Yuba update

[Da Coach]

Story about Yuba men's and women's teams--

http://www.appeal-democrat.com/articles/2006/02/11/news/local_sports/sports1.txt

Mareceo Rutledge had a great game, as did Jasmin Wright for the women (Boogie's sister).

[Da Coach]

Yuba star Mareceo Rutledge scored 30 points Wednesday, and lead Yuba to the 92-87 win. He set a single season record for 3 pointers and for total points. Yuba is 23-9 and 12-3 in the Bay Valley Conference, a pretty good finish for what was expected to be a rebuilding year for coach Doug Cornelius. They will now play in the state JuCo playoffs.

http://www.appeal-democrat.com/articles/2006/02/16/news/local_sports/sports3.txt

Also, story about the Yuba women's team, and Lawrence Wright's sister, Jasmin Wright (a potential Bradley recruit)--

http://www.bradleyfans.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=14721&sid=e3f0270752d760b7c5702965f3ee08f4#14721

[MacabreMob]

Da Coach, will the Rutledge brothers be finding their way to DI in Peoria? Maybe another freshman on the team with them?

[Da Coach]

Of the Rutledge brothers, only Mareceo seems destined for Div I. I wouldn't be surprised if Bradley coaches have scouted him as well as other kids out there. I have heard that there have been recruiting trips to California.

[user1]

Just to expand, Yuba's Mareceo Rutledge has set the all time record for 3-pointers in a season at Yuba, and all time scoring record.
He broke the season record of 110 3-pointers, and is now well beyond that, and passed 725 points on the season to move in the top spot for season scoring breaking a 25 year old mark.

[BradleyBrave]

Just to expand, Yuba's Mareceo Rutledge has set the all time record for 3-pointers in a season at Yuba, and all time scoring record.
He broke the season record of 110 3-pointers, and is now well beyond that, and passed 725 points on the season to move in the top spot for season scoring breaking a 25 year old mark.

Any particular reason he didn't play basketball for 2 years after graduating high school?

http://www.yccd.edu/yuba/athletics/basketball/men/player.php?id=5

[BU fan]

He sounds like a kid who could have an impact at a Div I school like Bradley. But if I were a coach, I would also want to know his history before he got to Yuba.

[COACHCORN]

No history. Absolutely a great young man. A yes sir no sir kid.Ive recruited him for three years but he had a decent job out of high school and like a lot of young men thought 9 dollars an hour was good money.Now he wants to get a degree and got a 3.2 with 15 units taken last semester. A very mature player who was named MVP of the conference as a freshman yesterday.
Ill be honest, even with the great relationship I have with Bradley and the coaches it will be hard to land Mareceo.Im fielding calls from Pac 10 powers,Big 12 and Big east.He is that good. Utah and UNLV plus 4 others have already offered. He would be a big time MVC player but even better is that I still get him for another year.
Also keep an eye on BJ Visman-soph and Demetrius Young-Fresh. Both maybe on the radar.
-CC

[BradleyBrave]

No history. Absolutely a great young man. A yes sir no sir kid.Ive recruited him for three years but he had a decent job out of high school and like a lot of young men thought 9 dollars an hour was good money.Now he wants to get a degree and got a 3.2 with 15 units taken last semester. A very mature player who was named MVP of the conference as a freshman yesterday.
Ill be honest, even with the great relationship I have with Bradley and the coaches it will be hard to land Mareceo.Im fielding calls from Pac 10 powers,Big 12 and Big east.He is that good. Utah and UNLV plus 4 others have already offered. He would be a big time MVC player but even better is that I still get him for another year.
Also keep an eye on BJ Visman-soph and Demetrius Young-Fresh. Both maybe on the radar.
-CC

Thanks for the update Coach Corn. He sounds like quite the player indeed!

[tornado]

Thanks so much Coach Corn!

But we are counting on you to get that great kid (and his brother, too, maybe) to BU. We want to see him play!

Point out how Patrick O'Bryant is getting looks all the time from the NBA scouts and that being in Peoria does not hurt his chances of being noticed by those who scout.

We've had oodles of decussions about kids who "aim high" and then are dissatisfied, and I can show you lots of links.

But ultimately Mareceo will make his own decision and we wish him well/
But you are right about his potential to be All Conference in the MVC, vs. maybe even having a shot at a higher level.

Be sure you show Mareceo the stories about a couple of our local kids, DeAaron Williams and Rodney Edgerson.
Both are fine kids, great athletes and they went to Wisconsin and Washington State, respectively, then both found themselves on the short end of playing time.
Both would have and could have been stars at the midmajor level, and might have been drawing the sort of attention Patrick O'Bryant is getting....who knows.

