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2007 BU commitment-- Will Egolf

mexicobufan said:
I still have the tapes of the Kansas and Pittsburgh games," Egolf said. "There are


Anyone know what the rest of this had to say?
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Here is the rest of the article that was inadvertently left out of the online version of the story.
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"There are a lot of similarities with Bradley's style and the way our high school plays. I like how they use their four man (power forward).
Bradley coaches first spotted Egolf this summer at AAU tournaments in Las Vegas and Los Angeles.
A strong link was Egolf's personal coach, Mark McNamara, a former center at the University of California and for eight seasons in the NBA where he and Les were acquaintances.
"I consider Jim one of my NBA friends," McNamara said. "He's a smart coach, exactly the kind of guy Will needs. Will told me he felt really comfortable during his visit to Bradley, that there wasn't anything about he didn't like. We originally wanted him to take more visits. But he's sold and that's what matters.
Egolf's parents own a nature tour business in Haines, Alaska, a 90 mile trip by ferry or air from Juneau.
Following his freshman year at Haines High School, Egolf decided he wanted to play at a larger high school to get noticed. So his mother and he moved to Juneau.
During Egolf's sophomore year, his team traveled to St. Mary's for a team camp.
"I really liked it there and made it my goal to go to college there," he said. "But I ended up getting a little further. I'm happy with my decision."
McNamara said Egolf, who is expected to be an academic qualifier and may pursue sports medicine at BU, has made great strides this summer.
"He has the ability to play inside and out," McNamara said. "He can catch it and run well and he finishes really well. He also has some good post moves. He could use some more strength and that's why Bradley, which has a solid weight-training program, would be good for Will."
 
Alaska has produced 5 DI players since 2002, the most recent being 5 star recruit (and the focus of some contreversy) Mario Chalmers of Kansas. Mark down Egolf as #6. Looks like he should be the top player in Alaska this year.
 
BradleyBrave said:
Alaska has produced 5 DI players since 2002, the most recent being 5 star recruit (and the focus of some contreversy) Mario Chalmers of Kansas. Mark down Egolf as #6. Looks like he should be the top player in Alaska this year.
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Here are the names I can come up with from Alaska:
Mario Chalmers, Kansas, 2005
Chris Devine, UCSB, 2003
Ray Schaefer, Oregon, 2003
Doron Perkins, UC-Santa Clara, 2003
Marcus Watts, McNeese State, 2002
There could have been others, maybe some walk-ons or little recruited players.

Carlos Boozer, Duke led Egolf's school, Juneau-Douglas Crimson Bears, to back-to-back state titles in 1998,1999.

Duke had Trajan Langdon in the 90's

Can you tell me who the other four of your 5 since 2002 are, BB?
 
tornado said:
BradleyBrave said:
Alaska has produced 5 DI players since 2002, the most recent being 5 star recruit (and the focus of some contreversy) Mario Chalmers of Kansas. Mark down Egolf as #6. Looks like he should be the top player in Alaska this year.
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Here are the names I can come up with from Alaska:
Mario Chalmers, Kansas, 2005
Chris Devine, UCSB, 2002
Ray Schaefer, Oregon, 2002
Carlos Boozer, Duke led Egolf's school, Juneau-Douglas Crimson Bears, to back-to-back state titles in 1998,1999.

Duke had Trajan Langdon in the 90's

Can you tell me who the other four of your 5 since 2002 are, BB?
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2003 - Chris Devine (UCSB) and Ray Shafer (Oregon)
2004 - Chris Bryant (Drake)
2005 - Mario Chalmers (Kansas)

Correction, Egolf will be the 5th. :)
 
Here is another picture of Will with his father. He's a good looking kid!

http://www.branchwest.com/alaskafamily.html

2006_WillEgolf.jpg
 
Anyone think Bradley might wind up in the Great Alaskan Shootout during Egolf's 4 years on the Hilltop?

Nice for him to play back in his home state and nice chance for Bradley to bang with some 'Bigs'.
 
