BU recruit- class of 2011- Chasson Randle

[Da Coach]

Bradley is recruiting Chasson Randle, a 6'1", 180 pound guard and a 2011 recruit from Rock Island, Illinois.
He is rated by some as a top 2 player in Illlinois in the loaded class of 2011--
http://www.chicagohoops.com/articles1/2011rankings.html

According to this Illinois-Rivals premium article, Randle visited Bradley last fall, and has offers from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa State, and Bradley.
http://illinois.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=850925

Randle hasn't had a chance to take many visits since he started back up with school, but he did get over to Peoria this fall and saw what the Missouri Valley school had to offer.
"I went to Bradley and it went alright," Randle said.
That visit produced another offer for the 6-foot-2 guard, and he has a host of interest from some big time schools as well. He now has offers from Illinois , Iowa State , Indiana , and Bradley.
"I'm up to four (offers) now, Bradley offered me," he said. "I'm hearing a lot from Florida right now, also Kansas, Ohio State and Wisconsin ."
"I'll probably go to Purdue," Randle said. "They are close to offering. Iowa is close (to offering) too."


Rivals profile-
http://illinois.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?Sport=1&pr_key=86847

http://vmedia.rivals.com/IMAGES/PROSPECT/PHOTO/CHASSONRANDLE8_8200.JPG

[Bradleyguy10]

There's no way this kid comes to Bradley. There was absolutely ZERO positive energy that I felt from that article haha

1. "It went 'alright'"

2. "I'm hearing a lot from Florida right now, also Kansas, Ohio State and Wisconsin ."

we have about a month before we are no longer in the picture already..if that hasn't happened already...he visited a year ago. I guess he didn't get to see the new facilities haha :rolleyes:

[Da Coach]

I was wondering how long before the first "Bradley doesn't stand a chance" post.
2 1/2 hours is pretty good!:DIt sounds like BU was involved early, but unfortunately, now I agree that there are too many top teams interested.

[SFP]

Class of 2011! Let's give winning and our new facility a chance to grab these guys. You just never know. When it come to guards JL has a great story and probably there is not a coach out there that can say what he can regarding what he can teach them in getting to the next level. He maybe really close to his family and he wants them to see him play a lot.

[Bradleyguy10]

I was wondering how long before the first "Bradley doesn't stand a chance" post.
2 1/2 hours is pretty good!:DIt sounds like BU was involved early, but unfortunately, now I agree that there are too many top teams interested.

:-Dusually I'm not that way....actually that's the first time I've REALLY felt like we don't have a chance with a recruit...

just as soon as I say the "it was alright" quote...i knew

and then when I saw the names Kansas and Purdue it was just confirmation..

we're the ONLY mid-major on this guy...i like that, but I mean...this is less than a slim chance

seems like a nice kid though (just from the picture) haha

Edit:

Oh wait!! I just reread the others that are interested which include Florida, Ohio State, and Wisconsin.

There's not a bad program in the bunch!!

But if I had to pick 3 BCS schools BU had a chance of beating out for a recruit I would pick the other 3 that have offered so far..

Iowa St....well no explanation needed
Illinois..I'm just not really intimidated by them much
and Indiana, because a recruit may see the lies, scandals and turmoil that program is going through and want to steer clear

[Da Coach]

New premium Scout article about Rock Island's Chasson Randle. He will be attending Indiana's Midnight Madness, and has received an offer from Indiana.--
http://scouthoops.scout.com/a.z?s=75&p=2&c=801643

The 6-2, 165-pound point guard still has three years of high school basketball left at Rock Island (Ill.) H.S., but a handful of schools have already seen enough to offer a scholarship. Indiana (http://indiana.scout.com/), Illinois (http://illinois.scout.com/), Iowa State (http://iowastate.scout.com/) and Bradley (http://bradley.scout.com/) are four that have offered the Class of 2011 prospect, and more figure to be on the way soon.

[tornado]

a new article on Chasson Randle from this week...

"Randle reports scholarship offers from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa State and Bradley."
http://www.illinihq.com/blogs/recruiting_wrap/2008/12/17/chasson_randle_has_good_relationship

[Da Coach]

Chasson Randle now claims to have 6 offers; 4 from the Big Ten, 1 from the Big 12, and Bradley.-
One of the top young guards in the state of Illinois for the basketball recruiting class of 2011 has an offer from Iowa State. That's Chasson Randle (http://iowastate.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?Sport=2&pr_key=86847), a 6-foot-1 point guard out of Rock Island.

Randle is blowing up on a national scale right now as he currently has six offers from: Iowa State, Iowa, Indiana, Wisconsin, Bradley and Illinois.



http://iowastate.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=899417
http://iowastate.rivals.com/

[Da Coach]

Another new article about 2011 star Chasson Randle from Rock Island.
It looks like it is a free article.
It describes his recent visit to see a game at Iowa State.

