Jesse Berry committed to the Dayton Flyers today. The relieved Mongrel blogged yesterday that Berry was indeed close to doing that very thing. Since the good Mongrel is quick to laugh at himself when he guesses wrong (Ge'Lawn Guyn, cough... cough...) there is no shame in having a little relief at improving the batting average a little. The Flyers have landed a backcourt that will be the envy of many high major programs between Staten and Berry.
Cross town rival Wright State also landed a promising prospect from neighboring Indiana. Kegan Clark of Jeffersonville commited to coach Brownell according to Hoosier Hills Report.
http://www.hoosierhillshoops.com/2009/06/30/clark-off-the-board-commits-to-wright-state/#more-483 Clark was coming off a visit to Southern Illinois University and is a high level athlete who averaged 14 ppg last year for the Jeffersonville Red Devils. Clark was named to the south platoon for the Junior All-Star team and has turned heads this spring with his play for Speice Indy Heat (Downs).
Coach Lickliter landed one of the sweetest shooting guards in the country today for his Iowa Hawkeye program as well. Chicagohoops is reporting that Ben Brust has committed to the Iowa Hawkeyes. http://www.chicagohoops.com/articles1/brust2.html Ben Brust is Chicagohoops 11th ranked prospect in Illinois and is the Mongrel's choice for top shooter in the state. Brust hoops for Rising Stars in the summer, and the Mongrel hopes to catch up with him sometime on the July circuit. As the Mongrel mentioned in an earlier blog, many Butler insiders liked their chances with Brust but the Big Ten was too much to pass up. Iowa has seen enormous turnover as Coach Lickliter reshapes the program to his image and Brust could compete for playing time early in his career if he continues to work hard.
The guards in 2010 are flying off the board quickly. Scouting guru Dave Telep said as much on his twitter account today (http://twitter.com/DaveTelep). According to Telep, of his top 25 shooting guards only 6 are on the board: Doron Lamb, Trey Zeigler, Anthony Brown, Madracus Wade, Trae Golden, and KT Harrell.
Time is starting to run out on colleges looking to fill in their 2010 class with elite level players. However, big kids often develop later and slower and the good Mongrel will be watching several 2010 prospects this July who will be getting looked at with fresh sets of eyes from coaches who haven't seen them in person for a while. Keep an eye on the following 2010 prospects to see how they preform compared to some of their more well known classmates. These are all people who high majors know about, where they end up might very well depend on how they play the next four weeks.
Michigan: Chris Anderson, Brandon Crane, Cory Petros, Jon Horford, Isiah Sykes
Indiana: Jake Kitchel, Crishawn Thomas, Xavier Jones, Enique Mason, Jordan Manual, Kennis White, Michael Harris (Gary),
Ohio: Nick Kellog, Cameron Wright, Griffin McKenzie, Storm Stanley
Kentucky: Ricardo Johnson, Elijah Pittman, Josh Sewell, Dakota Euton, Curtis Washington
Illinois: Brandon Spearman, Mike McCall, Reggie Smith, Jordan Threloff, Alex Dragecevic
The thorough Mongrel will be updating his favorite under the radar prospects left on the board in upcoming blog links. As always inform the Mongrel of his ignorance if there is someone left out. Edit #1 we took Roy Marble Jr off Michigan's list when he verballed to Iowa on Thursday.
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