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Top-100 Recruit Likes Flyers (Doug Harris, Dayton Daily News - June 25, 2009)

(Article about Brandon Spearman)


Flyers Going After Guards (Doug Harris, Dayton Daily News - June 27, 2009)

(Article about Jalen Steele, Jesse Berry, Brandon Spearman, and Cameron Wright)


Flyers aim for a great class (Doug Harris, Dayton Daily News - June 28, 2009)

(Article about Jesse Berry, Jalen Steele, and Brandon Spearman)


Dayton Flyers 2009-10 Depth Chart with 2008-09 Scoring (5 Seniors):

PG: London Warren (6-0 Sr./ 4.1 PPG), Rob Lowery (6-2 Sr./ 7.5 PPG)
SG: Marcus Johnson (6-3 Sr./ 11.8 PPG), Mickey Perry (6-2 Sr./ 4.6 PPG), Paul Williams (6-4 Soph./ 2.2 PPG)
SF: Chris Wright (6-8 Jr./ 13.3 PPG), Chris Johnson (6-5 Soph./ 6.3 PPG), Luke Fabrizius (6-9 Soph./ 4.3 PPG)
PF: Devin Searcy (6-10 Jr./ 2.8 PPG), Josh Benson (6-10 Fr./ DNP)
C: Kurt Huelsman (6-10 Sr./ 3.6 PPG), Matt Kavanaugh (6-10 Fr./ DNP)

Brian Gregory has 6 scholarships available for the 2010 Class (the 5 present seniors plus Stephen Thomas’ scholarship) and the following wish list:

1 point guard
1 shooting guard
2 combo guards
1 combo forward
Adreian Payne

The point guard scholarship went to Juwan Staten.

At the present time, Brandon Spearman and Jalen Steele are the front-runners for the shooting guard scholarship.

Both combo guard scholarships have now been awarded, the first going to Drake transfer Josh Parker, who will be a junior in 2010-11 (Josh Parker video) and the second to Jesse Berry.

The combo forward scholarship went to Ralph Hill, who appears to be a slightly bigger version of multi-skilled, athletic Chris Johnson. Brian Gregory was in early on both Ralph Hill and Chris Johnson, and both flew under the national radar (i.e. head coaches of BCS-conference schools and the basketball recruiting websites) before committing to Dayton. As you recall, Chris Johnson was named to the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie team in March 2009, which was quite an accomplishment for a reserve SF playing behind Chris Wright. At 6’-5” Chris Johnson is quite capable of playing the SG position against opponents’ taller SGs. Brian Gregory is very keen to stock his roster with players who can play 2 positions – “interchangeable parts” as he calls them – and is doing a great job of so.

The sixth and final scholarship available for 2010 is being held for PF/C Adreian Payne, who may or may not commit to Dayton. As many of you know already, Payne is still very raw, but has incredible upside potential. If Payne commits elsewhere, Brian Gregory may offer it to another 2010 prospect or hold the scholarship for a 2011 prospect.

PF # 2 Adreian Payne (Rivals.com)

PF # 7 Adreian Payne (ESPN / Scouts Inc.)

C # 4 Adreian Payne (Scout.com)


It is relevant to ask how much UD’s recruiting has improved since Brian Gregory was named head coach of the Dayton Flyers.

This question is best answered by looking at the last two recruiting classes that were signed by Oliver Purnell before he left for Clemson:

University of Dayton Prospects: HS Class of 2002 (Scout.com)

University of Dayton Prospects: HS Class of 2003 (Scout.com)


If Chris Wright has a monster season in 2009-10 (i.e. 18 PPG, 8 RPG, 50% FGs, and 40% from 3-point range) he may well forego his senior year at UD and head to the NBA a year early as a first-round draft pick. However, given the very strong field of players who will likely be in the 2010 NBA Draft, coupled with Derrick Brown's disappointing # 40 selection in the 2009 NBA Draft, I consider it far more likely that Wright will play his senior year at UD.

If Wright does leave early for the NBA, the Flyers will still have junior Chris Johnson, junior Luke Fabrizius, and freshman Ralph Hill available to man the 3-spot in 2010-11. This means that Brian Gregory will not find himself in Chris Mack's situation of having to waste a valuable scholarship on a career pine-jockey in a desperate attempt to fill a hole in the roster after the unexpected departure of the team's best player.


