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Courtesy of the ISU board- here is a link to a Pantagraph article about Dodie Dunson. After leaving Bloominton HS, he spent a year ta a prep school, and 1 year at Iowa State. He has decided to leave Iowa State and transfer to another school.
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It had been rumored for at least a month that Dodie was not going to make grades. I'm expecting to see him at a juco next season, or perhaps an NAIA school.Comment
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Don't even think about it. We have had our share of trouble with players just like him.What part of illegal don't you understand?Comment
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To be fair Chico, we also had Cellus by a similar route (although no prep school-- right?)Comment
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Obviously, if there are academic concerns, DD should go the juco route to get straightened out. If not, I know Jim Les liked him a lot. But we don't need another Jeremy Fears situation, either.
If Bradley got a transfer like DD, if would be similar to banking the scholarship, since he wouldn't be eligible until 2008-2009. But as I listed above, there are a bunch of high quality transfers available, some that would be more impact at Bradley.
Here was the list of available transfers--
http://collegehoopsupdate.com/html/t..._available.php (warning- popups)
some on that list have already decided, but there are some who would be solid players in the MVC.
One I wouldn't mind seeing at Bradley--
Ryan Wright left UCLA after his sophomore season and is still looking for a place to transfer. He was highly rated out of high school.
He is originally from Loyola Catholic high school in Mississauga, Ontario, just adjacent to Toronto. I wonder if he knows David Collins, and Mississauga is the hometown of Jerome Robinson.
Probably not enough of a connection to attract him here.Comment
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Dunson did in fact make the grades according to ISU head coach, Greg McDermott, but the school didn't have enough what he needed to succeed in the classroom so they decided to part ways. I've heard he's going to Vincennes JC though.Comment
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Bradley recruited several of Vincennes players this past year, though didn't apparently offer them. So at least the Bradley staff is acquainted with the staff there--
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One of the Iowa State insiders who posts on their premium boards first reported this a month ago,
and said that academics were indeed the reason. Dodie was one of McDermott's first recruits
when he got there and was given a whole lot of opportunity and playing time as a freshman,
so I have to believe this is something McDermott did not want to see.
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Here is an interesting quote from an article about Dunson's departure.
"His departure leaves Iowa State with no active scholarship guards on the roster with Division I experience. Corey McIntosh has left Iowa State and transferred to Augustana of South Dakota for his final season of eligibility. Another guard, Michael Taylor, remains suspended from the team indefinitely."
Wow, not one single guard on the active roster with D-I experience. Might be a tough season.
For Dodie, even before he finishes his first year of D-I he has now been committed to FIVE different schools!
(Bloomington HS, Illinois State, Brewster, Iowa State, Vincennes JC)Comment
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Well, here's some help, but it'll be a long time in coming.
Iowa State (Greg McDermott) has offered a scholarship to a SECOND Class of 2010 recruit.
We're talking kids who are not yet able to drive, and are still high school freshman....and have yet to play varsity ball!
The first Class of 2010 player who he offered a scholarship to was Jordan Dykstra, a tall center from tiny Rock Valley high school in Iowa, and Dykstra has accepted and is verbally committed (although he still cannot sign a LOI until fall of 2009, more than 2 1/2 years away.)
Now he has offered a scholarship to a 6-4, 160 lb forward, Harrison Barnes, from Ames.
"He is 14; he won't turn 15 until the end of May."
"He'll probably play the three in college."
"He ended the year averaging around nine points and six rebounds per contest"
While at Northern Iowa, Greg McDermott recruited numerous kids to UNI by offering them scholarships 3-4 years early, and none of those players has panned out, although Eglseder still has a chance.Comment
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Dunson averaged 22.3 minutes per game.Originally posted by bu fan 9
His 5.2 points, and his rebound (1 per game) and assist (1 per game) totals actually rank him dead last or next to last in each of those stats per 40 minutes played.
So what are his strong points?Comment
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UNI has offered only one player 3-4 years early. That was Jordan Eglseder. He was offered after his freshman year. He was just a true freshman this year, but I thought he looked good in the limited time he played.Originally posted by tornado
UNI offered 2 guys after their sophomore years: Kerwin Dunham and Adam Viet. Kerwin redshirted this past year to increase his strength. His feel for the game is pretty impressive, and even though he redshirted his freshman year, I don't think we should write him off just yet.
Adam Viet has the best 3 point shooting shot on the team. Unfortunately, he has been riddled by injuries. When UNI was on a roll early this year, Viet was the man that was coming off the bench to hit the big 3's to get the momentum rolling. He led the team in scoring twice last season, something no other non-started did for UNI last year.
UNI offered Brooks McKowen at the beginning of his junior year, and he was a 4 year starter and led the MVC in assists per game (and was somewhere around 10th nationally) last season.
UNI offered Jared Josten a 4 for 5, and he committed before his senior year. JJ will be a two year starter next season. Of the players who have left UNI early recently:
Atila Santos: signed in spring signing period
Vince Polakovic: signed in spring signing period
Mike Williams: signed in spring signing period
Stephen Jones: signed in spring signing period
Mason Stewart: committed in summer prior to senior season
No other player that I can think of actually left UNI or has/was a little used player that was offered before his senior season.
Current roster:
Seniors: Eric Coleman (spring/summer before senior year), Viet/Josten (discussed above)
Juniors: Brown (spring of junior year), Reed (transfer), Culliver (JC transfer)
Soph: Eglseder (discussed above), Ahelgbe (fall of junior year...next year starting PG), Koch (summer prior to senior year...probable starter next year)
Fresh: Dunham (discussed above), O'Rear (spring Jr. year), Barz (spring Soph year/summer prior to Jr. year), Montgomery (spring signing period)
UNI has offered other players early, but those players haven't necessarily come to UNI. So, I don't think it's fair to state that none of those early offers (3-4) years early panned out. Only one at UNI has ever been offered at UNI prior to his sophomore year (3 years) and that was Eglseder. All the others had at least completed their sophomore years.Comment
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Article from Bloomington Pantagraph about Dodie Dunson. He suffers from dyslexia--
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PTTB, there are more than one...
I have frequently commented on the recruits that McD had offered and gotten committments from very early, generally BEFORE he had ever seen them play in a game.
Here are the names:
Jermaine Raffington, Victor Polakovic, Jordan Eglseder, Kerwin Dunham, Anthony Davis, and now Dykstra & Barnes...there might even be more...
Dunham and Davis were offered scholarships as sophomores, only after they attended summer camps at UNI and had NOT even been recruited before that (and this has been well documented).
Eglseder was offered a scholarship even before he ever played a high school game, and you know McD never saw Raffington and Polakovic as they weren't even in the country until after they got their scholarship offers.
Even Dylan Grimsley was lured to UNI without ever having much for McD to evaluate the guy.
Of the ones I noted while McDermott was at UNI, only Eglseder and Dunham actually ended up at UNI (for more than one game) and Dunham hasn't played a minute yet, while Eglseder still has promise but borders on being a bit of a project.
I would say that the marginal 1-for-5 success of offering without seeing the kid play is not good, and now he's continuiong that practice at Iowa State.
I agree that other coaches do the same, although not many. At least Bruce Weber watched Jereme Richmond play some high school games before offering the freshman a scholarship.Comment
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