One or more areas of his game needs to be refined. Typically needs either core fundamental basketball skill development, strength conditioning work or a better understanding of the game.
Solid players but raw, decent statistics, some accolades All-Area and All-Conference. Good handle, more quick than fast.
Typically needs to fill out frame, get in better shape or develop in some way physically. Often needs benefit of a good college basketball strength and conditioning program.
Should have great academics. Whether an athlete is a perimeter player or post player, this section lays out the different requirements needed to compete at the college level, from NCAA Division 1 to JUCO programs.
Knowing your best athletic fit is key to creating a realistic list of target schools. Most notably:. Some schools might invest more in developing a tall, athletic post player, while others value a smaller player who has raw talent, polished skills, and strong instincts. In many cases, college coaches will turn to JUCO teams to find transfers who are stronger and more developed compared to high school student-athletes. Establishing relationships with college coaches is the best way to fully understand their recruiting needs.
When compiling their lists of top recruits, college coaches evaluate three factors: physical ability, fundamentals and basketball IQ. They seek out players who are conditioned, technically sound, can read the game and have strong instincts. They also want to coach athletes who have the potential to improve. Here is a quick overview of the type of players each division recruits:.
They have elite ball handling and defensive skills and are the best player on their high school and club team. By season's end, he may be more than the MAC's best-kept secret. Two years into his college career, 7'1" center Alec Brown has twice rewritten a page in the Wisconsin-Green Bay basketball record book. Before Brown arrived, no one had blocked more than 47 shots in a season. As a freshman, Brown swatted 67 2. Brown was also among the Horizon League's top 10 in scoring and rebounding, but if he is to make noise nationally, he'll have to have more games like the point, rebound, five-block effort he produced in a loss to Marquette.
Adding muscle to his pound frame will serve him well in those efforts. Brown struggled against the shorter but stronger Mike Scott and Assane Sene of Virginia, who held him to nine points and three rebounds last November.
The Phoenix have return matchups with Marquette, Virginia and Wisconsin this season, and Brown's production in those games will be pivotal to UWGB's hopes of pulling some upsets. Baylor coach Scott Drew is becoming very accustomed to rebuilding his frontcourt after NBA defections.
Austin has an foot range on his jump shot, is a competent ballhandler and is considered a laid-back personality. The latter trait gave scouts pause on Jones, and only time will tell if Austin carries a similar albatross with him to the pros.
Like Anthony Davis, Austin was a guard before a seven-inch growth spurt over the course of a year. Those skills may have translated better for him than for Davis, who had only one year to get used to his new length. Austin's growth began in middle school. Austin may struggle with fighting in the post, as he still only carries about pounds on that seven-foot frame.
Still, opponents may be forced to experiment with a zone defense or else have their big men end up as YouTube laughingstocks as Austin breaks their ankles. Jeff Withey had played fewer than six full games' worth of minutes when the season began. He and the equally unproven Thomas Robinson entered the season as Kansas's most important players, leading to multiple predictions that the Jayhawks were headed for a rare down year. They finished the season in the NCAA championship game, and Withey frustrated the national player of the year, Kentucky's Anthony Davis, into a 1-for shooting performance.
Withey also set a tournament record with 31 blocks in his six games, two more blocks than Davis. Two separate times last season, Withey fell one block short of a big man's triple-double, then stuffed 10 shots in the tournament against NC State. This season, Kansas will have a strong recruiting class headlined by Perry Ellis and redshirt Ben McLemore, but Withey will be one of the veteran leaders.
His defensive credentials are the best in America. Now, Rock Chalk Nation waits to see if the seven-foot former beach volleyball player can assert himself offensively.
If he can become a consistent to point scorer, Withey could garner All-America support at season's end. Listed at 6'11" as a freshman, the game's best returning sophomore is now listed at an even 7'0" on his official Indiana roster page.
His game is growing, too. Crean said, "He's handled the ball this spring and summer as much as guards Jordan Hulls and Victor Oladipo. A guy who shot 62 percent from the floor is likely to see that figure drop a point or two if he spends more time on the perimeter.
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