Dayton has not passed Xavier as a program yet, but as each season goes by, Brian Gregory has been building a stronger roster and closing the gap between the Flyers and the Musketeers. I believe it is likely that the Flyers will win the Atlantic 10 Conference this season and continue to improve relative to Xavier and the rest of the Atlantic 10 basketball teams. However, that is only one man's humble opinion. As always, we'll see . . .


Related Threads:

PG Chooses Dayton (Juwan Staten) (Atlantic 10 MB thread started February 27, 2008)

Spring Period Signings in the A-10 (Josh Parker) (Atlantic 10 MB thread started April 18, 2009)

Ralph Hill, 2010 SF commits to Dayton (Atlantic 10 MB thread started April 28, 2009)

Class of 2010: ESPNU Super 60 (Juwan Staten) (Atlantic 10 MB thread started May 1, 2009)

Overview of Your Team Next Year (Atlantic 10 MB thread started May 20, 2009)

Dayton vs. Xavier in 2009-10 (Atlantic 10 MB thread started May 29, 2009)

2009-10 Preseason Rankings (Atlantic 10 MB thread started June 16, 2009)

July 2009: AAU Tournaments and Evaluation Period (Atlantic 10 MB thread started June 26, 2009)

2010 NBA Draft (Atlantic 10 MB thread started June 26, 2009)

Berry to Dayton (Atlantic 10 MB thread started July 2, 2009)

Chris Wright on Yahoo! homepage (Atlantic 10 MB thread started July 7, 2009)

Dayton Flyers Land Another Top 100 Recruit (Brandon Spearman) (Atlantic 10 MB thread started July 17, 2009)

SF Devin Oliver Commits to Dayton (Atlantic 10 MB thread started October 18, 2009)

Today is National Letter of Intent Day (Atlantic 10 MB thread started November 11, 2009)

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Atlantic 10 Commitments: HS Class of 2008 (ESPN / Scouts Inc.)

Atlantic 10 Commitments: HS Class of 2009 (ESPN / Scouts Inc.)

Atlantic 10 Commitments: HS Class of 2010 (ESPN / Scouts Inc.)

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Atlantic 10: 2009-10 Predicted Order of Finish (A10 MB thread started October 6, 2009)

Rivals.com Ranks All 347 Division I Teams (A10 MB thread started September 11, 2009)

CHN's 144 Teams in 144 Days (A10 MB thread started July 23, 2009)

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Dayton Recruiting (A10 MB thread started July 2, 2009)

Thinking About ... DAYTON (WH MB thread started October 17, 2009)


2009-10 Season Predictions: Flyers Lead the Way (A10 MB thread started September 29, 2009)

ESPN's Top Basketball Programs of the 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000 (A10 MB thread started October 5, 2009)

A-10 Non-conference Records Predictions (A10 MB thread started October 10, 2009)

A10 Media Day (A10 MB thread started October 20, 2009)

Early Season Tournaments (A10 MB thread started August 6, 2009)

Dayton's 3-Point Shooting to be Upgraded for 2010-11 Season (A10 MB thread started November 21, 2009)

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Dayton Flyers 2009-10 Schedule & Results (DaytonFlyers.com)

Game 1: # 21 Dayton 90, Creighton 80 (Flyers 1-0):
CU/UD Game thoughts (A10 MB thread)

Game 2: # 18 Dayton 63, # 22 Georgia Tech 59 (Flyers 2-0):
Puerto Rico thread......UD/GA Tech (A10 MB thread)

Game 3: # 5 Villanova 71, Dayton 65 (Flyers 2-1):
UD/Nova game thread (A10 MB thread)

Game 4: Kansas State 83, Dayton 75 (Flyers 2-2):
UD/Kansas St. game thread (A10 MB thread)

 
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#38 ·
I know Flyer fans will disagree, but in my mind I've already written off Payne. We've seen a pattern with local recruits commiting early, when BG is in on them early, IF they want to go to UD. Wright, Kavenaugh, and Staten all fit this profile. Payne is beyond that point. If he wants to see what else is out there, he is not going to Dayton.

I, for one, am not going to build up Payne as a "must have" for UD. I will be perfectly happy if we land another highly rated SG and bank the last scholly for the 2011 class.
 
#39 ·
I and others have previously posted that Payne is not a "must have" for the Flyers.

He is, however, a luxury worth pursuing until he commits elsewhere.
 
