Possible Transfer

[Big D]

I don't think he was implying that there is a WSU connection. The kid is now available and he is someone worth looking at.

[Deleted]

oh ok. i thought he was going the same mindframe as Detroit fans and their hopelessly naive perspective on recruiting. thankfully he's not.

[Big D]

CSTV is also reporting that Corey Hassan is trasferring from Boston University. He would be a great pickup for WSU. He is a 6-4 SG who averaged 11.9 points, 3.6 rebounds, and 1.6 assists as a true freshman this past season.

Stats from ESPN:
sports.espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=27950

14 - Corey Hassan

Corey looks to be next in the line of great BU shooters... a rangy, athletic 6-4, he will likely see time off the bench at the two-guard position.

BEFORE BOSTON UNIVERSITY (Merrimack HS): Played for coach Tim Goodridge... team went 22-1 his senior year, losing only in the state semifinals... as a senior, averaged 28 ppg, 7.5 rpg... named ESPN Radio Mr. Basketball... N.H. Basketball Coaches Association Player of the Year, as well as Union Leader and Nashua Telegram Player of the Year... scored a career-high 50 points in win over previously unbeaten Nashua North HS... averaged 21 ppg and 5 rpg as a junior en route to 1st team all-state accolades... MHS won state championship in both his sophomore and junior seasons... scored 1,500 points in prep career.

PERSONAL: Born on July 14, 1987... son of Art and Lindy Hassan... enrolled in BU’s school of Communications.

www.bu.edu/athletics/basketball/men/bios/hassan-corey.html

[Fastbreak]

Johnson to leave Louisville
Posted: Tuesday August 1, 2006

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Sophomore forward Brian Johnson is leaving the Louisville basketball team, coach Rick Pitino said Tuesday.

Johnson averaged 3.2 points and 3.2 rebounds in 30 games for the Cardinals in 2005-06 after sitting out the 2004-05 season due to knee injuries.

"He's endured three knee surgeries and has had a difficult time," Pitino said. "He's an outstanding man and we wish him nothing but the best."

Johnson, who has not said where he intends to transfer, is the second Louisville player to ask for his release in the last six weeks. Freshman forward Chad Millard was granted a release from the Cardinals on June 28.

The Cardinals went 21-13 during the 2005-06 season, losing to South Carolina in the semifinals of the National Invitational Tournament.

sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/basketball/ncaa/08/01/bc.bkc.louisville.johnson.ap/index.html

[Big D]

Johnson is looking at George Washington and Florida State.

[Retired Coach]

Maric says he's leaving NU

By CURT McKEEVER/Lee Enterprises

LINCOLN - On Monday, Aleks Maric said he's so disturbed by the departure of Nebraska men's basketball coach Barry Collier that he, too, has decided to leave the Huskers.

That announcement certainly won't put a smile on the face of Doc Sadler, who today will be announced as NU's next coach.

The 6-foot-11, 265-pound Maric - a 2006 honorable-mention All-Big 12 Conference honoree after averaging 10.9 points and 8.1 rebounds as a sophomore - was the only center on Nebraska's roster and the anchor for next year's team.

Maric, in Australia preparing to play for his country's Senior National team at the World Championships, said he's ��-50” on either transferring to another university or starting a professional career in Europe.

Maric had declared early for the NBA draft shortly after the person who recruited him to Nebraska, associate head coach Scott Spinelli, left to take an assistant's position at Wichita State. Maric later pulled out and indicated he would return to the Huskers following his commitment with the Australian team.

That thinking changed shortly after Collier was introduced as the athletic director at Butler University last Tuesday.

“Had Coach Collier been there, that's where I want to be,” Maric said of Nebraska. “That's not how it is now. When Scott left, that was tough for me, but I'm a loyal guy.”

Maric said he spoke to Nebraska athletic director Steve Pederson and basketball AD Marc Boehm last week requesting to be released from his scholarship. Since then, he hasn't heard from either.

Neither Pederson nor Boehm could be reached Monday night for comment.

“There might be a problem, but they just have to be professional about it,” Maric said. “They said ‘Don't make a quick decision,' but it wasn't. It's well thought out.

“I'd like the athletic department to cooperate. I had two great years there.”

Maric played down the possibility that he could reunite with Spinelli at Wichita State.

“To tell you the truth, the last time I spoke to Scott was before I left for Australia,” he said. “I don't really see myself in the Missouri Valley Conference.”

Maric admitted the news about Collier leaving came as “a little bit” of a shock. At the same time, he understood why Collier could want to return to his alma mater.

“You can't please everyone,” he said.

No doubt, the latest news about Maric won't make Husker fans happy.

“I'd love to be back at Nebraska,” he said, “but that's not the right environment for me.”

With Maric leaving, NU is down to 10 scholarship players for next year's team.

www.columbustelegram.com/articles/2006/08/08/sports/sports2maric.txt

[ilm2day]

Big D , do you know the BU/ WSU connection?

[Big D]

ilm2day said:

Big D , do you know the BU/ WSU connection?

What are you talking about?

[ilm2day]

I mean are these articles about people that are being recruited or are they just any article about any transfer that you see.

