Monday, March 17, 2014

Recruiting around the MWC

* A prep big out of Arizona, Elston Jones, has given a verbal to Utah State. He's 6-foot-10 and 230. Kyle Goon offers a solid report.

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* From Verbal Commits: "2014 Fork Union (VA) F Tavarius Shine will be taking an official visit to Utah State on 3/28-3/29"

He's listed as a 6-foot-5, 185 pound forward and originally out of Texas. According to VC, Houston, James Madison, Long Island and Wofford are or were in the mix with JM and LI having offered. Shine's is a strange talent level for Coach Morrill to be pursuing considering the recent flak about USU needing MWC-level recruits. 

In February, his Texas high school coach said, "...Shine has range that extends beyond the 3-point arc and showed that aspect of his game earlier in the season before focusing on his strength as a mid-range scorer. Shine played the point earlier in his high school career before moving to the wing the last two years. “He makes a lot of solid basketball plays,” Martin said. “The knock on him is that he is not overly flashy, but that is what I like about him. He makes really good basketball decisions...”

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