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Johnson may very well be better than Mroz, but he isn't the primary star for his team. Would Johnson have scored 35 if Cortney Smith were trailing him all over the place? I highly doubt it. Johnson is a very good player, but looks even better since he is not the primary focal point of ANY team that plays Washington. Roth takes all the attention and Johnson does a nice job of stepping up and being the type of player they need him to be for them to be successful. Illinois Wesleyan would be a tremendous fit for him.
Not sure it matters who was guarding Johnson....he was unbelievable against Cole at the basket and was lighting it up with a hand in his face and a forearm in his chest.....it was a special night and one of the best performances I have seen from a high schooler....
Just a followup on Washington's Sean Johnson...who had a few soft offers from D-I but instead went to Illinois Wesleyan..
Sean is a senior, but I have thought all along he'd have made a fine mid-major shooter -- along the lines of Johnny Moran from UNI or Aaron Zobrist..
Sean is now 1/2 way thru his senior season...
He is averaging 18 ppg currently, and has scored almost 1400 career points, and is on target to finish his career around 1700.
Just a followup on Washington's Sean Johnson...who had a few soft offers from D-I but instead went to Illinois Wesleyan..
Sean is a senior, but I have thought all along he'd have made a fine mid-major shooter -- along the lines of Johnny Moran from UNI or Aaron Zobrist..
Sean is now 1/2 way thru his senior season...
He is averaging 18 ppg currently, and has scored almost 1400 career points, and is on target to finish his career around 1700.
Just a followup on Washington's Sean Johnson...who had a few soft offers from D-I but instead went to Illinois Wesleyan..
Sean is a senior, but I have thought all along he'd have made a fine mid-major shooter -- along the lines of Johnny Moran from UNI or Aaron Zobrist..
Sean is now 1/2 way thru his senior season...
He is averaging 18 ppg currently, and has scored almost 1400 career points, and is on target to finish his career around 1700.
Maybe so, but also proof that we wouldn't know how to recruit a shooter if they were right under our nose....
Oh wait, he was....
This goes back to the whole statement of the State Tournament being in Peoria will help Jim Les recruit...
Can you think of more than 2 BU has recruited from this?!
yup -- tho you'll discount one or two of them ...
Tony Bennett - Westinghouse, Daniel Ruffin - Central, Ryan Thornton, and possibly Jordan Prosser who was at Eureka as an 8th grader in 2005.
This goes back to the whole statement of the State Tournament being in Peoria will help Jim Les recruit...
Can you think of more than 2 BU has recruited from this?!
So what is the definition of success on how many players we should have gotten from the state tournament teams? Let me guess, a few more than we have actually landed?
yup -- tho you'll discount one or two of them ...
Tony Bennett - Westinghouse, Daniel Ruffin - Central, Ryan Thornton
But didnt we get Bennett from a JUCO? I would argue that Ruffin was the only one that could be a direct result from the state finals in Peoria. Yes, we may have recruited heavily, but he was the only one we landed, IMO. Yes I know Prosser, but he still has a ways to go, he is on the upswing though which is good.
Didnt Thornton flop at UWM and then transfer somewhere?
Thornton transferred to BU from UW-M but never played at BU
Tony Bennett did indeed come to BU from juco but said several times that his familiarity with BU and the fact that he had always known of and heard good things about BU since his Westinghouse squad won the state title in 2002 - were factors in why he decided on BU over the objections he was inundated with by some of his Chicago people.
one of the articles after the 2006 Sweet Sixteen said playing in Peoria was a great memory for him, and this article also hints that Bradley had the lead for Tony's services right out of the block..
The March, 2006 article is no longer available online but I have a saved copy...
here are a few clips...... "I've been marked as a failure all my life," Bennett said. "It just feels good
to actually have some success at doing something. My high school coach told me
I was making a huge mistake by coming to Bradley. Now look at me. It's huge for me.
It's more than basketball right now."
...Chris Head..tried to "talk Tony out of Bradley"
He wasn't a starter at Westinghouse..
"I'm a project kid," Tony Bennett continued. "I wasn't supposed to make it far.
For me to get this success with my team . . . there is only a handful of people that
actually thought I'd make it this far. They're sitting at home and they're crying for me, too."
"...Twenty, 30 years from now, ... we'll talk about this."
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