re: LSU Basketball recruiting 2012, updated 7-16-12, removed Tony Trocha

I don't think LSU is recruiting Sheldon Jeter any longer, but I'm not going to remove him from the list until he commits somewhere. He was actually on an official visit to South Carolina this weekend for the LSU game.

He is currently favoring South Carolina, Wisconsin and Penn State.

It is looking like Shane Hammink is the wing player LSU is preferring in this class.

Just what comes up on youtube. I think that is all prior to his going to Canarias, which is a high level place.


Jerry Myer, Rivals basketball recruiting analyst, just posted on the national board that he is hearing Darryl Milburn won't be eligible and is heading to JUCO. I guess that settles that issue.

The only names I'm hearing are Jason Carter and Orlando Sanchez.

It's not looking good with Sanchez. Carter is out for the year with a knee injury - don't know the severity.

I have no doubt that there are other names out there that we don't know about. It still shocks me that the LSU media outlets don't cover basketball recruiting at all. I have not seen the Hammink story reported anywhere but here, and that has been more than a week. That is a great story and should be a lead story in The Advocate. (Geert's son, born in BR, playing at famous Euro prep school, etc. Lots of storylines)

Also, the fact that a national writer is reporting that Milburn has eligibility issues is sad. Our local media should have been all over this story. Milburn is the highest ranked player in Louisiana that has not committed, and I have never seen a story on him.

Can Morgan play PG?

Some of the scouting reports I read on Hammink sound as if he could give you the 10 minutes we will need to rest Hickey, probably doesn't need that much rest.

Stringer will be the back up point guard, unless another is signed. He's not the best, but is good enough for five minutes per half.

If we sign Coleman, I look for Stringer to come off the bench as a backup 1 and 2.

Last I checked, they were mid-major to low-major level. UNT, Texas State, etc.

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Rivals shows him with offers from LSU, Iowa and Florida

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New name in the hat for him.

I hope we get him here and start the LSU legacy recruits.

Recruit him to do what, laundry? Wasn't eligible out of high school, dropped out of junior college.

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Bubba,
Do you anticipate LSU signing both coleman and hammink?
That would give us three wing players (with Morgan) in this class.
Plus returning players Turner, Stringer, Issac and Ludwig on the wing. Are we going to a zone trap defense?

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If they sign 3 wings players (Eddie isn't a wing, can't defend it at all) then look for someone like Hammink to redshirt. If they get Hammink though, I suspect they'll let Coleman go. My concerns are where is that other big man at? They need two in this class and I haven't found one they are highly recruiting.