Rick Bolus' High Potential® Basketball Recruiting Service, Inc. Boys ~ June 2008 Edition Indiana’s Top Rising Prospects For 2008-2009 NAME HT CLASS POS SCHOOL Top 12 Deshaun Thomas 6-7 Jr. CF Ft. Wayne Bishop Luers (Ohio State) Steven Van Treese 6-9 Sr. F-C Indianapolis Lawrence North D.J. Byrd 6-5 Sr. SM Crawfordsville North Montgomery (Purdue) Derek Elston 6-8 Sr. F-C Tipton (Indiana) Dominique Ferguson 6-9 Jr. F-C Indianapolis Lawrence North Ray McCallum 6-0 Jr. CG Bloomington North Tyler Koch 6-5 Sr. 2G Winchester Kelsey Barlow 6-5 Sr. SM Indianapolis Cathedral (Purdue) Jordan Manual 6-8 Jr. C Indianapolis Howe DeShawn Clay 6-4 Sr. SM Gary West Scott Wood 6-5 Sr. SM Marion (NC State) Jeff Robinson 6-9 Sr. F-C Indianapolis Lawrence North (Purdue) Top Sleeper Eric Mosley 5-10 Sr PG Richmond New Creations More via KYPrepHoops Read More

Basketball in Hulls’ blood Hulls gets scholarship offer from IU, where his grandfather was an assistant under Knight By Chris Korman 331-4353 | ckorman@heraldt.com May 11, 2008 Joni Hulls considers herself a strict parent. No late nights for her kids. But when her son Jordan received an invitation to Assembly Hall shortly after 10 p.m. on Tuesday, she almost pushed him out the door. “I don’t care if you speed,” she said. She must have known what awaited Jordan. When he arrived at Assembly Hall a few minutes later, ... Read More

Caleb Kennedy will become a Forester at Huntington University at the start of the 2008-09 season. Kennedy was an outstanding player at Eastern Hancock High School (2A) as a junior and senior, averaging a double double both seasons. In 2007-08, Caleb averaged 21.0 points and 14.8 rebounds a game; in 2006-07, he averaged 16.3 points and 10.1 rebounds a game. Kennedy's rebounding average ranked #2 in the entire IHSAA in 2007-08; his scoring average ranked #23 in the IHSAA and was ... Read More

Adidas May Classic Though the majority of the games will be played at Bloomington SportsPlex and Assembly Hall, high school gyms in the region (including Martinsville and Easter Greene) will also be used because the event, which started with about 50 teams in 2000, has ballooned to more than 170 teams in three grades. Several players Indiana is recruiting — including 6-10 center Maurice Sutton, who could join the incoming 2008 class — will play in the tournament. Tickets for opening night on Friday and ... Read More

Today, May 8th 2008, Beech Grove High School's (Indianapolis) guard John Hart signed his LOI to play basketball at Purdue University. John Hart led his Beech Grove team to a sectional title (third in school history and first in more than a decade) and was also named the Marion County Player of Year and an Indiana Junior All-Star team in 2007. John Hart, the 6-2 senior averaged 18.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and three assists for the 19-4 his Hornets. "During the last recruiting period, ... Read More

Hulls gets offers from IU, Purdue By Chris Korman 331-4353 | ckorman@heraldt.com May 8, 2008 They’ll probably keep saying what they’ve been saying for so long about Jordan Hulls. Too small. Not fast enough. Won’t be able to handle the physicality of Division I basketball. Those words, fully and finally, will bounce harmlessly off the Bloomington South point guard because they are rooted largely in the opinion of opposing fans or the people who banter about these things under anonymous names on the Internet. There are a ... Read More

The 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics are slowly but surely approaching. No surprise Nike is trying to pump out all of their Olympic "inspired" sneaker models asap. The Nike Zoom Lebron II is the latest sneaker model to get the 2008 Olympic dosage. Appearing in none other than China's traditional colors- White/ Red- Metallic gold. Via MarqueeSole Read More

Seth Coy signs with East Tennessee State By Mike Myers, Sports Writer Seth Coy, Washington’s 6-11 center who was such an integral part of the Hatchets’ 2008 Class 3A state championship run, signed a national letter of intent Friday morning in the Washington High School library to continue his career at East Tennessee State University. Coy, a relative unknown outside of Hatchet Nation when the 2007-08 season began, had a superb senior season, averaging 13.6 ppg and 9.6 rbg for the 22-4 Hatchets. Coy ... Read More

A few different sources have said Dominique Ferguson (class of 2010), a 6'9" 200-pound sophomore forward from Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis has committed to the University of Kentucky. Dominique is ranked No. 8 in the Class of 2010 by Scout.com and will be a consensus top-10 player before his career is over. Ferguson has a 7-5 wingspan and averaged 12 points eight rebounds as a sophomore at Lawrence North. Lawrence North has been known to be a powerhouse and produce ... Read More

IHSAA changes semifinal foes for bye teams in 1st round of basketball sectionals Associated Press April 29, 2008 INDIANAPOLIS — Two bye teams no longer will play each other in the semifinals of a six-team boys or girls basketball sectional tournament. The Indiana High School Athletic Association’s executive committee on Monday approved 15-1 a proposal by the state basketball coaches association to require the two teams with byes to face the first-round winners in the semifinals. The change will go into effect with next season’s tournaments. The ... Read More