He is still listing Bradley among his options-

CSR: What scholarship offers do you currently have and do you have a current leader?
CR: I have offers from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa State, Wisconsin, Purdue, Iowa, and Bradley. If I made a list of favorites right now I would definitely have Iowa State at the top.

http://iowastate.scout.com/2/837799.html

[jeffsu]

If his leader is Iowa State, then we can still be in the running. It means either a) the big boys aren't quite what he wants/aren't real keen on him, or b) He is looking for the mid-major type (lets be real, IowaSt isn't a real BCS team lately)

I'd like to think we generally win the 1 on 1 battle with IowaState. Of course Iowa State could have nudged a big boy out somewhere and he's looking at big boys + Iowa State and we're not in the picture (in his mind).

Has he taken an official visit?

[Bradleyguy10]

If we get him...talk about a coup....those are some big names

[Da Coach]

It looks like Chasson Randle's recruiting is picking up. He is just a sophomore (class of 2011),and now he has several Big Ten teams involved with him.

A new premium article from the Purdue Rivals site reports that he was at Purdue on an unofficial visit for Purdue's 75-50 win over Ohio State Saturday. Purdue has not yet offered a scholarship, but they list offers from Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, and Wisconsin from the Big Ten, Iowa State of the Big 12, and Bradley.

Rivals Profile-
http://purdue.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?Sport=2&pr_key=86847

Premium article-
http://purdue.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=918630

[Scouter]

I had a chance to see Chasson Randle last Friday in Rock Island's regional championship win over Geneseo. He scored 25 points and went 5-for-5 from 3-point range. He plays good defense and had a couple steals that led to fast-break points for Rock Island. He turned one into a breakaway dunk.

Greg McDermott was in attendance Friday night. Northwestern and Purdue assistants were at Rocky's semfinal game Wednesday.

[lake Camelot]

Rock Island won again. Apparently Weber,Pearl,Coach Les and a Kentucky assistant coach were in the stands.

http://www.qctimes.com/articles/2009/03/11/sports/varsity/doc49b86ac88d2fd110763025.txt?sPos=1

[Da Coach]

Jim Les was there, too. See 3rd section.-
http://www.qconline.com/bloggers/sports/?p=292

[lake Camelot]

You must have mis-read my post because I said Coach Les was there.

[Da Coach]

Sorry, I must have been in a hurry, I did miss that. Good reporting!

[tornado]

New premium story on Chasson Randle says he still lists Bradley...among the big boys

"Chasson Randle is one of the top players in the Class of 2011. Last night
Randle talked about his list of schools and his interest with a couple colleges....
Randle listed these schools in no particular order: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa State,
Iowa, Purdue, Bradley and Wisconsin."
http://illinois.scout.com/a.z?s=169&p=2&c=856259

the article also includes some good video of Randle...

[Da Coach]

Chasson Randle has picked up a scholarship offer from Northwestern--
http://www.chicagohoops.com/articles1/nwoffers.html

[tornado]

and play behind Nick Fruendt

[Big Mike]

Looks like Chasson has blown -up bigger than BU.....now has an offer from Ohio St.....
http://www.chicagohoops.com/articles1/randleosu.html

[Da Coach]

As I said in the thread about yesterday's Flash Flanagan Hoops Review, the 3 players I was most impressed with at the event were Chasson Randle (Rock Island), Bobo Drummond (Peoria Central), and Jordan Prosser (the best and most consistent post player at the event). The fact that Randle and Drummond stood out is more amazing considering Randle is a sophomore and Drummond is a freshman.
Those 2 guys will continue to get national recruiting interest before their high school days are over.

[tornado]

BU recruit Chasson Randle is in the news.

He is going with the Team USA U16 National team to Argentina...and here is a nice story about him...
http://www.usabasketball.com/news.php?news_page=09_mu16_feature_randle
http://www.qctimes.com/sports/high-school/basketball/article_95b4a60c-53ac-11de-a2c2-001cc4c002e0.html
http://florida.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=945450

it says Chasson is 6-0, but I have seen him and he is much bigger than that....at least 6-2

[tornado]

this story out of Rock Island says Chasson is 6-3
http://www.qctimes.com/sports/high-school/basketball/boys/article_73acd918-551d-11de-9cd6-001cc4c002e0.html

[tornado]

Chasson Randle makes the cut and is on the U16 National Team...along with Illinios recruit Brad Beal
http://www.courier-journal.com/blogs/demling/2009/06/st.html

[tornado]

In their first game in Argentina...
USA beats Brazil 110-82
Chasson Randle had 5 points, 6 rebounds, and Brad Beal had 19 pts, 4 asst.
http://www.usabasketball.com/men/2009/09_mu16_game_01_box.pdf

[tornado]

some blogging and pics...
Chasson is #7

http://usau16basketball.blogspot.com/2009/06/usa-110-brazil-82.html
http://www.usau16basketball.blogspot.com/

[tornado]

Chason Randle's Team USA U16 beats Venezuela 102-76

Chasson has a nice games, playing off the bench and hitting 4 of 5 shots, scoring 9 pts, 2 rebs
http://www.usabasketball.com/men/2009/09_mu16_game_02_box.pdf


"With the score 58-48, Gibbs drove to the hoop for a 3-point play at 2:40, kicking off a 16-4 run
that put the game virtually out of reach.
Chasson Randle (Rock Island H.S. / Rock Island, Ill.) followed Gibbs with a dunk, a layup and a 3-point play in his own 7-2 run.
“We’re so deep on the bench,” commented Randle. “Anybody can come in and play great. That’s what happened today
and we came out with the victory.”

