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BBall Recruiting Megathread - Crawford, Moore, & Collins ALL TO WAKE!

Some updates via Twitter (also, first page is up to date):

Corey Evans ‏@coreyevans_10 May 29

2015 E1T1 guard Barry Brown holds offers from Houston, FIU, FGCU, KState, WKU, & URI. Int- from UCF, VCU, UGA, Wich St, Tenn, & Wake Forest
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Barry Brown (2015)
6'2, 165 PG
UR, but he has some solid offers and he's playing for a legit team this summer. We'll see if that changes. He doesn't strike me as a particularly special prospect, though, from what I've heard.

Corey Evans ‏@coreyevans_10 May 28

Wake Forest is now expressing interest in 2015 Houston Hoops big man Samir Sehic
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Samir Sehic (2015)
6'6-6'9, 255, PF/C
3-star Scout (#25 C), 3-star Rivals, 3-star ESPN (#40 PF)
Offers: Iowa, New Mexico, Tulsa, Houston, Akron, Santa Clara, Davidson, Lehigh, Princeton, and Brown.
Lots of high major interest in addition to Wake as of late including Oklahoma State, Oklahoma, Stanford, Vandy, TAMU, and TCU. SMU, too. I would imagine that his stock could see a bump this summer if he's closer to 6'9 than 6'6. Also, it's good to see us recruiting the Houston area.

Adam Zagoria ‏@AdamZagoria May 27

6-10 @KyleJamal4 of Athlete Institute now holds offers from Wake Forest & Va Tech http://zagsblog.com/articles/canadi...-up-offers-while-staying-north-of-the-border/ …
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Some interesting information from the article about 2015 C Kyle Alexander (UR, but that will change this summer):

Alexander this week picked up offers from Wake Forest and Virginia Tech and also has interest from Syracuse and Illinois.

“My sister went to Syracuse so I’ve been there plenty of times,” he said. “My sister went on her official visit there and I went with her.”

Alexander said he doesn’t know much about Wake Forest, but that he hopes to visit more schools this summer.

“This whole process is just new to Kyle,” Blunt said. “He’s played two or three weeks on the circuit with us and what has happened is, Kyle has continued to grow. For him his growth has been incredible to see….

“Kyle can run like most guards. And he really can defend one through five and he pretty much blocks everything that gets thrown up, so I think a lot of people are intrigued with his length, his ability to run, his athleticism. He’s probably gained 10 pounds since he’s been here. He’s just continued to develop each and every day which is kind of exciting.”

Said McIntyre: “He’s really new. Once everyone gets their eyes on him and pays attention to him, he’s going to be a high commodity for these schools to want to work with and develop.

“I’m not saying he’s Joel Embiid, but [it's a] similar fashion where he started really late and kind of snuck up on people late. And I think that’s what Kyle’s going to do as well.”
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We need this guy. It's great that we're getting our foot back in the door with CIA Bounce, too. There is a ton of talent in Canada (unlike a lot of Canadian prospects, Alexander seems to be staying up there for HS) and it's great that we're recruiting up there.

Rick Lewis ‏@Coach_Rick57 May 27

6'2 '16 #NCTop80 alum Justice Kithcart will take an unofficial visit to Wake Forest on June 16th per source
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Justice Kithcart (2016)
6'0-6'1, 160, PG
UR and only one scholarship offer (Northern Arizona), but he's young and still has a summer of basketball left to play. We'll see if the interest is mutual.

David Schneider ‏@ShowTimeNation May 25

Florida Vipers F Cedric Wright (@cedricwright16) picks up interest from Wake Forest. #ACC (HT @bdm954com) http://showtimenation.com
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Cedric Wright (2015)
6'6, SF
UR and offers from Charlotte, Kennesaw State, Florida Atlantic, and San Francisco, but interest includes Wake, Tulsa, Alabama, Miami (FL), Georgia and UCF so it might be worth keeping tabs on him over the summer.
 
I haven't seen this posted, but here's a relatively recent take on Andrew White's transfer decision.

Notre Dame, Florida State, Wake Forest, Miami and Maryland have reportedly reached out to the North Carolina native, but White’s interest seems to be piqued by another school in the midwest: Nebraska. The in for the Huskers? Assistant coach Kenya Hunter, who recruited White when Hunter was still at Georgetown.

“I definitely noticed that Nebraska has a pretty good history of transfers,” White told Huskers Illustrated. “But I was looking at the school more in terms of their playing situation for me as opposed to what they’ve done with transfers in the past, because every player is different. I like coach Hunter. Coach Miles (Tim, head coach) seems like a great guy, and he’s really had that program going in the right direction. Just seeing their football program and things like that, I know that their fan support is on an extreme level. I just feel like it would be a pretty good situation all around.”
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I'm not sure this means a whole lot in terms of Wake's prospects (I would say we have a pretty solid in, as well), but it does seem like Tim Miles is building a good program in Lincoln.
 
Antoine Mason sets his official visits and we didn't make the cut. Providence, BC, and Auburn did. He will be making unofficial visits, but this is kind of disappointing news.

When Niagara announced in late May that Antoine Mason was leaving the program, Mason immediately became one of the most sought-after transfers in the country. That doesn't normally happen with a player from the MAAC, but Mason is the nation's leading returning scorer -- and will be eligible immediately.

Dozens of schools have reached out to Mason since his transfers, but he has three visits set.

Mason will visit Auburn this weekend, Providence next week, and then Boston College after that.

"I think the official is Auburn and the others [are] unofficial," Mason told CBSSports.com in a text message.

With so many schools showing interest, Mason could take a few more trips.

"I have more, just haven't set them up," he said. "I'm still narrowing the list."

There is no set timetable for a decision.

Mason, the son of former New York Knick Anthony Mason and brother of former St. John's star Anthony Mason Jr., averaged 25.6 points last season. The 6-foot-3 guard finished his Niagara career as the school's third all-time leading scorer.
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Not at all upset about missing out on a gunner who shot under 30% on a high volume of 3s and under 73% on FTs. He's only coming back to school to audition for the NBA. He and his father have stated as much.

If we want to improve, this isn't the guy we wanted.
 
RJKarl said:
Not at all upset about missing out on a gunner who shot under 30% on a high volume of 3s and under 73% on FTs. He's only coming back to school to audition for the NBA. He and his father have stated as much. If we want to improve, this isn't the guy we wanted.
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The Oracle has spoken.
 
If auburn basketball is in the mix then we probably didn't have much of a shot. We are pretty much a polar opposite of their program. Oh well. Hopefully we snag the WVU kid.
 
Wrangor said:
If auburn basketball is in the mix then we probably didn't have much of a shot. We are pretty much a polar opposite of their program. Oh well. Hopefully we snag the WVU kid.
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I heard from a reliable source that Auburn #broughtbacktheswagger. And #moxie.
 
Wrangor said:
If auburn basketball is in the mix then we probably didn't have much of a shot. We are pretty much a polar opposite of their program. Oh well. Hopefully we snag the WVU kid.
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But BC is in the mix? Truly weird list of schools.
 
wake me up when manning lands anyone above 3 stars

#bzdelikdestroyedtheprogram
 
Marquee Moon said:
wake me up when manning lands anyone above 3 stars

#bzdelikdestroyedtheprogram
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He's been on the job for about six weeks. All of the 4* and above players for 2014 are signed. Your position is inane. Let's see what happens in the fall.
 
RJKarl said:
He's been on the job for about six weeks. All of the 4* and above players for 2014 are signed. Your position is inane. Let's see what happens in the fall.
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nothing gonna happen in the fall

except maybe manning resigning
 
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