#40 ·
How can Dayton fans still think there is any chance? He has been to UD so many times over the past couple of years and played in all of the open gyms and been to the games, he has seen probably everything he could and he hasn't committed to them or even said they were one of his finalists when asked point blank if he was still considering any Ohio schools. Snow might change his opinion but that wasn't Snow's opinion, it was Payne's. And in any case Snow really hasn't been changing his opinion, he has been saying that Payne is wide open and impossible to figure out when it comes to recruiting, he was never naming leaders or anything like that except for when he mentioned that Payne was probably going to go out of state for college. That seems to be the case here.
 
#41 · (Edited)
The problem with Snow isn't changing opinion or anything like that, it's that he rarely has an actual opinion. He's good at what he does, to a point. The thing you get when you talk to other people in and around the recruiting world is that he takes everything everybody says to to print. He rarely reads between the lines and either doesn't have a BS radar, or simply ignores the beeps.

What he says may end up being right, but that's beside the point because he'll end up reporting 3 differing points soon enough. The saying "a stopped clock is right twice a day" fits the bill here. The guy is so dedicated to getting the scoop (which is really admirable), but I think he goes about it in a flawed manner, and that leaves him open to being worked. I simply don't buy that BSnow things Dayton has been eliminated or that OSU might be on the way out. It goes against AP's personality, AP's close family and APs closest friends' words, and even APs words. There's a reason he's always quick to add "AP can change his tune at any moment". He's just spewing what the kid said word for word because he's decided that's his job. That's fine, but it really isn't his job.
 
#42 ·
I simply don't buy that BSnow things Dayton has been eliminated or that OSU might be on the way out. It goes against AP's personality, AP's close family and APs closest friends' words, and even APs words. There's a reason he's always quick to add "AP can change his tune at any moment". He's just spewing what the kid said word for word because he's decided that's his job. That's fine, but it really isn't his job.
So Payne gives Brian Snow information and he's not supposed to quote him word for word? What the heck is his job then since you obviously think you could do better. If a kid tells any writer who covers recruiting that, "my list of schools includes X, Y, and Z...", that guy is going to print it. What's wrong with saying "AP can change his tune at any moment?" He was told by the recruit himself information that a lot of people have been wanting to hear, and like a lot of 17-18 year old kids, they can change their minds pretty quickly. If Payne is feeding him bull, that's not Snow's fault.

How does it go against Payne's word if those are the words he told Snow?

You always sound like the "know-it-all".

I guarantee you if Payne had told Snow that Dayton was on his list, Dayton fans would be taking that to the bank.
 
#44 · (Edited)
Last night, Brian Snow (who has unfortunate initials for a reporter) started an "Adreian Payne" thread in the FlyerHoops.net Red & Blue Premium Forum in which he made 5 posts. A couple of hours later, he packaged his R&B Forum posts into this article and published it on the Rivals.com network:

Payne is Looking Out of State (Brian Snow - July 8, 2009)

which is available for any Rivals.com subscriber to read.
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Two weeks ago, Rivals.com national recruiting analyst Jerry Meyer had this to say about Adreian Payne:

Analyst sings praises of UD recruit, says Payne has work to do (Doug Harris, DDN - June 24, 2009) Excerpt:

“We see the upside in him. I think, though, Adreian is reaching that point, at least in our view, where some things need to start developing here soon or his stock is going to drop,” Meyer said. “It probably dropped a little bit at the camp. He got outplayed by a couple big men who are ranked beneath him.”

Payne, who visited Xavier University last week, is the eighth-ranked prospect overall in the nation. And while he’s still coveted by the premier programs, Meyer said: “I don’t know him real well, but I hear things. And I know Dayton has a good shot at him because I don’t necessarily think he’s looking to go to the biggest school or the highest-ranked school.”
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One week ago, ESPN published this article:

Amar'e Stoudemire Nike Skills Academy (Joel Francisco - ESPN /Scouts Inc. - July 2, 2009) Excerpt:

Best Defender

1. Adreian Payne, 2010 (Dayton, Ohio/Jefferson)


Although Payne's offensive game needs polishing, his defensive presence was outstanding. Because of his length, extremely long arms and extraordinary, quick leaping ability, Payne was tough to score against. He needs to gain a considerable amount of weight and overall strength to combat getting pushed around, but his ability to cover ground in the paint and contest both shots and passes coming into the post was special.

