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Tracking the College Basketball Stars of the Future
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Hoops
Recruiting Report
Friday, June 28, 2002
By Thad Mumau
Special Correspondent |
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Pirates made progress in recruiting wars
©2002 Bonesville.net
Duke and North
Carolina dominated basketball recruiting in the Carolinas, just as they did
nationally, as the Blue Devils and Tar Heels put together the two best 2002
classes in the country.
Wake Forest and
Charlotte also had outstanding classes, while East Carolina made big strides
toward being a contender in the tough Conference USA.
Others among the 27
Division I schools in North and South Carolina to get strong hoops hauls
were N.C. State, South Carolina, Clemson, UNC-Greensboro and UNC-Wilmington.
Schools in the Carolinas signed 14 of the top 100 high school senior
basketball prospects in America as ranked by Prepstars.com. Five of the six
players Duke landed are in the top 30. Three of UNCs six additions are in
the top 10.
Wake also signed a trio of top-100 players, with Charlotte getting two and
N.C. State one.
Following is our ranking of the Carolinas schools basketball recruiting
efforts. The number in parentheses after each prospects name is his Prepstars.com final ranking among the top 300 high school seniors.
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Ranking the
Carolinas Hoops Recruiting Classes of 2002 |
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CREAM OF THE CROP1. DUKE
(6) Shelden Williams (10), 6-8 PF, Midwest City (OK) High School;
J.J. Redick (12), 6-5 WG, Roanoke (VA) Cave Spring; Shavlik Randolph
(15), 6-9 PF/SF, Raleigh (NC) Broughton; Sean Dockery (25), 6-3 PG,
Chicago (IL) Julian; Michael Thompson (30), 6-11 C, New Lenox (IL)
Providence Catholic; Lee Melchionni (119), 6-7 SF, Fort Washington
(PA) Germantown.
2. NORTH CAROLINA (6) Raymond Felton
(3), 6-1 PG, Latta (SC) High; Rashad McCants (4), 6-4 WG/SF, New
Hampton (NH) School; Sean May (9), 6-8 PF, Bloomington (IN) North;
Byron Sanders (133), 6-9 PF/C, Gulfport (MS) Harrison Central; Damion
Grant (139), 7-1 C, Wolfeboro (NH) Brewster Academy; David Noel (255),
6-5 SF, Durham (NC) Southern.
3. WAKE FOREST (5) Eric Williams
(20), 6-9 C, Wake Forest (NC) Rolesville; Justin Gray (52), 6-2 PG/WG,
Mouth of Wilson (VA) Oak Hill Academy; Trent Strickland (80), 6-6 WG/SF,
Chatham (VA) Hargrave Military Academy; Chris Ellis (140), 6-8 PF,
Marietta (GA) High; Richard Joyce (180), 6-5 SF/WG, Mouth of Wilson
(VA) Oak Hill Academy.
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ROUNDING OUT THE TOP 10
4. CHARLOTTE (4) Curtis Withers (79), 6-8 PF, Charlotte (NC) West;
Vincent Grier (100), 6-5 WG, Raleigh (NC) Bonner Academy; Tyler Best (236),
6-9 PF, Lafayette (IN) Central Catholic; Brendan Plavich, 6-2 WG, transfer
from Vanderbilt.5. N.C. STATE (4) Cameron Bennerman (83), 6-5 WG/SF, Chatham (VA)
Hargrave Military; Justin Flatt (107), Savannah (TN) Hardin County; Dominick
Mejia (116), 6-3 PG/WG, Voorhees (NJ) Eastern Regional; Adam Simons (152),
7-0 C, Burlington (NC) Williams.
6. CLEMSON (4) Shawan Robinson (129), 6-2 PG/WG, Raleigh (NC) Leesville
Road; Akin Akingbala (169), 6-9 PF/C, East Greenwich (CT) Brunswick; Julian
Betko (226), 6-5 WG, Sharon (PA) High; Ori Ichaki, 6-5 SF/WG, Israel
national teams.
7. SOUTH CAROLINA (3) Marcus Morrison (121), 6-6 SF/WG, St. Petersburg
(FL) Lakewood; Tarence Kinsey (132), 6-6 SF, Tampa (FL) Jefferson; Jarod
Gerald (209), 6-1 PG, Fork Union (VA) Military Academy.
8. EAST CAROLINA (4) Derek Wiley, 6-4 SF, Moberly (MO) Community College;
Luke Mackay, 6-4 WG, Lon Morris (TX) Junior College; Belton Rivers (247),
6-3 WG/PG, Atlanta (GA) Douglass; Corey Rouse (253), 6-7 1/2 SF, Kinston
(NC) High.
9. UNC-GREENSBORO (5) Ray Bristow, 6-0 PG, Winston-Salem (NC) Parkland;
Mark Mason, 5-10 PG, Winston-Salem (NC) Parkland; Danny Hargrove, 6-3 WG,
Allentown (PA) Faith Christian Academy; Rodney Blackstock, 6-5 SF, Big
Spring (TX) Howard Junior College; Dwon Clifton, 6-5 WG, transfer from
Clemson.
