Andrew Brackman

Offered per Ohio PrepScene

05/12/04: Listed as the 42nd best player in his class. - www.theInsidersHoops.com

02/14/04: Listed as the 29th best player in his class. - HoopMasters.com

11/16/03: "Although PF Andrew Brackman is not a widely known prospect, N.C. State had to win a furious recruiting battle to land him. Brackman also is a top pitcher and was considering playing baseball exclusively after high school, but an outstanding performance at the Nike Peach Jam summer tournament and a recent growth spurt that has pushed him to almost 6-10 made basketball more of a priority. A great shooter, Brackman might best be compared with Marquette SF Steve Novak. Georgia Tech badly wanted Brackman to play baseball. . . ." - DeCourcy, Sporting News

11/02/03: "Andrew Brackman wasn’t ready to give up basketball. The multi-sport standout and No. 78 hoops prospect picked N.C. State on Sunday and in doing so helped the Pack complete a talented recruiting class that contains a trio of Top 100 prospects. The North Carolina State Wolfpack put the finishing touches their outstanding recruiting class this weekend as the Pack locked down its third Top 100 commitment from the Class of 2004. Andrew Brackman, a 6-10 power forward from Moeller in Cincinnati, committed to the Wolfpack Sunday evening. "They had everything,” Brackman of NC State. “I think I can come in and hopefully make an impact. I want to play my role as a freshman and later do my job." - theInsiders.com


10/26/03: "Moeller's Andrew Brackman, who helped lead the Crusaders to the 2002-03 Division I boys state basketball title, has narrowed his college choices. Moeller basketball coach Carl Kremer said Brackman will either play baseball at Georgia Tech or take a combined baseball-basketball offer at North Carolina State." - Enquirer.com

09/25/03: Listed as the 152nd best player in his class. - PrepStars (Oettinger)

09/11/03: "Andrew Brackman has two lists: one for baseball only and one for basketball and baseball. His baseball only list reads Georgia Tech, Arizona and South Carolina. His list of two-sport schools reads Ohio State, NC State, Dayton, Vanderbilt and Miami-OH. Right now, he’s leaning toward playing both in college." - InsidersHoops

08/31/03: "Moeller's Andrew Brackman entered this summer as a promising recruit for a host of mid-major schools, but he has emerged as more. He grew two inches - to 6 feet 9 - and after an outstanding performance last month at the Peach Jam in North Augusta, S.C., where he averaged 15.6 points a game, has become one of the summer's most hyped recruits.

CNN/SI called Brackman "the best player you probably have never heard about," and InsiderHoops.com lists him No. 78 on its Top 100 list for the Class of 2004, one notch below Jamar Butler, the Lima Shawnee guard who reneged on his commitment to the University of Cincinnati and committed to Ohio State. "He really elevated his recruiting to probably major," said Mark Brackman, Andrew's father.

It was exactly what Brackman, who coached his son in grade school, has been waiting for. "That was a breakout," he said. "I knew sooner or later it would happen. His whole life I always played him with his face to the basket. He was a point guard so he could get perimeter skills. He just grew into his body. He's just a late maturer. "What makes him so attractive is that he can face the basket at that size and shoot it. He's a perimeter player and an inside person. He gives people matchup problems."

Andrew averaged 16 points and 6.5 rebounds for Moeller's Division I state champions last year and was an Enquirer first-team all-area selection at forward.

He's also an outstanding pitcher who has a chance to be drafted by a major-league team next June, but his father says Andrew wants to try to play both basketball and baseball in college.

The top five schools on his list are Dayton, Miami University, North Carolina State, Vanderbilt and Ohio State. If he decides to play only baseball in college, his dad says he will choose between Georgia Tech and South Carolina.