Photo caption: Adreian Payne is considering Ohio State, Cincinnati and Dayton, among others.
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Adreian Payne is clearly saying different things to different reporters, which is his prerogative.

What is Adreian Payne really thinking ? Only one person knows the answer to that question, and it isn't Brian Snow.

If 2009 is similar to previous years, many or most of the country’s top big men will commit to high-major programs in the six-week period from August 1st to mid-September. As I posted above, if Adreian Payne waits until late September or early October to make his choice, he will have far fewer options than he has now.


Byrd Battling Injury at LeBron James Academy (Jim Comparoni - Rivals / SpartanMag.com - July 7, 2009)

If you have a Rivals.com subscription, it is well worth reading the bottom part of the article (near the second photo of Payne), which has a number of quotes attributed to Payne only two days ago. What Payne said to Jim Comparoni could well end up influencing his college choice, and it would make no sense whatsoever for Payne to say those things to Jim Comparoni if he had indeed eliminated Dayton from his consideration.

No doubt, we'll be hearing more about Adreian Payne's recruitment from Matt Schwade (FlyerHoops.net) and Doug Harris (Dayton Daily News) in the near future. It will be interesting to see whether their articles confirm or contradict what Brian Snow wrote in the article he published last night.

 
#45 ·
Payne Give New List?

So a day after telling Brian Snow as well as other reporters that his list didn't include any Ohio schools besides maybe OSU, Payne gives a different list to different reporters today.

This kid is very different. I'm not going to believe anything I read about him until the day he does in fact commit to a school.

* As for Payne, he told some of us Wednesday he is down to eight schools but Ohio State was the only Ohio school still on his list. That tune changed earlier today, when he gave some reporters this list: Akron, Dayton, Xavier, Ohio State, Arizona and Kentucky.

One "informed source" told Bucknuts they find it hard to believe West Virginia -- which is making a MAJOR push in Ohio under former UC coach Bob Huggins -- will not be a factor for Payne. Stay tuned as this one plays out.
 
#47 · (Edited)
Payne Gives New List?

So a day after telling Brian Snow as well as other reporters that his list didn't include any Ohio schools besides maybe OSU, Payne gives a different list to different reporters today.

* As for Payne, he told some of us Wednesday he is down to eight schools but Ohio State was the only Ohio school still on his list. That tune changed earlier today, when he gave some reporters this list: Akron, Dayton, Xavier, Ohio State, Arizona and Kentucky.

One "informed source" told Bucknuts they find it hard to believe West Virginia -- which is making a MAJOR push in Ohio under former UC coach Bob Huggins -- will not be a factor for Payne. Stay tuned as this one plays out.
One of you Muskies should inform Brian Snow about this before he makes a bigger fool of himself in today's edition of the All For One Report.



Part of being a good reporter is knowing when someone is pulling your leg.

Hopefully, Brian Snow has learned something about that this week.
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I think Payne gets off on running people around. No one has any idea what he is going to do, and if anyone says that they do, they are full of it.
For the past year-and-a-half, Adreian Payne has been deliberately ambiguous about his "favorite schools" list, and for the past year-and-a-half, Brian Snow has asked Payne about his "favorite schools" list every time they talk. I suspect that Payne just got tired of Snow asking him the same question over and over again, and decided to put an end to it by making a fool out of Snow. It wasn't a very nice thing to do, but it was certainly understandable under the circumstances.

It is worth noting that none of the other reporters who heard Payne's "July 8th favorite schools list" chose to publish it, and for good reason. For the past year-and-a-half, Payne has consistently mentioned Dayton every time he has been asked about his "favorite schools" list - a fact that Brian Snow was well aware of - and Snow should have been very suspicious when Payne left Dayton off his "July 8th favorite schools list". Everyone else was.
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I do doubt he ends up in the A10 though.
I don't know where Adreian Payne will be playing his college basketball, but I wouldn't be the least bit surprized if it was Dayton. Payne has kept his cards very close to his chest during his recruitment, but he revealed a lot more than he had previously in this July 7th article:

Byrd Battling Injury at LeBron James Academy (Jim Comparoni - Rivals / SpartanMag.com - July 7, 2009)


And I would not be quick to dismiss what Rivals.com national recruiting analyst Jerry Meyer had to say:

Analyst sings praises of UD recruit, says Payne has work to do (Doug Harris, DDN - June 24, 2009) Excerpt:

And while he’s still coveted by the premier programs, Meyer said: “I don’t know him real well, but I hear things. And I know Dayton has a good shot at him because I don’t necessarily think he’s looking to go to the biggest school or the highest-ranked school.”
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I have followed Adreian Payne's recruitment in much greater detail than most of you, so here is my humble but informed opinion:

(1) Payne isn't going to a MAC school, so Akron is out.

