fill all three spots.

I like the optimism about the three new Freshman, Zierden and the two Jucos. Maybe the staff shares that feeling, but the fact that we have quite a few outstanding offers, we will probably have 5 scholarships to fill for 2015 (Artino, Dingman, Chatman, Milliken and Brooks), and by the end of essentially the second possible weekend for official 2014 visits, we will have had four official visitors, one of whom is an extremely under-the-radar, but intriguing player from Idaho who told our favorite New Englander that his final three are Utah, Creighton and Santa Clara (no K-State, so they’re not pushing as hard as those three?), leads me to think the staff is very open to the idea of signing 3 guys this Fall and keeping some other options open with respect to guys who might not commit until Spring.

Correct me if I'm mistaken, but right now, we have been listed as a finalist by Demery, LaChance, Macura, Wright, and Barford? Gilmore is visiting this weekend (with Wright). That's six right there, with 3 of the 6 being PGs (however, we've heard very little about Barford, who strangely also has Utah as the sole other major conference school in his cut list- Krystkowiak’s staff and Creighton’s staff like the same type of point guards, I guess). We have something like another 10 or so offers out there (Newberry (PG), Aldridge, Cunningham, Burton, Harrell, Bartley (PG), Garrett (PG), Logwood, McIntosh (PG), Mason (PG)?, Smith?). Of those, either the recruit or the school may have very limited interest in the other right now. And, a lot can happen between August and the Spring signing date. Whatever the case, there are a lot of possibilities for those 3 spots. One spot will be used for a point guard, maybe one for a SF/Wing, and then the other for a SG or another Wing?

In short, nothing about the totality of Creighton’s 2014 recruiting efforts indicate to me that the staff wants to keep one scholarship in their pocket, even until Spring. Most likely, 8 of our current scholarship players will be gone after the end of next season. I think that trying to fill more than 5 of those spots next year would be a bad idea.

[HandDownManDown]

Wright and LGIII were at the volleyball game tonight, along with their parents. Hope they're having a great time!

[ictjay]

I have a feeling that when the committing starts, it will happen/end quickly. We are looking good right now in my opinion. Just like domino's.

[fritzpointer]

So are we in wait and see mode now or will someone visit this weekend like a Joe Burton or Ronnie Harrell?

[Jet915]

Providence just scored their second 2014 top 100 player tonight when 7'2 C Paschal Chukwu committed to Ed Cooley. Cooley is gettin it done. Big time recruiting by the Big East (9 ESPN top 100 recruits so far). Happy and jealous at the same time...

[LJay]

Mark Phelps was a good recruiter too. I haven't seen Drake or Providence do much lately.

[Jet915]

I sure hope you aren't comparing Drake recruiting to the type of players Providence is getting. Lindsey and Chukwu are in some cases, top 50 players. This is considering also that Providence doesn't have a ton of basketball tradition either and has been a Big East doomat for the last decade. What Cooley is doing is amazing, now will that translate to on the court success? That remains to be seen, but I bet many will pick Providence to be in the top half of the league in 2014.