Utes Land Another Recruit for Class of '09
Now, maybe the Utes are finished with their 2009 recruiting class.
Coach Jim Boylen has landed an oral commitment from 6-foot-9 forward Matt Read of Collin County Community College in Texas, sources said, giving him five of them for the '09 group.
Thing is, the Utes expect to have just four scholarships available, basically from their four outgoing seniors. (Center David Foster is expected to return from an LDS Church mission, but freshman forward Josh Sharp is expected to depart on one.) But the Utes are wary of an academic casualty or other unforeseen circumstance; they unexpectedly lost a couple of players last season, and like many schools are "over-recruiting," just in case.
According to online recruiting services, the 225-pound Read chose the Utes over St. Louis -- coached by former Utah coach Rick Majerus -- and Michigan, Boylen's old nemesis from his days at Michigan State. He played at Texas-Arlington as a freshman, but redshirted as a sophomore last season because of a stress fracture in his foot and then transferred to Collin County for the upcoming season.
The Utes already had commitments from guard Marshall Henderson and forwards Jeremy Olsen, Shawn Glover and Joseph Watkins. Watkins plays at the College of Southern Idaho, where new assistant coach Barret Peery was the head coach, while the other three are all entering their senior seasons in high school -- Olsen in suburban Atlanta and Henderson and Glover in Texas.
Coach Jim Boylen has landed an oral commitment from 6-foot-9 forward Matt Read of Collin County Community College in Texas, sources said, giving him five of them for the '09 group.
Thing is, the Utes expect to have just four scholarships available, basically from their four outgoing seniors. (Center David Foster is expected to return from an LDS Church mission, but freshman forward Josh Sharp is expected to depart on one.) But the Utes are wary of an academic casualty or other unforeseen circumstance; they unexpectedly lost a couple of players last season, and like many schools are "over-recruiting," just in case.
According to online recruiting services, the 225-pound Read chose the Utes over St. Louis -- coached by former Utah coach Rick Majerus -- and Michigan, Boylen's old nemesis from his days at Michigan State. He played at Texas-Arlington as a freshman, but redshirted as a sophomore last season because of a stress fracture in his foot and then transferred to Collin County for the upcoming season.
The Utes already had commitments from guard Marshall Henderson and forwards Jeremy Olsen, Shawn Glover and Joseph Watkins. Watkins plays at the College of Southern Idaho, where new assistant coach Barret Peery was the head coach, while the other three are all entering their senior seasons in high school -- Olsen in suburban Atlanta and Henderson and Glover in Texas.
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