BU Recruit - Anthony Cousin (3yr juco)

[jeffsu]

"Bradley & Wichita State the two schools working hardest for 5-11 PG Anthony Cousin Butler Co. CC. He is a freshman 1 & done at Butler."

Sounds like he was from Alaska and then went to South Kent, CT. Now at Butler County Community College. I believe he played with ISU's Jackie Carmichael in CT...

http://insider.espn.go.com/ncb/recruiting/tracker/player?recruitId=73860&season=2009&action=upsell&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fncb%2frecruiting%2ftracker%2fplayer%3frecruitId%3d73860%26season%3d2009

[Da Coach]

It's reported that Bradley coach Jim Les was in Kansas on Thursday to watch Butler County Community College freshman Anthony Cousin. He is a 5'11" point guard and a qualifier out of Anchorage, Alaska, via South Kent Prep School, and would have 3 years of eligibility if he transferred to a 4-year school after this season. Cousin scored 27 points and had 6 assists in the game against Hutchinson County CC to lead his team to a 81-74 win. Butler is now 21-4, and 9-2 (1st place) in the Jayhawk Conference West.

For the season, Anthony Cousin is averaging 12.2 ppg, and 4.6 apg.
He is shooting 40.7% from three.
In high school, at South HS in Anchorage, AK, he was 1st team All-State his senior season in 2008, and he lead his team to the 2008 Alaska State Championship.

http://www.kansas.com/sports/colleges/story/1176042.html

http://www.eldoradotimes.com/sports/x196132347/Grizzlies-in-first-place-after-win-over-Hutch

[Da Coach]

There is an uncomfirmed report that former Bradley recruit and juco combo guard Anthony Cousin has verbally committed to Illinois State.

The rumor I have heard is that the one scholarship that they have available, from Terry Johnson leaving, would go to Cousin. But ISU coaches want to keep this quiet for now, as they are continuing to recruit John Wilkins.

[jeffsu]

That doesn't surprise me, since there was a connection to Carmichael mentioned in the articles before. Sounds like a good get for ISU. But anything that keeps them from getting JW sounds even better to me!

[tornado]

did their board go ballistic like some boards do after the word of landing a sub-6-ft guard ?

[BUBrave28]

Paging bravestime33! Paging bravestime33!

[Braveman]

did their board go ballistic like some boards do after the word of landing a sub-6-ft guard ?

I heard not- maybe because they also get solid post players

[shaunguth]

I heard not- maybe because they also get solid post players

Yes.....which proves teams with good post players can really do some damage in the postseason.

[AE Braves Fan]

Their board didn't even know about this commitment. In fact they first learned about it from BRADLEYFANS.COM

[GoBirds]

Well sounds like a good fit for the birds. Maybe just a straight trade for Terry Johnson. It will be interesting how the Wilkins saga plays out.

[Da Coach]

We won't know if it's official until the ISU coaches decide to make it public. But from what I hear from my source, it sounds pretty solid.
Maybe my ISU source is a pretty reliable one after all.

But it makes sense that the coaches might not want to publicize this verbal yet, since it is the last available scholarship they have. And if they have John Wilkins visiting this weekend, it might be a little tougher convincing him they really want him when they don't have a scholarship available.

As far as announcing their recruits before they know about it on Redbirdfan, that's happened a couple of times before. I announced Brandon Sampay's verbal 12 hours before anyone there had ever heard his name.

[Da Coach]

Here is more substantiation that Anthony Cousin has committed to ISU-
His Facebook wall- Note his comment from Wed. at 10:28 pm: "illinois state it was God's plan."
Open and View all 9 comments about that wall post, and others comment, including his mother, about his commitment to Illinois State.

http://www.facebook.com/acousin1#!/acousin1?v=wall

(warning- mild profanity)

[tornado]

The Pantagraph is not reporting this verbal. Probably the ISU coaches do not want it reported publically yet, since it is their last scholarship.

[BostonBird]

my guess is they are expecting bobby hill's scholarship to come open as well, which would make room for wilkins (or whomever else)

[tornado]

Let's say they keep Bobby Hill, and land John Wilkins, and also they get Cousin, Kenyon Smith, and the rest of those guys expected back do indeed return..

Then ISU will have SIX junior college transfers (Hill, Hill, Lewis, JW, Cousin, Smith) and two more D-I transfers (Blue, Mishler) , and will have just gotten rid of Lloyd Phillips, Landon Shipley, Holloway, Sampay, Coates, Oguchi, and Odzic within the past year!!!

that's a grand total of EIGHT transfers on next year's roster, but a HUGE total of FIFTEEN transfers between the end of last year and the beginning of next year!!!!
That is assuming they don't land a couple more that we are yet to hear about
Practically an entire roster of transfers....so can there be any doubt...as to
who is Transfer U.??