MacabreMob said:
Anyone think Bradley might wind up in the Great Alaskan Shootout during Egolf's 4 years on the Hilltop?

Nice for him to play back in his home state and nice chance for Bradley to bang with some 'Bigs'.
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Sounds good to me, although sometimes that is a lost trip (see SIU last year).
 
It is way to early to tell how good this recruit will be but I like the idea of having a 6'9" player who can play inside and out and can finish. I like the idea that it sounds like the Sweet 16 run has helped by getting BU's name in front of more recruits. I like the list of schools who were after him. If Wisconsin was after him then forget about that it was a "BCS" school but that Wisconsin goes after kids who are usually complete players if they are not the "most raw talented" players and they usually have basketball smarts it seems.
 
BU Bill said:
Today's PJ Star has a correction in it. They say the correct number of scholarships Bradley has left is 2.
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Good, they must be reading the message boards to get their facts straight.
 
Last Saturday night 8/26/06,while at a local watering hole, I heard from a "source" that we had 2 bigs interested. One was a 6'9" kid from Alaska, The other a 7'1" beanpole, roughly 190lbs, from Texas.
Well the kid from Alaska verballed. Wonder when, or if, The Texan commits?
Interesting.
 
Grassman said:
Last Saturday night 8/26/06,while at a local watering hole, I heard from a "source" that we had 2 bigs interested. One was a 6'9" kid from Alaska, The other a 7'1" beanpole, roughly 190lbs, from Texas.
Well the kid from Alaska verballed. Wonder when, or if, The Texan commits?
Interesting.
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I was talking with that same source and alls he told me was "take a cab" :lol: .....

7'1" 190...I heard he has to run around in the shower just to get wet.

Grassman, I'm 6'4" and 190 (bout the same as you :wink: )
 
I think this kid sounds promising & agree with what was said about the fact that Bo Ryan was after him generally means the kid is a pretty well rounded recruit.

What I like the most is that the mini-recruiting drought is finally over and with some more visits rumored for this weekend, maybe there will be more news soon.

If Will is reading the board, just want to say welcome to BU.

I'm also glad that the 5/9 thing is over with!!!
 
tornado said:
BradleyBrave said:
Alaska has produced 5 DI players since 2002, the most recent being 5 star recruit (and the focus of some contreversy) Mario Chalmers of Kansas. Mark down Egolf as #6. Looks like he should be the top player in Alaska this year.
Click to expand...

Here are the names I can come up with from Alaska:
Mario Chalmers, Kansas, 2005
Chris Devine, UCSB, 2003
Ray Schaefer, Oregon, 2003
Doron Perkins, UC-Santa Clara, 2003
Marcus Watts, McNeese State, 2002
There could have been others, maybe some walk-ons or little recruited players.

Carlos Boozer, Duke led Egolf's school, Juneau-Douglas Crimson Bears, to back-to-back state titles in 1998,1999.

Duke had Trajan Langdon in the 90's

Can you tell me who the other four of your 5 since 2002 are, BB?
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If anyone is interested about this, I came across another Alaska kid that has been playing Div I in the US for the past 2 years. Doug Hardy has been at Idaho State of the Big Sky Conference for the past 2 years. He is originally from Anchorage Bartlett high school. He just transferred back to Div II University of Alaska Anchorage for his junior season.--
http://isubengals.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/hardy_doug00.html
 
Grassman said:
Last Saturday night 8/26/06,while at a local watering hole, I heard from a "source" that we had 2 bigs interested. One was a 6'9" kid from Alaska, The other a 7'1" beanpole, roughly 190lbs, from Texas.
Well the kid from Alaska verballed. Wonder when, or if, The Texan commits?
Interesting.
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The 7'1" beanpole is actually 6'10", and it's down to us and SMU. We're currently the leader according to Scout.com, here's the discussion. He would be a major recruiting victory.

http://www.bradleyfans.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=4055
 
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