Badger Basketball Recruiting

August 11, 2004

• Here is a bunch of info on the three latest Badger basketball recruits: Phillip Perry, JP Gavinski, and Marcus Landry:

  Phillip Perry-6-2, Combo Guard, Maywood, Illiois

  Ratings: Rivals #102, #28 Shooting guard, #5 in Illinois, Youthprepstar #98
  High School Elite Profile
  Phillip Perry Closes Out His Recuitment-IlPrepBullseye.com
  Badgers land 6-2 guard from Chicago for 2005-JSOnline
  Illinois Prep Commits-WSJ

  JP Gavinski-6-10, Center, Wisconsin Dells

  Ratings: HoopScoop #131, PrepStar #3 in Wisconsin
  Fox Valley Skillz Profile
  Dells star Gavinski commits to UW-JSOnline
  Dells' Gavinski commits to Badgers-Cap Times
  Insiders Gavinski Review

  Marcus Landry-6-7, Forward, Milwaukee

  Ratings: Insiders #20 PF, Youthprepstar #69
  Landry Photo Gallery-BadgerNation.com
  Vincent's Landry commits to Badgers-Cap Times
  Source says Landry to Badgers-WSJ

August 8, 2003

• The basketball team picked up a verbal commit from DeAaron Williams, a 6-4 wing player from Bartonville, Illinois. Williams is generally considered to be towards the bottom end of the top 100 high school players in his class and one of the top 5 players in Illinois.

  UW basketball lands a top-100 prospect-Journal Sentinel
  Williams Profile-The Insiders
  Williams Profile-High School Elite Profile
  No Clear Leader In War To Land DeAaron Williams -ChicagoHoops.com

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  In basketball recruiting news, the Badgers received a verbal from Minneapolis guard Kammron Taylor. Taylor is a 6-2 point/combo guard who was also offered by Minnesota, DePaul, Houston, New Mexico, Wyoming, and Nebraska. Taylor is a 3-star recruit according to Rivals.com and his consensus national rank is somewhere around 100-125. He is considered the third best player in Minnesota by many.

  Guard Taylor commits to UW-JSOnline
  UW lands Minneapolis point guard-WSJ
  UW men's basketball: Minneapolis point guard commits to Badgers -CapTimes
  Bob Gibbons Evaluation-BobGibbons.net (scroll down)
  Gator Hoops Evaluation-GatorHoops (scroll down)

• Some big hoops news today. First off, early word is that Boo Wade will indeed be eligible to play this season. Final confirmation is pending but the MJS said as much today, backing up other sources.

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  Secondly, the Badgers received a verbal commit from 6-2 Madison LaFollette junior-to-be guard Michael Flowers. Flowers is projected as a point by some and as an off-guard by others. He is exceptionally active. Flowers was named honorable mention All-State as a soph (one of two sophs to be mentioned in the state awards, the other being Greg Steimsma). Michael was also named to the All-Area and All-Big Eight teams.

  Ryan gets another early pledge-JSOnline
  Youngest Flowers picks UW -Cap Times
  All-Area Team Flowers mention-Cap Times

The Badgers basketball team received two verbal committments today. Senior Marcetteaus McGee of Chicago and sophomore Greg Stiemsma of Randolph are the two newest future Badgers.

Wisconsin Lands Senior Guard & Sophomore Center -Bob Gibbons All-Star Report
Chicago guard, Randolph's Stiemsma pick UW -Cap Times
Ryan reels in a big catch-JSOnline

McGee Profile-HoopConnect.com
McGee High School Elite Profile
Badgers recruit a basketball gem-Racine Journal Times
McGee Article-Web Sports Chicago
Nike Camp Point Guard Evaluations-UNCbasketball.com

Randolph's Stiemsma says yes to UW men's basketball team -Wisconsin State Journal
Stiemsma's sophomore conference stats

November 1, 2001

Wisconsin received its 4th basketball commitment for next season as forward Jason Chappell gave his verbal commit today. For more...

• Chappell verbally commits to UW men's basketball team -Wisconsin State Journal

• Bob Gibbons Evaluation -Bob Gibbons.net

• Jason Chappell -Playground Warriors Official Site

More hoops news!

The Badger basketball team also landed a player for the second day in a row, this time 6-5 forward Alando Tucker of Joliet Lockport, Illinois (the same HS as Ty Calderwood). According to SuburbanChicagoNews.com... Tucker, a human highlight film night in and night out, averaged 21.4 points and 5.9 rebounds last season. He shot 48.4 percent from the field and .785 from the free throw line. He can score inside and outside and projects as a wing player in college. Tucker is ranked as the #6 player in Illinois according to HighSchoolElite.com

SuburbanChicagoNews.com

More on Tucker... Big Ten Appeal-SuburbanChicagoNews Alando Tucker-HighSchoolElite.com Alando Tucker-Illiniboard.com

August 22, 2001

• Basketball recruiting news!!!
  

