recruiting - jordan akwenuke Jesuit?

Pilots have 3 commits and there is one more scholarship open? surfing the net and this site has Jordan Akwenuke from Jesuit as a verbal to UP. Has anyone heard anything about this? I have never seen him play but it would be great to get another local kid.

http://oregonpreps.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1170224

I remember seeing this rumor a while ago BEFORE signing day, and yet there was never any letter of intent signed soooo.....

I wonder if the team is looking more in either for another post or more in the PG direction (I think the last game showed our lack of depth in that dept... but what do I know?)

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/82738/jordan-akwenuke

He sounds like more of a "tweener" who may not be getting much attention from Division I schools. Yeah, we probably need either some depth at point guard or another big at center. I'm hoping that Barker Riley bulks up a bit in the off season. The trainers are pretty good about getting our guys in shape...

The Pilots have three point guards now, why would they recruit another one unless one was to drop from the prograam. They DO NEED A ;POSTPLAYER, and hopefully a JC player and a good one.
The player from Jesuit is only 6-6 and a liittle slender for the post, probably about 190.I believe he commited after the early signing pereiod so the coaches cant sign anybody until sometime in April.

Who is the 3rd? I certainly hope you aren't suggesting Rodgers... His aptitude at the 1 is, well, the last game should speak for itself (read: he isn't a point guard). And the 2nd one, Waterford, will be a senior next year. They need depth at that position going forward, the team dropped off drastically when Tim was injured for the last 2 games, it threw the entire offense off. As for posts, we have Barker, Nicholas and Bailey (who red shirted) coming back, plus we will add Cason, so we aren't paper thin at the post at least....

Agreed. I am not sure where Rodgers best position is, but with his inability or unwillingness to ever shoot from the outside, we must play basically 4 against 5 when he is in the game at the point. Teams totally drop off him, taking away his drive to the hoop. Another PG to work with Tim D. is important.

Here's another undeclared one star recruit with a familiar last name who recently played in Washington state's 3A state championship...where Bellevue lost to Lakes:

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/114512/nate-sikma

I'm not sure if he's the rebounder that his brother is, but, there's a chance he might be an even better shooter... Who knows.

Rodgers might not be the PT guard U want buut he played it at JC and was recruited as one. It would be foolish to have four PT guards o n the roster with the young team we have for next year.
Barker played cwell this year and willbe better next, but he played what 200 min. ? Nicholas at the end was played the best of the frosh in the front line. Barker didn't get in for LMU at egas. Henry had some good work as a red shirt I'm sure, but hes' still inexperienced. I'll say it gain we need a bigger, stronger post player than what we have coming back. Takke a look at the other teams, Gonzaga, USF , USD, St. Marys. Post players upperclass men and probably ave. 6-10 or better a nd going250 lbs or better.

Northwest Hoops rate N. Sikma #2 forward in Class of 2011, ave 19.7 pts. , but at 6-7 and 200lbs he wont be playing at the post. Forward ok and wemay need someone like that if he can rebound half as good as Luke.

I think we need another 5. We have three point guards coming back in Tim, Eric, and Derrick. We have three 4's in Ryan, John and Carson. We have three wings returning in Nem, Tanner and Kevin joining as a frosh. But we only have one returning center in Riley. That is the position we are thin at. I think Riley will be fine with another off season of work but you cant play with just one post.
I believe we are very solid in our guards, wings and power forwards, if Rev can find a big that is able to come in and contribute I think the team will be very competitive next year.

Any word on post season play? Have to think we will land somewhere with another 20 win season.

After watching the AAA game I dont know if Nate Sikma is ready for the D1 level. He is a solid high school player but I dont think he is 6'7 more like 6'5 and he needs bulk. I see him being successful at perhaps the NAIA or maybe D2 level. IMO

Agreed. I think we need another big man. Not sure who is available out there though as I don't follow high school or AAU basketball.

Old timer, you laid our next years roster perfectly. If wecan fill that one big hole we shuld be very competitive

If injuries or whatever happen and we have to rely on the Waterford/Rodgers rotation at the PG, we won't be very competitive at all, no matter how many bigs we might have...

from what i can figure from the O, looks like carr is playing pt at central cath. anyone seen him play? is he more stohl or, hopefully mcconnell?

Carr's game is definitely more camparable to Stohl than McConnell. He is a little bigger than Jared but strokes it just as well. His release is not quite as quick as Stohl so he needs an extra split-second to get his shot off. He's a smart player and is not a bad passer, but his handle isn't great. He's not going to blow by anyone for a layup. A good defensive guard like Steven Holt would give him a lot of problems. Of course, we said the same thing about Jared, and over the last few years he's developed the ability to keep defenders honest by putting the ball on the floor every now and then. If Carr can do that, he has the potential to be every bit as good as Jared.