(2) Payne has said repeatedly that his grandmother is the most important person in his life and that she wants him to stay near home so that she can attend his games, so Arizona is out.

(3) Payne has said that Ohio State has stopped recruiting him, so the Buckeyes are apparently out.

(4) Payne has taken unofficial visits to Michigan State and Kentucky, and both are making very strong recruiting efforts for his services. (Yesterday, Brian Gregory and Tom Izzo sat next to each other while watching Adreian Payne play in the LeBron James’ King City Classic in Cleveland.) If Payne commits to a BCS-conference school, I believe that it will be either Michigan State or Kentucky.

(5) Xavier is out. Payne has regularly been attending the Flyers' home games for the past two seasons and is always very welcome in their locker room after the games. Payne frequently practices with the Flyers in open-gym sessions at UD and they all know each other quite well. Adreian Payne is Chris Wright's cousin and a close friend of AAU teammate Juwan Staten. Payne knows Juwan's father Bill Staten very well (“I’m probably around Adreian more than any other adult, other than his family and maybe his coach"). Adreian Payne is not going to commit to Dayton's # 1 rival, so Buick Mack is wasting his time if he is still recruiting Payne.

Bottom line: my best guess is that in September, Adreian Payne will commit to Dayton over Michigan State and Kentucky.
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Beltway Well Represented in Cleveland (Reggie Rankin, ESPN / Scouts Inc. - July 9, 2009)

Extra long and athletic forward Adreian Payne (Dayton, Ohio/Jefferson) displayed his underrated skill-set by hitting midrange jumpers and a 3 as he competed for rebounds with rising junior sensation Rakeem Christmas (Philadelphia/North Catholic) in a game that had multiple possessions played above the rim. The King City Classic had exciting plays in every game, as these players displayed talent, skill and elite athletic ability.
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UD Target Payne Starts Strong at LeBron Classic (Doug Harris, DDN - July 10, 2009)

UD recruiting target Adreian Payne has dropped 12 spots to No. 20 in the most recent Rivals.com top-100 list, but he’s helping himself with a strong showing at the LeBron James’ King City Classic this week in northeast Ohio.

Jerry Meyer, a recruiting analyst for Rivals, gave the 6-foot-10 center from Jefferson High School a glowing review on the website Thursday:

Adreian Payne put together one of the best performances we have seen him have in his opening game of the event where he got the best of Rakeem Christmas (of Philadelphia). Payne did most everything you would want out of a big man from blocking shots, rebounding in traffic, scoring in the post and hitting open jumpers.

“If Payne demonstrates the potential to sustain this type of effort, he will slide up the rankings from his present No. 20 spot.”
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How can Dayton fans still think there is any chance?
Answered above.

 
#48 ·
De nile isn't just a river in Egypt. I guess if he doesn't commit to the cryers the egg will be on your face. BTW, Snow's job is to report on recruiting. If AP gives him the time to talk to him then why shouldn't Snow report what AP says? You act as if Snow is making this stuff up. You try to discredit him but when Meyer says something favorable about the cryers chances then he must be speaking the gospel truth.

BTW, keep counting X out. Seems every time that you do they come back and bite you in the @ss.

Here is my humble and informed opinion: I don't think AP knows where he is going to go but it ain't gonna be UD because he wants to play for a winner and have a chance to get to the NBA.
 
#50 ·
Here's a picture for you, Muddy.



Brian Snow wasn't the only reporter to print the list of schools that Payne gave him. Payne gave that list to Bucknuts.com writers also, and they too posted that information in an article on their site. It was a premium article, just like Snow's. So once again, you're wrong.

What is Snow supposed to do? Just not print the information that was given to him directly from Payne? The one time he doesn't print the information would the be the one time Payne is actually telling him the truth.

Part of being a good reporter is telling when someone is pulling your leg? Are you serious? That's stupid. Snow is reporting the information he was given. If Payne wants to play games, that's fine.

I find it funny and ironic that you posted a picture of a guy with egg on his face. That should be your avatar because you always have egg on your face. You have a habit of trying to erase the evidence though.
 