[Big D]

If you read the top post on this page, I already answered your question.

raiderd said:

I don't think he was implying that there is a WSU connection. The kid is now available and he is someone worth looking at.

[Fastbreak]

irishraider said:

Maric says he's leaving NU

By CURT McKEEVER/Lee Enterprises

LINCOLN - On Monday, Aleks Maric said he's so disturbed by the departure of Nebraska men's basketball coach Barry Collier that he, too, has decided to leave the Huskers.

That announcement certainly won't put a smile on the face of Doc Sadler, who today will be announced as NU's next coach.

The 6-foot-11, 265-pound Maric - a 2006 honorable-mention All-Big 12 Conference honoree after averaging 10.9 points and 8.1 rebounds as a sophomore - was the only center on Nebraska's roster and the anchor for next year's team.

Maric, in Australia preparing to play for his country's Senior National team at the World Championships, said he's ��-50” on either transferring to another university or starting a professional career in Europe.

Maric had declared early for the NBA draft shortly after the person who recruited him to Nebraska, associate head coach Scott Spinelli, left to take an assistant's position at Wichita State. Maric later pulled out and indicated he would return to the Huskers following his commitment with the Australian team.

That thinking changed shortly after Collier was introduced as the athletic director at Butler University last Tuesday.

“Had Coach Collier been there, that's where I want to be,” Maric said of Nebraska. “That's not how it is now. When Scott left, that was tough for me, but I'm a loyal guy.”

Maric said he spoke to Nebraska athletic director Steve Pederson and basketball AD Marc Boehm last week requesting to be released from his scholarship. Since then, he hasn't heard from either.

Neither Pederson nor Boehm could be reached Monday night for comment.

“There might be a problem, but they just have to be professional about it,” Maric said. “They said ‘Don't make a quick decision,' but it wasn't. It's well thought out.

“I'd like the athletic department to cooperate. I had two great years there.”

Maric played down the possibility that he could reunite with Spinelli at Wichita State.

“To tell you the truth, the last time I spoke to Scott was before I left for Australia,” he said. “I don't really see myself in the Missouri Valley Conference.”

Maric admitted the news about Collier leaving came as “a little bit” of a shock. At the same time, he understood why Collier could want to return to his alma mater.

“You can't please everyone,” he said.

No doubt, the latest news about Maric won't make Husker fans happy.

“I'd love to be back at Nebraska,” he said, “but that's not the right environment for me.”

With Maric leaving, NU is down to 10 scholarship players for next year's team.

www.columbustelegram.com/articles/2006/08/08/sports/sports2maric.txt

Key Nebraska players White, Maric decide to return
Aug. 16, 2006
CBS SportsLine.com wire reports

LINCOLN, Neb. -- This year's Nebraska basketball team will look a lot like last year's squad, now that both guard Jamel White and center Aleks Maric have agreed to return.

New Nebraska coach Doc Sadler visited both players at home to persuade the top two scorers from last year's team to return.

Sadler told the Omaha World-Herald Tuesday that White plans to be back in Lincoln Saturday. Sadler talked with White and his mother in Brooklyn, N.Y.

White scored 8.7 points a game last season for Nebraska.

Maric, who was the team's top scorer with 10.9 points a game, agreed to come back after Sadler visited him in Australia.

Their returns would leave Nebraska's scholarship count at 11, two under the limit.

www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/9604491

[Bomber]

fastbreak said:

Johnson to leave Louisville
Posted: Tuesday August 1, 2006

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Sophomore forward Brian Johnson is leaving the Louisville basketball team, coach Rick Pitino said Tuesday.

Johnson averaged 3.2 points and 3.2 rebounds in 30 games for the Cardinals in 2005-06 after sitting out the 2004-05 season due to knee injuries.

"He's endured three knee surgeries and has had a difficult time," Pitino said. "He's an outstanding man and we wish him nothing but the best."

Johnson, who has not said where he intends to transfer, is the second Louisville player to ask for his release in the last six weeks. Freshman forward Chad Millard was granted a release from the Cardinals on June 28.

The Cardinals went 21-13 during the 2005-06 season, losing to South Carolina in the semifinals of the National Invitational Tournament.

sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/basketball/ncaa/08/01/bc.bkc.louisville.johnson.ap/index.html

Updated: Aug. 18, 2006
Louisville F Johnson transfers to Mississippi State
By Andy Katz
ESPN.com


Former Louisville forward Brian Johnson started school Thursday at Mississippi State and will be eligible to play for the Bulldogs for the 2007-08 season, according to a source close to the situation.

Johnson, a 6-foot-9, 245-pound rising junior, will have two seasons of eligibility remaining after redshirting this season.

Johnson, out of Oak Hill Academy (Va.), was a highly touted arrival at Louisville but injuries marred his career with the Cardinals. He missed the 2004-05 season with a knee injury. He averaged just 10 minutes a game last season, averaging 3.2 points and 3.2 rebounds.

