MBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Titan Q]

Mike McGrath and U. of Chicago getting Royce Muskeyvalley (5-11 PG, Rock Island H.S.) and Ryan Davis (6-3 PG, Phillips Exeter Academy/Deerfield H.S.) among others...

http://ilprepbullseye.com/Muskeyvalley_Chicago.html

[Titan Q]

Looks like Chicago 6-7 recruit Ian Joyce (Middleton, WI) has a future in the soap opera industry with this publicity shot...

http://host.madison.com/sports/columnists/dennis_semrau/article_184e686a-69fd-11e0-9d0c-001cc4c002e0.html

[petemcb]

Looks like Chicago 6-7 recruit Ian Joyce (Middleton, WI) has a future in the soap opera industry with this publicity shot...

http://host.madison.com/sports/columnists/dennis_semrau/article_184e686a-69fd-11e0-9d0c-001cc4c002e0.html

+k 

[petemcb]

In further recruiting/commitment news, I have been hearing that Wheaton has begun to address some of their need for size with the addition of 6'9" Joe Sokovich from Watertown, WI.  Apparently Hope and Calvin were both after him as well.  I ran into him on Wheaton's campus maybe a month or two ago and he appeared to be every bit of 6'9" and had a frame that looked like it could take on another 15 to 25 pounds without a problem, in an Andy Wiele kind of way.  Throw in 6'6" Peter Smith and Wheaton will not be facing the size challenges it did last year. 

[petemcb]

Another commitment for Augie:

Danielius Jurgutis, 6-0, 185, Darien, IL (Downers Grove South HS)

*2011 Suburban Life South DuPage County All-Area
*2011 Daily Herald DuPage County Honorable mention All-Area

Starting point guard for 25-4 DGS...Averaged about 10 ppg, better than 2-to-1 assists to turnovers.

Goes by Dan
Transferred to DGS this year from St. Joseph where he played his first 3 yrs. This was partially due to his friendship with DGS center Ziggy Riauka who I believe is a D2 Wis- Parkside signee.
Saw him play 4-5 times this year.
Played in a 3 guard, 1 forward, center offense.
Strong point is his consistency. Not flashy, but gets job done. Good hands and hand/eye coordination.
Main liability at this time is his defense. He isn't real quick and has some trouble sticking with quicker guards. May be 175 lbs, but no way is he as much as 185.  
Many of his baskets came at important times of a game.
Great assist/TO ratio, but this is a little misleading as he played on a team of great shooters/finishers including a D2 signee and 2 junior guards, both of which will prob be D1 players.
Likely JV player this year and maybe next, but definitely has a chance to make a nice contribution in the future.

A good enough report for me to contribute to your re-emergence from the pits of Karmic Sheol.  +k

[Dennis_Prikkel]

Another commitment for Augie:

Danielius Jurgutis, 6-0, 185, Darien, IL (Downers Grove South HS)

*2011 Suburban Life South DuPage County All-Area
*2011 Daily Herald DuPage County Honorable mention All-Area

Starting point guard for 25-4 DGS...Averaged about 10 ppg, better than 2-to-1 assists to turnovers.

Goes by Dan
Transferred to DGS this year from St. Joseph where he played his first 3 yrs. This was partially due to his friendship with DGS center Ziggy Riauka who I believe is a D2 Wis- Parkside signee.
Saw him play 4-5 times this year.
Played in a 3 guard, 1 forward, center offense.
Strong point is his consistency. Not flashy, but gets job done. Good hands and hand/eye coordination.
Main liability at this time is his defense. He isn't real quick and has some trouble sticking with quicker guards. May be 175 lbs, but no way is he as much as 185.  
Many of his baskets came at important times of a game.
Great assist/TO ratio, but this is a little misleading as he played on a team of great shooters/finishers including a D2 signee and 2 junior guards, both of which will prob be D1 players.
Likely JV player this year and maybe next, but definitely has a chance to make a nice contribution in the future.

