BU recruit- class of 2014- Peyton Allen

[tornado]

Allen had a lot of good offers a year ago - Iowa, SLU, but he was sick with mono and missed almost all of last season - so interest dropped off......
right now it is said he is sitting on lesser offers like the St. Joseph's, Toledo, and Bradley...

a year ago Iowa, Michigan, Oklahoma State, DePaul and BCS guys were offering but don't know if those offers are still in play..

http://www.umhoops.com/2012/06/01/qa-2014-sharpshooter-peyton-allen-talks-michigan/

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/recruiting/player-Peyton-Allen-120946?colleges=show#college_choices

My guess is that he is still wide open as he has not been taking any recent visits that we know of..
This article from St. Joe's says his visit to St. Joseph's is the only one he's planning this fall

http://saintjosephs.scout.com/a.z?s=439&p=2&c=1332731&ssf=1&RequestedURL=http%3a%2f%2fsaintjosephs.scout.com%2f2%2f1332731.html

[BU30]

Its real telling that you now consider a Bradley offer as being "lesser"!!

[tornado]

LOL - nope - I don't think of it as a lesser offer - but I know the recruits often do and are told to do so by certain people and "handlers...
and in the grand scheme of things it's hard to make the argument that an offer from Bradley is as prestigious as one from a Big Ten school...

.. but for years and years I have hyped the argument that kids overlook offers from strong schools like BU, other Valley schools, SLU, etc...
just to take a 12-13th spot at a Big Ten school or Big East --
how many times do we see that exact story of kids who way overshoot or aim too high??

Look at all those kids who left BCS schools and came back to play at Valpo, and guys like Devan Bawinkel, Cully Payne, Mike Shaw, etc...
those are all kids who fell for the line that a BCS offer was way better than those lesser offers...
You can pick all you want on POB for bad choices since declaring for the draft - but he benefitted tremendously from his choice to go to Bradley..

[tornado]

Peyton Allen is strangely silent - he took very few visits and there's no word on if he'll sign before the LOI signing period ends Wednesday..
The talk on the St. Joseph's board is that he is leaning towards St. Joe's and that this may be his only solid offer.
He is a Jeremy Crouch-like player - a big (6-5) shooting guard with good instincts for the game...I hope we stay on him for the scholarship we are holding for the spring.

[BUfan14]

I've been interested in our recruiting him because I would love to have another shooter, I have been wanting one for years. We finally have Omari, and I'm hoping Swop and SZ will eventually develop into good shooters. Barnes is decent. If we can get another top notch shooter to pair with Omari that'd be huge imo.

I also hope we are still in on him!

[Da Coach]

Peyton Allen is continuing to improve his game and is impressing more people.

https://twitter.com/scott_chihoops/status/406445975176089600

https://twitter.com/swjetsbbclub/status/406458473837105152

I hope we are still recruiting him. I think a shooter like Peyton is what the team needs next year.

[tornado]

He is what we thought Stefan Zecevic would be- with a 30 pt average and hitting 50% from the arc

[midstateknowitall]

He is a talent that is for sure. However, efficiency is something of a concern for me. When your shooting 20-30 shots again and getting 20-30 points a game, that's not what I want out of my scorer. He has great body control, good feel, but extremely streaky (on misses & makes) when you cut his shots into the 8-10 range in college how efficient will he be? That's my biggest question/concern at the mid-high level programs.

[tornado]

I know - but he is pretty much the only scorer on the team and may feel required to shoot a lot - but that's the kind of player Omari Grier and Danny Adams were in high school but they still helped with their ability to hit an outside shot - something we need.

[midstateknowitall]

Yeah but both of Grier and Adams are knock down shooters. Peyton is a scorer with ball in his hands a ton. A lot different learning how to play without the ball in your hands. He has a pretty darn good junior with him on the team named Cole Harper 6'6 Combo guard. Don't think he is the scorer Peyton is but is very capable of scoring and very good distributor. had 15pts 15rebs against Proviso East this weekend.

Im not saying Peyton wouldn't be a good get for Bradley, Im just saying he isn't a lights out shooter.


ROTH & PETERS would be prime examples: Both Scored 20+ a game in HS but were effective in the number of shots they took...

[midstateknowitall]

I would love for Bradley to offer Shea Feehan (PND) a preferred walk-on spot. Kid is a knock down distance shooter. Can handle the ball, tough & savy and can guard. Needs to add strength, but that will come in college. Would be great roll player and needed sniper from outside.

JUST MY OPINOIN!

[tornado]

agree - Aaron Zobrist helped us a ton as a walk on - so did DA

[tornado]

Peyton Allen seems to be getting significant interest from Oregon State - whose fans seem to think Bradley & St. Joe's are the schools to beat..

[tornado]

after his high scoring weekend in Washington - Peyton Allen suddenly getting a bit more attention

https://twitter.com/scott_chihoops/status/407587052872429568

http://iaelites.com/videos/pallen/

that 2nd link is a 3-minute mixtape form his games in the Washington, IL tournament - and in the tape he never misses a single shot!!

[tornado]

http://www.chicagohoops.hoops247.com/index.php/featured-news/2393-toc-top-friday-performers