Rashad Bishop

07/24/07: Moved to Inactive since he is on campus


03/15/07:
http://hsnewyork.scout.com/2/627063.html

03/02/07:
http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkxNTAmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTcwODExNjAmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2

02/17/07:
http://cincinnati.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=642894

12/16/06: "Paterson's Rashad Bishop, a natural swingman, is playing point guard for the St. Benedict's Prep team because the squad lacks a legitimate point guard. The Cincinnati-bound Bishop had 12 points, seven rebounds and four assists as St. Ben's held off Winchendon (Mass.) Prep, 64-57." - NJ Star-Ledger

11/10/06: "Thursday the Bearcats announced the signing of 6-foot-3 shooting guard Larry Davis of Houston and 6-6 small forward Rashad Bishop of Newark, N.J. "I'm extremely excited about Larry and Rashad," Cronin said. "I expect both guys to be here four years. Both guys can score the ball." Cronin signed nine players after being introduced as UC's coach in March. With Davis and Bishop, Cronin has just two more scholarships to fill for next season. The early signing period ends Wednesday." - Trent, CincyPost.com

10/23/06: Scout.com's Mike Sullivan discusses the commitment of Rashad Bishop.
http://hsnewyork.scout.com/2/582429.html

10/21/06:
Rashad Bishop, the 2006 Herald News Boys Basketball Player of the Year, realized a dream come true on Wednesday night when he gave a verbal commitment to play basketball at The University of Cincinnati.

The 6-foot-6, 212-pound Bishop has dreamed of playing in the Big East throughout his high school career, and chose Cincinnati after taking an official visit to the school on Oct. 13 for Bearcat Madness, when the school's basketball team made its first public appearance of the year.

Seton Hall and Rutgers also made offers, and Marquette was involved but did not offer. Bishop, who is projected as a small forward at the next level, said he wanted to get away from home for college.

"I just like the campus," Bishop, a Paterson native, said Friday. "I like what was around the campus. There were a lot of things to do things outside the campus. I like the coaching staff. I got along with the players good, too."

A physical and athletic player capable of scoring in the paint and from beyond the 3-point arc, Bishop averaged 21.9 points and 11 rebounds last year at Kennedy, while also leading his team in assists (5.4) and blocks (2.0); he also made 36 of 97 3-point attempts (37 percent).

A first-team All-Area and All-Passaic selection, Bishop notched a double-double in 22 of 26 games for Kennedy, which finished 19-7 and No. 3 in the Herald News Final Top 10. He also had two triple-doubles on the season. Bishop scored 30 points or more three times, including a career-high 38 against Montclair. For his Kennedy career, Bishop scored 1,006 points, more than half of which (548) came this year.

Bishop entered last season with only mild interest from lower Division I programs, but that all changed dramatically when he scored a game-high 34 points against St. Benedict's at The Tip-Off Classic at Seton Hall in December. During that game, several players, including Lance Thomas and Eugene Harvey, tried defending Bishop to no avail.

Against bigger players like the 6-9 Thomas and Samardo Samuels, Bishop drove by them for layups or dish-offs. Against the smaller Harvey, he turned around and hit jumpers in his face. Bishop opened the game by canning two 3-pointers to show his range. "That's probably one of the two or three best performances that anyone's ever had against us," St. Benedict's coach Danny Hurley said then. "He was a tough matchup from the start, and (he's) playing with a lot of confidence. He's a tough kid."

In a twist of fate, Bishop then opted to attend a fifth year of high school to work on his grades, choosing St. Benedict's, the reigning state Prep A champion that last year sent Thomas to Duke and Harvey to Seton Hall. "If he works up to his academic ability, he should be able to do a good enough job in his core classes to be a qualifier," Hurley said of Bishop.

Hurley added that Bishop needs to continue to work hard during every practice and every game, and that playing for Cincinnati was a good fit. "I think him going away to school is going to make him more independent, make him a harder worker," Hurley said. "Mick Cronin is the type of young, aggressive coach that will get him to play as hard as he needs to play consistently."

"Part of it is that they're taking a leap of faith that after being here for the year he's going to look like a different player during the late signing period. He's got enough talent and the work habits will develop by him being here."

Bishop said he considered waiting until the late signing period to see if more offers developed, but ultimately chose the security of an early commitment. "Yeah, I thought about (committing late), but I talked to a couple of people and they said it would be better to get it over with and get it out of the way," Bishop said.

Bishop said Rutgers wanted him to take an official visit, but that he already visited the school unofficially and didn't feel he needed one. He also reiterated that he wanted to get away from home.

Now his longtime dream has been realized. "I think it's a great move," said Dennis DuBois, coach of the St. Benedict’s fifth-year prep team. "I think he fits the personality of the Bearcats and I think it's a good fit all-around. It will give him an environment that he can mature further and evolve as a person, and it gets him away from this area and further broadens his environment."
- North Jersey Herald News

10/21/06: Scout is reporing that Bishop has committed to Cincinnati.
http://scouthoops.scout.com/2/581476.html
(4 to verbal)

10/15/06:
http://scouthoops.scout.com/2/581476.html

10/13/06: Attended Bearcat Madness

10/12/06: "The Playaz Club seniors had two games later that afternoon (at the IS8 games). Particularly impressive was Rashad Bishop from St. Benedict's high school, who was a constant presence to score in both games I observed him play. A 6'6 strongly built athlete, he has the ability to continually get into position for easy layups down low and at the same time floats deep lefty jumpers with a deft touch." - independent observer

07/16/06: "Kennedy High School coach Jim Ring told me last week that he was on the phone for half an hour with Rutgers coach Fred Hill about Rashad Bishop, a 6-5 wing player who will spend this year at St. Benedict's Prep. Bishop, the 2006 Herald News Player of the Year, spent the past 4 seasons at Kennedy. Last year he earned second-team All-State honors after averaging 21.9 points and 11.0 rebounds, while showing tremendous range from downtown. Ring said Seton Hall, Maryland and Cincinnati were also involved with Bishop." - Zagsblog, NJ newspapers

03/25/06 -
Rashad Bishop - The Total Package