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2007 BU commitment- 6'10" Anthony Thompson

I have heard that Old Dominion made a strong late push to get Thompson, and would have liked him to wait on the commit. Nice to get the verbal now.
 
Did anyone else catch the line from the Chicago hoops thread that says......Thompson is a LEFTY..........? :-o 8) 8) 8)
 
dogsrus said:
I keep thinking of CU's big...Tolliver. While AT needs some weight and strength I'd take that kind of player.
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It sounds like Thompson's upside is much higher than Tolliver's. This kid can be a star.

Just to put in perspective what kind of recruit this kid is, and what we're building here at BU...

(All ratings courtesy of Scout.com)

Pre-Sweet 16

Marcellus Sommerville - 3 star
Lawrence Wright - 1 star
Patrick O'Bryant - 2 star
Jeremy Crouch - 2 star
Sam Singh - 2 star
Tony Bennett - NR
Danny Adams - NR
JJ Tauai - NR
Zach Andrews - 2 star
Ray Brown - 1 star
Will Franklin - NR
Daniel Ruffin - NR
Andrew Warren - NR
Xavier Crawford - 3 star (I debated whether or not to count him)

Post-Sweet 16

Matt Salley - 3 star (Spring commitment)
Anthony Thompson - 3 star
Sam Maniscalco - 2 star
DeAaron Williams - 3 star
Jeremy Fears - 2 star

Of course these rankings have their flaws, and players (especially ones that opt for smaller venues like BU) are underrated all the time, but I think this really shows how we're rasing the bar talent-wise on the Hilltop. IMO we're in the midst of building something very special. What a difference a year makes!
 
I have feelings of 'Warm-Willies'.... but I am aware of the 'Gordon-Grundies'.

Sign him.

Get him on campus.

I won't be convinced til he suits up in red/white on the hardfloor.
 
MacabreMob said:
BradleyBrave said:
What a difference a year makes!
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What a difference a great coach makes.

Recruiting and coaching. A vision. Others sharing the vision. Building.
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I'm not ready to call JL a great coach yet. I'll need a few more 20 win seasons and NCAA appearances to do that (which I do foresee). However, his eye for talent and ability to bring players to Peoria is unquestionable.
 
Ray Brown - 1 star
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You are right about flaws in the rating systems these sites use.
I remember that when Ray signed with Bradley he was a 3-star
prospect on Scout. And he did nothing to weaken that rating,
by leading his team to the championship game of the Minnesota
state tournament and having a tremendous senior year.
Yet Scout downgraded him to a 2-star, then a 1-star prospect
as the season passed. I still don't understand why.

Rivals still shows him as a 3-star recruit. And CSTV still shows
him as a "super prospect" which is their 2nd highest rating
("Top 100" is the highest, and "Super Prospect" means
approximately the kids ranked 101-200).

http://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?Sport=2&pr_key=25353

http://interact.cstv.com/recruiting/searchrecruit.cfm?school_name=brad&sport=basketball&dbyear=04
 
Daniel Ruffin and JJ Tauai are the co-captains of the team this year. Congratulations to them. :lol:
 
Nice article by Dave Reynolds! He must have interviewed both Anthony Thompson and his coach and there are some good quotes. He confirms that the NCAA appearance and the success of POB were key things that attracted him to Bradley. He also liked the smaller campus and class size, and the fact the Bradley doesn't have football. Often those things work against a school.
The offers he had were all from major schools, too. Good work by the coaches. And he sounds like a bright kid.
 
Da Coach said:
Anthony Thompson is not even the highest rated kid on his own high school team. Alonzo Edwards, who is also playing at Klein Forest High School, is rated a higher recruit among the Texas prep players than Thompson.

http://texashoops.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?Sport=2&pr_key=55379

http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=378&p=8&c=1&nid=2680502

It doesn't look like he's committed anywhere, yet. Maybe he'd be interested in playing with Thompson for the next 4 years?
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That is bizarre, the guy is one of the top players in Texas and doesn't even have any schools interested in him.
 
The print version of the story in the PJ Star has a strange sub-headline just beneath the main headline.

It says
"But senior lefty from Houston is only a slight 190 pounds"

OK-- I don't know how much he actually weighs, but many sources say 190, so the statement isn't false, but it is almost as if the guy who writes the headline has to slip a little rip into the headline. They just can't seem to say anything positive without adding a little negative.

It almost sounds like they feel compelled to proclaim the kid's faults.
Maybe a headline like "But he can't hit the short jumper"
or maybe "But he's turnover prone"...

Why do they do this?

I checked the Rivals Top 150, and found several players that are 190 lbs. or so but they don't have disclaimers attached about how "slight" they are.

Here are some examples:

The top rated big kid in the entire state of Indiana, JaJuan Johnson who just committed to Purdue is 6'11" and 190 lbs.
http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-14753.html
http://prephoopsonline.com/national-rankings

Mike Tisdale and Bill Cole, both committed to Illinois are 7'0" -200 and 6'10"-190 respectively, and one of the other top kids in Illinois, Brett Thompson is 6'11"-190.
http://www.midstatehoops.com/playerfocus/brett_thompson.html

and Vanderbilt's top target is 6-9, 180 lb Josh Owens.
John Leuer and Teeng Akol (both committed to BCS programs)are both 6-10 and 190-200.
 
tornado said:
The print version of the story in the PJ Star has a strange sub-headline just beneath the main headline.

It says
"But senior lefty from Houston is only a slight 190 pounds"

OK-- I don't know how much he actually weighs, but many sources say 190, so the statement isn't false, but it is almost as if the guy who writes the headline has to slip a little rip into the headline. They just can't seem to say anything positive without adding a little negative.

It almost sounds like they feel compelled to proclaim the kid's faults.
Maybe a headline like "But he can't hit the short jumper"
or maybe "But he's turnover prone"...

Why do they do this?
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T.....I think you're overreacting to the headline. The kid is not a big, bruising type player, and the primary headline mentions he's 6-10, so the sub-headline is used to provide additional information on his physique.....nothing more.

I remember when I was a senior in high school, I was 6-4 and weighed only 160 lbs.....and boy was I skinny!! :-o

So calling someone "slight" who is 6-10 and 190 lbs is not really a stretch, IMO.
 
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