A good enough report for me to contribute to your re-emergence from the pits of Karmic Sheol.  +k

Karmic Sheol

[Titan Q]

Huge commitment for Carthage - 6-9 F/C Luke Johnson from Wheaton Academy (16.5 ppg, 10.0 rpg).

http://www.kcchronicle.com/2011/05/02/preps-247-wheaton-academys-johnson-commits-to-carthage/bx0nwkt/

His ESPN recruiting page says "considering Evansville Aces, Wichita State Shockers, Loyola (IL) Ramblers, UNLV Rebels, Northern Illinois Huskies."

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/115708/luke-johnson



Now the next step is deciding where to go to continue his basketball career, as an ankle injury during the summer hurt Johnson's recruiting process. He is still hoping to receive a Division I offer in the near future, though heading to a prep school for a year to build up his value is not out of the question.

"I'm still deciding," added Johnson, who started playing basketball at the age of four. "During the summer, I had been talking to schools like NC State, Richmond, Evansville and Loyola among others. I sprained my ankle in July during the recruiting period and I missed a lot of time where colleges would have been able to look at me. And now a few of those schools have already given away their scholarships.

"I'm still working back from it (the ankle injury). And I'm looking at prep schools as well where maybe I could get back from this injury and get back to where I was."

http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/centraldupagepreps/boysbasketball/x1707784300/Johnson-s-switch-justified

[Titan Q]

Updated...


Seniors from the Illinois Basketball Services "Large School" all-state team:

PLAYER OF THE YEAR:
CHASSON RANDLE, 6'2", Senior, Rock Island  Stanford (D1)

FIRST TEAM:
MAX BIELFELDT, 6'8", Senior, Peoria Notre Dame  Michigan (D1)
WAYNE BLACKSHEAR, 6'5", Senior, Chicago Morgan Park  Louisville (D1)
RYAN BOATRIGHT, 5'10", Senior, Aurora East  U Conn (D1)
ANTHONY DAVIS, 6'10", Senior, Chicago Perspectives MSA  Kentucky (D1)
NNANNA EGWU, 6'9", Senior, Chicago St. Ignatius  Illinois (D1)
MYCHAEL HENRY, 6'6", Senior, Chicago Orr  Illinois (D1)
JORDAN NELSON, 5'11", Senior, Lincoln Evansville (D1)
MIKE SHAW, 6'8", Senior, Chicago De LaSalle  Illinois (D1)
SAM THOMPSON, 6'7", Senior, Chicago Whitney Young  Ohio St (D1)

SECOND TEAM:
TRACY ABRAMS, 6', Senior, Chicago Mt. Carmel Illinois (D1)
MACARI BROOKS, 6'3", Senior, Richton Park Rich South  DePaul (D1)
JAMIE CROCKETT, 6'4", Senior, Crete-Monee  DePaul (D1)
JOHNNY HILL, 6'3", Senior, Lombard Glenbard East  Illinois State (D1)
ROOSEVELT JONES, Senior, O'Fallon  Butler (D1)
FRANK KAMINSKY, 6'10", Senior, Lisle Benet Academy  Wisconsin (D1)
GEORGE MARSHALL, 6', Senior, Chicago Brooks  Wisconsin (D1)
DAVID SOBOLEWSKI, 6', Senior, Lisle Benet Academy  Northwestern (D1)
DONIVINE STEWART, 6'1", Senior, Bartonville Limestone  Bradley (D1)

