Isiah 2.0? Chicago point guard on campus Thursday for unofficial visit

One of the top high school point guards in the nation will be on IU's campus today.\nDemetri McCamey, who is ranked No. 51 in Rivals150 class of 2007, is travelling from his Chicago home to make an unofficial visit to meet the Hoosiers in person.\nThe 6-foot-3 215 pound guard is being highly recruited by several top schools and has already had scholarship offers from Wake Forest, Michigan, Georgia Tech, Boston College and DePaul. \nMcCamey is going into his senior year at St. Joseph's high school in Illinois. In the past, St. Joseph's has been a hotbed for Hoosier talent. The Chargers have produced former IU stars Isiah Thomas and Daryl Thomas. Daryl currently serves as an assistant coach for St. Joseph's under head coach Gene Pingatore.\nThe Illinois point guard averaged 16 points per game last season to go along with 7 assists and 4.5 rebounds.\n"He can shake and bake with the best of them," Ill. Hoops publisher Scott Powers said. "He's got a natural build and is a real strong kid."\nPowers also said that this past season was the first year McCamey has played point guard, previously getting most of his minutes at the two position. He said that although McCamey is a great scorer, his game is by no means limited to that label.\n"He is a big playmaker. He has become more of a guy who looks to pass first," Powers said.\nMcCamey isn't the only player from St. Joseph's who has caught IU's attention. Evan Turner, a 6-foot-6 prospect ranked No. 23 overall in Rivals150 rankings, has already been offered a scholarship by IU coach Kelvin Sampson.\n"I don't know if Turner and McCamey will be a package deal or not. But the fact that McCamey is making an unofficial visit is a good sign for IU," Powers said.\nThe interest in the two St. Joseph players marks a new recruiting trend for the Hoosiers. \n"Sampson is recruiting Illinois a little harder than (Mike) Davis," Powers said. During his tenure at IU, Davis didn't have a single basketball prospect from the Indiana's western neighbor. \nThe ties between IU and St. Joseph's high school continue with McCamey's high school coach Pingatore. \nPingatore was the head coach of St. Joseph's when Isiah Thomas was recruited by ex-Hoosiers coach Bobby Knight. After attending several of Knight's basketball camps, a lasting impression was left on Pingatore. According to American Basketball Quarterly, Pingatore used and committed to Knight's theories of pressure man-to-man defense and motion offense.\nAfter his visit to IU, McCamey will continue his summer basketball schedule next week when he attends the NBA Players Top 100 camp. In its 11-year history, the camp has had numerous famous campers, including Kobe Bryant and Jermaine O'Neal.