Corey Hawkins transfers to UC Davis

[AZ BU Fan]

Az Republic reported this morning that Az State Fr Guard Corey Hawkins, Hersey's son, has informed MBB Coach Sendek he will transfer. No real reasons given by Corey....Playing time? New recruits brought in? Relationship with Sendek? Corey didn't indicate where he is interested in going.

Will Hawkins have any interest in BU, and vice versa?
Or, possibly try and land at UC-Davis with JL?

[Da Coach]

The UC Davis connection sounds more likely. His dad now lives in Portland, which is a lot close to Davis, CA, than Peoria.

[tornado]

The coaching staff appears to really want Corey Hawkins to stay at Arizona State....

More .. and More

BUT -- I just can't see Corey getting any playing time there at Arizona State just as clearly Brandon Dunson wasn't going to get any either -- those guys were offered as fall back options and Sendek felt he did better with his other signees so those guys simply never got a chance.
sendek seems to have a really big problem with player dissatisfaction -- he's lost 8 players to transfer out in the past 2.5 seasons (Coy, English, Dunson, Walker, Rudd, Thompson, Rhode, Hawkins)

UC-Davis is the likely destination.

[vikefan15]

Cory Hawkins to UC Davis

From his Twitter


Corey Hawkins
@C_Hawk215 Corey Hawkins
I will now be attending UC Davis
15 hours ago via web Favorite Retweet Reply

[Da Coach]

Thanks for posting!
Corey has officially decided to transfer to UC Davis and play for Coach Les. He will have to sit out this coming season, and will have 3 more years of eligibility starting in 2012-2013.

http://www.azcentral.com/sports/asu/articles/2011/07/18/20110718former-asu-guard-corey-hawkins-transfers.html

[SFP]

What a great get for JL! They now have a Les and Hawkins back court...That should be fun for both families.

[Chico]

As someone who sees many ASU games during the Winter I was looking forward to seeing Corey progress there. But happy for Coach Les to be able to reunite with the Hawk and his son. Good luck Jim and Corey. Sure the Hawk is happy to see his son is going to be coached by a good friend.

[tornado]

Hersey's wife and Corey's mom had this to say about her son's verbal to UC-Davis...(in a tweet)

"So excited our son chose UC Davis near Sacramento, CA
as his new School home for the next 4 yrs! Soooooo Happy!!!!!!"

[Da Coach]

Coach Les just received a committment for 2012 from a pretty good 6'5" wing player from Utah named Tyler Ott-

http://scouthoops.scout.com/a.z?s=75&p=8&c=1&nid=5794738

This premium Scout article reported that Ott "has officially received offers from Utah State, Weber State, UTEP, and SUU", and that he had interest from "Utah, Utah State, BYU, Weber State, Southern Utah, UC Santa Barbara, UC Davis, UC Irvine, Arizona State, Washington State, and Colorado".

YouTube videos-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzEKPrPe1iA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5SRz3oYpYs

[Braves4Life]

He seems very Milos-esque. I'd like to see how he stacks up against someone other than slow white kids from Utah. Fortunately, he'll be playing in a low D-1 conference and may have a better career than our Milos.

[SFP]

He seems very Milos-esque. I'd like to see how he stacks up against someone other than slow white kids from Utah. Fortunately, he'll be playing in a low D-1 conference and may have a better career than our Milos.

I did not bother looking at the video but Coach Corn knows his players and I'll trust his judgement. The kid has a motor says a lot to me.

[Braves4Life]

I did not bother looking at the video but Coach Corn knows his players and I'll trust his judgement. The kid has a motor says a lot to me.

I think your thinking of Harris SFP; I'm sure he's a stud. I'm talking about Ott from Utah. I don't think Corn has anything to do with this kid.

[SFP]

I think your thinking of Harris SFP; I'm sure he's a stud. I'm talking about Ott from Utah. I don't think Corn has anything to do with this kid.

You are right, my bad ops

That's what I get sitting in my hotel room hungry and watching MNF.

[tornado]

Coach Les just received a committment for 2012 from a pretty good 6'5" wing player from Utah named Tyler Ott-
http://scouthoops.scout.com/a.z?s=75...=1&nid=5794738..

More on Ott - sounds like a similar player to Nate Taphorn

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogspreps/52643305-52/ott-davis-tyler-aggies.html.csp

[Da Coach]

Jim Les has gotten another committment-Olivier-Paul Betu
Olivier-Paul Betu, a 6'1" point guard, originally from Canada, and now at a Massachusetts prep school-

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/102223/olivier-paul-betu

http://www.flagrantfouls.com/player-profile/high-school/olivier-paul-betu.html