2007 BU commitment-- Will Egolf

[Southside]

Chicagohoops is reporting that BU got a 2007 verbal from Will Egolf, a 6-9 forward from Juneau Alaska.

[flipper]

Re: BU gets a verbal

Chicagohoops is reporting that BU got a 2007 verbal from Will Egolf, a 6-9 forward from Juneau Alaska.

here is the link

http://www.chicagohoops.com/articles1/egolf.html


sounds like a great pick-up

[it's boogie time]

Alaska seems a little strange. Good to hear that BU has some size coming in. I wonder how the Bradley staff found out about this recruit.

[BradleyBrave]

I can't say this kid excites me too much. He's not on Rivals or Scout. The last Alaskan we had got homesick after a year and left. I am sure he's a skilled player, but he's not the impact player I think we need. He may end up being one, but I don't think he will be immediately. We have 2 other scholarships, lets get some impact guys now.

[Big Mike]

Hey .....it's a BIG........and right now it sounds good to me.....I'll trust the coach's on this one....lets hope there will be more size to go with this kid!

[BradleyBrave]

Hey .....it's a BIG........and right now it sounds good to me.....I'll trust the coach's on this one....lets hope there will be more size to go with this kid!

He's listed at 6'7" 194...not exactly a 'big' in my world. He's basically the same size as Ray Brown and Gavin Schaier. I'm not saying it's a bad recruit, I just think we need 'bigger' (literally) impact guys to truly make this a special class.

[Big Mike]

http://www.jdcrimsonbears.com/playerprof.php?player=45&season=2006

Maybe he has grown some.........I know that between Jr and Sr year I gained 4 ''.........

[Da Coach]

The last Alaskan BB is referring to was Cameron Rigby who was a freshman on the 1996-97 team. He left after 1 season at Bradley.
Althought Rigby did play his junior and senior years at Bartlett High School in Anchorage, Alaska, he was actually from Melbourne, Australia. Because there was no high school basketball in Australia, he moved to Alaska to try to earn a Division I scholarship. I think the fact that he was from Australia played a part in Rigby's transfer to the University of San Diego.

Here is more on Will Egolf--
His high school team, Juneau Douglas, finished 4th in the Alaskan Class 4A state playoffs last March (the largest class). Will Egolf scored 10 points and had 5 rebounds in the final game. He was named to the All Tournament team.

http://www.jdcrimsonbears.com/emp.php?article=34

Here is a picture of Will. He looks like he might be a lefty.--


Another picture--


Some other links--

http://www.branchwest.com/teamalaska.html

If any of these Juneau Empire links ask for a password, enter
ID- bradleyfans
password- bradley

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/032006/spo_20060320012.shtml

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/010806/spo_20060108016.shtml

http://www.akworks.com/stories/012006/spo_20060120029.shtml

[oilerpimp]

We'll see what he's got. Welcome to the Hilltop!

[Da Coach]

Another link- Will was named to the 5 man 1st team All State team as a junior in Class 4A--

http://www.aksuperstation.com/news/sports/local/2594396.html?s=kjud

And this tournament played in Lynwood California July 28-30 maybe where the Bradley coaches scoped out Will Egolf--

http://www.drawingboard.simplysmartwebs.com/page/page/3717089.htm

He made the All Tournament team there and is described as 6'9".

[Da Coach]

Dave Reynolds has a report on Bradley's newest recruit--

http://pjstar.com/stories/083106/BRA_BAQV6J6A.077.shtml

[mexicobufan]

I still have the tapes of the Kansas and Pittsburgh games," Egolf said. "There are


Anyone know what the rest of this had to say?

[tornado]

I still have the tapes of the Kansas and Pittsburgh games," Egolf said. "There are


Anyone know what the rest of this had to say?

The next part of the article says:

"There are a lot of similarities with Bradley's style and the way our high school plays. I like how they use their four man (power forward).
Bradley coaches first spotted Egolf this summer at AAU tournaments in Las Vegas and Los Angeles...."

Then there are several more paragraphs of how Jim Les had a connection with the kid since the kid's personal coach was an ex-NBA guy (Mark McNamara) that Jim was friends with. It also talks about the kid's parents, family, high school, and his recruitment.

Not sure why the online PJS story left so much out.

[BradleyBrave]

I like his enthusiasm for BU. I am not sure if he'll be contributing right away in the pivot, but sounds like a solid 4 year player.

[it's boogie time]

That's where it cuts off on the first page and goes to the second page on the hard copy.

It mentions that he needs to hit the weights. The pictures that Da Coach (thanks) posted show this.

He's an academic qualifer.