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Umm, anyway, I hope KD can somehow find a spot for Lillard. Next year we've already offered a few 2-guards including LePear Toles of Timken High School & Mitch Peterson from Walsh Jesuit. I've seen all three play & I'm a bit more impressed with Lillard than Peterson, or even Toles. Though I must confess I think Toles is a really good 2. I'd be amped if he would give KD a verbal commitment.

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/03/ohio-state-championship-controversial-call-cleveland-central-catholic-antwon-lillard USA Today article on the dunk.

http://gozips.com/sports/bsb/2014-15/releases/20150329wzpsqj Baseball lost to UT on Saturday but swept the double-header yesterday to take the series with the Rockets.

http://www.ohio.com/sports/high-school/jackson-senior-tyler-dunn-commits-to-play-basketball-at-the-university-of-akron-1.578995 Nice article on Tyler Dunn.

I've seen him play a few times and I think he's under-valued. (Even though he was 1st-Team All-Ohio D-2 & Northeast Lakes Region POY.) Apparently he does have offers from Cleveland State Manhattan Arkansas State Saint Peters and, uh oh... K.e.n.t State I'd hate to see him in Flashes pee-yellow & blue for the next four years.

I know we don't have any available scholarships remaining this year, but does anyone know if we're, none-the-less looking at Cleveland Central Catholic's Antwon Lillard? He's a great player who's really come into his own this year. Was thinking maybe he could greyshirt (or whatever) and pick up one of the available schollies next year, ala, Jimmond Ivey.

Okay, I'm just gonna check out now.

Is the guy playing football, or just running track?

"We are UA Athletics! Lower your expectations and curb your enthusiasm."

Ahh, you're right. Brain freeze. I was watching Stow graduate David Walker & Northeastern play Notre Dame. Thanks for the catch!

That's Darryl Monroe, right? That's why I posted I was surprised he's listed at WILL linebacker & not MIKE. Dude's huge; seems more like a MIKE.

Oops, you're right.^^

I'm also surprised that big Darryl Monroe (6-1, 235) is listed at WILL linebacker. I figured he'd be MIKE, along with Williams.

Just noticed that Newman Williams is also listed as #2 at MIKE linebacker behind John Rachel. If that's the case I'm no longer disappointed seeing him listed as #2 TE.

Where do you find a 2-deep spring roster?

Joe Dunn's son, Tyler, a pretty tough, "blue-collar" PG from Jackson, will walk-on at UA instead of taking a scholarship offer from Walsh. Welcome, Tyler! Hope you have fun & represent the Zips as well as your father does! http://www.verbalcommits.com/players/tyler-dunn

Notre Dame handled Witchita State rather easily last night. The Fighting Irish are in the Elite Eight, their only close call being a narrow first-round win against Buffalo.

I'm not thrilled about Newman Williams at TE. He was a pretty dominant inside linebacker.

It's strange how impressionable (at least on me) their 5-year run was, because I still think of them as a top basketball school, but they're actually quite far from it. They'd fit in nicely with us, Ohio, Buffalo & UT.

Great work, OU Dude. Thank you!

Maybe I'm really showing my age, but I still view DePaul as a prime job. Yeah, they haven't done anything lately, but they really have a good (great?) tradition & they're located in downtown Chicago. Recruiting wise, Hurley could build an annual Sweet 16 team without ever having to drive more than 15 miles from campus.

http://www.verbalcommits.com/schools/akron Came across this pretty great recruiting sight. Verbalcommits.com. It lists all (of which they are aware) outstanding scholarship offers Akron (or any school) has through the next two years. It doesn't reflect the offer that we've apparently extended to Malik Miller. It does show that we've offered a scholarship to Canton Timken's LePear Toles. I still haven't seen where we've offered STVM's Henry Baddley. He's going to be legit. We should get on him. Hilltopper mentioned that Baddley's parents are thinking "bigger than the MAC." Great, so are we! And, btw, Rick Bolus has future Zip Isaiah Williams more highly ranked than Baddley. I think Baddley's just got a ton of potential, plus he's a homeboy - we gotta get that STVM pipeline running again (we're also going to covet STVM sophomore PG Jayvon Graves in two years).

http://www.sharonherald.com/news/local_news/state-title-game-outcome-can-t-keep-farrell-s-millers/article_2f04c370-454f-5976-aa80-1fdef5693ecf.html Not the most exciting article ever penned, but it does mention the UA scholarship offer (on page 2).

http://www.ohio.com/sports/zips/arrest-behind-him-former-Can't-roosevelt-quarterback-tra-von-chapman-hopes-to-redefine-himself-at-ua-1.576982 Marla Ridenour on Tra'von Chapman.

Good. I want to see Hurley stay in the MAC.