IU among the finalists for five-star forward
Miles Bridges - SF - 2016
247Sports Composite: 5-star, No. 21
ESPN: 5-star, No. 7
Rivals: 4-star, No. 27
Scout: 5-star, No. 24
Miles Bridges, one of the top small forwards in the 2016 recruiting class, narrowed his list of schools to eight Tuesday, and the Hoosiers are among his finalists.
The 6-foot-7, 220-pound Bridges announced on Twitter that he’s considering, in “no particular order,” IU, Iowa State, Kentucky, Louisville, Michigan, Michigan State, North Carolina and North Carolina State.
The Flint, Mich. native plays AAU basketball for The Family and attends Huntington Prep (W.Va.), where he played with incoming IU freshman Thomas Bryant.
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IU wants to make 2017 five-star center a “priority”
Mohammed Bamba - C - 2017
247Sports Composite: 5-star, No. 17
ESPN: No. 22
Rivals: 5-star, No. 15
Scout: 5-star, No. 11
Offers: Arizona, Connecticut, Florida State, IU, James Madison, Maryland, Penn State, Rice, Seton Hall, St. John’s, Syracuse, Temple, Texas, Villanova, Yale
IU offered 2017 center Mohammed Bamba on Saturday, according to Alex Kline of The Recruit Scoop.
Terrance “Munch” Williams, director of Bamba’s AAU team — the PSA Cardinals — told SNY.tv’s Adam Zagoria that IU Coach Tom Crean called and wants make Bamba a “priority in the 2017 class.”
The 6-foot-10, 205-pound center attends Westtown School (Pa.) and has numerous scholarship offers from schools on the East Coast.
Williams told Zagoria that Bamba has a structured recruitment plan.
“He has a certain amount of offers which he will receive and that number is quickly approaching,” Williams said to Zagoria. “He will stop taking offers from schools directly after his team plays in the Mokan Elite event in late July.
“He will use all of his junior year to get to know all the coaches/schools who have offered him in hopes of deciding which college or university he would like to attend early into his senior year.
“At this point he will continue to work as hard as possible on his skill set, development of his body. Needless to say, if he does these things and continues to do great things in the classroom, he will easily be a top 10 player in his class.”
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IU offers one of 2017’s top centers
Nicholas Richards – C – 2017
247Sports Composite: 5-star, No. 21
ESPN: 5-star, No. 11
Rivals: 4-star, No. 25
Scout: 4-star, No. 22
Offers: Creighton, IU, Kansas, Pittsburgh, SMU, Syracuse, UCLA, VCU, Villanova
IU offered 2017 center Nicholas Richards a scholarship, SNY.tv’s Adam Zagoria reported Wednesday morning. Richards, a 6-foot-11, 220-pound prospect from Queens, N.Y., attends St. Patrick High School (N.J.) and plays for Expressions Elite at the AAU level.
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IU 2017 point guard target named to USA Basketball Men’s U16 team
Markus Howard - PG - 2017
247Sports Composite: 4-star, No. 35
ESPN: NR
Rivals: 4-star, No. 40
Scout: 4-star, No. 45
Offers: Arizona, Arizona State, Florida, Gonzaga, Kansas, Marquette, Memphis, Northern Arizona, Oregon, San Diego State, Texas Tech, UCLA, UNLV, USC
IU point guard target Markus Howard, a 2017 recruit, was named to the 12-player USA Basketball Men’s U16 team on June 2.
The team will play in Argentina June 10-14 as a qualifier for the 2016 FIBA U17 World Championship. Eight teams will compete and the top four teams will qualify.
IU offered the 5-foot-11, 170-pound point guard a scholarship May 27, according to Scout’s Josh Gershon.
Howard’s father, Chuck, is an IU alumnus (‘86), graduating with a degree in exercise science/recreation and playing football as a running back for the Hoosiers. He stayed in Bloomington as a graduate assistant with the strength and conditioning program, and he’s now the director of performance athletics at Grand Canyon University.
Markus Howard will play at Findlay Prep (Nev.) next season after transferring from Gilbert Perry (Ariz.).
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IU targets earn invitations, compete at adidas Eurocamp
Four players in the class of 2016 with scholarship offers from IU earned invitations to the three-day adidas Eurocamp in Treviso, Italy, June 6-8, according to the camp’s website.
Rawle Alkins, De’Ron Davis, Braxton Blackwell and Josh Langford made the 2015 U18 adidas USA Select team’s 11-player roster. The camp combined practices, clinics and interviews with professional teams for basketball players around the world.
The U18 Select team defeated France’s U20 team 76-71 on Saturday. Alkins scored a team-high 18 points on 7-of-8 shooting.
Team USA then beat the Eurocamp All-Stars 77-68 on Sunday. Davis had 11 points and nine rebounds, while Langford had 13 points and five boards.