[KillerB]

A friend of a friend (so let that be a warning as to how reliable this really is).. is very close to Matt Painter.
Painter thinks he has Randle locked up.

[tornado]

Painter thinks your friend has Randle locked up?

[KillerB]

Funny.
The "he" refers to the noun in the same sentence...Painter.

Also just heard Duke is now interested..so maybe Painter is not as confident this afternoon as he was this morning.

[Bradleyguy10]

It doesn't matter...this guy isn't coming to Bradley haha

[Da Coach]

As we suspected, Chasson Randle now has so many offers from high-major schools, he has eliminated some of the schools that had offered him, and one of those eliminated is Bradley. In an interview with the Iowa State Rivals site, Randle said this:

Cyclone Sports Report: Can you list all your scholarship offers?

Chasson Randle (http://scouthoops.scout.com/a.z?s=75&p=8&c=1&nid=3742996): I have offers from Florida State, Illinois, DePaul, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Iowa State (http://iowastate.scout.com/), Ohio State, Purdue, Miami (Fla.), and Wisconsin. I also had offers from Northwestern and Bradley but I recently informed their coaches that I have decided to look in a different direction...
CSR: There have been reports that Duke has started recruiting you. Is this true?
CR: Yeah, Coach Wojciechowski has been recruiting me and I guess they are going to come to Rock Island this fall to see some of my open gyms.
CSR: Where would they stand with you if they chose to offer you a scholarship?
CR: With Duke they definitely have a reputation as a top program and so if they offered me they would be right up there with my leaders but I wouldn't make any decision right on the spot.
CSR: It seems that you are in no hurry to make a final decision. Is this correct?
CR: Yeah, it's not very likely that I'll make a decision during the school year. I might make it next summer but I'm just not sure yet.
CSR: Is there a lot of pressure from friends and fans to stay in state and go to Illinois?
CR: There is a lot of Illinois fans that want me to go there but since I'm close to Iowa there is also a lot of Iowa and Iowa State fans that tell me to go to their schools. It's fun but I just try to focus on what I can control and I feel that I need to choose the situation that fits me the best.

[tornado]

The very fact that Bradley has hung in there with the heavyweights until now speaks volumes to the credit of Coach Les.
It is understandable that we won't likely land the 5-Star, Duke-caliber kids...but at least we are being mentioned in among the big boys.
Even if we can't land him, I would love to see the kid go somewhere nearby, maybe Big Ten so we can watch the kid.
He is going to be a great player.

[Braveman]

Did the Richwoods game against Rock Island and Randle is a ton! He wasn't selfish- plays pretty good D and is a great shooter/scorer.

He hit two shots that had defenders draped all over him and he drained the shot....

If BU could get him- it would be huge.. I know Bruce Weber was at the game Wednesday to check him out

[Da Coach]

I agree with you. I saw him play AAU last summer, and he was as good as they come. Unfortunately for BU, he's way too good for a "midmajor" and will end up at a Top 20 school.

[wily coyote]

Did the Richwoods game against Rock Island and Randle is a ton! He wasn't selfish- plays pretty good D and is a great shooter/scorer.

He hit two shots that had defenders draped all over him and he drained the shot....

If BU could get him- it would be huge.. I know Bruce Weber was at the game Wednesday to check him out Did you broadcast it or ref it?

[Braveman]

Broadcast

[Future Walk-On]

this Brad Beal kid is a STUD.

committed to Florida....must like warm weather...

[lake Camelot]

this Brad Beal kid is a STUD.

committed to Florida....must like warm weather...

I don't get the joke? Why Brad Beal in the Chasson Randle thread?

[Future Walk-On]

I don't get the joke? Why Brad Beal in the Chasson Randle thread?

I dunno. he was mentioned above!

[lake Camelot]

OK, sorry I had to look through the thread three times to find his name. I thought maybe you really were making some kind of joke, because I originally didn't see his name.

P.S. Maybe I was distracted by your signature. I was told there would be no math.

[Future Walk-On]

OK, sorry I had to look through the thread three times to find his name. I thought maybe you really were making some kind of joke, because I originally didn't see his name.

P.S. Maybe I was distracted by your signature. I was told there would be no math.

lol i usually only make jokes on here anyways

Equations like this have become the story of my life this semester....I have an exam on this stuff SATURDAY morning...:roll: