Lute Olson and his revamped staff are getting it
done.
In the span of less than 10 days, Arizona has pulled in a pair of Top 100 players. First it was
Greg Smith (Scout.com, No. 27), a big man out of California, followed by
yesterday’s news that 6-foot-7 skilled small forward Mike Moser (Scout.com, No.
84) has also committed to the Wildcats.
Reggie Geary was the key man on the recruitment of Smith while Russ Pennell was
responsible for getting Moser, who attends Grant High in Portland, Ore.
However, Olson said the most important recruitment was courtesy of Mike Dunlap,
who was key in the return of Chase Budinger.
``He’s so well-respected in the coaching end of it,” Olson said on Tuesday night.
“He has a lot of contacts overseas which we may utilize depending on how
recruiting goes over here.”
``But he was so critical in getting Chase back to school,” Olson added. “He has
so many NBA contacts and was able to find out how Chase’s workouts went and
other important information about his draft status.”
Olson said he is still awaiting July 6, the date in which Brandon Jennings is
expected to get his test results back. Olson was miffed as to why Jennings didn’t receive his results when the majority of the
other students around the country received them on June 30.
``It creates a problem for us because of setting up schedules,” Olson said. ``It’s
really unfair to Brandon.”
Olson also said he has yet to speak with Jennings about the recent speculation that he may head
overseas even if he qualifies to play college basketball.
``We’ll talk once we find out what happens with his test score,” Olson said. “We’re
not going to worry about it until then.”
NOT THE ONLY CATS GETTING IT DONE
Arizona wasn’t the only Wildcats celebrating on the
recruiting trail on Tuesday. Villanova received a commitment from a potential
McDonald’s All-American in 6-foot-7 power forward Isaiah Armwood.
Armwood joins another one of Scout.com’s Top 25 Players in the Class of 2009,
talented Philly guard Maalik Wayns, who have already committed to ‘Nova. ROSE STOPPED FOR GOING 100 AT 2:58 A.M.
With all the talk about Michael Beasley's so-called character issues prior to the NBA Draft, how about this week's Chicago Tribune story about No. 1 overall pick Derrick Rose having to go to court to face charges of driving 106 m.p.h. at 2:58 a.m. back on April 29?
RANDOM NOTES: New York Daily News writer “Hoops” Weiss reported that
ex-UConn forward Curtis Kelly is headed to Kansas State.
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