  Wisconsin and Coach Bo Ryan have reportedly received their first verbal commit of the year in wing forward Ray Nixon of Whitefish Bay Dominican. Nixon is a top 100 player nationally according to Hoop Scoop. Here is some more info on Ray.... Dominican's Nixon gives UW his word -JS Online

  Playground Warriors

  This on Ray from SoCalhoops.com Ray Nixon (6'-7" Jr. F) Dominican HS, Milwaukee, WI--Nixon is a multi-dimensional athlete who can play any position on the court at this level, because he can block shots, rebound, beat you off the dribble with his quickness, handle, pass, and shoot the three. He isn't as big as Antoine Walker was at the same stage, his court demeanor and style of play reminds me of Walker's . I also am intrigued by the fact that a lot people from Wisconson are overlooking this guy. As a result, we went back and watched Nixon play several more times. And the last time he was the guy who brought the ball up the court and started the offense. He also is a big-time athlete and plays with a lot of intensity. So write him down as one of the biggest sleepers in the class, as well as a legitimate top 50 junior nationally.

On the BadgerBoard yesterday Hagrid posted a link to a post on the Bob Gibbons website ( Bullseye Board) that gave a nice possible synopsis of the basketball recruiting situation. Normally, I would just link to the post, but since it will only have a finite life over there, I thought I would repost it in its entirety:

We hear that Coach Bo Ryan wants to go big, but if he goes the "best player available route", that will put 6'5 Dan Grunfeld from Milwaukee Nicolet in the picture, but Grunfeld has Tennessee as his early leader. 6'10 Tom Howland from Normal West, IL was at one time being looked at, but we hear he has "slipped" to mid-major recruiting. The player we keep hearing is 6'6 Ray Nixon from Bayview, who we think is one of the most underrated players in Wisconsin. 6'9 James Augustine has long been out of the running. Another kid we hear the Badgers are really high on is 6'8 Wes Wilkinson, whom we loved at NIKE. However, he is close to committing to Nebraska or Kansas from what we hear. If he waits until spring, that could get the Badgers in the hunt. To be honest, Ryan inherits a huge problem with this "shoebox scanadal" which could adversely affect recruiting for his first two seasons. Next year, he is certainly zeroing in on 6'11 Brian Butch from Appleton and 6'8 Torrie Johnson from Milwaukee Juneau, to name a few. Two pretty darn good juniors!

July 20, 2001

Mike Lucas: Ryan hits recruiting road at full speed -The Cap Times

July 10, 2001

Badgers Offer Butch-Wisconsin Preps

July 6, 2001

Wisconsin being left behind in recruiting race -ESPN.com

June 26, 2001

Helmigk Already Impressing Badger Teammates -Inside Wisconsin

June 19, 2001

More reaction to the WBCA All-Star Game:

Area players impressive in WBCA all-star games -Cap Times

June 18, 2001

• More on the NCAA and some of the problems with rule compliance can be found at Plethora of rules confuses many in NCAA -Badger Plus

• Over the weekend Latrell Fleming, Devin Harris, and Clayton Hanson played in the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association all-star game at the Kohl Center.

  Fleming, to the surprise of some, stole the show from more highly touted recruits Devin Harris and Travis Diener (Marquette). A summary can be found here:

  Fleming bonds with future fans at WBCA all-star game -Badger Plus

  Harris however really shined in the workouts leading up to the game and looks to be a player that will be in the rotation immediately as a true frosh.

Cornett's Dandy Dozen -School Sports

May 4, 2001

PrepStar has an updated list of the top 300 high school senior basketball players. For the complete list, follow the link. Otherwise, here are the notables:

• 37.) Quemont Greer-DePaul
  
• 43.) JaQuan Hart-Michigan
  
• 71.) Travis Diener-Marquette
  
• 97.) Michael Southall
  
• 101.) Stanley Asumnu-undecided, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, prep/juco listed
  
• 131.) Devin Harris-Wisconsin
  
• 136.) Chris Charles-undecided
  
• 201.) Deonte Tatum-prep school
  
• 203.) Latrell Fleming-Wisconsin
  
• 221.) Neil Plank-Wisconsin
  
• 240.) John Chappell-undecided
  
• 245.) Drake Diener-DePaul
  
• 287.) Clayton Hanson-Wisconsin
  
• BEST OF THE REST-Kamarr Davis-JUCO
  
• BEST OF THE REST-Andy Grunst-Butler
  
• BEST OF THE REST-Pat Rodgers-undecided
  
• BEST OF THE REST-Matt Rohde-UW-GB
  
• BEST OF THE REST-Joah Tucker-Bradley

Badgers target Brown Deer star-Badger Plus

April 24, 2001

Penalties put Ryan on hot seat-Badger Plus
Reedsburg's Hanson to walk on at UW, join Bo Ryan-Capital Times

April 23, 2001

Reports on the BadgerBoard are that former UW-Milwaukee recruit Clayton Hanson from Reedsburg will instead walk on at Wisconsin. As a scholarship player, he would be an iffy Big Ten recruit. However, as a scholarship players he has a nice potential upside. Here is some more info on Hanson.

Hanson Verbals-Insider's Report
Reedsburg's Hanson On A Level All His Own -Ihigh.com
Ryan's recruits brighten Panthers' forecast -JSOnline
Clayton AAU Reference -Las Vegas Review-Journal (bottom of article)
Hanson Profile-High Major Hoops

April 19, 2001

UW hoops grabs top players -Badger Herald

April 13, 2001

A pic and (very brief) profile of Badger recruit Neil Plank can be found here. (Credit to Raging Boston Badger).

Tosa East star signs with UW-BadgerPlus