THIRD TEAM:
AARON ADEOYE, 6'6", Senior, Marion  Ball State (D1)
JACCOBY ANDERSON, 5'11", Senior, Springfield Southeast
D'LANDO CARTER, 6'0, Senior, Danville
QUINTON CHIEVOUS, 6'5", Senior, Niles Notre Dame
DESHAWN DELANEY, 6'6", Senior, Chicago Carver  Vincennes U. (JC)
ZACH MILLER, 5'9", Senior, Lombard (IL) Glenbard East  Northern Illinois (D1)
KEANTE MINOR, 6'2", Senior, East St. Louis  Arkansas (D1) - football
ABDEL NADER, 6'6", Senior, Niles North  La Lumiere Academy (prep)
JOSH PIPER, 6'8", Senior, Champaign Centennial  Eastern Illinois (D1)
MIKE POWELL, 5'10", Senior, Chicago Brooks  Rhode Island (D1)

FOURTH TEAM:
JEROME BROWN, 6'5", Senior, Chicago Morgan Park  Illinois-Chicago (D1)
JULIUS BROWN, 5'10", Senior, Country Club Hills Hillcrest  Toledo (D1)
JOEY MILLER, 6'3", Senior, Charleston  Eastern Illinois (D1)
DAVID MOLINARI, 6'1", Senior, Peoria Notre Dame
KANE SWEENEY, 6'4", Senior, Belleville West  Morehead State (D1) - baseball
KIEFER SYKES, 5'10", Senior, Chicago Marshall  UW-Green Bay (D1)
DEMETRIUS TOLLIVER, 6'5", Senior, Chicago Farragut
MIKE TURNER, 6'8", Senior, Chicago University  Northwestern (D1)
TY NEAL, Senior, Carbondale  Murray State (D1)
DARIAN WHITE, 6'3", Senior, Peoria Central  Chicago State (D1)

FIFTH TEAM:
DAVARIS DANIELS, 6'3", Senior, Vernon Hills  Notre Dame (D1) - football
MIKE DOMBROWSKI, 5'11", Senior, Johnsburg
JAKE EVERLY, 6'2", Senior, Woodstock Marian Central Catholic  Hope (D3)
DAVID FRANKLIN, 6'3", Senior, Belleville Althoff
NIC HOEPFNER, 6'5", Senior, East Moline
NICK HOFMAN, 6'3", Senior, Algonquin Jacobs
RYAN JACKSON, 6'1", Senior, Riverside-Brookfield  Lewis (D2)
LUKE JOHNSON, 6'9", Senior, Wheaton Academy  Carthage (D3)

