College Hoop Recruiting in Full Swing
This week is the calm before the storm as far as college football recruiting goes. Beginning Saturday, football coaches can contact recruits from the class of 2008 (seniors) by phone. They can also make official scholarship offers to 2009 recruits (juniors) via the mail.
Expect a lot of football recruiting news the first week of September, as recruits who basically went through August without talking to any coaches (or texting, due to a new NCAA rule that went into effect Aug. 1) get hit up once again to make a decision.
Meanwhile, college basketball recruiting is picking up steam, with the Nov. 10 beginning of the early signing period fast approaching.
The printed version of The Tribune sports section had some basketball recruiting news today, as a matter of fact, as Box Elder High's 6-foot-3 Mandy Munns officially announced she is joining the University of Utah's women's basketball program.
Here's some more tidbits of information on the local basketball recruiting scene:
* The University of Utah is looking to add a fourth recruit to its commitment list that includes Michigan's Jason Washburn, Texas' Chris Hines and Jace Tavita of Brighton. The Utes don't have a scholarship available, but the fact that they are still actively recruiting rising seniors means they probably expect that Luke Nevill will enter the NBA Draft or another player will quit the team.
As my colleague Michael C. Lewis noted in his blog last week, the Utes will have Jordan Cyphers, a 6-foot-4 shooting guard from Wichita, Kan., on campus Sept. 15 for the football game against UCLA and other activities.
A source close to the coaching staff told The Recruiting Trail that the Utes are also interested in Tim Williams, a shooting guard from California, and Lone Peak High's Josh Sharp, a 6-foot-7 athlete "with Alex Jensen-type instincts."
"They will probably take one of those three guys," the source said. Utah was interested in Lone Peak's 6-10 Justin Hamilton, who had a fabulous summer after playing junior varsity ball only his entire junior year, but took him off its list when it got the 6-11 Washburn out of Michigan.
The leaders for Hamilton's services now appear to be St. Mary's, UC Davis and Weber State, which is also after Clearfield's 6-9 Nick Thompson, as noted in a previous Recruiting Trail blog.
* Other top seniors in Utah not previously mentioned in these blogs are Woods Cross point guard Holton Hunsaker, Pine View forward Louis Garrett, Lone Peak power forward Bracken Funk and Alta bomber Taylor Brown.
Rumors are swirling that Louisiana Tech has offered Hunsaker, now that former East High and Utah interim coach Kerry Rupp is head coach there. However, The Recruiting Trail has had trouble reaching Hunsaker (son of UVSC coach Dick Hunsaker), and his high school coach, Todd Street, could not confirm that on Monday. Hunsaker, a 3.9 GPA student who is also being eyed by the Ivy League schools, will probably go on an LDS Church mission upon graduating high school, Street said.
Unless they want to head out of state, the others are probably bound for junior colleges. Garrett's brother, Brad, is at Oklahoma State, while Brown's brother, Jackson, is the former Jordan High great who ended up playing quarterback (briefly) for BYU.
* Assuming they wrap up their 2008 class by the end of September, the Utes will turn their attention to the class of 2009 that, locally at least, includes a bona fide blue-chipper: Lone Peak's Tyler Haws. The 6-4 Haws is the son of former BYU great Marty Haws. He led Lone Peak to the 5-A state championship last March as a sophomore, averaging 18.8 points a game and shooting 57 percent from the field. Haws has been offered by both BYU and Utah, according to sources at both schools. Although his dad went to BYU, the Utes believe they have a good shot at the phenom. "He's been up here [on unofficial visits] at least three times already," a Ute source said.
* Another junior, Pleasant Grove's 6-5 C.J. Wilcox, has also received an offer from the Utes. It is not clear whether Wilcox has received an offer from the Cougars, the team his father, Craig, played for 25 years ago.
* Other juniors that both Utah and BYU have their sights on are Provo's Brandon Davies and Sean Carey of Bountiful.
Expect a lot of football recruiting news the first week of September, as recruits who basically went through August without talking to any coaches (or texting, due to a new NCAA rule that went into effect Aug. 1) get hit up once again to make a decision.
Meanwhile, college basketball recruiting is picking up steam, with the Nov. 10 beginning of the early signing period fast approaching.
The printed version of The Tribune sports section had some basketball recruiting news today, as a matter of fact, as Box Elder High's 6-foot-3 Mandy Munns officially announced she is joining the University of Utah's women's basketball program.
Here's some more tidbits of information on the local basketball recruiting scene:
* The University of Utah is looking to add a fourth recruit to its commitment list that includes Michigan's Jason Washburn, Texas' Chris Hines and Jace Tavita of Brighton. The Utes don't have a scholarship available, but the fact that they are still actively recruiting rising seniors means they probably expect that Luke Nevill will enter the NBA Draft or another player will quit the team.
As my colleague Michael C. Lewis noted in his blog last week, the Utes will have Jordan Cyphers, a 6-foot-4 shooting guard from Wichita, Kan., on campus Sept. 15 for the football game against UCLA and other activities.
A source close to the coaching staff told The Recruiting Trail that the Utes are also interested in Tim Williams, a shooting guard from California, and Lone Peak High's Josh Sharp, a 6-foot-7 athlete "with Alex Jensen-type instincts."
"They will probably take one of those three guys," the source said. Utah was interested in Lone Peak's 6-10 Justin Hamilton, who had a fabulous summer after playing junior varsity ball only his entire junior year, but took him off its list when it got the 6-11 Washburn out of Michigan.
The leaders for Hamilton's services now appear to be St. Mary's, UC Davis and Weber State, which is also after Clearfield's 6-9 Nick Thompson, as noted in a previous Recruiting Trail blog.
* Other top seniors in Utah not previously mentioned in these blogs are Woods Cross point guard Holton Hunsaker, Pine View forward Louis Garrett, Lone Peak power forward Bracken Funk and Alta bomber Taylor Brown.
Rumors are swirling that Louisiana Tech has offered Hunsaker, now that former East High and Utah interim coach Kerry Rupp is head coach there. However, The Recruiting Trail has had trouble reaching Hunsaker (son of UVSC coach Dick Hunsaker), and his high school coach, Todd Street, could not confirm that on Monday. Hunsaker, a 3.9 GPA student who is also being eyed by the Ivy League schools, will probably go on an LDS Church mission upon graduating high school, Street said.
Unless they want to head out of state, the others are probably bound for junior colleges. Garrett's brother, Brad, is at Oklahoma State, while Brown's brother, Jackson, is the former Jordan High great who ended up playing quarterback (briefly) for BYU.
* Assuming they wrap up their 2008 class by the end of September, the Utes will turn their attention to the class of 2009 that, locally at least, includes a bona fide blue-chipper: Lone Peak's Tyler Haws. The 6-4 Haws is the son of former BYU great Marty Haws. He led Lone Peak to the 5-A state championship last March as a sophomore, averaging 18.8 points a game and shooting 57 percent from the field. Haws has been offered by both BYU and Utah, according to sources at both schools. Although his dad went to BYU, the Utes believe they have a good shot at the phenom. "He's been up here [on unofficial visits] at least three times already," a Ute source said.
* Another junior, Pleasant Grove's 6-5 C.J. Wilcox, has also received an offer from the Utes. It is not clear whether Wilcox has received an offer from the Cougars, the team his father, Craig, played for 25 years ago.
* Other juniors that both Utah and BYU have their sights on are Provo's Brandon Davies and Sean Carey of Bountiful.
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