Thijin Moses

[Da Coach]

Bradley is no longer recruiting Thijin Moses.

I posted about the eligibility thing because it may affect a recruit that Bradley already has signed. This issue with Moses is probably part of the NCAA's recently avowed crackdown on "diploma mills", or the numerous new prep schools that have popped up in the past couple years.
Moses problems probably go back to even his years before Boys to Men Academy. Loren Jackson, now the coach at Boys to Men, got in trouble when he was the head coach at Chicago Julian high school for using ineligible players, including Mac Koshwal and Moses. That's when he started his own prep school.

But if the NCAA Clearinghouse finds issues with BTMA, it might delay Xavier Crawford's eligibility.

[thefish7]

DaCoach, are we still working on Marvell Waithe?

[ER3]

Marvell Waithe has reportedly taken Bradley off of his list of potential schools following his visit here. I believe he was visiting Cincinnati last weekend.

[Toyota12]

Where have you found that he has taken Bradley off his list?Why would he go to Cincy when they just signed 2 guys with the same mold?

[ER3]

It was in a Toronto Sun article on April 21st...

http://torontosun.com/Sports/Basketball/2006/04/21/1543758-sun.html

This is the link, but the story has been moved...It said that Marvell has removed BU and Georgia from his list after visits to each school...

Here is a link about him being recruited by Cincy...

http://bearcatnews.com/recruiting/bio/324/

Sorry...I wish we were still on this kid's radar, but that doesn't appear to be the case...

[tornado]

Here is anarticle about Boys to Men players and the team Chicago Jaguars, and in the story it quotes Thijin Moses' AAU coach, Fred Kopko as saying this about Moses.....

"In addition to its NBA-sized frontcourt, Chicago has Thijin Moses, a 6-8 swingman who Kopko said is most likely headed to DePaul.

Moses, who had seven points against the Storm, showed his athletic ability on the fastbreak on a couple of occasions when he finished with high-flying dunks."

It also mentions:

"Chicago coach Fred Kopko said the University of Washington is looking at (Craig) Brackins, while Kansas, Georgetown and West Virginia are among the schools showing interest in (Mac) Koshwal."
http://www.dailyprogress.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=CDP%2FMGArticle%2FCDP_BasicArti cle&c=MGArticle&cid=1137835865333&path=!sports





Here is another article that talks about how awesome the Boys to Men kids played in this tourney
http://www.dailyprogress.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=CDP%2FMGArticle%2FCDP_BasicArti cle&c=MGArticle&cid=1137835928469&path=!sports

[Eddie]

I saw speculation that Thijin Moses was having issues with his eligibility and maybe some problems with the NCAA clearinghouse. Does anyone know if this is true?

I thought the NCAA clearinghouse only got involved with their review once a kid signs or enrolls with a school, and Moses is still uncommitted. In fact, he is just about the only top 150 kid left unsigned. The only other couple are kids with academic issues and who asked for release of their LOI because of coaching changes. That leads me to believe Moses may not end up eligible, but I continue to see recruiting sites say he is headed to DePaul. Anyone know?

[gobu]

These guys should look awesome, they are what 20-21 years old playing on the 17U AAU circuit. How good do you think Crouch and Adams would look if they were playing high school seniors to be? Like all-americans I bet. Besides their age and their ability to ever be eligible, I would have to question their ability to pass college courses. BTM isn't exactly set up to expand young mens minds. Let Depaul have him.

[bradley fan]

Here are 2 new articles that say Moses is going to DePaul, but that he has some academic problems to overcome

http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/story.asp?id=188795 (see bottom)

http://www.dailyprogress.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=CDP%2FMGArticle%2FCDP_BasicArti cle&c=MGArticle&cid=1137835865333&path=!sports (DePaul mentioned about midway)