HONORABLE MENTION:
DREW ANDERSON, 6'7", Senior, Rockford Christian
KORY BILLUPS, Senior, Chicago Crane
DREW BLUMENSHINE, 6'9", Senior, Peoria Notre Dame Illinois Wesleyan (D3)
TONY BRADLEY, 6'3", Senior, Alton  Southwestern Illinois (JC)
KRIS BREWER, 6'4", Senior, Carbondale Brehm Prep  Kent State (D1)
ROBERT CALMESE, 5'11", Senior, Decatur Eisenhower
JEFF CLARK, 6'2", Senior, Marion
RAKEEM DICKERSON, 6'1", Senior, Carbondale Brehm Prep
JONATHAN DOSS, Senior, Chicago Taft
GEORGE EDWARDS, 6'5", Senior, Chicago Foreman
DYLAN ENNIS, 6', Senior, Lake Forest Academy  Rice (D1)
JAMES FARR, 6'8', Senior, Evanston  Xavier (D1)
AHMAN FELLS, 6'5", Senior, Chicago Simeon  Illinois-Chicago (D1)
ARMANI FLANNIGAN, 6'7", Senior, Rockford Boylan Catholic
MARK GILCHRESE, 5'9", Senior, Springfield
KEITH GRAY, 6'7", Senior, Chicago Brooks  Northern Illinois (D1)
DESHAWN GREER, 6'5", Senior, Chicago Hyde Park
LUKE HAGER, 6'6", Senior, Chicago Whitney Young  UNC-Wilimington (D1)
ANDRE HENLEY, 6'4", Senior, Chicago De La Salle  Northern Illinois (D1)
SHAQUILLE HINES, 6'5", Senior, Chicago Harlan
GARRETT JONES, 6'1", Senior, Evanston  New Hampshire (D1)
DEJI IBITAYO, 6'3", Senior, Rich Central  Akron (D1)
WILL JENKINS, 6'3", Senior, Peoria Richwoods
TRAVIS KELLUM, 6'6", Senior, Peoria Central
JACK KRIEGER, 6'4", Junior, Plainfield North  St. Xavier (NAIA)
KISTON LEE, 6'3", Senior, Decatur (IL) MacArthur
TYLER LUNDEEN, 6'6", Senior, Morton  Triton (JC)
BRIAN MADSON, 6'5", Senior, McHenry  Lake Forest (D3)
STANLEY MALCOLM, 5'10", Senior, Chicago Brooks
DERRICK MARKS, 6'2", Senior, Plainfield (IL) Central  Boise State (D1)
GREG MAYS, 6'8", Senior, Crete-Monee (IL)  UW-Green Bay (D1)
RASHAUN MCGREW, 6'7", Senior, Chicago Vocational
RASHAWN MCELRATH, 6'6", Senior, Chicago Simeon
ZACH MONAGHAN, 6'2", Senior, Fremd (IL)  South Dakota St (D1)
MATT PALUCKI, 6'7", Senior, Park Ridge Maine South  Washington U. (D3)
TYWON PINCKNEY, 5'10", Senior, Chicago Simeon
TREVOR RICHARDS, 6'1", Senior, Breese Mater Dei  Drury (D2) - baseball
T.J. RIGGS, 6'3", Senior, Bloomington  Ashland U. (D2)
REMY ROBERTS-BURNETT, 5'10", Senior, Joliet West  Western Illinois (D1)
LATREE RUSSELL, 6'6", Senior, Bolingbrook
RYAN SAWVELL, 6'8", Senior, Mundelein  Evansville (D1)
NATHANIEL SMITH, 6'4", Senior, Lincoln  Loras (D3)
CARSON SONNENBERG, 6'5", Senior, Belleville Althoff
DYLAN SPARKMAN, 6'9", Senior,, East Peoria  Illinois-Springfield (D2)
TYRONE STAGGERS, 6'5", Senior, Chicago St. Ignatius Prep
WILL SULLIVAN, 6'2", Senior, Elmhurst York
MIKE SUTTER, 6'4", Senior, Woodstock  Trinity Christian (NAIA)
KEIFER SYKES, 5'9", Senior, Chicago Marshall
GREG TRAVIS, 6', Senior, Chicago Curie  Illinois-Chicago (D1)
DAN TRIMBLE, 6'8", Senior, Geneva  West Georgia (D2)
ELLIOT VAUGHN, 6'6", Senior, Batavia  Roosevelt (NAIA)
LETRELL VISER, 5'11", Senior, Aurora East
DEVANTE WILKINS, Chicago Carver
GABE WILLIAMS, 5'10", Senior, Chicago Farragut
JEREMY WOHLTMAN, 6'4", Senior, Effingham
NICK ZEISLOFT, 6'3", Senior, Lyons  Illinois State (D1)

[AndOne]

Mike McGrath and U. of Chicago getting Royce Muskeyvalley (5-11 PG, Rock Island H.S.) and Ryan Davis (6-3 PG, Phillips Exeter Academy/Deerfield H.S.) among others...

http://ilprepbullseye.com/Muskeyvalley_Chicago.html

Muskeyvalley is lightening in a bottle. So quick you'd think someone stuck a rocket up his butt and pressed "ignite." 

[AndOne]

Another commitment for Augie:

Danielius Jurgutis, 6-0, 185, Darien, IL (Downers Grove South HS)

*2011 Suburban Life South DuPage County All-Area
*2011 Daily Herald DuPage County Honorable mention All-Area

Starting point guard for 25-4 DGS...Averaged about 10 ppg, better than 2-to-1 assists to turnovers.

