Joey Natale and Ozzie Shah
Another highly anticipated recruiting roundup is here. It's October and the season is near.
2012 Forward Jarnell Stokes:
UConn has slowed down on Jarnell's recruitment. Don't expect the top player out of Memphis to take an official visit. We believe that Memphis is in best position for Stokes' talents.
2012 Forward Amile Jefferson:
UConn has picked up on the recruitment of Amile since the late summer period. On September 29th, UConn's Head Coach Jim Calhoun and Assistant Coach Kevin Ollie went to Friends Central High School in Pennsylvania to watch Jefferson and his teammate, 2014 point guard Conrad Chambers practice. Jefferson took his official visit to UConn during the First Night festivities. Through sources, we have learned that Amile really enjoyed his campus visit.
2012 Power Forward Anthony Bennett:
It has been made clear that Anthony Bennett is UConn's top priority for the class of 2012. UConn has been recruiting him very hard and before he became a top flight recruit. In fact, UConn's Head Coach Jim Calhoun went to Bennett's school first, in Las Vegas to watch him workout as soon as the contact period began this fall. Since then, UConn has seen him again in late september, and will be there this Wednesday to watch Bennett practice. UConn will also be at Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas to watch other targets, 2013 guard Rashad Muhammad and 2015 center Stephen Zimmerman.
2013 Guard Xavier Rathan-Mayes
Xavier picked up a highly appreciated offer from UConn last week. Xavier has ties to UConn, as his father lives in Connecticut and he has a great relationship with UConn's Assistant Coach Kevin Ollie. Here's what Rathan-Mayes thinks about his UConn offer:
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2013 Bigs Nerlens Noel and Goodluck Okonoboh
From a recent interview, we have learned that Noel is being recruited by Syracuse the hardest. UConn is coming in very hard as well, and so are other schools. Noel confirmed with UConnBall that he will stay in the 2013 class and not reclassify to 2012. As with Goodluck, he remains wide open and wants to enjoy the process. Goodluck mentions UConn, Syracuse, Pittsburgh, West Virginia, Gonzaga, Minnesota among others. Here's our latest sit down with Goodluck:
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UPDATE- with 2012 PF DaJuan Coleman in the fold at Syracuse, we feel good, as of now in UConn getting either or both of these big men.
2013 Forward Chris Walker UPDATE
Chris has decided that he will not announce his commitment on November 15th. Chris recently told UConnBall that Kansas is his leader followed by Florida, Kentucky, UConn, Memphis, Ohio State, Florida State and Louisville in that order. He will decide when he feels he's ready.
2013 Shooting Guard Brannen Greene UPDATE
Brannen recently told UConnBall that he has trimmed his list to UConn, Louisville, Florida, Kansas, Harvard, Florida State, Providence, Ohio State and Memphis. He is looking to make his decision sometime in December. UConn has put themselves in nice position with Brannen.
2014 Power Forward Justise Winslow
Winslow is one of the top players of his class. He currently lives in Houston, Texas and his mother is living in Connecticut. We have learned that UConn will enter his recruitment.
[2014 and 2015 Midnight Madness Visitors]
UConn had plenty of talented recruits on their campus on October 14th for First Night festivities. 2014 targets such as local players Noah Vonleh and Kahari Beaufort were on campus while local 2015 bigs, Jarred Reuter and Jeremy Miller saw the sights. Here's what these recruits thought about Midnight Madness:
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As usual stay with UConnball as we will continue to have the latest with all the UConn targets present and future.
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