Basketball: BYU, Utah recruiting updates
At first blush, high-scoring Texas guard Marshall Henderson's commitment to the University of Utah on Monday was a signal, to some, that the Utes are conceding they are no longer in the picture for Lone Peak's Tyler Haws.
Nothing could be further from the truth, according to sources close to Utah's coaching staff. The Utes believe the 6-4 Haws and 6-1 Henderson could play together at the same time because of coach Jim Boylen's offensive style of employing two wing players at once.
Also, Haws will be leaving after the 2009-10 season on an LDS Church mission, so he would only be playing alongside Henderson two seasons, barring redshirt seasons. Jeremy Olsen, the 6-foot-10 center from Georgia who committed to Utah a few months ago, is also considering a mission.
As the Tribune's Michael C. Lewis noted in his Ute basketball blogthe Utes have two scholarships left to hand out to the class of 2009 because after this coming season they will lose Luke Nevill, Tyler Kepkay, Shaun Green and Lawrence Borha to graduation.
David Foster returns from an LDS Church mission, but Josh Sharp is expected to leave on one, so those offset.
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Speaking of Shaun Green, his younger brother, Corbin, is having a pretty good spring and summer playing on the all-star circuit with his club team, Salt Lake Metro Black, and his high school team, Olympus.
However, Corbin Green told me in Vegas last week that he still doesn't have any scholarship offers.
Are the Utes interested?
"I wish I could tell you," he said. "I honestly don't know."
Corbin is 6-foot-6 now, having grown 2 or 3 inches the past year, and has steadily improved since his junior season at Oly, where he averaged only seven points a game. He scored 52 points in a summer tournament game a few weeks ago against one of the better club teams in California, making eight three-pointers.
Corbin is more slender than Shaun, and will probably end up an inch or two taller, at least.
Corbin said he is really interested in Weber State because coach Randy Rahe is a family friend who helped recruit Shaun to Utah when he was an assistant there.
"I really like the Weber State program," he said.
Asked if he wants to go to Utah, Corbin said, "I kinda do, kinda don't. I don't really want to follow my brother, exactly, but I would like to stay in-state. I am really interested in Weber State. That's my top school."
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As for BYU's recruiting situation, the Cougars have only two scholarships to give out come November's signing period as they fill the two expected to be vacated next spring by Lee Cummard and Archie Rose.
Lone Peak's 6-10 Nate Austin committed to BYU, but he won't "count" as one of the two because he is going on a church mission first. The same could be said of Orem's Ian Harward, another 6-10 prospect that BYU is watching, but has not offered yet.
It is no secret that the two guys the Cougars are focusing on are Tyler Haws and Brandon Davies, the 6-8 forward/center from Provo High. If they don't get one, or both, of those guys, I expect them to turn to the junior college ranks.
I'll have some more info on Davies' situation in a later post.
Nothing could be further from the truth, according to sources close to Utah's coaching staff. The Utes believe the 6-4 Haws and 6-1 Henderson could play together at the same time because of coach Jim Boylen's offensive style of employing two wing players at once.
Also, Haws will be leaving after the 2009-10 season on an LDS Church mission, so he would only be playing alongside Henderson two seasons, barring redshirt seasons. Jeremy Olsen, the 6-foot-10 center from Georgia who committed to Utah a few months ago, is also considering a mission.
As the Tribune's Michael C. Lewis noted in his Ute basketball blogthe Utes have two scholarships left to hand out to the class of 2009 because after this coming season they will lose Luke Nevill, Tyler Kepkay, Shaun Green and Lawrence Borha to graduation.
David Foster returns from an LDS Church mission, but Josh Sharp is expected to leave on one, so those offset.
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Speaking of Shaun Green, his younger brother, Corbin, is having a pretty good spring and summer playing on the all-star circuit with his club team, Salt Lake Metro Black, and his high school team, Olympus.
However, Corbin Green told me in Vegas last week that he still doesn't have any scholarship offers.
Are the Utes interested?
"I wish I could tell you," he said. "I honestly don't know."
Corbin is 6-foot-6 now, having grown 2 or 3 inches the past year, and has steadily improved since his junior season at Oly, where he averaged only seven points a game. He scored 52 points in a summer tournament game a few weeks ago against one of the better club teams in California, making eight three-pointers.
Corbin is more slender than Shaun, and will probably end up an inch or two taller, at least.
Corbin said he is really interested in Weber State because coach Randy Rahe is a family friend who helped recruit Shaun to Utah when he was an assistant there.
"I really like the Weber State program," he said.
Asked if he wants to go to Utah, Corbin said, "I kinda do, kinda don't. I don't really want to follow my brother, exactly, but I would like to stay in-state. I am really interested in Weber State. That's my top school."
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As for BYU's recruiting situation, the Cougars have only two scholarships to give out come November's signing period as they fill the two expected to be vacated next spring by Lee Cummard and Archie Rose.
Lone Peak's 6-10 Nate Austin committed to BYU, but he won't "count" as one of the two because he is going on a church mission first. The same could be said of Orem's Ian Harward, another 6-10 prospect that BYU is watching, but has not offered yet.
It is no secret that the two guys the Cougars are focusing on are Tyler Haws and Brandon Davies, the 6-8 forward/center from Provo High. If they don't get one, or both, of those guys, I expect them to turn to the junior college ranks.
I'll have some more info on Davies' situation in a later post.
2 Comments:
Wow........I am amazed. A whole few paragraphs on the Utes, are you feeling okay Jay?
Nice to see something........since the last 30 articles are about your beloved team in Provo.
Hey, LargeUte, this is a recruiting blog covering many schools, many sports. The Utes have always received more than their share of print and unfortunately always will.
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