#51 ·
Payne gave that list to Bucknuts.com writers also, and they too posted that information in an article on their site. It was a premium article, just like Snow's.
Please post a link to the Bucknuts premium article you're referring to.

I haven't seen it and I would like to read it.

Thank you very much.
 
#53 ·
There is no way Payne could possibly go to XU because he is also being recruited by UD? That is pretty flawed logic. Rivals go up against each other all of the time for recruits, that doesn't automatically eliminate one school from contention. And I don't know why you seem to think Dayton has such a strong shot. He has seen absolutely everything he possibly could at UD and he still hasn't committed. Instead he really wants to look outside of Ohio and take a closer look at those schools. Dayton is probably in the mix but I wouldn't count on them. If he was so interested in playing with Staten and Chris Wright and hanging out with grandma all of the time he would have committed already. The chances he stays in the A-10 are pretty slim. And for a recruit who is just a luxury and not a "must have" you spend a lot of time following the recruitment and finding articles about Adreian Payne to explain why Dayton has a decent chance of getting him and coming up with theories why Xavier has 0 chance.
 
#58 ·
He's actually quite predictable. He just doesn't do things in public, which leaves the paid scribes scrambling for any tiny sliver of news they can get from him.

Dayton
West Virginia
Kentucky

He'll go to one of those three schools.
 
#59 ·
West Virginia is out.

(1) The Flyers kicked the Mountaineers' butts in the NCAA Tournament.

(2) The Mountaineers' coach is as sleazy as they come.

(3) The Morgantown Multiplex Cinema shows "Deliverance" every Saturday night. The locals show up in droves and boo Burt Reynolds.
 
#62 ·
If you think I'm worried about embarassing myself on a faceless forum, you're dead wrong.

As for my bit, I was trying to say that the reasons are myopic at best as to why we don't play WSU. It would be like X dropping UC so they could add another buy game so the soccer team can get new cleats. Xavier doesn't have to bear the burden of carrying the pail for the entire athletic department like we do and has the additonal crutch that is football. If we droppec football, we could schedule like the big boys, and bringing WSU on possibly every other year would work.
 
#63 ·
Gentlemen,

This is a Dayton Flyers Recruiting thread.

If you want to discuss Wright State, that's fine by me, but do it on another thread so that those of us who have no interest whatsoever in reading anything about Wright State can just ignore the thread.

Thank you very much.
 
#64 ·
Benedictine senior Cameron Wright back in the college recruiting game (Cleveland Plain Dealer - July 9, 2009)

The 6-4 guard was the only Northeast Ohio product among the 80 players (only four from Ohio) at the King City Classic at the Wolstein Center this week. More than 100 college coaches watched, virtually all the big names such as North Carolina's Roy Williams, West Virginia's Bob Huggins, Florida's Billy Donovan and the Buckeyes' Thad Matta.

"My phone has been ringing from coaches who haven't called before," said Benedictine coach Rob Stircula, mentioning calls from Georgia Tech, Minnesota and Notre Dame.

It's believed that Wright has received offers from Indiana and Wisconsin of the Big Ten. He mentioned Dayton, Notre Dame and Cleveland State also catching his interest. Most Mid-American Conference schools would love to sign him.

"I am wide open right now," said Wright, who said that the Buckeyes' interest in him faded after assistant coach John Groce said goodbye to Columbus to become the head coach at Ohio
 
#66 ·
Snow's reporting on Payne has been comical. He desperately wants to come off as the most informed analyst on this recruitment, but his insistance on taking everything word for word when Payne opens his mouth makes him look like a chicken running around with his head cut off. He is convinced that UD fans don't give much credibilty to the day-to-day reporting on him because of our desire to see Payne at UD. But the reality is that Payne is notoriously unpredictable from day-to-day in his comments of his recruitment, and hanging on his every word will run you in a circle. After some time, Snows comments just become noise.
 