The Bulldogs are hoping that Johnson can follow in the footsteps of their recent power forwards -- Erick Dampier, Tyrone Washington, Mario Austin and Lawrence Roberts, who all ended up being drafted. The current power forward, Charles Rhodes, is in line to follow that same path.

Johnson would be eligible to practice with the Bulldogs beginning Friday night as the team prepares for a Labor Day trip to Vancouver.

sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2553692

[Wolf]

I saw this article over on Valpo's board.


August 21, 2006
Nkem Ojougboh Gets Release from University of Texas-San Antonio.
By Hoopmasters Staff

Nkem Ojougboh, a 6-foot-9, 210-pound sophomore forward, has obtained his release from University of Texas-San Antonio.

Nkem Ojougboh, a 6-foot-9, 210-pound sophomore forward, has obtained his release from UTSA this past week, according to our good friend Anthony Ray of Arizona Preps.com.

The Scottsdale Christian Academy 2005 graduate Nkem Ojougboh had a strong freshman season at the University of Texas-San Antonio. He averaged seven points and 4 rebounds per/game as a freshman starter under former UTSA Head Coach Tim Carter. Ojougboh also shot an impressive 48% from the field for the Roadrunners.

While Carter's position at UTSA as the Head Coach was terminated by the school in the spring, the school hired former Arizona State assistant coach Brooks Thompson to take over the program in June.

"I want to make sure I go to a school that has a good academic program," said Ojougboh. "Academics is the most important thing to me and my family."

Ojougboh said that he has received interest as of late from Boise State, Wyoming, Washington State, Fresno State and Cal-State Bakersfield for his services. Ojougboh told us that he understands that very few schools will have a scholarship for a division-I transfer this late in the summer, but that he is confident in finding a good school for his future.

Ojougboh said that he plans to take official recruiting visits to Cal-State Bakersfield and also Wyoming within the next week. Neither of the other schools that have shown interest in him have a scholarship available.

Former Scottsdale Christian HS standout performer Tim Maiden, a teammate of Ojougboh's at UTSA, will remain at the school.

Ojougboh was a four-year letterman at Scottsdale Christian Academy and helped lead the school to state championship titles in 2004 and 2005. SCA finished a combined 64-3 over his last two seasons of high school basketball. Ojougboh was named to the All-Arizona first team and was a McDonald's All-American nominee as a senior. He averaged 12.0 points, 11.0 rebounds and 3.0 blocks per game as a senior and was MVP of the Arizona High School All-Star Game.

Ojougboh finished with a 3.4 GPA at UTSA in his first year, and has already completed more than 50 credit hours of college classes.

valpofans.proboards28.com/index.cgi?board=valposports&action=display&thread=1156130413

[Fastbreak]

Corey Hassan transferred to Sacred Heart.

interact.cstv.com/recruiting/searchrecruit.cfm?sport=basketball&dbyear=05&school_name=saht

[Big D]

littlegreg said:

I saw this article over on Valpo's board.


August 21, 2006
Nkem Ojougboh Gets Release from University of Texas-San Antonio.
By Hoopmasters Staff

Nkem Ojougboh, a 6-foot-9, 210-pound sophomore forward, has obtained his release from University of Texas-San Antonio.

Nkem Ojougboh, a 6-foot-9, 210-pound sophomore forward, has obtained his release from UTSA this past week, according to our good friend Anthony Ray of Arizona Preps.com.

The Scottsdale Christian Academy 2005 graduate Nkem Ojougboh had a strong freshman season at the University of Texas-San Antonio. He averaged seven points and 4 rebounds per/game as a freshman starter under former UTSA Head Coach Tim Carter. Ojougboh also shot an impressive 48% from the field for the Roadrunners.

While Carter's position at UTSA as the Head Coach was terminated by the school in the spring, the school hired former Arizona State assistant coach Brooks Thompson to take over the program in June.

"I want to make sure I go to a school that has a good academic program," said Ojougboh. "Academics is the most important thing to me and my family."

Ojougboh said that he has received interest as of late from Boise State, Wyoming, Washington State, Fresno State and Cal-State Bakersfield for his services. Ojougboh told us that he understands that very few schools will have a scholarship for a division-I transfer this late in the summer, but that he is confident in finding a good school for his future.

Ojougboh said that he plans to take official recruiting visits to Cal-State Bakersfield and also Wyoming within the next week. Neither of the other schools that have shown interest in him have a scholarship available.

Former Scottsdale Christian HS standout performer Tim Maiden, a teammate of Ojougboh's at UTSA, will remain at the school.

Ojougboh was a four-year letterman at Scottsdale Christian Academy and helped lead the school to state championship titles in 2004 and 2005. SCA finished a combined 64-3 over his last two seasons of high school basketball. Ojougboh was named to the All-Arizona first team and was a McDonald's All-American nominee as a senior. He averaged 12.0 points, 11.0 rebounds and 3.0 blocks per game as a senior and was MVP of the Arizona High School All-Star Game.

Ojougboh finished with a 3.4 GPA at UTSA in his first year, and has already completed more than 50 credit hours of college classes.

valpofans.proboards28.com/index.cgi?board=valposports&action=display&thread=1156130413

Ojougboh is headed to Northeastern.