Brandon Dunson

[BradleyBrave]

DSE is a point guard and a very good one at that.

I kind of agree with bu fan 9...and not because of DSE. I'm not sure one guy that currently plays the position is developing the way we had hoped.

[wily coyote]

I really like Brandon's Game... He is long guard with crazy athleticism... He is also a good kid. However, Im not a fan of kids that transfer more than once.... He has been at 3 schools before his next destination... Im sorry but I would never recruit players like that (Personal Opinion).


Tyler Les walking on at Bradley??????? Not bad plan if your Jim Les... but there is no way possible he is ready for the valley.... What are others thoughts on this....

My guess is he may end up at Augie. It would be a great place for him. Chips Gievonne's (sp) son Grey is the head coach and he does a great job. Tyler would be a perfect fit for Augie. Stay a year and come to BU like someone else he knows.???????

[BU_Stunna]

Brandon has committed to Arizona State.

http://midstatehoops.com/v5/?p=4189

[tornado]

Good for Brandon, hope he gets good playing time...

[Da Coach]

Rivals and JucoJunction are also now reporting that Brandon Dunson has committed to Arizona State-

http://rivals.yahoo.com/jucojunction/basketball/recruiting/player-Brandon-Dunson-103758

[tornado]

Brandon is listed as playing the point guard spot by some sites, but I have seen him play and I believe he will be a combo guard/scoring guard.
He will battle some other fine scoring guards for playing time...and it won't be easy....
here' a list of who he will compete against for playing time..

--Corey Hawkins, son of Hersey Hawkins, who is a prolific scorer averaging over 35 ppg and about to set the state's all time scoring record

--Arizona State's TOP two returning scorers are both wing players...
Rihards Kuksiks (6-6, 12.7 ppg), and Ty Abbott (6-3, 10.6 ppg)

--there are also two other scoring guards/combo guards who are presently getting good playing time and who will be among their top 5 returning scorers next falll ..Trent Lockett (6-5, 7.7 ppg) and Jamelle McMillan (6-3, 7.9 ppg used as backup PG - son of Nate McMillan)
then they also have Thompson, Walker, and Jackson...role players who combine for 6 ppg
Their PG Derek Glasser graduates and possibly McMillan will take over than spot...but four of the top 5 returning players plus their best incoming recruit will all battle for playing time at SG...

[scout4126]

An article on Scout.com indicates that Dunson was recruited to play the PG slot.

[tornado]

I saw that....he averages 2.9 assists per game in juco with several top scorers on the roster of a team that's 20-2
He also has an assist to turnover ration of barely over 1 (50/44),
(there are five guys who avg. over 10 ppg, and Brandon currently averages 10.2 ppg)

and in the 20 games he played at SIUE he had only 14 assists


I know you have seen him play....how do you see his shot at success as a PG in the Pac-10?

[scout4126]

NJCAA stats are always very inaccurate and rarely updated. He is a completely transformed player than what he was a year ago.

[cpacmel]

He averages 12 points per game, 4 assists and 4 boards.

He has been playing PG all season at Wabash.

[scout4126]

He was very highly sought after so coaches must have believed he could make an immediate impact. According to rivals, Oklahoma State and Nevada offered him as well and Illinois and Gonzaga were both interested.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/illinois/basketball/recruiting/player-Brandon-Dunson-103758

No coach is going to offer a kid early if he wasn't sold on the fact that they'd be an immediate impact player, especially out of the juco ranks, when they could wait until the off season.