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We're hearing they're from Ausi, they can be the thundah from down undah

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We do need a white guy after Caruso leaves

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The second coming of Dario Quesada?

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David Sandhop @HopWebsider 46m46 minutes ago



William McDowell White

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A name like that can't get much whiter sounding.

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David Sandhop @HopWebsider 46m46 minutes ago

William McDowell White, the No. 3 ranked player in Australia per http://ausahoops.com , is visiting A&M this weekend.

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McDowell-White is an athletic guard who plays above the rim. He is the most exciting player in the country and has the highest ceiling of any guard in Australia.

He is absolutely incredible with the ball in the open floor in transition.

He shoots the ball with good form, but inconsistently; it comes out of his hand very flat. He handles the ball well and is a player who just understands how to utilize his deep bag of skills. He has a tall frame with wide shoulders and looks like he will be able to add some decent muscle as he develops.

McDowell-White is strong for his position and uses his size and strength effectively to get to the rim and finish through contact. He moves reasonably well laterally but is hindered by poor defensive effort.

He sees the floor tremendously well. He often plays as a point guard and makes great decisions using on-ball screens.

If McDowell-White can focus his talents, he has the potential to be one of the best players to come out of Australia in the past decade.

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but is hindered by poor defensive effort.

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Among the prospects that coaches were there to see was 6-foot-4 guard William McDowell-White, who recently had a strong showing at the FIBA U19 World Championships.

On Thursday in the adidas Uprising Summer Championship, McDowell-White showed why he's so highly touted. He has very good size for a lead guard, but also possesses good quickness and strength. His floor vision is impressive and he consistently found or made plays for his teammates in both the half court and in transition. He's also a good ball handler with a good feel for the game. "He has great court vision, good size and his IQ is off the charts," one high major college coach that watched him this week told Scout.

McDowell-Whiteis tracking as a high major prospect and has said in the past that he has intentions to play Division-1 basketball. And the gifted guard will have plenty of options. Among the head coaches that watched him and his teammates on Thursday included Rick Barnes, Dana Altman, Lon Kruger, Greg McDermott, Bruce Weber, John Beilein, Kevin Stallings, Craig Neal, Brian Wardle and Mike Dunlap.

Assistants from Notre Dame, Texas A&M, LSU, ASU, Boise State, Louisville, UIC, UCSB, Fresno State, Dayton, Hawaii, Albany, UNLV, St. Mary's, Butler and Wake Forest were also at the game.

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The University of Louisville basketball staff has one commitment in the Class of 2016 and the Cardinals' are in on a ton of solid prospects for what appears to be two more spots in the class.
Add another name to the list.

William McDowell-White, considered one of the top young players in Australia, confirmed to Cardinal Authority that Louisville is one of the schools that has started to recruit him for the Class of 2016.

"I don't know much about Louisville in general," McDowell-White said. "I do know about their basketball program and all of the success. I know I would like to be a part of Louisville in the future."
McDowell-White, a 6-foot-5 point guard, was first noticed on the U.S. scene by colleges last summer when he was a star the the Adidas Nations event in Long Beach, Calif. He averaged 13.3 points, 8.3 rebounds and 3.5 assists a game in the event.

He said Michigan State, Arizona and LSU were among the "other schools that standout" besides Louisville in his recruitment at this point. The Courier-Mail newspaper in Australia said he could be a potential 2016 NBA Draft selection.

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Offensively he sounds like another Caruso.

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The son of three-time Brisbane Lions premiership winner Darryl White, the 17-year-old McDowell-White is currently one of the stars on the Australia Under-19 National Team competing later this week at the Under-19 World Championships in Greece.

One NBA Scout compared him to Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls to the Australian newspaper.

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McDowell-White is the son of AFL football star, Darryl White, who is a triple Premiership winner with the Brisbane Lions, an inductee of the AFLNT Hall of Fame and a member of the AFL Indigenous Team of the Century, "there's a lot of Aboriginal players who played over the last 100 years so getting picked in the final 24 positions out of that mob was a real honour," Darryl says with pride.

William McDowell-White is White's second son (after Darryl Junior). McDowell-White has played basketball since he was five years old. "Dad was the first person to recognise I had a talent for basketball. He was the first one to put a basketball in my hands," says McDowell-White, adding, "I tried playing AFL too, but I kept growing and Dad pushed me more towards basketball, and I just loved basketball better."

Photo of his dad playing in the AFL back in 2003

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The news on the Spain prospect is credible.

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