Basketball: SLCC roster a gold mine for recruiters
The college basketball team with the best record in the state won't be playing on Wednesday night, as many Utahns probably believe.
Nope.
The Salt Lake Community College Bruins, who are 25-1 and ranked No. 5 in the national junior college poll, play their biggest games of the season to date on Friday and Saturday. The Bruins travel to Idaho to take on No. 1-ranked College of Southern Idaho in a SWAC doubleheader.
We got the scoop today on SLCC recruiting from assistant coach Russ Beck, who notes that as many as nine players off arguably the best team in school history could end up playing for four-year schools next year.
Although no SLCC players have signed yet, here's the rundown:
* Point guard DaVell Jackson, who had 31 points the last time SLCC played CSI, is probably the Bruins' most recruited player, although some academic issues have put him behind other sophomores.
Jackson has offers from New Mexico State, UNLV and Louisiana-Monroe, while other big-time programs have expressed interest but are waiting word on his academic progress.
* Two guard Brian Green, the former Davis High star, recently eclipsed the school record for three-pointer and now has 139. Weber State, Southern Utah, Utah Valley State College and Cal State Fullerton have offered, but Green will likely go on an LDS Church mission first. Utah State and UC Irvine are also interested.
* Wing player Bassy Banny, the 6-3 jumping jack from the Ivory Coast, is being looked at by Hawaii and UC Riverside.
* Power forward Aaron Smith, a 6-8 shooter who started his career at Idaho, has drawn the attention of Iowa, Wisconsin-Green Bay, Furman and Montana State, among others. He has not received an official offer yet.
* Papa Samba Guisse (pronounced: Gussy), the 6-9 power forward from Senegal, has an offer from Cal State Fullerton. Weber State and UC Irvine are also interested.
* SLCC's big Canadian post player, Marc Van Burck, the transfer from Colorado, is an excellent student who is drawing the attention of several Ivy League schools.
* Former Cedar City High star Yahosh Bonner, pound-for-pound the strongest player on the team, has backed up Jackson all season, but has still caught the interest of Montana, Eastern Washington and several Division II schools such as Dixie State College.
* Backup shooting guard Chris Medina, the former Ben Lomond standout, is being recruited by the College of Idaho (formerly Albertson's College).
* Andy Palmer, the undersized post player from Pine View High in St. George, is being looked at by BYU-Hawaii, Seattle-Pacific, Alaska-Anchorage and Dixie State.
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With 10 sophomores scheduled to leave the program this spring, the Bruins obviously have a new roster to fill.
Some 10 Utah preps have signed to play for Division I programs next year, but there are still a few good players out there that the junior colleges -- SLCC, Snow College and the College of Eastern Utah -- will likely try to grab.
Chief among those are Pine View's Louis Garrett, Alta's Taylor Brown, Davis' Connor Van Brocklin and Jackson Stevenett, Snow Canyon's Dalton Groskreutz, Timpanogos' Skyer Halford, Woods Cross' Patrick Day, Olympus' Elliott Bullock and the Brighton seniors, Ali Langford and Abe Millsap.
Halford leads the entire state with a 23.47 scoring average.
There are probably others; those are the names I've heard the most from college sources.
Nope.
The Salt Lake Community College Bruins, who are 25-1 and ranked No. 5 in the national junior college poll, play their biggest games of the season to date on Friday and Saturday. The Bruins travel to Idaho to take on No. 1-ranked College of Southern Idaho in a SWAC doubleheader.
We got the scoop today on SLCC recruiting from assistant coach Russ Beck, who notes that as many as nine players off arguably the best team in school history could end up playing for four-year schools next year.
Although no SLCC players have signed yet, here's the rundown:
* Point guard DaVell Jackson, who had 31 points the last time SLCC played CSI, is probably the Bruins' most recruited player, although some academic issues have put him behind other sophomores.
Jackson has offers from New Mexico State, UNLV and Louisiana-Monroe, while other big-time programs have expressed interest but are waiting word on his academic progress.
* Two guard Brian Green, the former Davis High star, recently eclipsed the school record for three-pointer and now has 139. Weber State, Southern Utah, Utah Valley State College and Cal State Fullerton have offered, but Green will likely go on an LDS Church mission first. Utah State and UC Irvine are also interested.
* Wing player Bassy Banny, the 6-3 jumping jack from the Ivory Coast, is being looked at by Hawaii and UC Riverside.
* Power forward Aaron Smith, a 6-8 shooter who started his career at Idaho, has drawn the attention of Iowa, Wisconsin-Green Bay, Furman and Montana State, among others. He has not received an official offer yet.
* Papa Samba Guisse (pronounced: Gussy), the 6-9 power forward from Senegal, has an offer from Cal State Fullerton. Weber State and UC Irvine are also interested.
* SLCC's big Canadian post player, Marc Van Burck, the transfer from Colorado, is an excellent student who is drawing the attention of several Ivy League schools.
* Former Cedar City High star Yahosh Bonner, pound-for-pound the strongest player on the team, has backed up Jackson all season, but has still caught the interest of Montana, Eastern Washington and several Division II schools such as Dixie State College.
* Backup shooting guard Chris Medina, the former Ben Lomond standout, is being recruited by the College of Idaho (formerly Albertson's College).
* Andy Palmer, the undersized post player from Pine View High in St. George, is being looked at by BYU-Hawaii, Seattle-Pacific, Alaska-Anchorage and Dixie State.
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With 10 sophomores scheduled to leave the program this spring, the Bruins obviously have a new roster to fill.
Some 10 Utah preps have signed to play for Division I programs next year, but there are still a few good players out there that the junior colleges -- SLCC, Snow College and the College of Eastern Utah -- will likely try to grab.
Chief among those are Pine View's Louis Garrett, Alta's Taylor Brown, Davis' Connor Van Brocklin and Jackson Stevenett, Snow Canyon's Dalton Groskreutz, Timpanogos' Skyer Halford, Woods Cross' Patrick Day, Olympus' Elliott Bullock and the Brighton seniors, Ali Langford and Abe Millsap.
Halford leads the entire state with a 23.47 scoring average.
There are probably others; those are the names I've heard the most from college sources.
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