Oh well, we can hope he has a desire to check out BU and our great fans who will cheer like crazy for him!!

Thanks again, Coach, for your input.

[Big Mike]

CC........is Courtney Tyler still interested in the Braves?

[Da Coach]

Yuba College's season is over as they lost in their first game of the state JuCo playoffs. Shasta college edged Yuba 75-74 in a game played at Shasta, that was not decided until Yuba missed a free throw with 0.3 seconds that would have tied the game.

http://www.appeal-democrat.com/articles/2006/02/25/news/local_sports/sports3.txt

Mareceo Rutledge scored 25, and 2 of Yuba's inside players had double-doubles. Tough luck for the 49'ers and coach Cornelius. But they had a great season.

[Da Coach]

Here is a report from the home paper of the Shasta Knights. It probably will need a password--

http://www.redding.com/redd/sp_college/article/0,2232,REDD_17570_4496243,00.html

Here is a summary-
Behind guards Trevor Ray and Jon Baird, the Shasta College men's basketball team survived one more battle with visiting Yuba, winning 75-74 in a Northern California playoff game on Friday.
In the fourth meeting between the two teams, the fifth-seeded Knights tied things 2-2 and advanced to play the winner of today's No. 13 Chabot at No. 4 Delta game next Saturday. If Delta wins, Shasta (21-10) is on the road. A Chabot victory means another home playoff game.
Ray, the freshman spark plug, scored 26 points and Baird, the sophomore conference MVP, had 19 points.
However, the game was almost sent into overtime after Baird sank two foul shots to make it 75-72 with 12.5 seconds left.
Yuba star player Mareceo Rutledge then missed a 3-pointer, but teammate Trevor Pitts got the offensive rebound, one of several by the 49ers late in the game. Pitts scored while getting fouled by Shasta's Gary Workman.
So with 0.3 seconds left, Pitts went to the foul line with a chance at five more minutes of action. His shot went up, hit front rim, then back rim, before falling off to the left side where the Knights' Ryan Groom tipped the ball away to end the game.
It was a tough way to end the game -- and season -- for Yuba (23-10), which gave the Knights all they could handle. Despite getting guarded heavily by either Ray or Dean Wilson, Rutledge still found a way to drop in 25 points.
"He definitely can shoot the ball," Knights coach Kele Fitzhugh said. "I thought we played good defense against him, but he made shots with a hand in his face."
Yuba earned a slew of second-chance points late courtesy of Pitts (14 points, eight boards) and Demetrius Young (three offensive put-backs). Forward B.J. Visman also had 11 points and 13 boards.
Yuba coach Doug Cornelius also figured his team ought to be pleased tied at the break.
"We're normally a slow-starting team," Cornelius said.
Shasta went on a 14-3 run coming out of the break, but Yuba showed some resilience. After Garner drove in for a bucket, the 49ers grabbed a 49-47 lead with 11:08 left.

[tornado]

No history. Absolutely a great young man. A yes sir no sir kid.Ive recruited him for three years but he had a decent job out of high school and like a lot of young men thought 9 dollars an hour was good money.Now he wants to get a degree and got a 3.2 with 15 units taken last semester. A very mature player who was named MVP of the conference as a freshman yesterday.
Ill be honest, even with the great relationship I have with Bradley and the coaches it will be hard to land Mareceo.Im fielding calls from Pac 10 powers,Big 12 and Big east.He is that good. Utah and UNLV plus 4 others have already offered. He would be a big time MVC player but even better is that I still get him for another year.
Also keep an eye on BJ Visman-soph and Demetrius Young-Fresh. Both maybe on the radar.
-CC

COACHCORN
if BU can get past the first session in Michigan, they move to Oakland.
Can we stay with you if we come out there??
(PS. we'll bring a couple packs of diapers!!)

[Da Coach]

B.J. Visman, a soph at Yuba College, was recruited by Bradley, but he wanted to stay closer to home. He had hoped to go to UC Davis, which is close to Sacramento, his home and had offered a scholarship. But UC Davis dropped out of the Big West Conference and is now an independent. Maybe that played a part in Visman's change of mind.

He has now committed to play for UC Riverside. They are still in the Big West, but finished 5-23, 3-11 and in last place this past season.

http://www.pe.com/sports/college/breakout/stories/PE_Sports_Local_D_ucr_hoops_01.1d51377b.html

Unfortunately, for B.J., he is not going to end up very close to home. UC Davis was only a few minutes from his home, but UC Riverside is nearly 500 miles farther south.

UC Riverside is rebuilding and is bringing in 8 new players. 4 of them are 6'8" forwards

http://interact.cstv.com/recruiting/searchrecruit.cfm?sport=basketball&dbyear=05&school_name=ucri