Florida International Recruiting

RECRUITMENT OF DAJUAN COLEMAN AND RAKEEM CHRISTMAS ‘OPEN’

Stud big men developing recruiting priorities, but remain open to the process in regards to favorites

Rakeem Christmas has long been one of the biggest names in the class of 2011. The 6-foot-9, 226-lb. of Academy of the New Church in Bryn Athyn (PA) and the Team Final AAU program has been consensously ranked near the top of the class since the earliest 2011 rankings were released by internet websites. From an early stage, Christmas has had a tightly guarded recruiting process and a list of schools that he has kept neat and tidy during the process. Sometimes that leads to a player being overlooked a little as there is not a lot of news coming out of his camp in regards to his recruitment. That might have been the case of late as the public eye has moved off the talented and athletic big man but with his recruiting being opened up, at least a little bit, that is likely to be no longer the case much longer.

Possibly the biggest name in the 2012 class is possibly the biggest body. Jamesville-Dewitt High School, near Syracuse (NY) is the home of 6-foot-9 1/2, 280 pound DaJuan Coleman. A mammoth in the paint, Coleman showed a more varied set of skills during Lerbon James Skills Academy, but he knows where his bread is buttered and when it is time to go to work he thrives in the physical play in the paint and on the glass. While there is a natural school expected to be his leader, Coleman insisted that he is open with a list of six on equal footing with others trying to get involved.

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BIG EAST NEWS & NOTES (6/30/2010)

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Once again there are plenty of comings and going in the Big East…but most of the news today centers around the announcement of two incoming transfers to the programs at Seton Hall and Marquette. SHU adds a player likely available this season for one year and MU adds a former prep All-American that will have to sit out one seasona and have three years of eligibility left.

Elsewhere, Rutgers continues to bring in talent for unofficial visits and one NYC star guard is in the midst of a trio of Big East trips this week. 2010 prospect Chris Hill hopes to be fully eligibile by the end of summer for the fall and is in the midst of his own trio of Big East visits. New Depaul coach Oliver Purnell seems to be doing what it takes to make progress in the local talent base of Chicago. Highly touted 2011 big man Anthony Davis narrows his list and Louisville adds three coaches to their staff, one of which will be tasked with landing players of Davis’ stature as they battle in-state rival UK on the recruiting front. Also a story below on incoming UConn guard Shabazz Napier and his road to becoming a 2010 recruit for the Huskies.

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JUNE 24 RECRUITING NOTEBOOK

The July recruiting period is quickly approaching and earlier today NBE caught up with 2011 big man prospect Joey Delarosa to get an update on his recruitment and summer plans, which might include a couple visits to check out Big East programs. we also continued to check in on prospects in the class of 2012 and see what colleges have called on them. The last week and a half has been busy for 2012 prospects as coaches are allowed to call prospects in the rising junior class once per month over the next year and the first contact was allowed back on June 15th. Today we were able to find the latest on Nick Stauskas, who had an impressive NBPA Top 100 camp performance, and Anrio Adams, who was equally impressive when NBE saw him earlier this spring on the AAU circuit.

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GIBBONS TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS DAY ONE RECAP

BY JEFF BORZELLO

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The Bob Gibbons Tournament of Champions is annually one of the premier tournaments of the spring. This year, the third session of the NIKE Elite Youth Basketball League in Los Angeles watered-down the competition somewhat, but there was still plenty of prime-time talent in attendance in the gyms at Duke, North Carolina, North Carolina State and various local high schools. Things kicked off on Friday with three sessions of games at each of the 17 gyms and six locales.

In our TOC Day One Recruiting Notes we updated the recruitments of J.P. Tokoto, Jeremiah Davis, Cody Zeller, Marshall Plumlee, B.J. Young and more.

Here is a look at some player evals of the top players from the first day and some more recruiting notes…

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