RE: Recruiting for the future

[Michael Ryan]

It would be tricky to have Max, Whaley and White to ALL have good years,
since there is only one ball.  Plus I think Max will stay for four years
regardless.

A 'true' center on a Cincinnati team and a true center for other teams
aren't always defined the same. 

I think we will go Juco in 2004 for a big man. The good HS kids will go
to the League and the kinda good ones aren't 'Cincinnati-quality'
centers or they've already committed elsewhere.

Looking locally - 
In Ohio and Kentucky for 2004, there are no quality centers. 
In Ohio for 2005, the class is guard heavy, with only Ross Morin (6-7,
Princeton) and Jason Miller (6-8, Hamilton) being considered as quality
big men.

Mike Ryan


-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Kinney [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 10:45 AM
To: address@hidden
Subject: [UC Basketball] Recruiting for the future


With the recent verbal commmitment of Vincent Banks and what seems like
a very good chance of landing Isaiah Swann, I gotta believe that the
Cats need a big man to round out the class for next year, but it seems
like they are set on finding another 2 or 3.  If Whaley, Maxiell and
White have strong years, all three could conceivably leave for the NBA.
With Kareem a senior as well, that would leave Pilgrim, Hicks and
Souleymane to man the 4 and 5 position.  I think Pilgrim is at least 2
years away from being a major contributor and Souleymane is a big
question mark (he could be the next Emeka Okafor or the next Ajou Ajou
Deng) and Hicks is a bit undersized to play the 4.  

I am sure that Huggs and his staff have thought of this possibility, so
am I correct to assume that maybe he has assurances from, in particular
Max and Whaley, that they will stay in school and complete their
eligibility?  Even so, I think it would be wise to use the final
scholarship on a big man, just in case Max and Whaley leave after next
year.  As someone posted a few days ago, when are we going to get
another "true" center?

Also, anyone hear who we are targeting in the Class of 2005 or is it
still too early to know?

Thanks
Jason