Hoops team to spend Labor Day in Canada
April 28th, 2008 . by UncleLarUncleLar Take:
This is the poor man’s version of the foreign tour that the NCAA allows you to take every four years. Rather than have the two-week, ten-game overseas tour that the NCAA allows, many teams book a mini-tour over Labor Day. We’ll undoubtedly play 2-3 more games against Canadian schools over the weekend (by NCAA rule, we can’t play a game against a US squad) with at least one game scheduled for both Saturday and Sunday. A Friday night game is also a possibility, as is a morning/night doubleheader on either Sat/Sun.
The real benefit of these tours is that the NCAA allows you to hold ten days of practice before you head off for the weekend. That’s a pretty nice bonus that can give you a leg up on the season.
Big Ten 2008 Recruiting Class Signings
April 17th, 2008 . by UncleLar- 6-9 forward/center Stan Simpson from Chicago.
- 6-7 Dominique Keller 6-7 junior college in Texas - late signing period
- 6-4 Alex Legion - mid-year transfer from Kentucky
Indiana:
- Devin Ebanks • 6′8″ • 185 • Long Island City, N.Y./St. Thomas More (Conn.) Prep - released from LOI
- Terrell Holloway • 6′0″ • 175 • Hempstead, N.Y./Cincinnati’s Harmony Prep - released from LOI
- Tom Pritchard • 6′8″ • 240 • Westlake, Ohio/Lakewood St. Edward High School
- Matt Roth • 6′3″ • 175 • Washington, Ill./Metamora Washington High School
- Devon Dumes 6-2 Vincennes Junior College - late signing period
- Nick Williams 6-4 a shooting guard from Mobile, AL (originally a Marquette commit)
- Matt Gatens from Iowa City
- Anthony Tucker from Minnetonka, MN
- Andrew Brommer from Rosemount, MN
- Jermain Davis, JC recruit from Kirkwood Community College
- 6-5 guard Dewan Bawinkel, JC recruit from Highland Community College in Freeport, IL - late signing period
- 6-7 forward Aaron Fuller from Mesa AZ - late signing period
- 7′ center Ben Cronin of Syracuse (N.Y)
- 6-3 shooting guard Stu Douglass of Carmel (Ind.)
- 6-5 guard Zach Novak from Chesterton (Ind) - late signing period
- 6-3 guard Laval Lucas-Perry (Flint, Mich./Flint Powers Catholic HS) - transfer from Arizona
- Draymond Green (F, 6-7, 230, Saginaw, Mich./Saginaw)
- Korie Lucious (G, 5-10, 165, Milwaukee, Wis./St. Pius XI High School)
- Delvon Roe (F, 6-8, 220, Lakewood, Ohio/St. Edward High School)
- Devron Bostick, a 6-4 sophomore LC guard from Southwestern Illinois College
- Paul Carter, a 6-7 freshman forward from Missouri State-West Plains College.
- Colton Iverson, a 6-10 forward/center from Yankton, S.D.
- Ralph Sampson III, from Northview High School in Atlanta, Ga
- Devoe Joseph, a guard from Pickering HS in Ontario Canada (early signee but never announced by Minn)
- 6-5 G/F Nick Fruendt (Batavia, Ill./Batavia)
- 6-8 F John Shurna (Glen Ellyn, Ill./Glenbard West)
- 6-9 Davide Curletti (Orchard Lake, MI) - late signing period
- 6-10 Luka Mirkovic 6-10 (La Porte, Indiana) - late signing period
Ohio State:
- B.J. Mullens, center from Columbus (ohio) Canal Winchester High School
- William Buford, guard from Toledo (Ohio) Libbey High School
- Anthony Crater, point guard from Flint (Mich.) Southwestern Academy
- Walter Offutt, a guard from Indianapolis Warren Central High School
- Jeremie Simmons, a 6′2″ guard from Mott Community College in Michigan
- Nicola Kecman, a 6′9″ forward from Eastern Arizona College
- 6-8 F Billy Oliver (Chatham, NJ)
- 6-6 G Chris Babb from Arlington (TX) - late signing period
- 6-5 G Cammeron Woodyard from Westminster (MD) - late signing period
- 6-10 F Andrew Ott - mid year transfer from Villanova
- Lewis Jackson, 5-9 guard from Decatur, Ill. (Dwight Eisenhower)
- Ryne Smith, 6-3 guard from Toledo, Ohio (Whitmer)
- Jared Berggren, a 6-10, 235-pound forward/center from Princeton, Minn.
- Ian Markolf is a 7-1, 265-pound center from San Antonio, Texas
- Jordan Taylor, a 6-1, 185-pound guard from St. Louis Park, Minn
- Robert Wilson is a 6-4, 185-pound guard/forward from Garfield Heights, Ohio
- Ryan Evans, 6-7 forward from Chandler, Ariz - late signing period
bold equals signees in the late signing period



