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Bradley recruit- Marvell Waithe

Thanks for the link Heemy.

It's my understanding that the last 2 places he visited were Georgia and Bradley. Interesting that the article says these are the 2 he has eliminated. He has made it clear in his recruiting that he wants to go somewhere where he can play and start immediately. I doubt that would be the case at Bradley and that may be why he has eliminated them. I hear he is not ready for Div I. It will be interesting to see where he ends up. It might be a rebuiilding, lower Div I program such as Canisius, which the article mentions.
 
If the only criteria is that the guy wants to be clearly able to play right away, then I see that as a very shallow
determining factor. If that's the only thing the guy wants, then he should try ICC or maybe Chicago State or Savannah State.
 
There's playing time to be had at BU at the 3 and 4 position if he's any good.

Georgia just signed a 6'8" Juco, so I can see why they cooled on him.
 
Here is some more update on Marvell Waithe

The Toronto Sun keeps a nearly day to day update on the kid as he is becoming a local hero.
http://torontosun.com/Sports/OtherSports/2006/05/05/1565677-sun.html

" WAITHE WATCHERS ALERT

Canada's hottest hoopster, Laurier's Marvell Waithe, has a new suitor in Duquesne University, the program that spawned Raptors guard Mike James among other NBAers.

At 6-foot-8, Waithe's game and potential is the envy of a lot of American programs. He has made official visits to Loyola University in Chicago and returned this week after spending two days with officials at the University of Cincinnati.

Waithe always has stated his intention to go to a program that will help develop his game. Perhaps no player has expanded his game in the past two years than Waithe, whose goal is to play pro basketball one day."



" PLAYING THE WAITHE GAME

Laurier basketball player Marvell Waithe was scheduled to return home last night after spending the past two days visiting the University of Cincinnati, a rebuilding program that plays in the elite Big East.

Waithe's first official visit was to Chicago's Loyola University. Wake Forest and Michigan also have shown interest in the 6-foot-8 wing player. "


scout still lists Bradley among his choices:
http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=75&p=9&cfg=bb&c=2&yr=2006&cid=528196
 
This guy is all over the place with his recruiting...he allegedly knocked Georgia and BU of his listed, and sounded like he was narrowing in on a big program like Cincinnati, and now he visits Duquesne and Loyola...two programs that play in weaker conferences than BU :?: It seems that is he is still looking that he didn't get good news from the Bearcats...maybe we still have a chance.
 
Bradley is not in the running.

I suspect he is not as good as advertised, and that is the reason he is having a hard time finding a school.
 
Here is the latest on former Bradley recruit Marvell Waithe--

Scout.com has a new premium article today--
http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=75&p=9&c=2&cid=530063&nid=2516783&fhn=1

Here is a summary of the article:
Marvell Waithe has narrowed his decision to four schools.
They are, in no particular order, Cincinnati, Duquesne, Loyola-Chicago, and Rutgers.
A press conference has been set for 1PM next Tuesday at his high school to announce his collegiate choice.


My guess -- Duquesne. They are a latecomer to the Marvell Waithe sweepstakes.
http://torontosun.com/Sports/OtherSports/2006/05/05/1565677-sun.html
There must be a reason that all the original schools that were interested in him are now out of consideration (Georgia, Bradley, Iowa, Tulsa, Wake Forest, Seton Hall ). And I just don't think he is Big East material.

Scout profile-
http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=75&p=8&c=1&nid=2516783

Rivals profile-
http://www.chicagosports.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?Sport=2&pr_key=45591
 
Rivals also lists four final choices for Waithe, but differ slightly.
They say....Cincinnati, Duquesne, Rutgers, and Illinois-Chicago as Waithe's final four choices, from which he will choose within the next week.
Waithe has "set a press conference" for 3PM next Tuesday, at Toronto Sir Wilfrid Lauier Collegiate School to let us all know if he's going to play at Illinois-Chicago. Is this kid for real??
http://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=543189
 
Despite coachng changes and player defections, it seems Waithe may be going to choose Rutgers.

"The Toronto Sun reports in Saturday's edition that 6-foot-7, 190 pound forward Marvell Waithe from Sir Walter Laurier Collegiate School in Scarborough, Ontario, appears to be headed to Rutgers.
Waithe, whose final four schools are Cincinnati, Duquesne and Loyola (Chicago) and the Scarlet Knights, had visited the Dukes last week. Shortly thereafter, he headed to New Jersey.

