Basketball: In State Player Tracker

[Bernini]

Mark Miller came out with his new rankings for the 2010 class: WSN Hoops: Junior Rankings Article

My guy Flavien Davis plummeted to #10. A little reactive to this spring's AAU performances, don't you thing?

1. Evan Anderson
2. Vander Blue
3. Kyle Kelm
4. Chim Kadima
5. Kam Cerroni
6. Calvin Godfrey
7. Chip Rank
8. Josh Gasser
9. Marquis Mason
10. Flavien Davis
11. Silas Mills
12. David Anderson
13. T.J. Bray
14. Skyler O'Laughlin
15. Trevor Hass

[TroyD92]

Yea, I find it hard to believe that there are 9 players better than Flavien in his class.

[badgerbasketball33]

There aren't....mason and davis should be no lower than 4 if not 2nd or 3rd. It's just performance based...mason and davis will walk away with the high level offers while the rest of the people in head of them won't....except kelm

seriously mark miller chip rank vs flavien davis who would win???

[Bernini]

Former Bay View star Dwight Buycks selects Marquette

6/16
by Mark Miller

The opportunity to play in an up-tempo offense, attend a strong academic school and play in front of family and friends were the deciding factors in Dwight Buycks decision today to accept a scholarship offer from Marquette University.

A 2007 graduate of Milwaukee Bay View, Buycks is a 6-foot-3 combination guard from Indian Hills Community College in Iowa who will have two years of eligibility at Marquette beginning with the 2009-10 season.

“I really like Marquette’s style of play,” Buycks said. “They really like to get up-and-down the floor and that fits the way I play very well. I also like the school and its strong academic reputation. But the main thing is that I’ll be able to play at home in front of my family and my friends.”

Buycks earned honorable mention All-American honors among Division I schools in the National Junior College Athletic Association last season while competing for an Indian Hills program that finished 28-10 and advanced to the NJCAA Division I championships in Hutchinson, Kansas. Buycks averaged 17.2 points per game and scored in double figures in 36 of 38 games for Indian Hills.

A highly regarded prep prospect throughout his career at Bay View, Buycks committed to Bradley University during his senior year of high school before enrolling at Indian Hills. He will play next season at Indian Hills before enrolling at Marquette.

“This was an opportunity Dwight could not pass up,” said Billy Harris, who served as an assistant coach at Bay View during Buycks’ playing days at the Milwaukee City Conference school and is now the head coach at Milwaukee Pulaski. “Marquette will allow Dwight to accomplish all of his goals. He will have the opportunity to graduate from a top-notch school while also getting the chance to play basketball at the next level.”

Harris said schools from all over the country had either expressed strong interest or had recently offered scholarships to Buycks, who is a high-energy, athletic and competitive backcourt performer in the mold of current Marquette standout Jerel McNeal.

“The top schools interested included North Carolina, Memphis, Kentucky, Illinois, Purdue, Iowa State, USC and Missouri,” Harris said. “We’re talking about the top-rated junior college player in the nation.......

[cyismydog]

Yet another ISU target ending up at Marquette....ISU had him all but committed until Marquette jumped in.

[Bernini]

F.Y.I, three players who played high school basketball in Wisconsin were drafted Thursday, and they were:

38. SG Kyle Weaver, Beloit
55. PG/SG Mike Taylor, Milwaukee Marshall
59. SF Deron Washington, Green Bay Notre Dame

3 of the 49 American players drafted is a superb showing for the state. Theoretically, the average state will produce one of the NBA players drafted (1/50 states). So Wisconsin fared 3 times better than the average state.

Also worth noting:

Danny Ainge reportedly has an affinity for Brian Butch and he'll probably play for the Champions' Summer league. I was pretty disappointed Jonte Flowers didn't get drafted. He's a 3-time D2 Defensive POY, has good size for a 2, is athletic, can shoot somewhat, has a good handle. Flowers has everything NBA GM's are looking for except experience against top competition. He reportedly is being considered for the Wolves' summer league team.

[cportbucky]

Been quiet here this summer. Some updates from Miller's site.