Brackman, the athletic director at Hughes High School, played at UC from 1970-74 under coach Tay Baker and Gale Catlett, and coached the varsity at Hughes for 20 years." - Enquirer.com (4 to 1)


08/28/03: Listed as the 123rd best player in his class. - HoopScoop

08/26/03: Listed as the 78th best player in his class. - TheInsidersHoops.com

08/14/03: "Best Player You Never Heard About: Power forward Andrew Brackman of Ohio entered the summer with zero in the national reputation department. By the second day at the Peach Jam, dejected mid-major coaches weren’t even wasting time watching him play. Guys like Tom Izzo and Jim O’Brien gladly took their seats." - InsidersHoops.com

07/28/03: "The Peach Jam was the launching pad for a handful of prospects. Andrew Brackman, an unheralded power forward with the All-Ohio team, had an impressive following by the end of the week. The athletic and efficient Brackman may prove difficult to recruit because the word on the streets is that he’s a big time pro prospect on the mound." - CNN SI

07/24/03: "The most interesting story of the tournament involved All-Ohio forward Andrew Brackman, who scored 14 points in a game on Thursday night after tossing seven innings at an AAU event on the diamond next to the basketball facility in Orlando." - PrepStars.com

07/21/03: Changed height to 6-8, from 6-6.

07/20/03: "At the Peach Jam, unheralded players seemed to be on the lips of college scouts the most. First was power forward Andrew Brackman. The All-Ohio standout is a major league pitching prospect and a newly anointed high-major post prospect." - InsidersHoops.com

07/18/03: "teams like Arizona, Florida, and Purdue are calling. Not to mention he has already been offered by Bowling Green, Butler, Cincinnati, Dayton, North Carolina State, Ohio State, and other smaller schools." - OhioPrepScene.com

07/17/03: Brackman finished the Peach Jam with a 15.6 ppg average.

07/16/03: "All-Ohio power forward Andrew Brackman was good today. Coaches are drooling because he’s obviously just beginning to peak and he’s able to shoot mid-range face-ups." - InsidersHoops.com

07/16/03: "Never heard of him? No clue who he is? Don’t be ashamed, he’s just bursting onto the scene. This forward from Cincinnati Moeller has transformed his recruiting from a solid mid-major battle to what could wind up being a high-major war. But wait, not only is his stock going through the roof, he’s a big time pitching prospect and a guy who’ll be a major league draftee. Brackman entered The Peach with a few mids chasing him but after showing grit inside and a jumper as well, he’s the talk of the event amongst coaches." - Insiders Hoops

FYI - Brackmans' father (Mark) played basketball for the Bearcats in the Catlett era. - Mike Ryan

July 03 - "Good looking player. Plays on a strong team (Moeller) in the best league in Ohio the GCL. Has great support on team so he sometimes gets over looked. Has long arms and needs to add strength and bulk to frame. Works hard on defense and able to play against both taller or shorter players. Can play inside or outside with a good shot." - Insiders Hoops

07/14/03: various message boards posts mention that Brackman has signed on with Cincinnati, though its not clear as to whether its for baseball or basketball. Nothing has yet appeared in the media.

Summer 03 - Brackman is playing with Ozie Davis' Queen City Prophets team. Then Ohio Red in the Peach Jam and other tourney's.

03/23/03: "Moeller all-state forward Josh Duncan, cleared to play after suffering a head injury Friday night, led the Crusaders with 23 points and 12 rebounds. Two other juniors, guard Bubba Walther (19 points) and forward Andrew Brackman (18), followed Duncan in the scoring column." Moeller beat Brookhaven for the D1 state title in this game. - Enquirer.com

03/22/03: "Andrew is a player many of you may not of heard about. He plays for Cincinnati Moeller and during Fridays game against Cleveland Heights, Andrew scored 25 points. Moeller will play Columbus Brookhaven on Sat." - Ohio PrepScene.com

02/08/03: "Moeller, led by junior forward Andrew Brackman's 34 points, clinched the GCL South title with its eighth straight victory." - CincyPost.com

Baseball profile -
http://homepages.moeller.org/baseball/2003%20Profiles/brackman.html

Sept 2002- "#1 shooter in the class and has RANGE. Brackman also is like Randy Johnson off the mound, so playing college basketball is question(able). Athletic, tall and rangy. Has defensive ability but doesn’t know how to play defense yet! Smart, so wont get beat." - Queen City Scouting Service