BU recruit- class of 2011-Markus Crider

[KillerB]

If he goes with Colorado.. he will be playing even farther west.. CU is leaving the Big 12 for the Pac 12(?) I believe.

[Majik45]

Colorado left the Big 12 this year for the Pac 10, as they were going to be in it one more year, but with Nebraska leaving, and agreement was made where they would leave after this year. All of his conference games will be really far away next year.

[real fan]

No doubt BU could give him a lot more playing time , with him this years class could do some special things.

[Da Coach]

Markus Crider appears to have changed plans, and is now headed to a prep school.

[jeffsu]

Markus Crider appears to have changed plans, and is now headed to a prep school.

Providence's new coach, Ed Cooley, gave him the option of coming but under the condition of redshirting or going to prep school. Allegedly because he spent so much time playing out of position (as PF and C) because his team needed it. Wanted to see him play at the 3 more. Seems like a fair point..

[Da Coach]

Crider did not want to redshirt or go prep initially. That is why he requested his release from Providence. But apparently after getting other advice, he has decided the prep school route is what he now wants to do.

[thefish7]

Boo hiss.

[RedSeaElite1]

Is he for sure taking the prep school route? and if so do you think we will still have a shot at him after a year of prep school?

[Da Coach]

No way to tell, but probaly not.

[tornado]

Is he for sure taking the prep school route? and if so do you think we will still have a shot at him after a year of prep school?

some kids who go prep school hit the jackpot...
witness how the prep school route helped a kid who BU was once involved with long ago--Mitch McGary..
a couple years ago McGary was barely known outside of central Indiana and had only a few mid-majors interested..
Then he reclassified, went to prep school, waited until this late signing period and has blown up enough that he's now a 5-Star, getting dozens of BCS offers, and now zoomed to #5

http://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1222303

[tornado]

Markus Crider is still undecided and may yet be interested in going D-I -- he has played well on the AAU circuit and continues to get offers....

http://www.daytondailynews.com/dayton-sports/high-school-sports/wayne-grad-crider-undecided-on-basketball-future-1210128.html?cxtype=rss_high-school-sports

http://www.visit-sidney.com/2011/07/20/wayne-grad-crider-undecided-on-basketball-future/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

[tornado]

despite saying he was going to announce his chioce and plans a few weeks ago -- Markus Crider apparently still is just out there hanging...

In an article about one of the Dayton recruit a couple days ago there was this comments about Dayton's remaining open scholarship...
"...it doesn’t look like Markus Crider has been picked up by anyone
since he requested his release from Providence after a coaching change.
I’m very surprised the Flyers haven’t entertained an offer to him."

[lake Camelot]

I had a strong feeling he didn't think Bradley was a high enough level. We seemed very interested and he didn't visit. Just a hypothetical question. If he was even interested in us, we have no way to give him a scholarship this year do we? Will being unable to play this year has no effect on his scholarship being used this year does it? I am pretty sure there is no way to move him to a different kind of scholarship for one year. Like I said that is just a hypothetical question since he didn't seem overly interested in BU.

[tornado]

He had previously stated he was going to a year of prep school so almost everyone, including Bradley, backed off but kept him on the speed-dial as a 2012 recruit...

However -- I have yet to see anything saying if he's enrolled anywhere..

[tornado]

Ohio prep star Markus Crider, a high scoring 6-foot-5 wing who had initially pledged to Providence,
and who was on Bradley's radar screen when Geno got here.....
has made his decision....
He will attend prep school at Bridgton Academy in North Bridgton, ME