Keeping the Recruiting Options Open
The Utes already have three players committed to their next recruiting class, but they're hardly finished shopping around.
Sources said coach Jim Boylen and his staff plan to have 6-foot-4 swingman Jordan Cyphers of Kansas on campus for a visit on Sept. 15, with the possibility of getting a commitment from him then.
Of course, adding a fourth player to the recruiting class would require delaying enrollment for one of the incoming recruits or losing one of the underclassmen on the current roster, in order to fit under the limit of 13 scholarships for the 2008-09 season.
In any case, Cyphers was named for Michael Jordan, and evidently showed a talent for basketball at an early age. As a junior last season, he led Southeast High School in Wichita to a 16-5 record by averaging 15.8 points and shooting 73 percent from the free-throw line -- enough to earn second-team all-state honors. The Wichita Eagle described him as a "great three-point threat."
The Utes also are pursuing Lone Peak's Josh Sharp, a 6-7 forward who helped the Knights win the Class 5-A championship last season.
Boylen already has received oral commitments from guard Jace Tavita of Brighton High School, guard Chris Hines of Klein Forest High School in Houston, Texas, and center Jason Washburn of Central High School in Battle Creek, Michigan.
Sources said coach Jim Boylen and his staff plan to have 6-foot-4 swingman Jordan Cyphers of Kansas on campus for a visit on Sept. 15, with the possibility of getting a commitment from him then.
Of course, adding a fourth player to the recruiting class would require delaying enrollment for one of the incoming recruits or losing one of the underclassmen on the current roster, in order to fit under the limit of 13 scholarships for the 2008-09 season.
In any case, Cyphers was named for Michael Jordan, and evidently showed a talent for basketball at an early age. As a junior last season, he led Southeast High School in Wichita to a 16-5 record by averaging 15.8 points and shooting 73 percent from the free-throw line -- enough to earn second-team all-state honors. The Wichita Eagle described him as a "great three-point threat."
The Utes also are pursuing Lone Peak's Josh Sharp, a 6-7 forward who helped the Knights win the Class 5-A championship last season.
Boylen already has received oral commitments from guard Jace Tavita of Brighton High School, guard Chris Hines of Klein Forest High School in Houston, Texas, and center Jason Washburn of Central High School in Battle Creek, Michigan.
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