Bradley, Georgia, Michigan State and Iowa have also checked out the only Canadian in the Nike Hoops Summit in Memphis, Tenn., last month. He also played in the all-Canadian all-star game.

Waithe, who averaged 35 points and 12 rebounds this past season, is expected to decide before Wednesday, May 17, 2006, the final day of the spring National Letter of Intent period. "
 
The Marvell Waithe saga continues, but it is about to come to an end.
A Toronto Sun article today says he is headed to Rutgers--
http://torontosun.com/Sports/Basketball/2006/05/13/1578105-sun.html

This article says-"Rutgers has made Waithe a verbal offer as has Loyola of Chicago, a program that dearly covets Waithe and has already sent the Grade 12 Laurier student a letter of intent."
I thought he might have had several offers, but this suggests that his offers might be just Loyola and Rutgers.
 
There is some talk over on the Rutgers board that Marvell Waithe is a good student and gets good grades, but that his curriculum is inadequate and his transcript would not fly in most of the major conferences, which is why he ended up at Loyola and not Cincy, Georgia, Rutgers, or the MVC.



Rumor is that within the next few days it will be announced that
Valparaiso will be leaving the Mid-Con and join the Horizon League.
This is going to get the Mid-Con crumbling. The Mid-Con already has several 300+ RPI schools and is looking to add three more such schools in South Dakota State, North Dakota State, and Indiana Purdue-Fort Wayne.
http://p214.ezboard.com/fbuhoopsfrm1.showMessage?topicID=9567.topic

http://www.bradleyfans.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=21209#21209



One other tidbit, one of the Valparaiso assistant coaches has quit to become an assistant at DePaul under Jerry Wainwright.
http://www.post-trib.com/cgi-bin/pto-story/sports/z1/05-17-06_z1_spor_05.html
 
There is definitely something "funny" about this Marvell Waithe saga. Every major college that recruited him, and there were about a dozen mentioned over the past month, backed off.
The one he signs with is one of the couple that got interested just in the past few days.
Even his scheduled press conference Tuesday to announce for Rutgers was postponed and switched to Wednesday and his choice changed that quickly, too, to Loyola.

I wish the kid good luck. But his goal was to sign with a top major program where he could play and make an impact immediately. Loyola is not a top major, and we'll see next season how ready he is to play. If he's eligible.

I somehow get a feeling that we'll be just as glad his choice wasn't Bradley.
 
Do Canadians have 5 years of high school?

Loyola is no slouch of a school academically. I wonder how they would be able to accept somebody that many others would be afraid of.
 
Don't know what to make of those comments on the Rutgers board about transcript concerns, but this scenario suggests where there's smoke, there's fire, so I think his academics are an issue.
On the other hand, Loyola was rated pretty high in RPI early on last season, and ended with a non-conference RPI of 73, but they did bad in their conference. The Horizon League was only the 15th rated conference, and yet only two teams finished with a worse conference record than Loyola (Cleveland St., Youngstown St.)
My guess, if Waithe really meant what he said about trying to find a top program to play at is that he was left with only ONE option after the other programs all pulled out (and it appears that even Rutgers must have pulled out at the last minute and caused his late change), and that option was Loyola.
Hey, Rutgers really, really needs help as they just changed coaches and announced yesterday that three more players are leaving.
If this kid didn't have some severe issues, then I have to believe Rutgers would have killed to get him and he would NOT have fell to Loyola.
http://rutgers.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=544282
 
The Toronto Sun has a story about the kid's press conference
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Co...043&call_pageid=969907729756&col=970081563083


A new article by Dave Telep, but you have to take the word of the kid's own AAU coach with a bit of skepticism,

"GC Ballers head coach Jeff Bishop stated that he thought Marvell Waithe reminds him of the NBA's Tayshaun Prince.
Waithe, who reportedly committed to Loyola of Chicago, is about 6-foot-7 and 190 pounds. "He has long arms and is lean," Bishop said. "He is also athletic and can block shots.
Waithe, from Sir Walter Laurier Collegiate School in Scarborough, Ontario, had also considered Rutgers, Bradley, Cincinnati, Georgia and Iowa."
 
There must have been some truth to the opinions above. A report I have heard here in Chicago
is that Marvell Waithe still has not qualified to be eligible at Loyola.
My guess is that he will likely go the prep school route.
 
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