#67 ·
#68 ·
Top-100 Recruit Likes Flyers (Doug Harris, Dayton Daily News - June 25, 2009)

(Article about Brandon Spearman)


Flyers Going After Guards (Doug Harris, Dayton Daily News - June 27, 2009)

(Article about Jalen Steele, Jesse Berry, Brandon Spearman, and Cameron Wright)


Flyers aim for a great class (Doug Harris, Dayton Daily News - June 28, 2009)

(Article about Jesse Berry, Jalen Steele, and Brandon Spearman)


Dayton Flyers 2009-10 Depth Chart with 2008-09 Scoring (5 Seniors):

PG: London Warren (6-0 Sr./ 4.1 PPG), Rob Lowery (6-2 Sr./ 7.5 PPG)
SG: Marcus Johnson (6-3 Sr./ 11.8 PPG), Mickey Perry (6-2 Sr./ 4.6 PPG), Paul Williams (6-4 Soph./ 2.2 PPG)
SF: Chris Wright (6-8 Jr./ 13.3 PPG), Chris Johnson (6-5 Soph./ 6.3 PPG), Luke Fabrizius (6-9 Soph./ 4.3 PPG)
PF: Devin Searcy (6-10 Jr./ 2.8 PPG), Josh Benson (6-10 Fr./ DNP)
C: Kurt Huelsman (6-10 Sr./ 3.6 PPG), Matt Kavanaugh (6-10 Fr./ DNP)

Brian Gregory has 6 scholarships available for the 2010 Class (the 5 present seniors plus Stephen Thomas’ scholarship) and the following wish list:

1 point guard
1 shooting guard
2 combo guards
1 combo forward
Adreian Payne

The point guard scholarship went to Juwan Staten.

At the present time, Brandon Spearman and Jalen Steele are the front-runners for the shooting guard scholarship.

Both combo guard scholarships have now been awarded, the first going to Drake transfer Josh Parker, who will be a junior in 2010-11 (Josh Parker video) and the second to Jesse Berry.

The combo forward scholarship went to Ralph Hill, who appears to be a slightly bigger version of multi-skilled, athletic Chris Johnson. Brian Gregory was in early on both Ralph Hill and Chris Johnson, and both flew under the national radar (i.e. head coaches of BCS-conference schools and the basketball recruiting websites) before committing to Dayton. As you recall, Chris Johnson was named to the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie team in March 2009, which was quite an accomplishment for a reserve SF playing behind Chris Wright. At 6’-5” Chris Johnson is quite capable of playing the SG position against opponents’ taller SGs. Brian Gregory is very keen to stock his roster with players who can play 2 positions – “interchangeable parts” as he calls them – and is doing a great job of so.

The sixth and final scholarship available for 2010 is being held for PF/C Adreian Payne, who may or may not commit to Dayton. As many of you know already, Payne is still very raw, but has incredible upside potential. If Payne commits elsewhere, Brian Gregory may hold the scholarship for a big man in the HS Class of 2011 or offer it to Corey Petros, who visited UD last weekend.

PF # 2 Adreian Payne (Rivals.com)

PF # 7 Adreian Payne (ESPN / Scouts Inc.)

C # 4 Adreian Payne (Scout.com)
Having your top 4 guards graduate in the same year is a basketball coach's worst nightmare.

But Brian Gregory sucessfully landed his first choice for a point guard, his first choice for a shooting guard in Brandon Spearman, and his first two choices in combo guards.

Add to that Gregory's first choice in a combo forward in one Ralph Hill, and Gregory is now 5-for-5 in landing the players he really wanted to add to the Dayton Flyers' Roster.

You can't ask for any better than that.

Getting a commitment from Adreian Payne would be some real icing on the cake.
 
#69 ·
Going 5/5 isn't always a great thing. Why not aim higher and try to recruit top50 kids instead of targeting unranked kids and hoping they pan out. Although it looks like a very good class, Spearman is now only ranked in the top100 in one service and that's exactly at 100 after falling from the 70's.
 
#70 ·
Although it looks like a very good class, Spearman is now only ranked in the top100 in one service and that's exactly at 100 after falling from the 70's.
if anything, when it comes to rankings Juwan Staten is way underranked...all he has done is lead All Ohio Red to AAU title after title and all along the way embarass any and all comers trying to stop him. Additionally, many believe Jesse Berry described as a scoring PG (big time scorer) is also undervalued (I'm 1 of those)...I still can't believe Gregory pulled that heist off...:champagne:
 
#72 ·
For those of you looking for a basketball fix with a hint of that "creepy guy in the park" feeling, you can watch All-Ohio Red play this Sunday at 7:30 on ESPNU. Juwan Staten, UD target Adreian Payne, OSU signees Jared Sullinger and Aaron Craft all play for Red.

ESPNU will have coverage of the entire event from 5-9, if you really have nothing to do.
 
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