10. UNC-WILMINGTON (4) Mitch Laue, 6-7 PF, Dallas (TX) Lynch; Tim Mayes,
6-6 SF, Cleveland (TX) Heritage Christian; Beckham Wyrick, 6-6 SF,
Cincinnati (OH) Roger Bacon; John Goldsberry, 6-3 WG, Vandalia (OH) Butler.
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NEXT-BEST HALF DOZEN
11. SOUTH CAROLINA STATE (3) Dakin Braddick (97), 6-10 C/PF, Raleigh (NC)
Bonner Academy; Brandon Trapp, 6-0 PG, Columbia (SC) Keenan; Matthew Bell,
6-9 PF, Houston (TX) Hightower.12. DAVIDSON (5)
Ian Johnson, 6-8 PF, Mouth of Wilson (VA) Oak Hill
Academy; Brendan Winters, 6-3 WG, Worcester (MA) Academy; Jeff Severinghaus,
6-6 SF, Virginia Beach (VA) First Colonial; Kenny Grant, 6-1 PG, transfer
from LaFayette College; Logan Kosmalski, 6-8 PF, transfer from Baylor.
13. WOFFORD (4) Tyler Berg, 6-9 PF, Mount Holley (NC) East Gaston; Howard
Wilkerson, 6-6 PF, Eden (NC) Morehead; Byron Fields, 6-2 PG, Cincinnati (OH)
Winton Woods; Greg Taylor, 6-5 WG, transfer from South Carolina.
14. APPALACHIAN STATE (3) Donte Minter (164), 6-8 PF, Mount Ulla (NC)
West Rowan; Nathan Cranford, 6-2 PG, Harrisburg (NC) Central Cabarrus;
Jonathan Mitchell, 6-6 SF, transfer from Grayson County.
15. COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON (3) Marcus Johnson, 6-4 WG, Tallahassee (FL)
CC; Zeke Johnson, 6-6 SF, Palm Beach (FL) CC; Robert Swain, 6-4 WG, transfer
from Connecticut.
16. WINTHROP (3) Billy Houston, 6-8 PF, Fayetteville (NC) Seventy-First;
James Shuler, 6-5 WG, Gainesville (FL) Santa Fe; Kwbana Beckles, 6-8 PF,
Palm Beach (FL) CC.
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THE OTHERS17. HIGH POINT (3)
Matt Anderson, 6-0 WG/PG, Lenoir (NC) West Caldwell;
Jeff Allen, 6-0 PG, Woodbridge (VA) High; Josh Fowler, 6-11 C, Murrells
Inlet (SC) Socastee.
18. WESTERN CAROLINA (4) Corey Muirhead, 6-6 SF, York (Ontario) Milliken
Mills; David Berghoefer, 6-10 C, Middleton (WI) High; Jared Outing, 6-7 PF,
Columbia (SC) Dreher; Taylor Yanchar, 6-11 C, Clearwater (FL) Countryside.
19. ELON (2) Rasmi Gamble, 6-8 PF, Greenville (SC) Christ Church
Episcopal; Scottie Rice, 6-4 WG, Hagerstown (MD) North Hagerstown.
20. NORTH CAROLINA A&T (3) Joe Holmes, 6-8 PF, Charlotte (NC) Garinger;
Mike Kirkpatrick, 5-11 PG, Hampton (VA) Roads Academy; Sam Holthauser, 6-10
C, Statesville (NC) North Iredell.
21. CAMPBELL (5) Corey Parker, 6-2 PG, Jacksonville (NC) White Oak; Pat
Stephenson, 6-7 PF, Cary (NC) Apex; Robby Dupre, 6-6 SF, Sanford (FL)
Seminole; Lee Marsh, 6-2 WG, Lillington (NC) Harnett Central; Damien
Goodman, 6-6 SF, Sumter (SC) Spartanburg Methodist JC.
22. GARDNER-WEBB (4) David Anderson, 6-6 SF, Boca Raton (FL) High; Brian
Bender, 6-6 SF, Lawrenceville (GA) Central Gwinett; Andre Manning, 6-1 PG,
Goose Creek (SC) High; Bret Noonan, 6-3 WG, Hamilton (OH) Badin.
23. CITADEL (4) Kevin Hammack, 6-1 PG, Baltimore (MD) North County; Matt
Davis, 6-5 SF, Carrollton (TX) Creekview; Dante Terry, 6-2 WG/PG, Virginia
Beach (VA) First Colonial; Andrew Worcester, 6-7 PF, Burlington (NC) River
Mill Academy.
24. UNC-ASHEVILLE (2) Chad Mohn, 6-7 SF, Fayetteville (NC) Pine Forest;
Oliver Holmes, 6-6 WG/SF, Wilmington (NC) Hoggard.
25. CHARLESTON SOUTHERN (2) Timon Farley, 6-3 WG, Charlotte (NC)
Christian Academy; Terrell Brown, 5-9 PG, Charlotte (NC) Vance.
26. FURMAN (2) Robby Bostain, 6-4 WG, Lithonia (GA) High; Tony Carter,
6-1 PG, Burlington (NC) Williams.
27. COASTAL CAROLINA (1) Pele Paelay, 6-4 WG, Derwood (MD) Magruder.
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