Goes by Dan
Transferred to DGS this year from St. Joseph where he played his first 3 yrs. This was partially due to his friendship with DGS center Ziggy Riauka who I believe is a D2 Wis- Parkside signee.
Saw him play 4-5 times this year.
Played in a 3 guard, 1 forward, center offense.
Strong point is his consistency. Not flashy, but gets job done. Good hands and hand/eye coordination.
Main liability at this time is his defense. He isn't real quick and has some trouble sticking with quicker guards. May be 175 lbs, but no way is he as much as 185.  
Many of his baskets came at important times of a game.
Great assist/TO ratio, but this is a little misleading as he played on a team of great shooters/finishers including a D2 signee and 2 junior guards, both of which will prob be D1 players.
Likely JV player this year and maybe next, but definitely has a chance to make a nice contribution in the future.

A good enough report for me to contribute to your re-emergence from the pits of Karmic Sheol.  +k

In further recruiting/commitment news, I have been hearing that Wheaton has begun to address some of their need for size with the addition of 6'9" Joe Sokovich from Watertown, WI.  Apparently Hope and Calvin were both after him as well.  I ran into him on Wheaton's campus maybe a month or two ago and he appeared to be every bit of 6'9" and had a frame that looked like it could take on another 15 to 25 pounds without a problem, in an Andy Wiele kind of way.  Throw in 6'6" Peter Smith and Wheaton will not be facing the size challenges it did last year. 

Appreciate it Pete. And, its nice to know you're allowed on the Wheaton campus again! 
   

[Titan Q]

http://www.kcchronicle.com/2011/05/02/druley-genevas-trimble-off-to-west-georgia/a7yh0e1/


• Several Division I schools – including Nebraska, North Carolina State and Missouri – approached Johnson about a hoops career once he started at prep school or junior college. After much deliberation, he favored the path that brought the most meaningful games over time.

To the 6-9 Johnson, choosing D-III Carthage in Kenosha, Wis., means at least a tiny thorn in his pride, but he still has big plans in basketball.

"Going to a Division III school when you always wanted to go Division I, you don't want to call it a step down, but it is," Johnson said. "I've really got to make sure that I work hard, because achieving my goal to play professional basketball is not going to be easy, but it's something I still want to accomplish."

Averages of 16.5 points, 10 rebounds and 4.7 blocks didn't garner as much higher-level recruiting attention as Johnson, a center, would have liked during the Warriors' 27-2 season. Several suitors from D-II, D-III and NAIA schools came calling, though Johnson found those levels of ball to be "just about the same."

He remembers thinking he wouldn't go to Carthage during his drive up to visit in April, but meeting would-be teammates while walking on the lakeside campus helped change Johnson's mind.

[URockets]

Is there any publication that ranks D3 teams recruiting classes?  If something like that doesn't exist, will the CCIW website list each conference school's recruiting class?   

[dansand]

Is there any publication that ranks D3 teams recruiting classes?  If something like that doesn't exist, will the CCIW website list each conference school's recruiting class?   

To the first question: None that I know of, and I would probably question the credibility of anyone who thought they could. To the second question: Almost assuredly no. I never recall the CCIW doing that. Some of the schools in the CCIW will announce their classes at some point (some don't though). Otherwise, these pages are probably the best single source for that info.

[URockets]

Thanks.  That is what I figured on both accounts, but thought I would double check.  New to D3 basketball, but looking forward in starting to follow it now that my nephew will be playing in it.  Went to first D3 game last year; and my 12 year old son and I loved it.  Had a chance to play in it coming out of high school in late 80's but didn't.....wish I had.

[Gregory Sager]

I had a chance to stop by the NPU basketball office today and met Coach Howard and his wife. As many of you know, there's an enormous amount of work involved in moving to a new city, starting a new job, finding a place to live, etc., but the impression I have is that he's hit the ground running in terms of connecting with the current players and jumping into the recruiting process.