2014 Basketball Recruiting: Interests and Offers

[thejumper5]

@IllinoisRivals

"Iowa head basketball coach Fran McCaffery in the house watching 2014 forward Michael Finke from Champaign (Ill.) Centennial"

Champaign Centennial is taking on Peoria High School at a tournament in Springfield, IL.

[franstheman]

A class of Collier, Harris and Bonifas would suffice for me. Once Jok and Uthoff are in uniform, I think Iowa has plenty of shooters, prior to that I thought Allen was a priority.
If Iowa cannot get Finke, then Bonifas has to be a priority, but I don't see Finke staying hidden much longer and Groce is already doing a heck of a job since he has been in Illinois.
To me Iowa needs to go all out at Collier and Harris as they are not just highly regarded basketball players, but scouts rave about their athleticism as well.

Do we have a chance with Yarbrough? Kid's a stud.

[hawkumentary]

Yarbrough visited Iowa City this fall, so that would seem to be a good sign that he is interested in Iowa.

[sportstalent]

Do we have a chance with Yarbrough? Kid's a stud.

Profile? Never heard of him.

I still like the three players, Harris and Collier are next level athletes and Iowa needs to continue to add top athletes that are also really good basketball players.

[hawkumentary]

Yarbrough profile:

Milik Yarbrough - Yahoo! Sports

[JonDMiller]

Micheal Finke from Champaign Centennial has committed to Illinois per Chicago Sun Times

[HawkeyeBA]

Although I think he would have filled a need for us I'm glad he committed somewhere early so we can focus on our other top targets for that class.

I'm hoping Iowa goes SG, PG, and PF/C for this 2014 Class.

[sportstalent]

Yarbrough profile:

Milik Yarbrough - Yahoo! Sports

Thanks...found that later, but little else...have you seen him play to think he is pretty good?

[franstheman]

I've seen him in AAU a few times. He's lanky, and athletic with good handles and a nice, quick shot. He's also good in transition and is unselfish.

[sportstalent]

Here is a new name with little information though...Edmond Sumner from Detroit Country Day.

Looks as if Iowa has seen him in person, but I can't find a whole lot of other information on him.

Here is his profile:
Edmond Sumner - Yahoo! Sports

Here is the link that Iowa has seen him a 4-star recruit with no school list at this point; either late bloomer, academic issues or trouble:
Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting - Whispers: Hysteria in the heartland

I'll check out their schedule and see if they play anywhere close to me.

[UncleHawk]

Here is a new name with little information though...Edmond Sumner from Detroit Country Day.

Looks as if Iowa has seen him in person, but I can't find a whole lot of other information on him.

Here is his profile:
Edmond Sumner - Yahoo! Sports

Here is the link that Iowa has seen him a 4-star recruit with no school list at this point; either late bloomer, academic issues or trouble:
Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting - Whispers: Hysteria in the heartland

I'll check out their schedule and see if they play anywhere close to me.

According to this article, the only reason Beilein didn't offer him on a recent visit is weight. He's only 6'3"/145 lbs and expected to grow taller. Although it's a MI recruiting article, Sumner did tell the interviewer that MI would be his leader if they offered.
Tremendous: An Introduction to Edmond Sumner and Visit Reaction (basketball)

Still like Collier the best of this type of guard we are pursuing- CO isn't as good in BB to compete against either.

[hawkumentary]

The latest RPI has Michigan at #2 and Colorado at #4, so it's not like the Buffaloes are terrible.

[Cydkar]

According to this article, the only reason Beilein didn't offer him on a recent visit is weight. He's only 6'3"/145 lbs and expected to grow taller. Although it's a MI recruiting article, Sumner did tell the interviewer that MI would be his leader if they offered.
Tremendous: An Introduction to Edmond Sumner and Visit Reaction (basketball)

Still like Collier the best of this type of guard we are pursuing- CO isn't as good in BB to compete against either.

Colorado is on the upswing.

[sportstalent]

Interesting offer I just saw, could he be the Trey Burke of Chicago Whitney Young:

Miles Reynolds - Yahoo! Sports

The third wheel that doesn't get a lot of notice because he runs the team and simply does his job.

Remember Burke committed to PSU early and didn't have a ton of offers to begin with as he was surrounded by so much more 'elite' talent on his HS team and Aaron Craft was so much better than him in AAU.

This would be the only scenario that I see Iowa signing a true PG though, an under recruited player that the staff feels they must have.

[bogeyman]

Looks like this guy will be at the game today watching the Hawks according to some tweets from Howe.

Jerrelle Deberry - Yahoo! Sports

Anyone know who the staff was out watching the last few days. Sounds like all of them were out recruiting quite a bit.