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2008 BU commitment-Dodie Dunson

tornado said:
I am looking forward to adding another somewhat local kid who clearly has a desire to come here....and we need to replace guards with experience!
Welcome aboard Dodie...............I wonder how many times Bradley has landed a recruit that we have once before played against??

--Curtis Stuckey (although he was a transfer)
--Mike Williams (also a transfer)
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Obviously I will give the kid a chance, it just wasn't what or who I expected our 3rd scholarship to go to. We always say that our arms are open for local kids who try to go big and end up wanting to come home. I guess that rules out Zach Novak ending up here, as we only have one scholarship left and have recruited 3 guards for next year's team.
 
I am a little worried about him being so well traveled. A lot of times well traveled = dont live up to the hype. Hopefully not the case here, I know we really wanted him out of highschool and I like that he is 6'3. It would be great if at some point in his career he scored 40 on ISU
 
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http://www.midstatehoops.com/articles/2008/ddunson.html


He received a lot of attention from both high majors and mid majors and garnered scholarship offers from some well-to-do programs including University of Iowa. In the end, Dunson narrowed it to BU, Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, Illinois State, Oral Roberts, SMU, SIU-Edwardsville, and VCU before choosing the Braves.
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Dodie's relationship with Coach Jim Les, his familiarness with the campus, the campus' distance from home, and the basketball program's tradition and atmosphere are the things that laured Dunson to sign with the Braves, in addition to the academic disability services, which was the most important thing.
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BradleyBrave said:
I know we wanted him out of high school, but hasn't this kid been a head case everywhere he's gone? After this season weren't we going to try and start getting away from kids with 'baggage'? I can't say I am overly excited about this, although it certainly will add some fuel to the newly rekindled BU-ISU fire.
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I know where you are coming from Bradleybrave. From the looks of things, this is a risk that the program is taking. However this risk is one that can be hedged with SamM, Eddren, and TCS. With Dunson coming to BU, I think that it is very necessary that we get a High School kid with our last scholarship.
 
I'm glad to hear some good news of a committment, hopefully he comes in and is ready to contribute right away . With one scholarship left I'd love to see us go after a high school big man.
 
"Dodie really liked the coaching staff, proximity to home, the MVC, and the potential for early playing time with Ruffin and Crouch leaving. Dodie is a great character guy, does everything you would want on and off the court and was a great pickup for us this year. He should do good at Bradley with his basketball I.Q, and work ethic. Very athletic, can get to the basket or knock down shots. Dodie can now totally focus on leading us in postseason play as we try to make it back to the NJCAA Finals."
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http://www.midstatehoops.com/articles/2008/ddunson.html

Looks like they doc'ed the article a little with quotes from the VU staff.
 
I think this likey provides a little insulation for Eddrin McCain as a true freshman next year.

I can't say that I am all that excited about it, but I trust that JL and staff looked at all options and found this to be the best one.

There are mixed feelings about DD and his family in the Bloomington-Normal basketball community. They are certainly engaging and friendly people. However I do know that there were some problems at BHS that they were involved in with their coaching staff that caused people to have some differeing opinions.

5 schools in 5 (6 if you include ISU) years certainly indicate that they become easily dissatisfied if things aren't just so.

I would feel a lot better if we sign a solid HS big this spring to go with Will E long term.
 
Can't say I'm overly thrilled with this announcement. I was holding out hope that we would have a shot at one of the four-year guards/wings that we were said to be involved with...Novak, Babb, Beckham, Anderson...
Oh well...Hopefully his experience will allow him to come in and help right away next year.
 
This may be the commitment that many of us had heard was imminent. ;)
I think Dodie is a great player for Coach Les' system.

From what I know, I can assure fans that DD is not a "head case". Nothing could be further from the truth. He is an intelligent, respectful, nice young man. He has made a couple choices that didn't work out for him, but it's a bit ridiculous to list the schools he's been at, and include high schools, and one college stop and try to make something of that.
He is exactly the type of player that thrives in Bradley's system that depends on all the guards having some point guard skills and able to handle the ball, create shots for themselves and others, and to shoot the ball well. Dodie does all those things well.

This is a great pickup, and fans will love Dodie's game.
 
ER3 said:
Hopefully his experience will allow him to come in and help right away next year.
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I can't see too many scenarios where Dodie doesn't start alongside Sam and Warren. He's big (for a guard), experienced, and talented. Baggage aside, that's one of the top backcourts in the MVC on paper.
 
Well, considering how excited we were with the recruits heading into this season, I think I'll hold judgement until we take the court against a regular season opponent.

That said, I do hope we find a solid four-year player to use for our last available scholarship.
 
Da Coach said:
This may be the commitment that many of us had heard was imminent. I think Dodie is a great player for Coach Les' system.

From what I know, I can assure fans that DD is not a "head case". Nothing could be further from the truth. He is an intelligent, respectful, nice young man. He has made a couple choices that didn't work out for him, but it's a bit ridiculous to list the schools he's been at, and include high schools, and one college stop and try to make something of that.
He is exactly the type of player that thrives in Bradley's system that depends on all the guards having some point guard skills and able to handle the ball, create shots for themselves and others, and to shoot the ball well. Dodie does all those things well.

This is a great pickup, and fans will love Dodie's game.
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I think people are worried about all of the stops he's made because of our past failures with guys like Crawford, Fears, and Williams. It has even been expressed on this board by a moderator his feelings on people who make multiple stops like this. After reading about his dyslexia, and what his coaches have said about him, I tend to side with you DC. But, at the same time, I think it would be remiss to expect people to forget that he's been at so many different schools in so few years.
 
shaunguth said:
Well, considering how excited we were with the recruits heading into this season, I think I'll hold judgement until we take the court against a regular season opponent.
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Agreed, but Dunson isn't an unknown commodity against DI like all of our newcomers were this year. Dunson was a top reserve at Iowa St as a freshman, and showed he can do it all from the big guard position. So, unlike our other newcomers this year and next year, I think it is fair to have certain expectations for him. I expect him to start and give us one of the league's top backcourts along with Sam and AW.
 
BradleyBrave said:
I can't see too many scenarios where Dodie doesn't start alongside Sam and Warren. He's big (for a guard), experienced, and talented. Baggage aside, that's one of the top backcourts in the MVC on paper.
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I am with you there.

I think his "length" for a lead guard will help us defensively and maybe most importantly Sam Man. I love Sam's game and his competativeness, but the MVC (Drake) has developed a "drive and kick" style that make it tough on him.

Sam has struggled keeping his man out of the lane on defense and Dodie and Chris Roberts look like the kind of players that allow us to play defense that way we would like on the perimeter.
 
Well, I hope the coaching staff is right on this... And as to that, welcome to BU, Dodie! I hope you and the Braves find success with you in the back court.
 
Dodie Dunson can accomplish something that is not very common.
He played against Bradley for Iowa State last season, and next season, in the same 3-game series between the 2 non-conference schools, he will play for Bradley against his old team.
I can't recall too many times I have seen that occur.
 
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