'09
Averkamp has committed to Loyola (Chi)
Tyler Brown (EC North) has added Boston U, Central Mich, ND State, and UWGB to UWM on his offer list

'10
Kelm has added offers from SLU, Iowa, and Oregon St
Calvin Godfrey (Custer) has committed to UWM
Cerroni chose UWGB over offers from Bradley, Loyola, Oakland (MI), Portland, and UWM
Gasser has offers from SLU, ND State, UWM, and UWGB
TJ Bray (Cath Memorial) got his first offer from Florida Gulf Coast
Ben Mills (Arrowhead) has offers from UWM, Loyola, Indiana St, Weber St, Texas St, and Florida Gulf Coast

'11
Larry Bradley's most likely destination is Tosa East
Quevyn Winters (Washington) has an offer from GB
Jorgenson (LaCrosse Logan) has an offer from UWM
Darell Longstreet, 6' PG (Tremper) has a GB offer

[Bernini]

Thanks. I'll make sure to update the master list shortly.

[Bernini]

Iowa State reeled in another Wisconsinite when Milwaukee Lutheran guard Chim Kadima committed today. Congrats Cy if you're out there!

[phizz007]

Tyler Brown has committed to Central Michigan.

[Bernini]

Update on key players' performances:

Iowa State's Diante Garrett- 10.9 pts, 6.1 asts, 5.1 rebs (I saw him play yesterday and was very impressed with his court vision. One of the only catalysts for the Cyclone offense. Also, while he is susceptible to getting backed down a little because of his weight, overall he's a plus defender because of his effort and lateral quickness which is stopping penetration. He would be helping the Badgers at shooting guard right now).

Louisville's Jerry Smith- 8.3 pts (hard to figure why his PT has declined so dramatically when he's been such an efficient offensive player posting a 1.56 points per shot. That would be sweet if he was alienated by Pitino and transferred back in state for his senior year where he always belonged ala Chambliss).

Northern Iowa's Adam Koch- 11.4 pts, 5.2 rebs (saw him play for about 10-15 minutes last night. Was pretty impressed with him. Reminded me of a mid major version of Jon Leuer. Would have been in the rotation for the Badgers probably.)

North Dakota State's Mike Nelson- 14.5 pts, 4.2 rebs

Western Illinois' David Dubois- 17 pts, 5.8 rebs

Loyola's J.R. Blount- 15.1 pts, 4 asts, 3.2 rebs

Central Michigan's Jacolby Hardiman- 11.7 pts, 6.7 rebs

UWM's Tone Boyle- 14.3 pts

UWM's Avery Smith- 11.4 pts, 4.7 rebs, 2.6 asts

UWGB's Troy Cotton- 13.4 pts

UWGB's Mike Schactner- 11.7 pts, 4 rebs

Evansville's James Haarsma- 9 pts, 5.3 rebs

Loyola's Andy Polka- 8.7 pts, 6.6 rebs

St. Louis' Kwamain Mitchell- 7.1 pts, 4 asts

[Bernini]

Updates on Wisconsinites playing in college, and professionally around the globe:

College

Wes Matthews, Marquette: 19.1 ppg, 5.5 rebs, 2.8 asts

Diante Garrett, Iowa St.: 10.7 ppg, 5.1 asts, 4.1 rebs

Jerry Smith, Louisville: 8 ppg (1.57 pps), 2.5 rebs, 1.3 asts, 1.2 stls

Korie Lucious, Michigan State: 2.9 ppg, 1.6 asts

Adam Koch, Northern Iowa: 10.7 ppg, 4.7 rebs

David Dubois, Western Illinois: 17.3 ppg, 6.1 rebs

J.R. Blount, Loyola: 15.9 ppg, 4.1 asts, 3.9 rebs

Andy Polka, Loyola: 8.1 ppg, 6.1 rebs

Mike Nelson, North Dakota St: 12.1 ppg, 4.1 rebs

James Haarsma, Evansville: 7.5 ppg, 4.8 rebs

Tone Boyle, UWM: 14.6 pts, 3.3 rebs

Avery Smith, UWM: 14.5 pts, 4.6 rebs, 3 asts

Ricky Franklin, UWM: 8.5 pts, 4.4 rebs, 3.3 asts

Anthony Hill, UWM: 7.3 pts, 5.3 rebs

Ryan Tillema, UWGB: 15.4 ppg, 3.9 rebs, 1.6 asts

Troy Cotton, UWGB: 12.7 ppg

Mike Schactner, UWGB: 11.1 ppg, 4.3 rebs

Randy Bery, UWGB: 7.9 ppg, 6.3 rebs


Pro

NBA

Devin Harris, New Jersey: 23.1 pts, 6.6 asts, 1.6 stls

Caron Butler, Washington: 20.8 pts, 6.4 rebs, 4.5 asts, 1.7 stls

Carl Landry, Houston: 20.8 mpg, 9 pts (57.9%), 5.2 rebs

Anthony Carter, Denver: 23.2 mpg, 5.7 pts, 4.6 asts, 2.8 rebs

Travis Diener, Indiana: 10.8 mpg, 3.7 pts, 1.6 asts

Steve Novak, LAC: 9.1 mpg, 3.1 pts (39.7%), 1.1 rebs

Mike Taylor, LAC: 11.8 mpg, 3.4 pts (33.7%), 1.7 asts

Kyle Weaver, Oklahoma City: garbage timer

Chris Mihm, LAL: garbage timer (injuries)

Europe

Greg Stiemsma, Oyalk Renault Bursa (Turkey): 23 MPG, 7.1 pts (49.4%), 6.4 rebs, 2.2 blks....tapered off a bit after a strong start

Brian Butch, Giants Noerdlingen (Germany): 3 games, 20.3 mpg, 7.7 pts (42.9%), 3.6 rebs

Michael Flowers, New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig (Germany): 11.6 mpg, 2.2 pts (52.9%), 1.1 stls

Ray Nixon, Namika Lahti (Finland): 28.4 mpg, 14.7 pts (59.1%, 46.2%), 3.9 rebs

Mike Wilkinson, BC Khimky Moscow (Russia): 12.5 mpg, 6 pts (54.5%), 2.5 rebs, 1.2 stls

Matt Lojeski, Generali Okapi Aalstar (Belgium): 33.6 min, 19.3 pts (66.3%), 5 rebs, 2.4 asts, 1.8 stls

Joah Tucker, Saint-Quentin Basket-Ball (France): 33.8 mpg, 14.5 pts (57%), 5.5 rebs, 1.5 blks

Draelon Burns, Eroni star Kiryat Ata (Israel): 32.7 mpg, 17 pts (35.5%), 4.6 rebs, 2.7 asts, 2.4 stls

Reece Gaines, Angelico Biella (Italy): 30.4 mpg, 14.2 pts (53.4%), 3.0 asts, 2.7 stls

Jonte Flowers, Solna (Sweden): double figures in points, leading the Swedish League in steals

Dylan Page, Elan Bearnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez (France): 3 games, 18.3 pts (57.1%), 8 rebs, 3.7 asts

Deron Washington, Hapoel Holen (Israel): 26.5 mpg, 12.4 pts (51.7%), 5.4 rebs, 2.1 stls, 1.4 blks

Lavelle Felton, Paderborn Baskets (Germany): 29.2 mpg, 10.9 pts (51.8%)

Kaspars Kambala, Enisey Krasnoyarsk (Russia): 1 game, 18 mpg, 14 pts (57.1%), 6 rebs

Drake Diener, Air Avellino (Italy): 13 games, 30.1 mpg, 10.2 (44.3%), 4.9 rebs, 2.2 asts, 1.7 stls

Michael Southall, Melilla Baloncesto (Spain): 6 games, 14.5 mpg, 7.8 pts (69%), 4 rebs, 1.2 blks

[Bernini]

According to WSN Wisconsin Sports Network - WisSports.net:

- Iowa State commitment Chimankinda Kadima dropped 39 against Nicolet

- Menomonie Falls' forward Luke Russell, who reportedly had an offer from UW-Milwaukee, has quit the team after a disappointing start to the season.

- Former Pius and Rufus King star Monterale Clark received offers from Baylor, Oklahoma St., and Auburn after a hot start to his JUCO season.

Also, I checked Marshalltown Community College's roster and reigning Wisconsin Mr. Basketball DeMarcus Phillips is no longer listed.

[badgerbasketball33]

ESPN Team's gesture supports grieving opponent -ESPN Rise BOYSBASKETBALL

wasn't sure where to put this but I thought it was a nice story

[badgerbasketball33]

Went to the east memorial game last night just some notes

1. vander blue needs to work on his jumper. He probably shot 3 of 10 from the field with two of those shots being from point blank range. He had a very nice alley oop dunk though. the kid can jump.

2. Marquette can have jeronne maymom for all i care. Also tim maymon has problems. Bo ryan showed up and the east fans started chanting bo ryan. Tim maymom would have none of that. (he was leading the student section last night) Started his own buzz williams chant, who was also there.

3. I would really like to see marquise mason walk on for the badgers. He is in contact with the uw basketball staff. If he gets an offer from the uw football staff he should get an offer to walk on from bo. He has developed a nice outside jumper and 3 point shot. Also swated jeronne last night. He has offers from milwaukee, bradley, and creighton. Maybe green bay too can't remember