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6-7 guard Ryan Stipanovich of St. Louis DeSmet Jesuit High verbally commits to Bradley.
Welcome to BU Ryan!!
Welcome to BU Ryan!!
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This is awesome - Ryan was just blowing up and getting lots more attention!!
Coach Wardle - as is now allowed by NCAA rules - just retweeted Ryan stipanovich's announcement on his twitter
Here's our prior threads on Ryan
and Dave Reynolds just got an article on PJS 2 minutes ago
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BU Commit - 2017- Ryan Stipanovich
He's a 6-6 SG/SF from St Louis, MO DeSmet Jesuit High School
Coach Brian Wardle has received a verbal commitment from Ryan Stipanovich, the nephew of NBAer Steve Stipanovich
The two links above detail where he's from and that Stipanovich has has a great summer and is blowing up.
Bradley reportedly just offered him late in July.Comment
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Ryan Stipanovich is coached at DeSmet HS by former Missouri State and NBA player Blake Ahearn. He is the nephew of former University of Missouri and Indiana Pacers player Steve Stipanovich.
Here are a few additional links--
Ryan's sister, Sydney Stipanovich, is also a pretty good basketball player. She will be a senior at Penn, and has been All Ivy league her first 3 years, including unanimous 1st team the last 2, and she was the Ivy League Player of the Year last year, and Defensive POY her first 3 years. -
She will be a senior at Penn-
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Pretty athletic family!! Don't forget cousin Sadie Stipanovich - the daughter of Steve - stars in basketball for Saint Louis
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--Steve's oldest daughter Kelli Stipanovich was a star in volleyball at Arkansas
-and Steve's middle daughter plays college basketball in Denver)
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I was just talking to a co-worker who is a basketball junkie. He goes to a lot of high school games and watched Stipanovich play 5 or 6 times last year.
I thought I'd share his take.
He thinks this is a very good signing for us.
He says Ryan has a very good skill set. But he will not be the most athletic guy on the court.
He thinks this may be why he did not get higher offers. A lot of scouting happens during AAU and the guys who can fly up and down the court are the ones that really stand out. That is not Stipanovich.
Even if he plays a 2.. he will probably have to guard a 3 and may struggle there against really athletic guys.
But again, he used the term "highly skilled", he really likes his game and thinks this is a very good signing for the Braves.Comment
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Good to hear from someone who's seen him.Comment
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Ryan Stipanovich was named to all tournament team at the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame Classic tournament at Parkview High School in Springfield, MO.
Ryan helped carry his team (St. Louis DeSmet HS) to a 2nd place finish in the 8-team early season annual tournament-
Here is a summary of their first round win in which Ryan had to leave the game in the 3rd quarter because of a facial laceration. He returned to play in their other 2 games.
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